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Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M357

Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection consists of materials that document the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Included is biographical information regarding Freedom Summer volunteers, photographs, correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and artifacts.

Dates

  • 1963-2003

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Noncirculating; available for research.

Biographical / Historical

Even in the most hostile of environments change is possible -Kathleen Dahl, 1994

Dr. Kathleen [Kathy] Dahl was born on April 14, 1937, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second child of Victor Dahl, a Studebaker dealer, and his wife Aileen Dahl. Kathy spent her childhood in the city of her birth and eventually moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend nursing school at The University of Michigan. Kathy was not active in political organizations at that time but after receiving her BS in Nursing in 1959 she decided she wanted to become more involved in civil rights. She moved to California and enrolled in The University of California at Berkeley where she became a member of Friends of SNCC [pronounced "snick"], a support organization for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

SNCC was begun after a group of black university students refused to leave a Woolworth's lunch counter where they had been denied service. This sit-in initiated a wave of other sit-ins in college towns across the South. SNCC was created to coordinate these sit-ins, support their leaders, and publicize their activities.

In August 1961, SNCC went into Mississippi, under the leadership of Project Director Robert [Bob] Moses, to raise awareness of issues that affected black communities, such as voter registration. By the fall of 1963, SNCC had joined with CORE [Congress of Racial Equality], SCLC [Southern Christian Leadership Conference], NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] and other groups in forming a statewide organization, the Council of Federated Organizations [COFO]. Under the auspices of COFO, the Mississippi Summer Project, which became known as "Freedom Summer" was developed, and in the summer of 1964 volunteers from across the nation traveled to Mississippi to work.

Charles McDew [the chairman of SNCC in 1962] recruited Kathy Dahl at Berkeley to become involved in Friends of SNCC. After James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman (civil rights workers) were reported "missing" in Mississippi in 1964, she felt compelled to join the civil rights volunteers in the state. She received her BA in Humanities from The University of California in the spring of 1964, and in June began training for Freedom Summer in Memphis, Tennessee. However, by that time SNCC had too many white female volunteers, so Kathy eventually came to the project through her connection with The National Council of Churches.

Like many volunteers, she received funding from multiple donors. Kathy was partially funded by The Medical Committee for Human Rights [MCHR], The National Council of Churches, and was sponsored [adopted] by a woman from Oxford, Ohio, who sent her ten dollars a week. In addition, in support of her efforts, Kathy received money regularly from friends in Berkeley. She was assigned to Holly Springs, Mississippi, in Marshall County in the North Central Delta region, about an hour's ride from Memphis.

She traveled by bus to Holly Springs on July 4, 1964, with three other young people: Ruth Koenig, a folk singer named Gene Hunn, and a southern African-American civil rights worker. In 1964 Marshall County was inhabited by 28,000 people, of which 2/3 were African-American. Farming was the primary occupation and the principle crop was cotton. Much of the land was owned by white landowners and rented or sharecropped by black farmers.

Because of Kathy's skills as a nurse, Ivanhoe Donaldson [SNCC organizer] recommended that she register as a RN in Mississippi. He thought it would be wise to do so before the local residents realized she was a volunteer with Freedom Summer. As a result, Kathy became the first civil rights worker to get a RN in the state of Mississippi.

During Freedom Summer, Kathy, Ruth Koenig, and Harriet Tanzman were roommates on the third floor of Rust Hall at Rust College, an African-American Methodist College in Holly Springs. The Holly Springs project was very restrictive. For example, female volunteers were required to wear dresses. They were never allowed out in public except in pairs and never in mixed racial groups.

Kathy filled a number of roles during Freedom Summer including Freedom School teacher, cook, housekeeper, nurse, treasurer, secretary, house mom, and others. After the summer, when most of the volunteers left, she worked in community organization in the area of politics, and moved into a house in Holly Springs rented by the remaining staff. She was with the project for a total of six months.

After Freedom Summer, Kathy continued to correspond with many of the people in the project. One close associate of Kathy's was Rita Walker and her husband Sid [Bud] Walker. They were instrumental in much of the Holly Springs civil rights activity and managed the project after the summer of 1964. Because of their involvement and protests, Rita and Sid were forced out of the state around 1966. During their relocation they smuggled some of the records from the Holly Springs project out of Mississippi in two stuffed cotton sacks. On one visit to Rita and Sid in their new home in Aurora, Illinois, Kathy retrieved two boxes of the Holly Springs papers. She donated the boxes to the Black Studies department at Berkeley in 1975.

