Special Collections

Department of Archives & Special Collections
Ask A Librarian

Ed Meek / Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection<br /> MUM00739<br />

html {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

body {
color: #333;
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 93%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
text-align: center;
}

/*— Main Div styles —*/
div#main{
margin: 0 auto;
width: 95%;
text-align:left;
}

#header {
margin:10px 0px;
padding:0;
display:block;
width: 100%;
/*height: 50px;
overflow:hidden;*/
background-color: #fff;
border-top: 2px solid #000;
border-bottom: 3px solid #000;
text-align:right;
}
#header h3 {
display:inline;
font-size: 140%;
margin: 20px 20px 0px 25px;
padding-top:0px; color:#000;
font-family: “Trajan Pro”,”Times New Roman”, Times, serif;
text-align:right;
}
#header img{display:inline; vertical-align: bottom; padding-top: 2px;}
#title {
display: block;
margin:0;
height: 125px;
padding: 16px 8px;
background-color:#000;
text-align: center;
color: #fff;
}

#title h1 {margin:0; padding:0; font-size: 197%; font-weight: lighter;}
#title h2 {margin:0; padding:0; font-size:161.6%; font-weight: lighter;}

/*— Main Content Div —*/
#contents {
display:block;
margin: 10px 0px;
border-top: 1px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
}

/*— Table of Contents styles —*/
#toc {
display:block;
width: 225px;
position: relative;
float:left;
clear:left;
margin: 0 16px 0 8px;
padding-left: 8px;
border-right: 1px solid #000;
}

#toc h3 {margin: 16px 8px 16px 0px;}
#toc dt {margin: 3px; padding: 4px 0px; font-weight: normal;}
#toc dd {margin-top: 3px; margin-left: 16px; padding: 4px 0px;}
#toc dt a:link, #toc dd a:link {color: #4074E1; text-decoration: none;}
#toc dt a:visited, #toc dd a:visited {color: #4074E1; text-decoration: none;}
#toc dt a:active, #toc dd a:active {color: #FF5721;}
#toc dt a:hover, #toc dd a:hover {color: #FF5721;}

/*— EAD body —*/
#content-right {display:block; margin-left:275px; margin-right: 10px;}

/*— Typography —*/
h1, h2, h3, h4 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
#contents h3 {
margin: 16px 8px 16px -8px;
font-size: 116%;
font-variant: small-caps;
border-bottom: 1px dashed #999;
}

h4 {
font-size: 93%;
margin: 24px 8px 4px -4px;
padding:0; color: #555;
}

p {margin: 8px;}
dt {margin: 2px 8px; font-weight:bold; }
dd {margin: 2px 16px;}
br {margin:0; padding:0;}
hr {border:1px solid #000; margin: 24px -8px;}
.summary dt {margin:16px 8px 0px 8px; color: #555;}
.summary dd {margin: 2px 24px 2px 24px;}
.returnTOC {font-size: 85%; margin-top: 24px;}
.returnTOC a:link {color: #4074E1; text-decoration: none;}
.returnTOC a:visited {color: #4074E1; text-decoration: none;}
.returnTOC a:active {color: #EE0000;}
.returnTOC a:hover {color: #EE0000;}

/*— Emph styles ——-*/
.smcaps {font-variant: small-caps;}
.underline {text-decoration: underline;}

/*— Styles Index entry elements —*/
.indexEntry {display:block}

/*—- Table Styles —*/
table {
border-top: 1px solid #000;
border-bottom: 1px solid #000;
margin: 16px; width: 60%;
font-size: 93%;
}

th {background-color:#000; color: #fff;}
td {vertical-align: top; padding: 2px 8px;}

/*—Container List Styles –*/
table.containerList {border:none; margin: 8px; width: auto;}
table.containerList h4 {margin: 2px 8px;}
tr.series{background-color: #bbbbbb;}
tr.subseries{background-color: #dddddd;}
.containerHeader {font-variant: small-caps; font-weight:bold; color:#555; text-align: center;}
.containerTypes {font-varient: small-caps; font-weight:bold; color:#555;}
.container {text-align:left;}
.clear{clear:both;}
table.parentContainers {margin-top:2px;
border:none; float:right; clear:both; width: 400px;
border-top: 1px solid #666;
border-bottom: 1px solid #666;
}

