Education -- Mississippi.

Class of Beginners at the Southern Christian Institute in Edwards, Mississippi.

Letters, photographs, and other materials reflecting his personal life as well as his association with Mississippi Normal College.

Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook was born on November 16, 1862 in Artesia (Lowndes County), Mississippi. He was a pioneer of education in Mississippi, who provided college educations for all of his children at the school of their choice. This multi-faceted collection consists of materials that encompass the entire Cook Family, but the principal subject is Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook, first president of Mississippi Normal College at Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Catalogs, annual reports, laws, commencement invitations and programs from various Mississippi institutions.

Materials documenting the Lamar Elementary School, of which Mrs. Gooding was principal, and other Hattiesburg and South Mississippi public schools.

Ledgers and files containing the records of public schools in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Correspondence, reports, files, magazines documenting his career with the Mississippi Highway Patrol and as an attorney.

Original and digital versions of 6 posters.

Organizational records.

This collection contains materials (correspondence, working papers, reports, publications) primarily concerned with educational surveys and evaluation of public school districts in Mississippi.

Memorabelia related to Piney Woods School, including Business card of Neff Chastain, The Original Dry Boiled Peanut “King.

Brochure from the 73rd annual founders’ day of the Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute held on May 8, 1980. The dates covered in the brochure are 1907 to 1980.

One compact disk containing an interview with Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteer, Andrew Schiffrin. Mr. Schiffrin served in Meridian, and the interview was conducted by a reporter, shortly after the disappearance of Civil Rights workers, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney. The interview is a little more than five minutes in length.

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.

Copies of correspondence and historical documents concerning St. Francis Xavier School in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Information from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in January 1967 containing a cover letter from Harold Howe, II, U.S. Commissioner of Education, to all Superintendents and Boards of Education of school systems qualifying for federal financial assistance under voluntary plans for desegregation. There are 5 sample letters and notices for their use in disseminating information regarding “choice of schools”.