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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

David Walls Collection on the Child Development Group of Mississippi

Unprocessed Collection

Identifier: AM06-51

Form of Material Correspondence, newsletters, newspaper articles, orientation materials, and other documents pertaining to the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), a statewide Head Start program organized in the summer of 1965 to serve preschool children from poverty-level families. Materials in the collection were preserved by David Walls, who worked for Project Head Start at the Office of Economic Opportunities in Washington, D. C., and was present at the CDGM orientation session in 1965. Also in...

Dates: circa 1965-1966; 1981-1982

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Helen Fields Woullard Collection

Collection

Identifier: M392

Scope and Contents

This collection primarily contains materials concerning a Black History celebration that was held on February 18, 2001. The celebration commemorated the life and legacy of the late Mrs. Helen Fields Woullard. The collection includes a speech and leaflet from the celebration, and two newspaper articles announcing the event. Other materials relate to a scholarship foundation that was established in her honor.

Dates: 2001; undated

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs