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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
Paul B. Johnson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M191
Abstract
This collection has immense research value. In its coverage of Paul B. Johnson's terms as lieutenant governor and governor of Mississippi, it documents one of the most critical periods in the state's history -- the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The State Sovereignty Commission records, along with the Highway Patrol records paint a graphic portrait of efforts to thwart civil rights activities in the state, and to preserve the separation of the races. Additionally, it documents (through...
Dates:
circa 1910-1973
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Rose Budd Stevens Papers
Collection
Identifier: M199
Scope and Contents
The heart of the Rose Budd Stevens Papers is copies of her newspaper articles which she began writing in 1947 and continued to write until 1994. The articles colorfully depict everyday life in rural Mississippi and provide a rich source of information about southern culture and heritage, language, expressions, anecdotes, and the role of women in southern society. Recurring topics in the articles are arts and crafts, cooking, family life, farm life, canning, home remedies, poetry and...
Dates:
circa 1908-1996
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
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