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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

Charles Davis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M377
Abstract

Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,

Dates: 1862-2004
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

Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M502
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1900s; 1940s–1950s; Majority of material found within 1960s–2010s; Undated
Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

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Names
Barnett, Ross R., 53rd Governor of Mississippi (Ross Robert), 1898-1987 1
Colmer, William Meyers, Congressman, 1890-1980 1
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 1
Davis, Charles L., 1943-2016 1
De La Beckwith, Byron, Jr., 1920-2001 1
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Hattiesburg High School. 1
Johnston, Erle E., 1917-1995 1
Kennard, Clyde, 1927-1963 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
Lorenzi, Henry ([Lorenzi] Sojourner), -1982 1
Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi] (Susan Sadoff Lorenzi Hasalo), 1941-2020 1
Stennis, John C., Senator (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 1
Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 1
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