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Victoria Gray Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M345
Abstract

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

Dates: circa 1938-2000
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

William M. Colmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M24
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...
Dates: 1933-1973
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

P. D. East Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M324
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to the life and activities of P.D. East. Materials include personal papers, photographs, issues of East's The Petal Paper, a speech, and letters. This collection should be of interest to anyone researching the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

Dates: 1921 - 1992
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M502
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1900s; 1940s–1950s; Majority of material found within 1960s–2010s; Undated
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Daisy Harris Wade Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M334
Abstract

Materials documenting the work of 1960s Forrest County N.A.A.C.P. leaders J.C. Fairley and Daisy Harris.

Dates: circa 1939-2011
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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Brochures. 4
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.). 4
Letter. 4
Periodicals. 4
Records (Documents). 4
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Certificates. 3
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century. 3
Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. 3
Financial documents. 3
Fliers (Ephemera). 3
Government publications. 3
Invitation cards. 3
Memorabilia. 3
Minutes (Records). 3
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. 3
Mississippi Freedom Project. 3
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Names
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006 1
Colmer, William Meyers, Congressman, 1890-1980 1
East, P. D. (Percy Dale), 1921-1971 1
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 1
Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 1
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lorenzi, Henry ([Lorenzi] Sojourner), -1982 1
Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi] (Susan Sadoff Lorenzi Hasalo), 1941-2020 1
Wade, Daisy Harris, 1931-2014 1
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