Finding aid for the Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection
MUM01767
Table of Contents
- Summary Information
- Biographical Note
- Scope and Content Note
- Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Controlled Access Headings
- PURL
- Collection Inventory
- Series 1. Letters supporting Sidna Brower and/or integration
- Series 2. Letters against Sidna Brower and/or integration
- Series 3. Miscellaneous letters and Brower's files
- Series 4. Newspapers and Scrapbooks
- Series 5. Photographs CPB 30
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01767/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Mitchell, Sidna Brower
- Title
- Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection
- ID
- MUM01767
- Date [inclusive]
- 1959-2003
- General Physical Description note
- 10 boxes (9.42 linear feet)
- Location:
- General Special Collections; Visual Collections
- Abstract:
- Collection of letters written to Sidna Brower while she was editor of the Mississippian. The letters discuss Brower, James Meredith, and the integration of the University of Mississippi. The collection also includes photographs, many newspaper clippings, newspapers, and other printed materials.
Preferred Citation
Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
In 1962 Sidna Brower became the editor of the Mississippian, the University of Mississippi's student newspaper. During her time as editor, James Meredith became the first African-American to enroll in the University of Mississippi, and on 30 September and 1 October 1962 riots occurred in Oxford. In response to the riots, Brower wrote several editorials condemning the violence. As a result of her editorials, Brower received hundreds of letters both supporting and condemning her and/or integration. She received multiple awards and was even nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Scope and Content Note
The Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection documents the reaction of many different people in the United States and abroad to the integration of the University of Mississippi and Sidna’s editorials. The collection is arranged in four series. The first series consists of all the letters supporting Sidna and/or integration and they are arranged chronologically. Most the correspondences are letters though some individuals included favorable newspapers clippings. All favorable newspaper clippings that had envelopes attached to them are included in this section.
The second series includes many letters, editorials, and newspapers clippings that are against Sidna and/or integration. Most of the correspondences are letters though some individuals included unfavorable newspapers clippings. All unfavorable newspapers clippings that had envelopes attached to them are included in this series.
The third series includes many letters, newspaper clippings, propaganda tracts, and other printed material that does not directly address Brower or integration. The section also includes categorized folders compiled by Sidna Brower Mitchell before the collection was donated. The collection maintains the original organization of those folders.
The fourth series includes all newspapers and newspaper clippings that had no envelopes attached. These newspapers and newspaper clippings are organized by date. This section also includes three scrapbooks compiled and organized by Sidna.
Several of the most significant letters include:
Letter to Ole Miss Students from James Meredith discussing his reasons for attending the University of Mississippi – 30 April 1963 – Box 5
Letter to Sidna from Martin Luther King Jr. asking for a donation – March 1963 – Box 5
James Meredith’s statement about enrolling in the Spring of 1963 – 7 Jan 1963 – Box 6
Arrangement
The Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection is arranged in four series according to format and content, then chronologically within each series.
- Series 1. Letters supporting Sidna Brower and/or integration
- Series 2. Letters against Sidna Brower and/or integration
- Series 3. Miscellaneous letters and Brower's files
- Series 4. Newspapers and Scrapbooks
- Series 5. Photographs
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries June 2012
Access Restrictions
The Sidna Brower Mitchell Collection is open for research. Photographs from this collection are stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using these photographs must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit. As the photographs have been digitized and made available ( https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sbm_photoscrap/), researchers are strongly encouraged to use the digital versions.
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
Donated by Sidna Brower Mitchell, 2011
Processing Information
Collection processed by Joel Gillaspie, 2011-2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, June 2012.
Alternative Formats
Photographs and a scrapbook from this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sbm_photoscrap/.
Related Materials
Resources at the University of Mississippi
Photographs and a scrapbook from this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sbm_photoscrap/.
James Howard Meredith Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library
Mississippian/Daily Mississippian, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library
For more materials related to the University of Mississippi's integration, please see our Civil Rights and Race Relations Subject Guide.
Separated Material
Photographs have been moved to cold storage for preservation.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- University of Mississippi -- History
Format(s)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
- newspapers
- photographs
- scrapbooks
Personal Name(s)
- Brower, Sidna Mitchell
- Meredith, James, 1933-
Subject(s)
- African Americans -- Civil rights
- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
- College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
- Political activists
- Pulitzer Prizes
- Riots - Mississippi - Oxford
- Segregation in education
Collection Inventory
Series 1. Letters supporting Sidna Brower and/or integration |
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Box 1 |
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2 September 1962 |
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4 September 1962 |
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8 September 1962 |
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9 September 1962 |
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21 September 1962 |
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27 September 1962 |
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28 September 1962 |
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30 September 1962 |
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1 October 1962 |
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2 October 1962 |
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3 October 1962 |
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4 October 1962 |
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5 October 1962 |
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6 October 1962 |
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7 October 1962 |
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8 October 1962 |
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8 October 1962 |
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9 October 1962 |
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10 October 1962 |
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11 October 1962 |
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12 October 1962 |
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13 October 1962 |
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14 October 1962 |
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15 October 1962 |
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16 October 1962 |
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17 October 1962 |
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18 October 1962 |
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19 October 1962 |
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20 October 1962 |
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21 October 1962 |
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25 October 1962 |
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26 October 1962 |
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28 October 1962 |
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29 October 1962 |
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30 October 1962 |
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31 October 1962 |
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1 November 1962 |
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2 November 1962 |
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5 November 1962 |
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6 November 1962 |
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7 November 1962 |
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8 November 1962 |
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9 November 1962 |
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11 November 1962 |
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12 November 1962 |
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13 November 1962 |
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14 November 1962 |
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15 November 1962 |
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17 November 1962 |
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19 November 1962 |
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20 November 1962 |
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21 November 1962 |
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Box 2 |
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22 November 1962 |
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23 November 1962 |
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25 November 1962 |
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26 November 1962 |
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27 November 1962 |
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28 November 1962 |
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29 November 1962 |
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30 November 1962 |
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1 December 1962 |
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2 December 1962 |
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3 December 1962 |
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3 December 1962 |
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4 December 1962 |
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5 December 1962 |
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5 December 1962 |
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6 December 1962 |
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6 December 1962 |
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7 December 1962 |
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8 December 1962 |
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9 December 1962 |
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10 December 1962 |
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11 December 1962 |
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12 December 1962 |
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13 December 1962 |
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14 December 1962 |
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15 December 1962 |
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16 December 1962 |
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17 December 1962 |
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18 December 1962 |
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19 December 1962 |
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20 December 1962 |
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21 December 1962 |
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23 December 1962 |
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24 December 1962 |
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25 December 1962 |
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27 Decemeber 1962 |
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29 December 1962 |
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30 December 1962 |
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Box 3 |
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1 January 1963 |
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2 January 1963 |
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4 January 1963 |
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6 January 1963 |
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7 January 1963 |
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8 January 1963 |
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9 January 1963 |
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10 January 1963 |
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11 January 1963 |
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12 January 1963 |
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14 January 1963 |
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15 January 1963 |
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16 January 1963 |
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17 January 1963 |
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18 January 1963 |
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19 January 1963 |
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20 January 1963 |
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21 January 1963 |
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22 January 1963 |
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24 January 1963 |
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25 January 1963 |
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27 January 1963 |
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28 January 1963 |
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30 January 1963 |
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31 January 1963 |
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1 February 1963 |
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2 February 1963 |
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3 February 1963 |
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10 February 1963 |
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17 February 1963 |
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4 March 1963 |
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5 March 1963 |
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26 March 1963 |
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4 April 1963 |
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10 April 1963 |
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11 April 1963 |
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12 April 1963 |
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30 April 1963 |
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Undated |
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Series 2. Letters against Sidna Brower and/or integration |
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Box 3 |
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21 September 1962 |
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30 September 1962 |
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1 October 1962 |
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2 October 1962 |
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3 October 1962 |
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4 October 1962 |
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5 October 1962 |
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6 October 1962 |
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7 October 1962 |
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8 October 1962 |
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9 October 1962 |
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10 October 1962 |
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11 October 1962 |
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12 October 1962 |
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13 October 1962 |
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14 October 1962 |
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15 October 1962 |
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16 October 1962 |
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17 October 1962 |
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18 October 1962 |
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19 October 1962 |
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21 October 1962 |
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22 October 1962 |
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23 October 1962 |
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25 October 1962 |
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28 October 1962 |
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29 October 1962 |
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30 October 1962 |
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31 October 1962 |
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1 November 1962 |
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3 November 1962 |
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6 November 1962 |
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7 November 1962 |
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8 November 1962 |
