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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
Black Lives Matter Collection
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M623
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Dates:
circa 2020
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Vernon F. Dahmer Collection
Collection
Identifier: M250
Scope and Contents
The Vernon F. Dahmer Collection consists of copies of newspaper clippings and programs dating from 1966 to 1998, and 24 photographs taken during the fifth trial of Sam Bowers. Most of the newspaper clippings were collected by the Dahmer family between 1966 and 1986, and follow events surrounding the bombing of their home, community support after the tragedy, and the trials of those men indicted for arson, murder, and conspiracy. Other articles in the collection were published in ...
Dates:
1966-1998
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
Christopher Wilson Freedom Summer Collection
Collection
Identifier: M508
Scope and Contents
This collection contains personal correspondence (1964) between Mr. Wilson and his parents. It also contains fundraising materials generated by Mr. Wilson’s parents, including correspondence from donors. Others materials include newspaper clippings, canvassing materials for SNCC and MFDP, and educational materials designed to overcome obstacles designed to prevent African Americans in Mississippi from voting in elections.Included in the collection are blank voter’s registration...
Dates:
circa 1960–1965; circa 1983–1998
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs