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Finding Aid for the Ed Movitz Integration Collection (MUM01757)

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The Ed Movitz Integration Collection is open for research. Researchers are strongly encouraged to use the digital versions of these photographs (available in the University of Mississippi Integration Collection: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/integration) rather than the originals. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

Finding Aid for the Ed Movitz Integration Collection



Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01757/
Title: Ed Movitz Integration Collection
Dates: September-October 1962
Collector: Movitz, Ed
Physical Extent: 46 photographs
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM01757
Location: Visual Collections
Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains forty-six black-and-white photographs, taken for use by various newspapers, documenting the 1962 integration of the University of Mississippi.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Ed Movitz, May 2011

Custodial History

All the images have been published in newspapers. Ed Movitz purchased the images from various collectors.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Pamela Williamson and Cody Hall, 2011. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, December 2011.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Alternative Formats

These photographs have been digitized and are available in the University of Mississippi Integration Collection.


Subject Terms

Meredith, James, 1933-
University of Mississippi -- History
University of Mississippi -- Riot, Sept. 30, 1962
Academic freedom
Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford
College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
Mississippi -- Race relations


Formats

black-and-white prints (photographs)


Biographical/Historical Note

Ed Movitz, Health and Safety Officer for the University of Mississippi, purchased the images in this collection from various collectors. All images were originally published in newspapers in 1962.


Scope and Content Note

The collection contains assorted published telephotos documenting the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Ed Movitz Integration Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Ed Movitz Integration Collection is open for research. Researchers are strongly encouraged to use the digital versions of these photographs (available in the University of Mississippi Integration Collection: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/integration) rather than the originals. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

Copyright Restrictions

Copyright remains with the press services that originally published the materials.

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.


Container List

CPB 74.1 Ole Miss student held for questioning, 1962
CPB 74.2 Aerial view of the University of Mississippi campus, 1962
CPB 74.3 Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson and U.S. Marshall Joseph P. McShane, 1962
CPB 74.4 Federal Marshalls in Oxford, MS, 1962
CPB 74.5 U.S. Marshalls at the University of Mississippi, 1962
CPB 74.6 Police at the University of Mississippi, 1962
CPB 74.7 U.S. Marshalls in Army trucks driving past fraternity houses at Ole Miss, 1962
CPB 74.8 Aerial view of tent city set up for U.S. Marshalls, 1962
CPB 74.9 Maj. S. Kristoferson, commanding officer of the 70th Engineer Battalion of Ft. Campbell, KY, escorts an unidentified man through tent city, 1 October 1962
CPB 74.10 Angry Oxford residents surrounding the Governor’s mansion, 1 October 1962
CPB 74.11 Army troops await planes to leave Oxford, MS, 10 October 1962
CPB 74.12 Collage of London newspapers reporting on the crisis at the University of Mississippi, 1962
CPB 74.13 Jeering student foes of integration demonstrate on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962
CPB 74.14 Aerial view of the Ole Miss campus depicting centers of activity during the integration of James Meredith, 28 September 1962
CPB 74.15 Automobile burning on the Ole Miss campus, 1962
CPB 74.16 University of Mississippi Registrar, Robert B. Ellis, talks to students standing in line to register for classes, 1962
CPB 74.17 U.S. Marshalls wait in Memphis to see if they are needed at the University of Mississippi, 1962
CPB 74.18 Aerial view of the University of Mississippi, 29 September 1962
CPB 74.19 Army troops escort prisoners to the National Guard Armory following a downtown disturbance, 1962
CPB 74.20 Sign instructing students where to go upon arriving on campus, 19 September 1962
CPB 74.21 Student shouts at U.S. Marshals, 1962
CPB 74.22 Albert Taylor, a border patrolman, displays weapons seized, 1962
CPB 74.23 Coeds escorted to class by armed trooper, 1962
CPB 74.24 Army soldiers catch on duty through the night, get some sleep, 2 October 1962
CPB 74.25 U.S. Army military police force an unidentified student back in his room after the student attempted to climb out of his window in Lester Hall, 31 October 1962
CPB 74.26 Army troops begin leaving Oxford, MS including the 108th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tupelo, MS National Guard, 20 October 1962
CPB 74.27 501st Infantry sit in Army trucks on the football practice field preparing to leave the Ole Miss campus, 1962
CPB 74.28 State Highway Patrolman, Wibley Brunt, injured during the riots, 1962
CPB 74.29 Military moves into Oxford, MS, 1962
CPB 74.30 Army troops along University Avenue, 1 October 1962
CPB 74.31 Mississippi National Guard Armory, Oxford, MS, 1962
CPB 74.32 National Guardsman and Army trucks, 30 September 1962
CPB 74.33 Unidentified student looking out of his window in Lester Hall, 1962
CPB 74.34 Mississippi Highway Patrol cars line Campus Drive, 27 September 1962
CPB 74.35 Firemen attempt to extinguish burning cross, 1962
CPB 74.36 Students gather in protest, 20 September 1962
CPB 74.37 Prisoners taken into custody after a disturbance, 1 October 1962
CPB 74.38 Student points at the car taking James Meredith to class, 1962
CPB 74.39 Soldier sleeps on the hood of his jeep, 1 October 1962
CPB 74.40 U.S. Army troops, 2 October 1962
CPB 74.41 Plainclothesmen from Mississippi stand in the street waiting to turn James Meredith away, 1962
CPB 74.42 James L. Hicks, a black newsman, interviewed after he was not issued press credentials, 29 September 1962
CPB 74.43 U. S. Marshalls and rioting students, 30 September 1962
CPB 74.44 Solider and confiscated items from automobile searches, 2 October 1962
CPB 74.45 George Kleier, an Ole Miss student, packs his bags to head home after federal troops enter campus, 1962
CPB 74.46 Police wearing gas masks and steel helmets, 29 September 1962