Finding aid for the Will Lewis, Sr. Collection
MUM00581
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PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00581/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Lewis, Will, Sr.
- Title
- Will Lewis, Sr. Collection
- ID
- MUM00581
- Date [inclusive]
- 1949-1992
- Extent
- 2.5 Linear feet 6 boxes
- Location:
- General Special Collections
- Abstract:
- The collection contains several boxes of material related to the civil rights movement and the integration of the University of Mississippi, and several boxes of material related to William Faulkner.
Preferred Citation
Will Lewis, Sr. Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains several boxes of material related to the civil rights movement and the integration of the University of Mississippi, and several boxes of material related to William Faulkner. Civil rights materials include correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous other documents related to the integration of the University of Mississippi.
The Faulkner materials chiefly include periodicals with articles on Faulkner. Also included are programs from the Faulkner and Yoknapatawhpha Conference at the University of Mississippi, some book reviews and promotional materials, and other items.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series and by format within each series.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries 27 July 2012
Access Restrictions
The Will Lewis, Sr. Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
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.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated by Will Lewis, Sr. during Open Doors, a series of events held in 2002 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the university's integration.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, July 2012.
Related Materials
Resources at the University of Mississippi
Open Doors Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library
For more collections related to the university's integration, see the Archives' Civil Rights and Race Relations Subject Guide.
For more collections related to William Faulkner, see the Archives' William Faulkner Subject Guide.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- University of Mississippi -- History
Format(s)
- broadsides (notices)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- magazines (periodicals)
- pamphlets
Personal Name(s)
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Periodicals
- Meredith, James, 1933-
Subject(s)
- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford Race relations
- College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Civil Rights and Integration Materials |
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1.1 Broadside: “Yankee Go Home,” 1962 Scope and Contents noteThis flyer was dropped from airplanes flying over Oxford in 1962. |
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1.2 (a) Letter, Charles D. Fain to Mr. Will Lewis, Sr., 28 November 1962 |
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1.2 (b) Commercial Appeal (photocopy) and typed manuscript: “Another Mississippi Story”/J.D. Williams, 1962 |
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1.3 Pamphlet: "The Oxford Disaster…Price of Defiance" by Karl Wiesenburg |
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1.4 Pamphlet: "Racial Amalgamation Propaganda versus Segregation and Racial Cooperation: An Address by Fred A. Ross," State Department of Public Welfare, circa 1963 |
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1.5 (a) Letter, Charles D. Fain to Mr. Will Lewis, Sr., 28 November 1962 |
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1.5 (b) Pamphlet: “The Margin for Greatness” |
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1.6 Typed document: “Integration at the University of Mississippi”/speech by Russell H. Barrett, 18 November 1963 Scope and Contents noteSpeech given at the University of Illinois, Navy Pier, Chicago. 4 pp. |
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1.7 Letter, J.D. Williams to Mr. Will Lewis, Sr., 29 June 1959 Scope and Contents noteRe: appreciation of support. 1p. |
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2.1 Newspaper clippings, 1956-1961 |
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2.2 Newspaper clippings, 1962 |
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2.3 Newspaper clippings, 1962 |
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2.4 Newspaper clippings, 1962 |
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2.5 Newspaper clippings, 1963-1964 |
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2.6 Newspaper clippings, 1972-1982 |
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3.1 Newsweek, 15 October 1962 |
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3.2 Mississippi Magazine, Winter 1967 |
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3.3 The New Republic, 25 July 1964 and 19 October 1968 |
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3.4 Look Magazine, 31 December 1962 |
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3.5 Look Magazine, 9 April 1963 |
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3.6 The National Guardsman, November 1962 |
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3.7 Life Magazine, 12 October 1962 |
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3.8 The Saturday Evening Post, 10 November 1962 |
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3.9 Time, 12 October 1962 |
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Series 2: William Faulkner Materials |
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4.1 Prospectus advertising Faulkner works |
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4.2 Faulkner and University of Mississippi - Program. Southern Literary Festival, A Tribute to William Faulkner. University of Mississippi, 22-24 April 1965 Scope and Contents noteMalcolm Cowley, Martin Dain, Ruth Ford, Robert Penn Warren and Eudora Welty as guest speakers |
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4.3 Ole Miss Precept |
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Winter 1977 Scope and Contents noteContains article on the restoration of Rowan Oak |
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Spring 1972 Scope and Contents noteContains article on the Rowan Oak Papers |
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4.4 The Ole Miss Alumni Review |
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Fall 1962 Scope and Contents noteContains “William Faulkner and the University” by Dr. John Pilkington, Jr. |
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Winter 1974 Scope and Contents noteContains article: “Rowan Oak - The Home of William Faulkner” by Dr. James W. Webb |
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4.5 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference programs, 1974, 1987, 1992 |
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4.6 “Intruder at its Wust” (mimeograph copy), Second World Premiere, Fulton Chapel (UM), 12 December 1949 |
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4.7 Faulkner and the University of Mississippi Exhibition Catalog: “Brodsky: A Faulkner Collector/ Scholar at Work,” 31 July-16 September 1983 |
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4.8 Faulkner Book Reviews |
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4.9 Oxford/Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce map of Oxford with community information Scope and Contents noteContains substantial information about Faulkner |
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5.1 Loose Materials: Book Cover, “Collected Stories of William Faulkner.” Letter addressed to Mrs. Will Lewis |
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5.2 Clippings - “Intruder in the Dust” |
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5.3 Newspaper clippings, undated |
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5.4 Newspaper clippings, 1949-1960 |
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5.5 Newspaper clippings, 1961-1970 |
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5.6 Newspaper clippings, 1961-1970 |
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5.7 Newspaper clippings, 1971-1980 |
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6.1 Newspaper clippings, 1981-1900 |
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6.2 Newsweek, 2 August 1954; Saturday Review, 28 July 1962 |
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6.3 The Faulkner Newsletter, October-December 1987 |
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6.4 Vogue, July 1954, July 1962 |
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6.5 Holiday, March 1969, April 1954 |
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6.6 Time Magazine, 13 July 1962, 17 July 1964 |
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6.7 Mississippi Magazine, Winter 1962, Spring 1962, Spring 1963, Summer 1967 |
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6.8 Life Magazine, 28 September 1953 |
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6.9 Life Magazine, 20 July 1962, 2 August 1963 |
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