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Ruth Schein. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project collection
- Title
- Ruth Schein. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project collection, 1964.
- Author
- Schein, Ruth.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Moving image | Use in library | Sc MG 113 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- .4 lin. ft.
- Summary
- Personal papers consisting of correspondence and other material related to Schein's role and activities in Mississippi, a personal account of the Summer Project, and an incomplete article about her experiences as a volunteer. Four participating organizations of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) are represented through speeches, field reports, minutes, fact sheets, news clippings, and various printed matter, as well as data concerning the Freedom School operated by the COFO. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party material contains documents related to the August 6, 1964 State Convention of the party which elected delegates to the 1964 National Convention of the Democratic Party in Atlantic City, N.J.; draft minutes; membership lists of nominating and resolution committees; voter rolls from the National Convention; and one copy of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Newsletter related to the Congressional challenge.
- Subjects
- Political parties > Mississippi
- Mississippi Freedom Project
- Schein, Ruth
- Schools > Mississippi
- Democratic National Convention
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980
- African Americans > Political activity
- Civil rights workers
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- African Americans > Societies, etc
- African Americans > Education
- African Americans > Civil rights
- United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969
- Mississippi > Politics and government > 1951-
- African Americans > Suffrage
- Mississippi > Social conditions
- Civil rights > Mississippi
- Political parties > United States
- Political conventions > New Jersey > Atlantic City
- Biography (note)
- Schein is a New York born legal secretary who participated as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Accessioned
- Processed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- Sc MG 113
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A189
- Author
- Schein, Ruth. Collector
- Title
- Ruth Schein. Mississippi Freedom Summer Project collection, 1964.
- Biography
- Schein is a New York born legal secretary who participated as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964.
- Finding Aids
- Finding aid in repository.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 113