Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains newspaper clippings, two DVDs, and one photograph.
Dates
- 1964; undated
Creator
- Newell, Robin Lelyveld (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
Arthur J. Lelyveld was born on February 6, 1913. He became a prominent rabbi and lived in Nebraska, New York, and Ohio. Rabbi Lelyveld was an active person in the Civil Rights movements of the 1960’s. He came to Hattiesburg, Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to assist in registering local African American citizens to vote. On July 10, 1964, two segregationists attacked Rabbi Lelyveld, civil rights workers Lawrence Spears, and civil rights worker David Owen with iron pipes as they were walking along a railroad track with two local African American women in Hattiesburg. Rabbi Lelyveld suffered lacerations and a concussion from the attack and was taken to Methodist Hospital for treatments to his injuries. He retired from the rabbinate in 1986 and became Rabbi Emeritus. Arthur J. Lelyveld died on April 15, 1996.
Extent
.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains photocopies of newspaper articles describing the attack on Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, Lawrence Spears, and David Owen on July 10, 1964. There are also two DVDs of interviews with Rabbi Lelyveld.
Arrangement
The materials in the collection were organized by subject, grouping items by organization when possible (newspaper articles, DVD, photograph).
Provenance
Donated by Robin Lelyveld Newell and The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.
Photograph Log
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Hattiesburg (Miss.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Interview. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lelyveld, Arthur J., Rabbi, 1913-1996
- Mississippi Freedom Project. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Owen, David
- Photographs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spears, Lawrence "Larry" D.
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld Collection
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Brandon Ball, November 2013.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
