From the McRee (James F.) Papers. The letter was sent with Taylor's report of project activities during two weeks dating from July 25 to August 8, 1966. Tougaloo collection does not have the report. In the letter, Taylor emphasized it was not...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Albert Day. Day grew up in Gunnison, Mississippi. During his childhood, his father was a general manager of the Delta Cooperative Farm Project in Hillsdale, Mississippi. Day discusses the...
From the McRee (James F.) Papers. This report describes a Mississippi-Chicago project that was discussed at the Citizen's Crusade against Poverty Conference in April in Washington D.C. Six representatives from Holmes County were looking for...
From the Alice H. Harper Collection. A copy of a photograph of the Camp Van Dorn Recreation Center in the Housing Project. Two white posts in foreground. A street sign is located in center of photograph printed "Street C" Written at top of page is...
From the Paxton Papers Series 2; Photograph of a Relief worker looking for bodies around the debris of what was once the nation's largest housing project, wiped out by the Columbia River dam break.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Charles M. George. George discusses in particular his time spent working for the West Tallahatchie School District where he eventually became the first African American Superintendent.
Oral history with Irene Haper. Interview was conducted by G.B. Crawford on 26 October 1983, at Horn Lake, Mississippi. Includes a transcript and audio.
HUD issued this report one year after Katrina and it highlights the number of housing units made available, including housing for Native Americans. The report also reviews some of the policy changes made, including that of increasing the Fair...
This report is a summary of the assessment activity for the Superfund National Priority List sites that were in the path of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 14 pages (PDF version).
From the Birdsong PW Collection. Photocopy of a letter to Edward Davison, Chief Special War Project Branch, from Colonel Birdsong, commander of Camp Shelby. The information in the letter details the report of the chief German physician at Camp...
Finding aid for a manuscript collection located at the University of Mississippi. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and journals produced and collected by Marge Rushing Baroni. Baroni was a native of Natchez, Mississippi, and was...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This prospectus for the textbook Mississippi, Conflict & Change discusses the deficiences of the standard Mississippi history text at that time, John K. Bettersworth's "Mississippi, Yesterday and Today," and...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This document details the need for a new ninth-grade public school textbook on Mississippi history. The deficiencies of the standard texts in use at the time, Bettersworth's "Mississippi, Yesterday and Today"...
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Two-page handwritten letter signed Judge and Annie Rankin to Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Stewart dated July 10, 1969. Rankin writes about the swearing in of seven African American men who had been elected. The ceremony...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This announcement from James W. Loewen, one of the authors of "Mississippi, Conflict & Change," announces the acceptance of the book for publication by Pantheon. Loewen asks the recipients of his announcement...
From the George A. Owens Papers. This proposal outlines plans by the Mississippi Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate and document revenue sharing in Laurel, Miss., a town in which the at-large election...
From the McRee (James F.) Papers. This is a proposal for the rural Mississippi leadership training program for African Americans submitted by Rev. James McRee, the president of the Madison County Movement. The proposal includes: introduction,...
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Three-page handwritten letter signed Judge and Annie Rankin to Frank and Caroline [Stewart] dated May 28, 1969. Rankin writes about the organization of a Head Start facility in Jefferson County, where 400...
