Iain Whyte Civil Rights Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains slides and papers from Rev. Dr. Iain Whyte’s time in Greenville and Jackson as a Mississippi Freedom Summer Project volunteer in 1964. The papers include two informational pamphlets on the Freedom Summer Project and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, an NAACP flyer for voter registration, two photocopied letters from Whyte’s contacts in Greenville, and a printed digital image of Whyte’s host in Greenville.
Dates
- 1964-1965
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
Rev. Dr. Iain Whyte is an honorary postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology’s Scottish Center for Diaspora Studies were he researches and lectures on slavery and abolition in the United States and Britain. Rev. Dr. Whyte is the author of "Scotland and the Abolition of Black Slavery 1756-1838" (2006) and "Zachary Macaulay" (1768-1838), "The Steadfast Scot in the British Anti-Slavery Movement" (2011). Whyte has retired as a minister of the Church of Scotland but remains General Secretary of the Church of Scotland Guild. Over the past several years, Whyte has participated with many fundraising events and charity organizations such as “Freedom for All,” a program of the Scottish Charity Actions of Churches Together in Scotland and Anti-Slavery International, specifically the Glasgow Anti-Slavery Group. Whyte also participated in the 50th anniversary march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL during which he raised funds for Anti-Slavery International in memory of his friend David Batzka. David Batzka’s papers are also held at the University of Southern Mississippi and represent his time as a volunteer with the Mississippi Summer Project in Clarksdale.
At the time of this writing, Whyte currently resides in North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland with his family.
Extent
1 Folder (27 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Rev. Dr. Iain Whyte of Scotland was a volunteer in the Freedom Summer Project of 1964. Included in the collection are slides, letters, pamphlets, and flyers from his time in Greenville and Jackson working in the Freedom Schools.
Arrangement
All items are maintained in a single folder. The 35mm slides are grouped by physical location and date (if known) and placed in a slide protector sheet. Since this grouping breaks original order, a table has been created to reflect the order of the processed collection (manuscript number) relative to the order the slides were received in (accession number).
Provenance
Items donated by Rev. Dr. Iain Whyte in 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
For Digitized Materials from this collection, see: External Documents link at bottom of page.
Slide Log
M500-2 AM11-64 A6 35 mm, color slide Mississippi Sign “Mississippi Law STOP” in unknown location July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-3 AM11-73 1 35 mm, color slide Cotton fields in Mississippi Cotton fields in unknown location July-August 1964 unknown CD 2
M500-4 AM11-64 A5 35 mm, color slide Jackson, Mississippi Storefront advertising “Goldwater for President” July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-5 AM11-64 A4 35 mm, color slide Mr. Albert Peters (94), Greenville, Mississippi Mr. Peters at his home in Greenville July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-6 AM11-73 5 35 mm, color slide Freedom School, Greenville Frank Brown’s Lunch Room, the first Freedom School Whyte visited in Greenville July-August 1964 unknown CD 2
M500-7 AM11-64 A2 35 mm, color slide Greenville Full view of the second Freedom School Whyte visited July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-8 AM11-64 A1 35 mm, color slide Second Freedom School, Greenville Side view of the Second Freedom School July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-9 AM11-64 A3 35 mm, color slide Freedom School, Greenville Young boys on porch of Second Freedom School July-August 1964 Whyte CD 1
M500-10 AM11-73 3 35 mm, color slide Freedom School, Greenville Young boys on porch of Second Freedom School July-August 1964 unknown CD 2
M500-11 AM11-73 4 35 mm, color slide Freedom Registration, Greenville Voter registration information given on porch of Second Freedom School, Greenville July-August 1964 unknown CD 2
M500-12 AM11-64 B1 35 mm, color slide William Cober (Cohen) of New York, plays and sings for Freedom School about July 20, Greenville July 1964 Freedom School colleagues CD 1
M500-13 AM11-64 B4 35 mm, color slide Jim Crockett of California shows little girl how to drum – Freedom School, Greenville about July 20 July 1964 Freedom School colleagues CD 1
M500-14 AM11-64 B6 35 mm, color slide Muriel Tillinghast addressing precincts 4 & 5 of Freedom Democratic Party about August 4, 1964 August 1964 Freedom School colleagues CD 1
M500-15 AM11-64 B2 35 mm, color slide Rev. Stephen Johnson of Connecticut, Lutheran, helps register Freedom Democratic Party voters at Precinct 4, Greenville July-August 1964 Freedom school colleagues CD 1
M500-16 AM11-64 B3 35 mm, color slide Mort Thomas helps run Precinct 2 at Jake’s Chapel, Greenville about August 5, 1964 August 1964 Freedom school colleagues CD 1
M500-17 AM11-73 2 35 mm, color slide COFO Group, Greenville, Mississippi Five members of COFO at unknown location July-August 1964 unknown CD 2
M500-18 AM11-64 B5 35 mm, color slide COFO decides not to march to courthouse August 8, 1964, because Charlie Cobb promised Police Chief “no demonstrations” while chief was away, Greenville, Miss August 1964 Freedom school colleagues CD 1
M500-19 AM11-64 B7 35 mm, color slide The audience of memorial service August 9 in Friendship Baptist Church. In front seat, Charlie Cobb – “boss” August 1964 Freedom School colleagues CD 1
- Brochures. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Compact discs. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fliers (Ephemera). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Greenville (Miss.). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jackson (Miss.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letter. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mississippi Freedom Project. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Records (Documents). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slides (Photography). Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Iain Whyte Civil Rights Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Stevie Evans, April 2016.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
