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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
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
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
Fannie Kyker Collection
Collection
Identifier: M518
Abstract
Post cards, correspondence, printed items, photos, and other memorabilia collected by this long time Hattiesburg resident.
Dates:
circa 1910-2010
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
James A. Riley Collection of Mississippi Documents, Newspapers, and Letters
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M23
Scope and Contents
Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.
Dates:
1646-to date
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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- Brochures. 5
- Fliers (Ephemera). 5
- Memorabilia. 5
- Programs (Publications). 5
- Records (Documents). 5
- Certificates. 4
- Government publications. 4
- Greeting cards. 4
- Hattiesburg (Miss.). 4
- Map. 4
- Postcards. 4
- Calendar. 3
- Civil rights workers -- Mississippi. 3 + ∧ less
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- Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006 1
- Association of American Railroads. AAR (1934-) 1
- Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, Governor, 1877-1947 1
- Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 1
- Davis, Charles L., 1943-2016 1
- Fernwood, Columbia, and Gulf (Railroad). FC&G (1920-1972) 1
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. GM & O (1938-1972) 1
- Hattiesburg High School. 1
- Johnson, Dorothy (Dot) Power 1
- Johnson, Paul B., Jr., Governor (Paul Burney), 1916-1985 1
- Johnson, Paul B., Sr., Governor (Paul Burney), 1880-1943 1
- Kentucky and Tennessee Railway. K&T (1902-1904) 1
- Kyker, Fannie LaVelle “Goodie”, 1926-2009 1
- Lorenzi, Henry ([Lorenzi] Sojourner), -1982 1
- Paul B. Johnson Family 1
- Riley, James A. 1
- Sojourner, Sue [Lorenzi] (Susan Sadoff Lorenzi Hasalo), 1941-2020 1
- Southern Railroad Company (1894–1990) 1
- Wallace, George C., Governor of Alabama (George Corley), 1919-1998 1 + ∧ less
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