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10 November 1962 |
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11 November 1962 |
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18 November 1962 |
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20 November 1962 |
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22 November 1962 |
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27 November 1962 |
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28 November 1962 |
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30 November 1962 |
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1 December 1962 |
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3 December 1962 |
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4 December 1962 |
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5 December 1962 |
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6 December 1962 |
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7 December 1962 |
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8 December 1962 |
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10 December 1962 |
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11 December 1962 |
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13 December 1962 |
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15 December 1962 |
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17 December 1962 |
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20 December 1962 |
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24 December 1962 |
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29 December 1962 |
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4 January 1963 |
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9 January 1963 |
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11 January 1963 |
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12 January 1963 |
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14 January 1963 |
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17 January 1963 |
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26 March 1963 |
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27 March 1963 |
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April 1963 |
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Undated |
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Series 3. Miscellaneous letters and Brower's files |
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Subseries 3.1. Miscellaneous letters |
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Box 4 |
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29 January 1959 |
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November 1960 |
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24 July 1961 |
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1 November 1961 |
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November 1961 |
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16 February 1962 |
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17 March 1962 |
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May-June 1962 |
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1 and 9 May 1962 |
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10 May 1962 |
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Autumn 1962 |
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3 August 1962 |
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24 August 1962 |
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13 September 1962 |
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15 September 1962 |
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20 September 1962 |
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21 September 1962 |
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24 September 1962 |
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25 September 1962 |
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26 September 1962 |
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27 September 1962 |
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28 September 1962 |
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29 September 1962 |
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30 September 1962 |
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1 October 1962 |
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2 October 1962 |
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3 October 1962 |
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4 October 1962 |
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5 October 1962 |
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6 October 1962 |
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7 October 1962 |
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8 October 1962 |
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9 October 1962 |
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10 October 1962 |
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11 October 1962 |
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12 October 1962 |
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13 October 1962 |
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14 October 1962 |
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15 October 1962 |
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16 October 1962 |
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17 October 1962 |
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18 October 1962 |
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19 October 1962 |
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20 October 1962 |
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21 October 1962 |
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22 October 1962 |
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23 October 1962 |
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24 October 1962 |
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25 October 1962 |
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26 October 1962 |
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27 October 1962 |
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29 October 1962 |
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30 October 1962 |
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31 October 1962 |
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1 November 1962 |
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2 November 1962 |
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3 November 1962 |
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5 November 1962 |
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6 November 1962 |
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7 November 1962 |
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9 November 1962 |
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10 November 1962 |
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11 November 1962 |
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12 November 1962 |
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Box 5 |
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13 November 1962 |
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14 November 1962 |
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15 November 1962 |
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16 November 1962 |
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18 November 1962 |
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19 November 1962 |
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21 November 1962 |
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22 November 1962 |
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23 November 1962 |
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27 November 1962 |
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28 November 1962 |
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29 November 1962 |
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30 November 1962 |
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1 December 1962 |
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2 December 1962 |
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3 December 1962 |
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4 December 1962 |
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5 December 1962 |
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6 December 1962 |
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7 December 1962 |
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8 December 1962 |
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9 December 1962 |
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10 December 1962 |
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11 December 1962 |
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12 December 1962 |
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13 December 1962 |
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14 December 1962 |
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15 December 1962 |
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16 December 1962 |
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17 December 1962 |
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18 December 1962 |
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19 December 1962 |
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20 December 1962 |
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21 December 1962 |
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22 December 1962 |
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23 December 1962 |
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25 December 1962 |
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26 December 1962 |
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28 December 1962 |
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29 December 1962 |
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30 December 1962 |
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31 December 1962 |
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December 1962 |
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1 January 1963 |
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4 January 1963 |
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5 January 1963 |
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7 January 1963 |
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9 January 1963 |
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10 January 1963 |
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11 January 1963 |
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12 January 1963 |
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13 January 1963 |
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14 January 1963 |
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15 January 1963 |
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16 January 1963 |
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18 January 1963 |
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20 January 1963 |
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21 January 1963 |
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22 January 1963 |
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23 January 1963 |
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24 January 1963 |
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25 January 1963 |
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27 January 1963 |
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29 January 1963 |
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30 January 1963 |
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31 January 1963 |
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February 1963 |
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5 February 1963 |
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7 February 1963 |
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10 February 1963 |
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11 February 1963 |
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12 February 1963 |
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14 February 1963 |
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16 February 1963 |
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18 February 1963 |