When Kathy left Holly Springs, she moved back to Milwaukee. In the spring of 1965, she married John Cummings Tappiener from Santa Barbara, California, whom she had met while they were both students at the University of California. When announcements of her wedding and involvement in Mississippi reached the Milwaukee papers, she and her family received threats and hate mail.

After visiting the project in Holly Springs on their return to California, both Kathy and John remained active in fund raising and publicity for Mississippi civil rights efforts. Kathy severed as chair of the East Bay Friends of SNCC in 1965.

In 1966 her first child, Aileen was born. Kathy, John, and their new baby spent a year in Brazil [1966-67], funded by a Ford Foundation grant to improve the School of Forestry at the Rural University at Vicosa. Kathy's second child, a daughter named Elizabeth, was born upon their return in 1968. Kathy and John divorced in 1973, and in 1974 she married Richard Rean. Her third child, Richard V. Rean, was born in 1975. Richard and Kathy divorced around 1978.

In June of 1979, Kathy received her MA in history from The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis but continued to work in nursing. In the early 1990s she was a nurse and the acting clinic manager of Hennepin County Medical Center's Psych Day Treatment Program in Minneapolis. She received her PhD in History in 1995 from The University of Minnesota. As of 2003, Kathleen Dahl resides in Minneapolis, where she works part time, collects books, and spends time with her grandchildren.

Extent

1.35 Cubic Feet : MC2/D12

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, photo albums, printed materials, political campaign and organizations' buttons, poster, and video tapes of this Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Arrangement

For the researchers convenience the collection has been divided into seven series:

Series I: Biographical Information consists of biographical sketches of many of the Freedom Summer Volunteers that are featured in this collection.

Series II: Photographs hold over one hundred original photographs from 1964-1994, some photocopies and computer scans of photographs, and occasional brief commentaries. Some photos are of arrests, demonstrations, a bombed church, volunteers, and reunions.

Series III: Correspondence comprises letters sent to, and written by, Kathleen Dahl from June 23, 1964 to October 26, 1999. Of special interest is a thank you letter from Fannie Lou Hamer. Many letters are to Kathy after she left the Holly Springs project and contain information about the status of the project. There are some examples of hate mail she received because of her involvement.

Series IV: Personal Subject Files encompasses correspondence, documents, artifacts, artwork, reports, and writings from Holly Springs Volunteers and people related with the project.

Series V: Topical Subject Files contain a variety of materials such as: Freedom Summer reports, Kathy's Mississippi Nursing Certificate, audio and video recordings of interviews with Kathy and other volunteers, Kathy's Mississippi license plate covered in Mississippi red clay dirt, and Freedom Summer reunion materials.

Series VI: Printed Materials includes flyers, brochures, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings and artifacts. Several published articles written by Kathy are in this series, in addition to a collection of over fifty political buttons from the civil rights movement.

Series VII: Oversize Materials consists of items such a poster of Joan Baez, a 1967 sample election ballot for Marshall County, and news materials.

Provenance

Materials in this collection were donated by Kathleen Dahl in 2001.

Existence and Location of Copies

For Digitized Materials from this collection, see: External Documents link at bottom of page.

