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Victoria Gray Adams Papers
Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.
Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami Papers
Materials pertaining to the life and work of Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami, who served at Temple B'Nai Israel in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1963 and 1964.
Black Lives Matter Collection
Materials relating to the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Peggy Jean Connor Papers
This collection should be of interest to students and researchers of the civil rights era circa 1960-1980; especially those interested in civil rights legal cases and the history of black legislators in Mississippi.
Vernon F. Dahmer Collection
Charles Davis Papers
Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,
J.C. Fairley Civil Rights Collection
NAACP correspondence and materials documenting the contributions of this Hattiesburg Civil Rights leader.
Glenda Funchess Civil Rights Collection
Materials related to Freedom Summer 1964.
Jinny Glass Mississippi Freedom Summer Diary
Diary of Freedom Summer 1964 volunteer in Palmer's Crossing Community Center and 1996 article on Freedom Summer.
Candy Brown Gonzalez Freedom Summer Photographs
Candy Brown Gonzalez of Los Angeles, participated in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project from June to December 1964. The collection contains photographs she took while in Greenville, Issaquena County, McComb, Hattiesburg and Waveland.
Dorie Ann Ladner Collection
Newspaper clippings, printed material, and photos regarding the professional activities of the donor and her sister Dr. Joyce Ladner, natives of Palmer's Crossing, Mississippi and SNCC Field Secretaries.
Lawrence D. Spears Civil Rights Collection
Materials about the assault of civil rights workers Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on July 10, 1964.
Elisabeth Speer Mississippi Diary
This two-volume handwritten diary/scrapbook created by Elisabeth Speer documented her life as a resident of Hattiesburg, Mississippi during Freedom Summer and her thoughts on the civil rights movement.
Daisy Harris Wade Papers
Materials documenting the work of 1960s Forrest County N.A.A.C.P. leaders J.C. Fairley and Daisy Harris.
Christopher Wilson Freedom Summer Collection
Woods Guest House / Hattiesburg COFO Headquarters Collection
Brick salvaged from burned ruins of historic African American hotel and Civil Rights headquarters during Freedom Summer, with newspaper clipping about the building.