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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

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

Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection

Collection

Identifier: M367

Abstract

The Edythe Evely Gandy Collection contains Gandy family materials, historical manuscript materials, photographs, films, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1910-2011

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Paul B. Johnson Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: M191

Abstract This collection has immense research value. In its coverage of Paul B. Johnson's terms as lieutenant governor and governor of Mississippi, it documents one of the most critical periods in the state's history -- the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The State Sovereignty Commission records, along with the Highway Patrol records paint a graphic portrait of efforts to thwart civil rights activities in the state, and to preserve the separation of the races. Additionally, it documents (through...

Dates: circa 1910-1973

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs