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Materials from Cherry Burns’ world travels.

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Materials regarding the Underground Railroad and other aspects of African American history collected by Dr. Falk, the first Medical Committee for Human Rights Field Secretary in Mississippi.

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Diary, ship's log, memoirs, correspondence, memorabilia concerning his service in the U.S. Navy with the Seventh Fleet near New Guinea.

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The collection includes photocopies of two manuscripts entitled “Travels in America” written by David “Pears” Smith Hiddle as well as a typed transcript of the manuscripts.

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This collection consists primarily of materials pertaining to the book, "Letters From Mississippi", which was first published in 1965, and republished in 2002. The book contains letters written by Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers in 1964 about their experiences in that important segment of the Civil Rights Movement.

Form of Material Photocopy of manuscript written by J.P. Kemper titled “Down Where the Sugar Cane Grows, A Story of Bayou Teche”. His description: “manuscript and notes on reminiscences of a sugar planter and other writings pertaining to the early days in the sugar bowl.” This manuscript was published in the Attakapas Gazette, Official Organ of the Attakapas Historical Association in cooperation with the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana....

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Narrative of his trip with his uncle to Vietnam revisiting sites where his uncle had served during the Vietnam War.

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Writings, correspondence, photographs, and condolence letters on the death of this outspoken proponent of Civil Rights and Rabbi at Temple B'Nai Israel in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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Research collection about leader of Quantrill's Raiders in Missouri.

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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.