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Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.

Scope and Contents The Theodore G. Bilbo Papers document the activities of the former Mississippi governor and United States Senator from approximately 1905-1947.This collection provides insight into the government of the state of Mississippi in the early decades of the twentieth century, as well as American culture, political climate, and governmental activities during the Great Depression and World War II. It paints a definitive portrait of one of Mississippi's most colorful and controversial...

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Family photographs and materials documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

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Materials from Cherry Burns’ world travels.

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Scrapbooks, photographs, and Air Force Manuals from Mississippi Gulf Coast resident.

Scope and Contents The vast majority of the William M. Colmer Papers encompass his forty-year career as a United States Congressman from Mississippi (1933-1972). However, it also contains a significant amount of material regarding his activities prior to his election to Congress, and a limited amount of materials generated after his retirement in 1972. The original arrangement of the materials has been preserved as closely as possible. Inclusive dates are approximately 1906–1980. The collection divided...

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

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Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,

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The Gregory E. Favre Collection contains family materials, speeches, photographs, articles, and memorabilia.

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This collection consists primarily of materials related to Gray’s law enforcement career in Mississippi.

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Photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia from Hattiesburg area businesses and others.

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The collection contains various paper materials such as correspondence, copied newspapers, brochures, flyers, and photographs. Non-paper material items includes such things as a plaque, a ribbon, a windbreaker, and a plastic Coke mug.

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Correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, clippings, photographs, genealogical materials relating to Mississippi-born educator in New York and Alabama and with the Boys Clubs of America.

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This collection consists of some original but primarily photocopies of materials that document the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Included are Ruth Koenig’s journals from 1964 and 1966, photographs, correspondence, subject files, and printed materials.

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Post cards, correspondence, printed items, photos, and other memorabilia collected by this long time Hattiesburg resident.

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This collection includes records of Orpheus Club activities from 1926 to 1986.

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Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

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Organizational records.

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This collection is comprised of materials that document various aspects of Ronnie Shows' service as a United States Congressman from Mississippi's Fourth District (1998-2002). This collection should be of interest to anyone researching government at the national level.

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Political memorabilia, research collections, personal and family materials of a historian and student of state, national, and international politics.

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The Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection contains a vast array of materials from during and after the [Lorenzi] Sojourner’s time in Holmes County, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964. This collection would be of interest to researchers studying the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi history, and Freedom Summer.

Scope and Contents The Southern Tourism Collection includes advertisements for tourist destinations throughout the United States, with the vast majority located in the American South. This collection is organized geographically, and each geographic level (i.e. country, state, Mississippi region, county, and city) is organized alphabetically.These materials cover approximately ten different states, with most state-level material concentrated in Mississippi. Additionally, it encompasses eleven...

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Documentation of his career as a traveling preacher.

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Materials documenting Zeman's activities as a Freedom Summer 1964 volunteer in Clarksdale, Mississippi.