As of 05/06/2016

Series 2659: Higher Education Integration Materials. 1956-1966.
Institutions of Higher Learning. Board of Trustees (RG 39/1)

      Materials documenting events during the late 50s through the late 60s, kept by the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning. These files contain reports, minutes, speeches, correspondence, resolutions, testimonies, newspaper clippings, financial information, and other documents. Some of the topics covered are James Meredith, integration, tenure, rules and regulations of colleges/universities, removal of troops, admission standards, faculty uprisings, alumni associations, and student protest.

ACCESS NOTE

Arrangements must be made with an Image & Sound Archivist to determine availability of equipment for viewing and/or duplication of any audio materials in this series.

Alcorn A & M College29341
Board of Trustees29340
Jackson State College29341
Marshall (Burke) address to Yale Law School Association: 1962 (11/20)29341
Meredith (James) application for voter registration: 1960 (02/02)29343
Meredith (James) scholarship aid: 1965-196629341
Mississippi State College for Women29341
Mississippi Valley State College29341
Reel #1: Bohannon hearing29348
Reel #2: James Meredith on "Meet the Press": 1963 (05/26)29348
Reel #3: not labeled29348
Reel #4: not labeled29348
The Mississippian: 1962 (09/18-10/12)29343
Tougaloo College29341
University of Mississippi29340