Archival Abbreviations

Beech Papers

Robert Beech Papers, 1963–1972, WHS

CoC

Hattiesburg Area Chamber of Commerce Records, USM

Cooper Collection

Forrest Lamar Cooper Postcard Collection, MDAH

Evers Papers

Medgar and Myrlie Evers Papers, MDAH

Faulkner Papers

Faulkner (L. E.) Papers, USM

FBR

Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872, record group 105, National Archives Building, Washington, DC

G&SI Papers

Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Minute Book Collection, USM

HHP

Hattiesburg Historical Photographs, USM

Howard Papers

Dr. T. R. M. Howard Papers, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL

Martin Papers

Gordon A. Martin Jr. Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J. D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi

MCRR Collection

Mississippi Central Railroad Collection, USM

MDAH

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS

Moore Papers

Amzie Moore Papers, 1941–1970, WHS

MSSC

Records of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, MDAH

NAACP / mf

Papers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America Microfilm, 1991)

NUL

Records of the National Urban League, Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, DC

Sanborn

Sanborn Maps Company Ltd., Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867–1970 (Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest)

SNCC-M

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959–1972 (Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corp. of America, 1981)

SNCC Papers

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Records, 1959–1972, King Center, Atlanta, GA

Tatum Papers

Tatum Family Business Records, USM

USM

University of Southern Mississippi Libraries Special Collections, Hattiesburg, MS

USM-OH

University of Southern Mississippi Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage, Hattiesburg, MS

W&H Hardy Papers

Papers of William H. Hardy and Hattie Lott Hardy, USM

W&S Hardy Papers

Papers of William H. Hardy and Sallie J. Hardy, USM

WHS

Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI

WPA-Forrest

Works Project Administration Historical Survey, MDAH