The dining hall record contains daily entries listing the food served at each meal during the day - breakfast, dinner, and supper. Most entries also include a brief note of daily activities, including reunions, deaths, visits, and other events.Also...
Letter.; This copy of a letter from Walter Sillers Jr. is on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead. Sillers argues that the election of the delegates to the Democratic National Convention at the State Democratic Convention in Jackson,...
Letter.; Sillers writes to Ahlgren to ask how his sister, a member of the press, can get her press pass and hotel room for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He also suggests to Ahlgren how the issues facing the convention should be...
Letter.; Sillers contributes to a discussion regarding solutions for the educational problems in Mississippi. Sillers suggests a plan to privatize the school system in Mississippi, so that the state government does not have to be directly involved...
Letter.; Sillers discusses conversations with a man named Seton Ross. Ross and a friend, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture McDonald, wish to nominate General MacArthur at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Sillers is involved in...
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Sullens on a speech he made to a Chamber of Commerce audience. In the speech, Sullens warned of the necessity of selecting the right sort of men and women for positions of leadership. Sillers concurs and emphasizes...
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Ahlgren on his editorial ""Not Grievances But Treason."" Sillers writes that he feels labor leaders and labor unions are horrible traitors to the United States. He also mentions that poll taxes are being abolished...
Letter.; Sillers writes that he is concerned over the political turn that the United States is taking in recent years. He expresses a lack of confidence in the current presidential administration and hopes that the people of the country will...
Letter.; Sillers worries that the Mississippi delegation will not be seated at the the Democratic National Convention in Chicago if promising to support the national nominee is made a condition for admission to the meeting. He wants to know how...
Letter.; Sillers writes about publicity for the States' Rights movement. He notes that David Cohn has received harsh criticism from northern liberals because he wrote favorably of the States' Rights movement in his book, Where I Was Born and...
Letter.; Sillers writes about the political strategies that the Mississippi Democratic delegation should use before and after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Letter.; Sillers writes that the States' Rights movement must continue its momentum by promoting its principles as basic American government. The States' Rights politicians are hoping to join with Republicans and anyone else who agrees with their...
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Senator Stennis on Congress's enacting of a labor bill, but he notes that he is not completely statisfied with the legislation. He goes on to tell Stennis how and why the bill should be modified. He drops in a...
Letter.; Sillers writes in praise of the Community Citizen, an African American newspaper published by J.W. Jones. Jones' paper takes the position that segregation is best for both races. Sillers suggests that Coleman, as chair of the State...
Letter.; This copy of a letter from Walter Sillers Jr. is on white ""Sillers and Roberts"" letterhead. In the letter, Sillers writes that our country is at war with the spread of Communism. He believes there is a conspiracy within the government...
Letter.; Sillers writes to the editor of the Commercial Appeal regarding an article he feels did not represent the facts of the situation of the Democratic Party of Mississippi. He feels that the headline and story greatly exaggerated the...
Letter.; Sillers compliments Toler on an article that he recently had published and suggests a few additions to it. He strongly points out that the southern Democrats have tried for many years to change things within the national party as most...
Letter.; Sillers writes about the possiblity of dismantling the public school system in Mississippi in favor of a privatized school arrangement for children in Mississippi. Sillers indicates that this measure is desirable as a legal way to...
Letter.; Sillers responds to W.C. Trotter, who sent him a copy of W.E. Debnam's ""Weep No More, My Lady,"" written in response to two radio speeches by Eleanor Roosevelt. Sillers deplores the effect of President Roosevelt's and the Democratic...