Sources

Dr. Kathleen Dahl

Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection

Ruth Koenig Papers

Larry Rubin Oral History

Internet Sources

Photograph Log

M357-1 Front of Freedom House: Gable End 2 5/8 x 2 ¾ B & W 1964 Gable end of COFO/SNCC original Freedom House in Holly Springs, MS, 100 Rust Ave. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-2 Front of Freedom House: Gable End 2 3/8 x 3 ½ Color 1964 Gable end of COFO/SNCC original Freedom House in Holly Springs, MS, 100 Rust Ave. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-3 Hardy Frye and Others 4 x 2 7/8 B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Hardy Frye, “our lawyer,” and unidentified man possibly in front of Holly Springs courthouse. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-4 Frank Cieciorka Standing on Street 2 7/8 x 4 B & W 1964 Frank Cieciorka (far right foreground) standing on street possibly in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-5 Voter Registration Demonstration in Downtown Holly Springs 5 x 7 B & W 1964 Hardy Frye (far left in overalls) speaks with “our lawyer during the demonstration” downtown street of Holly Springs. Two unidentified policemen stand with their backs to the camera. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-6 Frank Cieciorka During Arrest 2 ¾ x 4 B & W August 1964 Frank Cieciorka standing by two unidentified policemen during arrest probably in Holly Springs for defacing the Marshall County jail. Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-7 Frank Cieciorka During Arrest 2 ¾ x 4 B & W August 1964 Frank Cieciorka escorted by two policemen during arrest probably in Holly Springs for defacing the Marshall County jail. An illegible sign has been hung around Frank’s neck. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-8 Police Car and Crowd 4 x 2 ¾ B & W 1964 Policemen and others standing near a police car probably during the arrest of Frank Cieciorka. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-9 Frank Cieciorka During Arrest 2 ¾ x 4 B & W August 1964 Frank Cieciorka (far left, back of head) and two policemen during arrest for defacing the Marshall County jail. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-10 Boys Playing Ping-Pong on Porch in Holly Springs 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W July 1964 Three unidentified boys playing Ping-Pong on porch in Holly Springs. This is probably the porch of the second freedom house at 110 Rust Avenue. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-11 Wayne Yancey, Charlie Scales, Ruth Koenig and Unidentified Woman on Freedom House Porch in Holly Springs 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Wayne Yancey “from Chicago who was killed in auto accident,” Charlie Scales, Ruth Koenig and unidentified women standing on the original Freedom House porch in Holly Springs, 100 Rust Avenue. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-12 Bob Smith, Gloria Clark, and Barbara Blumfield at the National Democratic Convention 3 ½ x 3 ½ Color 1964 Bob Smith, Gloria Clark, and Barbara Blumfield carrying a “One Man One Vote Sign”at the National Democratic Convention. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-13 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Convention 4 x 2 7/8 B & W 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Convention at the Masonic Temple in Jackson, MS. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-14 MFDP Convention 4 x 2 7/8, 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) convention at the Masonic Temple in Jackson, MS. Ivanhoe Donaldson is present (far left-white shirt), David Kendal (second from right), and other Holly Springs volunteers. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-15 Unidentified Woman at Podium 2 7/8 x 4 B & W 1964 Unidentified woman at podium possibly at the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Convention in Jackson, MS. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-16 Sid Walker and Other in Freedom House Office 4 x 2 7/8 B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Sid Walker, unidentified woman and unidentified worker at Freedom House office in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-17 Kathleen Dahl at Desk in Freedom House 3 3/8 x 2 ½ B & W 1964 Kathleen Dahl sitting at desk in the Freedom House in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-18 Boy at Typewriter 3 3/8 x 2 ½ B & W 1964 A boy from Holly Springs sitting at typewriter possibly in the Freedom House. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-19 DeLois Polk in Cap and Gown 2 5/8 x 3 ½ B & W undated DeLois Polk in graduation cap and gown. DeLois was a Freedom School student. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-20 Jewell and Mary Ethel 4 x 2 7/8 B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Jewell and Mary Ethel standing in a room. (see photo #84) (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-21 Marjorie Merrill and Unidentified Woman 3 ½ x 2 ½ B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Marjorie Merrill is standing near a Ping-Pong table and an unidentified woman with her back to the camera is standing in the yard in front of the Freedom House. Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-22 Marjorie Merrill and Two Unidentified Students 3 ½ x 2 5/8 B & W 1964 (Left to Right) Marjorie Merrill stands on the steps in front of the Freedom House holding a guitar. Two unidentified students stand nearby. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-23 Freedom House Dance 3 ½ x 2 ½ B & W 1964 Young people dancing at a Freedom House dance in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-24 Freedom House Dance 3 5/8 x 2 ½ B & W 1964 Young people sitting in a group singing. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-25 Young People Playing Ping-Pong on Porch in Holly Springs 3 ½ x 2 5/8 B & W 1964 Young people playing Ping-Pong on porch in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-26 Kathleen Dahl and Annanais McGhee 3 ½ x 2 ½ Color 1964 Kathleen Dahl and Annanais McGhee standing beside the Freedom House. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-27 Four Freedom School Students on Porch of Freedom House 3 5/8 x 4 ¾ B & W 1964 Four Freedom School students, who are described by Kathleen Dahl as “the sharpest girls in the Freedom School,” are standing on the front porch of the Freedom School in Holly Springs. Freedom School class times are posted on the wall behind them. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-28 Freedom School Students and Volunteers 4 7/8 x 3 5/8, 10 x 8 B & W 1964 Freedom School students and volunteers standing on the porch of Freedom House. Frank Cieciorka (see glasses) and Kathleen Dahl (behind girl far right) are the identified volunteers in the photograph. 110 Rust Avenue was ented as a community center. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-29 Three Men Building Porch on Freedom House 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Three unidentified men building a porch on the second Freedom House. The original Freedom House is the house to the far right. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-30 Three Girls Reading a Book on Porch of the Freedom House 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Three girls are reading a book on the framework for the porch construction on the second Freedom House in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-31 Three Girls Reading a Book on the Porch of the Freedom House 5 x 6 B & W 1964 Three girls reading a book on the framework for the porch construction on the second Freedom House in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-32 Kathleen Dahl Playing Ping-Pong with Three Boys 7 x 5 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-33 Unidentified female, unidentified male, DeLois Polk, unidentified female, unidentified female 7 x 5 B & W 1964 DeLois Polk, three women and one unidentified man standing on a sidewalk. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-34 Unidentified female, unidentified male, DeLois Polk, Kathleen Dahl, unidentified female 7 x 5 B & W 1964 DeLois Polk, Kathleen Dahl, two unidentified women, and one unidentified man standing on a sidewalk. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-35 Ray Stanley, Frank Cieciorka, Ken Scudder, and Hardy Frye 7 x 5, 10 x 8 B & W 1964 Ray Stanley, Frank Cieciorka, Ken Scudder, and Hardy Frye posing by car before their return to the San Francisco Bay Area. Frank is holding up their original license plate and their Mississippi plate is on the car. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-36 Hardy Frye 5 x 7 B & W 1964 Hardy Frye standing by a car before returning to the San Francisco Bay Area from Holly Springs (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-37 Barbara Bloomfield, Frank Cieciorka, and Unidentified Man 5 x 7 B & W 1964 In background, Barbara Bloomfield stands in the doorway and in the foreground Frank Cieciorka (glasses) and unidentified man load a car that will return volunteers to the San Francisco Bay Area from Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-38 Kathleen Dahl and Others on Rust College Campus 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Kathleen Dahl sits with unidentified man under brick gazebo and an unidentified woman sits to the far left facing the gazebo. The photo was taken for publicity purposes on the Rust College Campus. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-39 Kathleen Dahl and Unidentified Man on Rust College Campus 5 x 7 B &W 1964 Kathleen Dahl and unidentified man stand on Rust College campus posing for publicity photo. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-40 Kathleen Dahl and Unidentified Man on Rust College Campus 7x5 B &W 1964 Kathleen Dahl and unidentified man stand on Rust College campus posing for publicity photo. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-41 Three Unidentified Men Standing by a Swimming Pool 3 ½ x 2 ½ Color 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-42 Unidentified Man in Gazebo on Rust College Campus 2 3/8 x 3 ½ Color 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-43 M. L. Curry’s Mother’s Home 3 ½ x 2 3/8 Color 1964 The home of M.L. Curry’s mother in Holly Springs, MS. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-44 M. L. Curry, his Mother, and his Sister Rebel 2 3/8 x 3 ½ Color 1964 M. L. Curry, his mother, and his sister Rebel standing in the yard of his mother’s home in Holly Springs. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-45 Kathleen Dahl with M. L. Curry’s Sister Rebel 2 ½ x 3 ½ Color 1964 Kathleen Dahl and M. L. Curry’s sister Rebel standing in front of M. L. Curry’s mother's home playing with two puppies. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-46 M. L. Curry, his sister Rebel, and his mother, and Kathleen Dahl 2 ½ x 3 ½ Color 1964 M. L. Curry facing camera, his sister Rebel is sitting in a chair, Kathleen Dahl is walking with a jar of pickles, and M. L. Curry’s mother is standing behind her. They are standing on the porch of M. L. Curry’s mother’s house. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-47 Unidentified Woman Standing in Front of House 3 ½ x 2 ½ Color 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-48 Kathleen Dahl, M. L. Curry, and His Sister Rebel Standing in Front of Kathy’s Car 3 ½ x 2 ½ Color 1964 Kathleen Dahl, M. L. Curry, and his sister Rebel standing in front of Kathy’s blue car [Corvair]. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-49 Diane Roberson 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-50 Marjorie Merrill 3 ½ x 5 B & W 1964 Marjorie Merrill eating corn-on-the-cob (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-51 U. Z. Nunnally 3 ½ x 5 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-52 Howard Jeffries 3 ¼ x 4 ½ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-53 Barbara Blumfield and Unidentified Woman in Front of Freedom House 3 ¼ x 4 ½ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-54 Unidentified Woman in Front of Freedom House 3 ¼ x 4 ½ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-55 Four Rust College Students 4 ½ x 3 ¼, 10 x 8 B & W 1964 Four Rust College students standing in front of the Freedom House. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-56 Frank Cieciorka and Two Unidentified Men in Front of Freedom House 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Frank Cieciorka (glasses) has arm around two unidentified men for support after release from jail and beating during incarceration. They are standing in front of the Freedom House. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-57 Frank Cieciorka and Unidentified Man 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Frank Cieciorka has arm around unidentified man for support after release from jail. Franks face shows signs of beating received during incarceration. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-58 “Off to a Meeting” 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Four unidentified volunteers and Annanais McGhee (sitting in chair in background) on their way to a meeting. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-59 Annanais McGhee 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Annanais McGhee sitting in a chair. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-60 Annanais McGhee 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Annanais McGhee and a dog. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-61 Marjorie Merrill Sorting Textbooks 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-62 Pat Amlin Scudder 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 Pat Amlin Scudder and a dog. (Box 1, Folder 1)

M357-63 M. L. Curry, Aviva Futorian, Marjorie Merrill, and Diana Roberson Sorting Textbooks 4 ½ x 3 ¼, 10 x 8 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-64 M. L. Curry, Aviva Futorian, Marjorie Merrill, and Diana Roberson Sorting Textbooks 4 5/8 x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 M. L. Curry, Aviva Futorian, Marjorie Merrill (partially hidden by Aviva), and Diana Roberson Sorting Textbooks. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-65 Rust College Campus 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-66 Rust College Campus 4 ½ x 3 ¼ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-67 Howard Jeffries 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 Howard Jeffries sitting in a chair holding a cigarette and a coffee cup. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-68 Sid (Bud) Walker 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 Sid (Bud) Walker covering his face wearing a white hooded jacket with the hood up. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-69 U. Z. Nunnally and Sid (Bud) Walker’s Brother 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 U. Z. Nunnally and Sid (Bud) Walker’s brother dancing. An unidentified woman sits in the background. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-70 Rita Walker, Ransom Moore, and Jean 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 Rita Walker, Ransom Moore, and Jean relaxing in a living room. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-71 Rita Walker and Annanais McGhee 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-72 Ransom and Three of Rita Walker’s Children 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 Ransom Moore and three of Rita Walker’s children on a sidewalk. The child in the stripe shirt to the far right is possibly Rita’s oldest daughter Arnetta. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-73 Rita Walker and Three Children 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 Rita Walker and three of her children standing on a sidewalk. The child in the stripe shirt standing in background is possibly Rita’s oldest daughter, Arnetta. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-74 Unidentified House 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W undated (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-75 Horse in Pasture 3 ½ x 3 ½ B & W 1966 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-76 Unidentified Man and Woman 4 ¼ x 3 3/8 B & W undated Unidentified man and woman are together holding a single piece of paper, possible a check (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-77 Headstart Program 3 ½ x 3 ½ Color 1966 Faculty and students of the Headstart Program playing an outside game. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-78 Frank and Bobbie Cieciorka 7 ¾ x 5 ¼ B & W 1964 Frank and Bobbie Cieciorka sitting on doorstep. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-79 Sid Walker 4 x 2 7/8 B & W 1964 Sid Walker sitting beside bookcase. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-80 Bobbie Cieciorka 2 7/8 x 4 B & W 1964 Bobbie Cieciorka Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-81 Jewell 2 7/8 x 4 B & W 1964 Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs. Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-82 Unidentified Man with Movie Camera 2 ¾ x 4 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-83 Two Unidentified Men 2 7/8 x 4 B &W 1964 Two unidentified men walking down gravel road. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-84 Jewell and Mary Ethel 4 x 2 7/8 B &W 1964 Jewell and Mary Ethel dancing. (see photo #20) (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-85 Side of Freedom House 5 x 3 ½ B &W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-86 Unidentified Man Talking on Phone 3 ¼ x 4 ½ B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-87 Unidentified Man Having a Meal 3 ½ x 5 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-88 March on Washington 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1965 People demonstrating in Washington, D. C., in protest of the Vietnam War. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-89 March on Washington 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1965 People marching and demonstrating in Washington, D. C., in protest of the Vietnam War. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-90 Unidentified Singer at March on Washington 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1965 Unidentified singer stands on stage in front of crowd at the March on Washington. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-91 March on Washington 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1965 People demonstrating in protest of the Vietnam War in Washington, D. C. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-92 March on Washington 5 x 3 ½ B & W 1965 Flatbed truck with oversize tombstones and a sign that reads “Will there be freedom in your children’s future?” A policeman stands in foreground. (Box 1, Folder 2)

