Historical Manuscripts

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Historical Manuscripts

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These are resources that reside in the Historical Manuscripts Collection in Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi.

Collection Items

Text of speech written by Sheila Michaels for John Lewis to deliver to the Fellowship Commission in 1964.

Text of speech given by John Lewis at March on Washington, August 28, 1963. This is a draft with subtle differences from the official speech given to…

Photograph of Marion Barry in 1965 at Assembly of Unrepresented People, Washington, D.C.

Front of Business Card for Hikaru Shiki's husband of Sheila Michael's sushi restaurant

Midrash written by Sheila Michaels for Rosh Hashanah.

Letter from Sheila Michaels in Delhi India to her parents in the United States.

Letter written by Sheila Michaels in Singapore to her parents in the United States.

Taxi! Article written by Sheila MIchaels in 1979.

Trifold brochure for Mississippi Summer Project also know as Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964

Headshot of John Lewis in Atlanta, GA 1963

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