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Brochure Cover<br /><br />
Black youth with sweat on his face looks toward camera wide eyed with his mouth open. Below the text reads "Mississippi Summer Project"

Mississippi Summer Project Brochure

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

Two page layout with the football roster of Mississippi Southern College on the left and Louisiana Tech on the right. In the center is a profile Welcome to Hattiesburg and Forrest County with pictures and information of the area.

Roster, Mississippi Southern College vs Louisiana Tech, November 15, 1952

Two page layout with the football roster of Mississippi Southern College on the left and Chattanooga on the right. In the center is a profile Welcome to Hattiesburg and Forrest County with pictures and information of the area.

Roster, Mississippi Southern College vs. Chattanooga, October 25, 1952

Two page layout with the football roster of Mississippi Southern College on the left and Memphis State on the right. In the center is a profile Welcome to Hattiesburg and Forrest County with pictures and information of the area.

Roster, Mississippi Southern College vs. Memphis State, September 27, 1952

Two pages of local advertising from a football program .

Advertising pages from the Mississippi Southern College football program (November 3, 1951).

Advertisement from football program sponsored by the Hattiesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. It reviews programs they offer on Americanism, agriculture, Christmas activities, city beautification, industrial affairs, public health, fire prevention, and public safety.

Advertisement for the Hattiesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce from the Mississippi Southern College football program (September 30, 1950).

The cover of a green pamphlet titled We Are Nourishing Communism<br /><br />
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Address Delivered by L.E. Faulkner<br /><br />
Vice President and General Manager<br /><br />
Mississippi Central Railroad Company<br /><br />
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Before the Rotary Club of Hattiesburg<br /><br />
Hattiesburg, Mississippi<br /><br />
November 2, 1943<br />

We Are Nourishing Communism: Address delivered by L.E. Faulkner, Vice President and General Manager, Mississippi Central Railroad

Newspaper clipping from the Hattiesburg American dated December 11, 1945.<br /><br />
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Principal denies weekly is red<br /><br />
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I Hattiesburg Parents complaint that his daughter and other Hattiesburg high school students were being exposed to communistic and socialistic propaganda through the medium of the weekly news review was quietly denied today by J. T. Wallace, principal of the senior high school.<br /><br />
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The weekly news review is subscribe to my students of the 10th grade history class as a supplement to the study of current history.<br /><br />
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I Hattiesburg father who made the complaint and further stated that he for bid his daughter to read the publication regardless of what instructions she received from her teacher, was not identified.<br /><br />
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He based his complaint, he said on such articles in the review as to biographical sketch is which dealt with Harold Lasky, executive secretary of the British labor party and advocate of gradual so socialism and Senator Robert F Wagner Democrat of New York, veteran champion of the underdog and quarterback for many important pieces of new deal social legislation.<br /><br />
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No objection<br /><br />
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I have seen and read issues of the weekly news review and I have seen nothing in them to object to, Mr. Wallace it.<br /><br />
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Miss Margaret L TrayWick, 10th grade history instructor, in his class the publication issues, was not available for comments she is absent on sick leave.<br /><br />
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John a Beeson, principal of Hattiesburg junior high school, scanned the December 3 issue, in which the articles on Senator Wagner and Mr. Lasky appeared, and said he failed to read into them any attempt to feed school children with communistic or socialistic propaganda.<br /><br />
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“They are brief biographical sketches. The publication itself advocates nothing,“ Mr. Beeson remarked.<br /><br />
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Mr. beast an added that junior high had use the same publication up to 1943 but the junior review is now being used in the junior high school history course. Both publications are edited by the civic education service, 1733 K St., Northwest, Washington DC and J. Hubert Anderson is senior editor of both reviews.<br /><br />
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Junior review<br /><br />
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He added that the weekly news review was dropped in junior high school not because anything was found to be wrong with it, because the history instructor found that Junior review more suitable to class needs.<br /><br />
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Miss Stella Myrick, junior high school social science teacher, who teaches history and civic classes lot of the junior of you as an excellent supplement to the study of current history, so no communistic north socialistic propaganda locate and its columns.<br /><br />
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Bohleen our excerpts from the weekly news review which aroused the Hattiesburg Parents Eire:<br /><br />
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Under a heading socialism in Europe games, the review reported: “the majority of people in nearly all these countries in Europe are agreed on one point – namely they don’t want to go back to conditions as they existed before the war. They favor radical changes in their social and industrial systems.“<br /><br />
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“US basis serious housing crisis quote was the main article on page 1 of the publication. Other items dealt with “Pearl Harbor,“ “Trumans health plan,“ “trouble in Iran,“ “US housing agencies.“<br /><br />
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Included an eight page review were pictures of Senator Wagner, Mr. Thorez,leader a fridge communist party, and a pen and ink sketch of Mr. Lasky.<br /><br />
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Back page of the publication was devoted to a “form in “on “the way to effective citizenship“ consisting of questions to test how much the student had absorbed from reading the review, suggestions for classroom project in which students would make a quote rather thorough investigation of housing conditions in their own town,“ and suggested pamphlets for reading in connections with the housing problem.

"Principal Denies Weekly Is 'Red'"

Newspaper clipping from the Hattiesburg American about a parent complaining that the Hattiesburg High school was exposing his child to "communistic…

Cover of the program for the June 9-15, 1974 patriotic American youth conference. Also called the All-American forum V, the conference was held at the university of southern Mississippi. <br /><br />
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In the center of the page is a photograph of an older man and surrounding him are emblems from the US Army, FBI, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, and Marine Corp. Below the picture is "Our Internal Security" with a Patriotic American Youth emblem. <br />

Conference Program, All American Forum V presented by Patriotic American Youth

Program for the All American Forum V entitled "Our Internal Security," presented by the Patriotic American Youth at the University of Southern…

Invoice on Mississippi Central railroad company letterhead. Form 64 5 AM four Dash 43 catching Natchez Mississippi central railroad company Natchez route Hattiesburg Mississippi April 20, 1940 for our W Fox purchasing agent order number 51574 requisition number RWF Ladimir printing company Hattiesburg Mississippi please ship the following to Mississippi central railroad company RW Fox, purchasing agent Hattiesburg Mississippi<br /><br />
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Mail invoices in triplicate and original bill of lading or express receipt direct to purchase agent quoting above order number address all communications concerning this order to the purchasing agent.<br /><br />
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Mark on your bill and each package the order number and number of person to whom shipped right is reserve to cancel this order if not shipped promptly no charge for package or drayage will be allowed express charges will not be paid by this company unless shipment is ordered by express all timbers and lumber brought subject to our inspection either at point of delivery to this line or at destination as may be arranged rejected material is subject to immediate disposition of shipper at regular freight rates if disposition is not properly furnished no further care will be given such material<br /><br />
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Quantity 20,000 description Bill Smith letters in titled Bill Smith and free enterprise to be printed in folder form 17“ x 11“ and folder two 8 1/2“ x 11“ letter number four for records<br /><br />
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Kylie acknowledge receipt and advise when shipment will be made yours truly copy signed r W Fox purchasing agent

Invoice for printing Bill Smith Letter #4, "Bill Smith and Free Enterprise"

Invoice for printing 20,000 copies of Bill Smith Letter 4 on Mississippi Central letterhead, April 20, 1944

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