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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

Erle E. Johnston, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M319
Abstract

This collection is comprised mainly of materials that document Erle Johnston's personal life and professional activities from approximately 1922 through his death in 1995. The Erle Johnston Papers should be beneficial to any researcher interested in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, as well as the political history of Mississippi in the twentieth century. The collection also provides insight into the life and personality of an important Mississippian.

Dates: circa 1922-1999
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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Albums (Books). 3
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Names
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006 1
Barnett, Ross R., 53rd Governor of Mississippi (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 1
Colmer, William Meyers, Congressman, 1890-1980 1
De La Beckwith, Byron, Jr., 1920-2001 1
East, P. D. (Percy Dale), 1921-1971 1
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Johnston, Erle E., 1917-1995 1
Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Stennis, John C., Senator (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 1
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 1
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