Finding Aid for the William E. Ready Collection
MUM01794
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Access Restriction
Open for research. 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.PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01794/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator - Collector
- Ready, George B.
- Title
- William E. Ready Collection
- ID
- MUM01794
- Date
- 6-20 December 1962
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet 1 box (Annex)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Abstract
- The collection consists of two letters of appreciation by President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to U.S. Marshal Ernest S. Mike, who was wounded at the University of Mississippi riot in 1962, and one newspaper clipping.
Preferred Citation
William E. Ready Collection (MUM01794), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
A former Middleboro, Ky. police officer, Ernest S. Mike became a United States Deputy Marshal who worked out of the Lexington, Kentucky Marshal’s office. On the night of September 30, 1962, Mike was wounded in the line of duty on the campus of the University of Mississippi when a riot broke out protesting the integration of the campus by African American James Meredith.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two letters by President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy as well as one newspaper clipping. All are related to U.S. Marshal Ernest S. Mike’s service and wounding during the 1962 integration riot at the University of Mississippi.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries May 2013
Access Restrictions
The William E. Ready 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
George Ready donated the material to Special Collections in May 2013 in honor of his father, William E. Ready, one of the few white Mississippi civil rights attorneys in the state during the 1960s.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Leigh McWhite, May 2013. Finding aid created by Kathryn Michaelis, May 2013.
Related Materials
Related Materials at the University of Mississippi
For more related information in the Archives & Special Collections, consult the University of Mississippi Subject Guide and the Civil Rights & Race Relations Subject Guide.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- University of Mississippi -- History
Format(s)
- clippings (information artifacts)
- correspondence
Personal Name(s)
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Subject(s)
- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
- College integration -- Mississippi -- Oxford -- History
- United States marshals
Collection Inventory
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1-1 U.S. Marshal Ernest S. Mike and the Integration of the University of Mississippi Scope and ContentIncludes two letters of appreciation from President John F. Kennedy and U.S. Attorney Robert F. Kennedy as well as a newspaper clipping. |
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