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From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Collected civil rights related news reports collected by WATS lines from field offices in Mississippi.

From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Margaret Hazelton (left) and Zoya Zeman (right) taken in June 1964, after they learned they would be roommates in Clarksdale, Mississippi, for the summer. Hazelton and Zeman were volunteers in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.

Black-and-white photograph of Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi. Eastland had a reputation as an opponent of the civil rights movement.

From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of several men with saws amidst large piles of logs; 5 x 7

From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter from the Holly Springs Freedom House to friends and former workers. Included are accounts of recent arrests, cross burnings, school integration attempts, and other news. Also includes a list of workers present in Holly Springs at that time.

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains to staff members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) what the "Friends of SNCC" groups do. These groups support SNCC's programs in the Civil Rights movement by raising money and collecting supplies, recruiting volunteers and preparing publicity, and sending letters and telegrams to the Justice Department and the President of the United States about changes needed in the South.

From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This typewritten document describes uses of role playing and gives examples for the purpose of training Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) volunteers for real life situations they may face as civil rights workers.

From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. In the notecard, Margaret [Burnham?] writes to Ed [Hamlett], Mississippi's state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to express her view that the Project is losing its good people. Possible author of this note is Margaret Burnham.

From the Oral History Collection. A digital photograph from the Mississippi Oral History Project 10th Anniversary. Photo shows actors and attendees speaking.

From the Oral History Collection. A photograph of five women on stage at the Hattiesburg Saenger Theater for the Roots Reunion.

From the Oral History Collection. A digital photograph from the Mississippi Oral History Project 10th Anniversary. Photo shows a speaker addressing attendees. Photo is blurred.

From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Mr. Monroe Lott and Mr. Everett Lott with a large virgin pine tree cut in Lamar County for J. J. Newman Lumber Company. A log from it won a steam locomotive as a prize at the 1904 World’s Fair; 8 x 10

From the Oral History Collection. A photograph of two performers on stage during "The Katrina Project: Hell and High Water." One performer is in a wheelchair while another is dressed as a physician attending to the other.

From the Map Collection. A maps showing a section of shoreline with two ports and the position of two cutters. "The Form of Cruising Off ACAPULCA on the COAST of MEXICO in the SOUTH SEAS, in the Year 1742. by his Majesty's Ships, Centurion, Gloucester, Tryall Prize, Carmila Prize, Carmin Prize. C. The Cutters belonging to the Centurion and Gloucester which kept 4 1/2 Leagues from the Shore in the Day, and close In in the Night, to watch the Motions of the Manila Ship." Scale of leagues.

From the Oral History Collection. A photograph of students from the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, with Congressman Gene Taylor in Bay St. Louis.