Inventory of the George M. Street Collection (MUM00349)

Table of Contents

Summary Information

Biographical & Historical Note

Scope & Content Note

Arrangement

Administrative Information

Related Materials

Controlled Access Headings

PURL

Collection Inventory

The George Street Collection

PURL

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00349/

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Summary Information

Repository

University of Mississippi Libraries

Creator

Street, George M.

Title

George M. Street Collection

ID

MUM00349

Date [inclusive]

1914-1985

Extent

15.36 linear ft. 25 boxes

Abstract

Correspondence and printed matter documenting the career of George M. Street at the University of Mississippi, including materials collected by Street pertaining to civil rights and integration, World War II, Street family genealogy, and university administration.

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Biographical & Historical Note

George Street, a native Mississippian, spent the majority of his life in Mississippi. His received his academic training in Mississippi as well, including his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Mississippi. He was employed by the University in February, 1949, and retired in January, 1985. During his tenure he held the following positions, Supervisor of Student Housing, Director of Social Affairs, Assistant Dean of Men, Director of Placement and Financial Aids, Director of Development, Director of University Relations and others. He created and served as administrator of the first office of Placement and Financial Aids and administered the Carrier and Jones Scholarships. In 1993, he was elected to the University of Mississippi Alumni Hall of Fame.

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Scope & Content Note

The material in the George M. Street Collection is divided as follows:

The George M. Street Collection: Two boxes of papers related to Street's administrative duties at the University of Mississippi.

The George M. Street Collection - Accretion 1: This accretion consists of correspondence, tapes and other materials documenting the career of George Street at the University of Mississippi. It also includes materials pertaining to the Meredith Crisis, Robert F. Kennedy's speech on campus and civil rights, generally. There is some genealogical information, typed transcriptions of the Civil War correspondence of John Berryman Crawford, and a folder of WWII correspondence between Dean Malcolm R. Guess and his student, Edward Lockard. "Correspondence" refers to personal letters as well as interdepartmental memoranda and other printed materials.

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Arrangement

This finding aid describes two units: The George M. Street Collection, consisting of Street's original donation of materials to the University; and Accretion 1, consisting of additional material received at a later date. These two units were processed at different times and are described separately in the Container List below.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries July 13, 2006

Copyright Restrictions

This collection is protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

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Related Materials

Separated Material

Materials Sent to Cataloging:

• 1. The Voice of Clarke College Feb. 1968 - Fall 1981
• 2. Community Plan to Counteract Racial Agitators
• 3. The Alpha Tau Omega Challenge Vol. 1 No. 2
• 4. Precept various issues
• 5. Annual Freedom Fund Banquet & Celebrity Tennis Matches April 29, 1983
• 6. A Tour of Yoknapatawpha County by Seiya Nishi. This appears to be a reprint and is written in Japanese.
• 7. The Dan Smoot Report October 8, 1962 "The Mississippi Tragedy"
• 8. University of Mississippi "Liberty Bulletin" Fall Semester 1962 1st Edition - 2 copies
• 9. Broadside "Rebel Resistance"
• 10. "The Founding and Early History of College Hill Presbyterian Church" by Will Lewis
• 11. "A History of Thaxton High School" October 9, 1982
• 12. "Conservative Students' Association" pamphlet 1964-65
• 13. "The Mississippi Story" Published and Distributed by Mississippi Municipal Association

Materials Sent to the Music Library/Blues Archive:

• 1. 2 - 45 rpm phonodisks The Rebel Band Plays Dixie
• 2. 2 - 45 rpm phonodisks Mississippi
• 3. Several copies of sheet music for the above

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

• McDowell, Cleve
• Meredith, James, 1933-
• Street, George M.

Subject(s)

• Desegregation in education
• Mississippi--Race relations
• Soldiers--Correspondence