M357-93 Group Photo of Holly Springs Locals and Freedom Summer Volunteers 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Group photo of Holly Springs locals and Freedom Summer volunteers. Kathleen Dahl is sitting in the front row, second from right. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-94 Pat Amlin Scudder Buchanan 5 x 6 ¾ Color undated Pat Amlin Scudder Buchanan standing by a movie camera. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-95 Antioch Baptist Church 9 ¾ x 6 ½ B & W 1964 Remains of Antioch Baptist Church in Blue Mountain, MS. Cleveland (Cleve) Sellers stands far right. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-96 Unidentified Rural Home 7 x 5 Color undated Two unidentified men sitting on the front porch of unidentified rural home. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-97 Kathy Dahl and Her Husband John Tappeiner with Child 7 x 5 B & W-photocopy Spring 1966 Photo taken in Spring 1966 before Kathy and her husband left for Brazil. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-98 Annie Mae at Her House 3 ½ x 4 ¼ Color October 1975 Annie Mae at her house (possibly Rita Walker’s Mother, Annie Bogard). (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-99 Rita Walker’s Children, Nieces, and Nephews 7 x 5 B & W 1964 Rita Walker’s children, nieces, and nephews standing in front of the COFO Plymouth. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-100 Rita Walker Learning to Type 6 7/8 x 5 B & W 1964 (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-101 Kathy Dahl, Rita Walker, and Two Unidentified Children 7 x 4 7/8 B & W 1973 Kathy Dahl, Rita Walker, and two unidentified children joining hands at Kathy Dahl’s house. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-102 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Carl Young, Pam Parker, Marjorie Merrill, Karen Kunstler, Gloria Clark, and Avivia Futorian in hotel room at 1993 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 5)