/*— Clevel Margins —*/
table td.c{padding-left: 0;}
table td.c01{padding-left: 0;}
table td.c02{padding-left: 8px;}
table td.c03{padding-left: 16px;}
table td.c04{padding-left: 24px;}
table td.c05{padding-left: 32px;}
table td.c06{padding-left: 40px;}
table td.c07{padding-left: 48px;}
table td.c08{padding-left: 56px;}

.address {display:block; margin: 8px;}
.odd{background-color:#eee;}
.citation{
border: 1px dashed #999;
background-color: #eee;
margin: 24px 8px;
padding: 8px 8px 8px 24px;
}
.citation h4 {margin-top: 8px;}

/*—List Styles—*/
.simple{list-style-type: none;}
.arabic {list-style-type: decimal}
.upperalpha{list-style-type: upper-alpha}
.loweralpha{list-style-type: lower-alpha}
.upperroman{list-style-type: upper-roman}
.lowerroman{list-style-type: lower-roman}

Ed Meek / Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection


MUM00739

PURL

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00739/

Return to Table of Contents »


Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Meek, Ed
Title
Ed Meek / Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection
ID
MUM00739
Date
1950s-1980s
Extent
1.5 Linear feet (3 Hollinger Boxes, 1 Oversized Portfolio)
Location
Library Annex Cold Storage.
Language of Materials
English.

Preferred Citation

Ed Meek / Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi.

Return to Table of Contents »

Biographical Note

In 1962, Ed Meek took a job as staff writer in the university’s public relations office. Two years later, at age 24, he became
UM’s youngest-ever department head and helped shape the university’s image. Meek worked at the University for 37 years, as
both Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations and Marketing and Associate Professor of Journalism. He earned a Bachelor
of Science in journalism in 1961, and a Master of Arts in liberal arts with an emphasis in journalism in 1963. He later earned
a doctorate in communications from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Return to Table of Contents »

Scope and Content

Negatives, slides, black and white photographs, color photographs, booklets, and audiovisual materials created by Ed Meek
during his time at the University of Mississippi.

Return to Table of Contents »

Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 2014

Access Restrictions

The Ed Meek / Meek School of Journaliism and New Media Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

Department of Archives and Special Collections / Ed Meek / Meek School of Journalism and New Media.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Digital Copies

This collection has been digitized and can be accessed via the
Ed Meek and Meek School of Journalism and New Media Digital Collection.

Return to Table of Contents »

Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
  • Meredith, James

Subject(s)

  • Civil rights movements — Mississippi — Oxford — History — 20th century
  • College integration — Mississippi — Oxford — History
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • Meredith, James, 1933-
  • Mississippi — Oxford — 20th century
  • University of Mississippi

Return to Table of Contents »

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Ed Meek 

1.1.1: Portraits — photographic prints 

1.1.2: European Trip — slides 

1.1.3: Portraits — negatives 

1.1.4: Ed Meek Wedding — photographic prints 

1.2.1: Meek Family — negatives 

1.2.2: Becky Meek — negatives, photographic prints 

1.3.1: Articles about Ed Meek — “The Ole Miss Journalist”, newspaper article 

1.4.1: Articles by Ed Meek — “E. Percy Howes Dollar Democrat”, publication 

1.4.2: Articles featuring Ed Meek — “Campus Cutie”, newspaper photograph 

1.4.3: Articles featuring Ed Meek — miscellaneous typescripts 

1.4.4: Articles featuring Ed Meek — “Family Fight”, Mississippi Magazine 1964, article photograph 

1.5.1: Collected materials — Oxford Magazine, Vol. 1, Nos. 3, 5, 6. 1969, 1970 

1.5.2: Collected materials — pre-press copy transparencies 

1.5.3: Collected materials — “Vaught: Rebel Coach”, book poster 

1.5.4: Collected Materials — “Honeyhome”, booklet 

1.5.5: Collected materials — “UM Cultural Center”, booklet 

Return to Table of Contents »