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21 February 1963 |
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23 February 1963 |
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25 February 1963 |
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26 February 1963 |
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27 February 1963 |
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28 February 1963 |
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1 March 1963 |
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8 March 1963 |
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9 March 1963 |
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10 March 1963 |
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11 March 1963 |
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12 March 1963 |
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13 March 1963 |
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15 March 1963 |
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16 March 1963 |
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17 March 1963 |
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20 March 1963 |
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22 March 1963 |
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23 March 1963 |
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25 March 1963 |
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26 March 1963 |
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27 March 1963 |
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30 March 1963 |
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April 1963 |
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8 April 1963 |
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10 April 1963 |
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11 April 1963 |
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12 April 1963 |
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13 April 1963 |
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15 April 1963 |
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16 April 1963 |
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Box 6 |
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17 April 1963 |
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20 April 1963 |
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22 April 1963 |
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23 April 1963 |
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25 April 1963 |
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26 April 1963 |
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27 April 1963 |
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30 April 1963 |
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April 1963 |
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1 May 1963 |
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2 May 1963 |
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5 May 1963 |
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14 May 1963 |
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25 May 1963 |
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4 June 1963 |
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10 June 1963 |
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5 August 1963 |
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September 1963 |
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5 September 1963 |
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6 October 1963 |
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27 October 1963 |
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21 November 1963 |
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February 1964 |
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24 February 1964 |
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11 October 1972 |
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4 October 1982 |
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10 August 1997 |
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28 August 1997 |
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17 June 2000 |
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24 June 2002 |
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2 July 2002 |
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4 August 2002 |
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10 August 2002 |
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22 September 2002 |
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26 September 2002 |
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27 September 2002 |
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3 October 2002 |
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25 October 2002 |
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Undated |
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Undated |
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Undated |
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Undated |
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Undated |
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Undated |
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Subseries 3.2. Brower's files |
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Box 6 |
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Record Book for CWENS Sophomore Women’s Honorary Society, 1959-1960 |
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The University of Mississippi and the Meredith Case, 15 November 1962 |
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Empty envelopes for letters sent to Sidna, undated |
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Articles from different internet sites discussing the anniversary of the University of Mississippi’s integration, 1997-2002 |
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Categorized Folder: James Meredith, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Rebel Underground, undated |
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Categorized Folder: William Faulkner, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Ross Barnett, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Mississippian, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Dr. James Silver, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Joe Baylen, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Editor’s Conference – New York, undated |
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Categorized Folder: University of Mississippi Integration 40th Anniversary, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Miscellaneous – Award and Christmas Card, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Ole Miss, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Writings – editorial drafts, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Mademoiselle, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Responses to several letters about internships by Brower, undated |
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Categorized Folder: "Race and Reason," undated |
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Categorized Folder: Drafts of articles about the Mississippian and its staff, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Letters to the editor, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Oxford, U.S.A., undated |
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Categorized Folder: Constitution, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Correspondences, undated |
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Categorized Folder: James Meredith’s Case, undated |
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Photographs (Removed to cold storage--see Series 5 for descriptions) |
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Categorized Folder: G. Ray Kerciu, undated |
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Folder with Reunion material, undated |
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Categorized Folder: Ole Miss Hall of Fame Reunion, 2003 |
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Series 4. Newspapers and Scrapbooks |
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Box 7 |
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Newspapers, October 1962 |
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Newspapers, November 1962 |
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Newspapers, December 1962 |
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Newspapers, 1963-1964 |
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Newspaper Clippings, undated |
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Newspaper Clippings, August 1959-September 1962 |
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Newspaper Clippings, September 1962 |
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Newspaper Clippings, October 1962 |
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Newspaper Clippings, November–December 1962 |
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Newspaper Clippings, 1963-1964 |
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Box 8: Multiple copies of different Mississippians, 1962-1963 |
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Box 9: Multiple copies of different Mississippians, 1963 |
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Box 10: Pulitzer nomination scrapbook and other scrapbooks, 1962-1964; 2002-2003 |
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Series 5. Photographs CPB 30 |
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G. Ray Kerciu |
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G. Ray Kerciu |
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G. Ray Kerciu’s artwork |
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G. Ray Kerciu’s artwork |
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G. Ray Kerciu’s artwork |
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G. Ray Kerciu’s artwork |
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G. Ray Kerciu and his artwork Scope and Contents note4 items |
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J.D. Williams Scope and Contents note2 items |
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Sidna Brower at desk with two others |
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Sidna Brower at typewriter |
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Sidna Brower on a panel with six others |
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Sidna Brower at desk |
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Sidna Brower with two men |
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Sidna Brower on the phone |
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Sidna Brower at meeting with others |
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Sidna Brower with newspaper |
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Sidna Brower |
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3 photographs: Morris Spivey; "Greasy Charlie the Sandwich Man" Blackwell; Sidna Brower and a woman holding an award certificate |
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Three women with ribbons reading "Mississippi," "Missouri," and one not visible |
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Two men and one woman looking at a machine |
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Eudora Welty looking at William Faulkner’s bust |
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John Faulkner |
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Negatives |
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Two U.S. Marshals, 1962 |
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James Meredith and U. S. Marshals, 1962 |
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Co-ed and U. S. Marshalls, 1962 |
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Man sleeping on the grass, 1962 |
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U. S. Army soldier at Ole Miss stadium, 1962 |
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Crowd and military, 1962 |
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James Meredith, Joseph McShane and Paul Johnson, 1962 |
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Military presence on the Ole Miss campus, 1962 |
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James Meredith in front of Connor Hall, 1962 |
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