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Collection Inventory

The George Street Collection
1.1 Guess Memorial Award
1.2 Forest Lands-Interior Department
1.3A Land Acquisition Agricultural Department U.S. Forest Lands #2
1.3B Land Acquisition Agricultural Department U.S. Forest Lands #2
1.4 Highway Six Four-Lane Opening Ceremony September 10, 1980
1.5 GRANITE (YAF 1969)
1.6 Faculty-Swartzbaug Case
1.7 HEW, Office of Civil Rights On-Site Inspection
1.8 First Federal Awards Forms
1.9 First Federal Awards March 30, 1965
2.1 Geographical Survey Data 1985
2.2 First Federal Awards 1964
2.3 First Federal Awards 1965
2.4 First Federal Awards February 18, 1967
2.5 First Federal Awards February 26, 1966
2.6A First Federal Awards 1969
2.6B First Federal Awards 1969
Accession #95-134 The George Street Collection - Accretion 1
Box 1 Inventory and Biographical Information
Box 1 Correspondence 1914 through 1960
Correspondence, Misc. University of Mississippi 1914-1941
Correspondence 1942, 1948
Correspondence 1950-1954
Correspondence 1955
Correspondence 1956
Correspondence 1957-1958
Correspondence 1959
Correspondence 1960
Box 2 Correspondence 1961-1964
Correspondence 1961
Correspondence 1962
Correspondence 1963
Correspondence 1964
Box 3 Correspondence 1965-1968
Correspondence 1965
Correspondence 1966
Correspondence 1967
Correspondence 1968
Box 4 Correspondence 1969-1971
Correspondence 1969
Correspondence Jan - June, 1970
Correspondence July - Dec, 1970
Correspondence Jan - June, 1971
Correspondence July - Dec, 1971
Box 5 Correspondence 1972-1975
Correspondence Jan - June, 1972
Correspondence July - Dec, 1972
Correspondence Jan - June, 1973
Correspondence July - Dec, 1973
Correspondence Jan - June, 1974
Correspondence July - Dec, 1974
Correspondence 1975
Box 6 Correspondence 1976-1978
Correspondence 1976
Correspondence Jan - June, 1977
Correspondence July - Dec, 1977
Correspondence 1978
Box 7 Correspondence 1979-1980
Correspondence Jan - June, 1979
Correspondence July - Dec, 1979
Correspondence Jan - June, 1980
Correspondence July - Dec, 1980
Box 8 Correspondence 1981-1982
Correspondence Jan - March, 1981
Correspondence April - Sept, 1981
Correspondence Oct - Dec, 1981
Correspondence Jan - April, 1982
Correspondence May - Dec. 1982
Box 9 Correspondence 1983-1985
Correspondence Jan - June, 1983
Correspondence July - Dec, 1983
Correspondence Jan - June, 1984
Correspondence July - Dec, 1984
Correspondence Jan - Feb, 1985
Box 10 Correspondence undated
Correspondence undated
Correspondence - cards, misc. undated
Box 11 Miscellaneous Items
Guess-Lockard letters, misc. 1940-1948
Guess-Lockard letters (World War II letters - includes letters exchanged between Dean Malcolm R. Guess and his student, Edward Lockard, then serving in the U.S. Army. Lockard was later killed in action) undated
Lockard clippings
Death of Malcom R. Guess
Street's farm file
Street's business file
Box 12 Sons of Confederate Veterans and Miscellaneous Legal Docs
Sons of Confederate Veterans - includes Street's membership information ca. 1975-1988   3 folders
Misc Legal Documents and correspondence
Box 13 Miscellaneous Items
Street's military service records
Letters on behalf of Robin Street Walker, his daughter 1975, 1978
Speech material
Speeches correspondence
Box 14 Speeches and Speech Material
Five folders of speeches and related material
Box 15 Speeches and Speech Material
Six folders of speeches and speech material
Box 16 Speeches and Speech Material
Five folders of speeches and speech material
Box 17 Meredith Crisis  Scope and Contents note Nine folders on Meredith Crisis - includes court documents, eyewitness accounts of the turmoil on campus, complete lists of those detained and arrested, letters from students, parents, and supporters and chronology of the events of 9/30-10/1.
Miscellany 1959, 1962
Meredith Crisis Sept, 1962
Meredith Crisis Oct, 1962
Meredith Crisis Nov. 1-19, 1962
Meredith Crisis Nov. 20-30, 1962
Meredith Crisis Dec, 1962
Meredith Crisis undated
Meredith Crisis Craig Knobles
Meredith Crisis clippings
Box 18 Meredith, Civil Rights 1963-1966  Scope and Contents note Folders deal with campus unrest - includes documents pertaining to the arrest and expulsion of Cleve McDowell, a black law student.
Meredith, civil rights correspondence, includes Cleve McDowell correspondence 1963
"The University and Integration" by J.D. Williams, largely correspondence in response to the above speech
Meredith, civil rights clippings, includes Cleve McDowell correspondence 1963
Meredith, civil rights correspondence 1964
Meredith, civil rights correspondence 1965
Meredith, civil rights correspondence, misc undated
Misc. civil rights-related publications 1962-1965
Meredith, civil rights clippings 1964-65, 1969
Box 19 Civil Rights 1966-1983  Scope and Contents note Seven folders on Civil Rights matters - includes the speech of Robert F. Kennedy on campus in 1966; the closing of Mississippi Valley State University in 1970; and reminisces and newspaper accounts of later years that Street filed under the heading, "U.S. v. Mississippi, revisited."
Civil rights 1966-1979
Civil rights clippings 1966
Robert F. Kennedy speech on campus, correspondence, docs 1966
Robert F. Kennedy speech on campus, clippings 1966
Closing of Mississippi Valley State 1970
US vs. MS. revisited 1983
US vs. MS. revisited clippings
Box 20 Miscellaneous University, Genealogical Materials
Hugh Clegg correspondence, misc 1954-1980
University Police Dept., largely correspondence and legal docs pertaining to a lawsuit for salary increases 1974-1975
Civil War letters of John Berryman Crawford, Company F 16th MS. infantry 1863-1864   photocopies of typed transcriptions
Street genealogy
Street genealogical materials
Box 21 Clippings
Two folders of newspaper and magazine clippings
Box 22 Miscellaneous Oversize
An oversized box containing miscellaneous scrapbooks and other university-related material e.g. Dormitory Manager's Handbook. Also includes several campus flyers -- some obscene, some merely humorous -- drawn by students of the mid- and late 1960s.
Box 23 Miscellaneous Oversize
Two notebooks of speech material; plus several reel-to-reel tape recordings of court hearings pertaining to civil rights.