M357-103 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Hardy Frye (plaid shirt) and others stand on stairs outside of Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-104 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Parking lot of Tougaloo College at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-105 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 6 x 4 Color (photocopy) 1994 Hardy Frye, David Kendall, Pam Parker, Cleve Sellers, Karen Kunstler, and Kathleen Dahl eating a meal at a restaurant. (Box, Folder 6)

M357-106 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color (photocopy) 1994 Pam Parker, Kathleen Dahl, and Gloria Clark at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-107 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Registration at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-108 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Linda Dehnad, Carl Young, Gloria Clark, Hardy Frye, and Aviva Futorian at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-109 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 6 x 4 Color 1994 Linda Dehnad, Carl Young, Karen Kunstler, Aviva Futorian (green shirt) and Marjorie Merrill (blond hair) at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-110 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Carl Young and Gloria Clark (back row), and Karen Kunstler, Aviva Futorian, Hardy Frye (plaid shirt) and Marjorie Merrill (front row), at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-111 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Carl Young (black t-shirt) and Karen Kunstler (bottom right front) and others at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo, MS. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-112 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Joann Grant at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-113 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Unidentified woman, Betty Garman (middle) and Linda Dehnad (far end) at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-114 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 5 7/8 Color 1994 Unidentified participants at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-115 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Bob Moses raising his hand at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-116 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Bob Moses, C. C. Bryant, and others at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-117 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Bob Moses and others at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion at Tougaloo College. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-118 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Harriet Tanzman (far left) and others on a tour during the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-119 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Harriet Tanzman (purple) and others on a tour during the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-120 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Dean Zimmerman (far right) and others on a tour during the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-121 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Unidentified group socializing. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-122 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 5 7/8 x 4 Color 1994 Unidentified woman standing in front of a group of children. Alvin Oderman (blackshirt) and Lest Gault (mustache) are standing talking to the far right. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-123 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 /78 Color 1994 Sandra Adicke’s daughter (blue chair) and Joe Morse (flowered shirt) in front of a window. Unidentified children sit on the floor. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-124 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 6 x 4 Color 1994 Alvin Oberman (back of head), two unidentified women, and Lester Gault (mustache). (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-125 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Dean Zimmerman (cap) and Alvin Oderman (red shirt) standing by the Senator James O. Eastland Memorial Highway monument. Both men are from Minnesota and Kathleen Dahl met them at the 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion. (Box 1, Folder 6)

M357-126 1994 Freedom Summer Reunion 4 x 5 7/8 Color 1994 Female Hinds County law enforcement officer standing under a road sign Box 1, Folder 6)

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Kathleen Dahl Freedom Summer Collection
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

External Documents

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