Series 2: Places and Events 

2.1.1: Fishing — negatives 

2.2.1: Cotton — negatives 

2.2.2: Cotton — photographic prints 

2.2.3: “Cotton” — Mississippi Magazine 1961, magazine article 

2.3.1: First Monday Trade Day — negatives 

2.3.2: First Monday Trade Day — photographic prints 

2.4.1: Oxford Pilgrimage — photographic prints 

2.5.1: Furniture Mart — negatives, photographic prints 

2.5.2: Furniture Mart — audiovisual materials 

2.6.1: Oxford Town — negatives 

2.6.2: Oxford Town — photographic prints 

2.7.1: Mules — negatives 

2.8.1: Pet Squirell — negatives 

2.9.1: Busby’s Worm Farm — negatives 

2.10.1: Around Mississippi — Negatives 

Return to Table of Contents »

Series 3: William Faullkner 

3.1.1: Images of William Faulkner — negatives, photographic prints 

3.1.2: Images of William Faulkner — oversized photographic prints 

3.2.1: Horses — negatives 

3.2.2: Horses — contact prints 

3.3.1: Faulkner’s Funeral — photographic prints 

3.4.1: Rowan Oak – Exterior — negatives, slides 

3.4.2: Rowan Oak – Exterior — photographic prints, contact sheets 

3.5.1: Rowan Oak – Interior — negatives 

3.5.2: Rowan Oak – Interior — photographic prints, contact sheets 

3.6.1: Faulkner’s office — negatives 

3.6.2: Faulkner’s office — photographic prints, contact sheets 

3.7.1: Faulkner’s Bust/Sculpture — negatives 

3.8.1: Presentation of postcard at JD Williams Library — negatives, photographic print 

3.9.1: Phil Mullen presenting photographs to Mississippi Collection — negatives 

3.10.1: Faulkner Images From Video: screen captures of missing collection images — photographic prints 

Return to Table of Contents »

Series 4: University of Mississippi 

4.1.1: James Meredith attends UM and riot over integration — negatives 

4.1.2: James Meredith attends UM and riot over integration — contact prints 

4.1.3: James Meredith attends UM and riot over integration — photographic prints 

4.1.4: James Meredith attends UM and riot over integration — oversized photographic prints 

4.2.1: Campus Cuties — negatives 

4.2.2: Campus Cuties — photographic prints 

4.3.1: Events — negatives, photographic prints, contact prints 

Return to Table of Contents »

Series 5: People 

5.1.1: Ross Barnett — negatives, photographic prints 

5.2.1: Jim Silver — negatives, photographic prints 

5.3.1: Larry Speakes — negatives 

5.3.2: Larry Speakes — photographic prints 

5.4.1: Theora Hamblett — negatives 

5.5.1: Earl Wortham — negatives, photographic prints 

5.6.1: Bobby Kennedy — negatives 

5.7.1: Doug Aberham — negatives 

5.8.1: Prime Minister Clement Atlee – negatives 

5.9.1: Bill Barton — negatives 

5.10.1: JP Coleman — negatives, photographic prints 

5.11.1: John Cullen — photographic prints 

5.12.1: Cleve Dowell — photographic prints 

5.13.1: Charles (Charlie) Flowers — negatives 

5.14.1: Paul Grey — negatives 

5.15.1: Bob Hope — negatives 

5.16.1: Mr. Howe — negatives, photographic prints 

5.17.1: Sissy Jordan/ Al Povoll — negatives 

5.18.1: Linda Mead — negatives, photographic prints 

5.19.1: Bo Murray — photographic prints 

5.20.1: Paul Pittman — negatives 

5.21.1: John Cullen — negatives 

5.22.1: Dodie Stevens — negatives 

5.23.1 : George Street — negatives 

5.24.1: Dr. Sam Talbot — negatives 

5.25.1: Chancellor J. D. Williams — negatives 

5.26.1: Pat McRaney — negatives 

5.27.1: Dave Gardner — negatives 

Return to Table of Contents »

Feedback

JavaScript disabled or chat unavailable.