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From the Mississippiana and Rare Books Collection. Channels at Ship Island Pass and from Ship Island Harbor to the mainland Miss.: Letter from the Secretary of War with letter of the Chief of Engineers, report of a survey for a channel from Ship Island Harbor to the railroad pier at Gulfport, and from Ship Island Harbor to Biloxi, Miss. : also for an anchorage basin at both places, and channel through Ship Island Pass.

From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Record of the proceedings and debates of the 89th Congress, the major topic of which is the Congressional Challenge brought by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in response to the election of white Congressmen in Mississippi. Also discusses concerns about the deliberate exclusion of African Americans from Congressional elections, and the laws that prohibit many African Americans in Mississippi from voting. The "fairness resolution" is explained and historical background of discrimination in Mississippi against African Americans is also given. Statements from the Jackson Clarion Ledger and quotes from Mississippi Codes and civil rights organizations are also included.

A printed copy of a petition to the House of Representatives of the 24th Congress on 1 February 1837. The petition contains 91 names of Mississippi residents who were requesting that Congress set up a tribunal to scrutinize land claims in the area of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, and that the privileges of the pre-emption law be extended.

A printed copy of a report from the Committee on the Public Lands, dated 29 May 1812, issuing from their inquiry into the expediency of confirming claims to land in the Mississippi Territory founded on Spanish Warrants of Survey.

Printed committee report dated 3 February 1816, relating to claims in the Mississippi Territory. It recommends that the petitions by Mississippi territory residents for compensation due to Creek Indian depredations (and the depredations of American troops) be denied.

Printed committee report, dated 1 December 1818, on the question of prohibiting Choctaw Indian settlement on the west bank of the Mississippi River until the tribe ceded to the United States the lands lying east of the Mississippi.

From the William M. Colmer Papers. A resolution originating in the United States House of Representatives regarding "condemning the treatment of American prisoners of war by the Government of North Vietnam and urging the President to initiate appropriate action for the purpose of insuring that American prisoners are accorded humane treatment."

From the William M. Colmer Papers. A resolution originating in the United States House of Representatives regarding the authorization and direction of "the Committee on Internal Security to conduct a full and complete study and investigation of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.

From the William M. Colmer Papers. A resolution originating in the United States House of Representatives regarding sentiment from the House "in condemnation of the North Vietnamese Communist invasion of South Vietnam and in support of actions taken by the United States to repel the invasion.