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Event Freedom Rides Contributing Institution Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

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1. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Byron Mark Baer following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 July 29

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-07-29
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

2. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Travis O. Britt following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 8

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-06-08
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

3. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Doris Castle following her arrest for her participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 25

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1961-05-25
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

4. Byron M. Baer's codes for prison communication, trial information, and a hearing aid receipt, 1961-1962

Date of Original:: 1961/1962
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

5. Byron M. Baer's "Confessions of a Freedom Rider" scrapbook, containing newsclippings, photographs, and other information, both typed and handwritten, compiled on construction paper.

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

6. Correspondence, notes, and other documents related to Freedom Rider imprisonment in Parchman Penitentiary.

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

7. Freedom Rider correspondence; publicity flyers; and a 1964 report on a study of Freedom Riders' race, gender, geographic distribution, motivation, political and philosophical views, and religious identification; 1961-1964; n.d.

Date of Original:: 1961/1964
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

8. Letter from Byron M. Baer to Mrs. Elizabeth Kroll, written on toilet paper in Parchman Penitentiary

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

9. Newsclippings

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

10. Newsclippings

Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

11. Newsclippings

Date of Original:: 1961/1962
Collection:: Baer (Byron M.) Freedom Riders Collection
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History