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Letter from Ward(?) Howe to Pat Vail, written on July 25, 1964, with envelope.

Letter from Pat Vail, written in July 1964. In the letter she discusses the Mississippi Freedom Project and a shooting incident involving several of the project workers. Transcription of letter in PDF.

Press release urging the federal government to consider the safety of the Mississippi Freedom Project volunteers.

Document giving updates on the status of Mississippi legislation as of May 13, 1964. Legislation includes: so-called 'anti-invasion' law; nuisance phone calls; sterilization of felons; penalties for parents of illegitimate children; 'freedom school'…

Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written in April 1964.

Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written on March 2, 1964.

Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written on Nov. 15, 1964. In the letter she discusses the freedom school in Greenville and the Delta Democrat-Times articles related to the Mississippi Summer Project's cause.

Letter from Pat Vail written on July 3rd. She describes the community in Greenville, Mississippi.

Letter from MPPT to Pat Vail, accompanied by a donation, presumably to the Mississippi Freedom Project.

Letter from Pat Vail to her family describing the end of the Mississippi summer project.

"One Man One Vote" button from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

Photograph of Patricia Vail from the 1963 Wilson College yearbook, The Conocheague.

FBI missing persons poster from Mississippi June 24, 1964. Missing persons listed: Andrew Goodman, James Earl Chaney, Michael Henry Schwerner.

Photograph of Pat Vail.

Photograph of Pat Vail.

Gallery pass admitting Patricia Vail to the United States Senate Chamber to the reserved gallery for 88th Congress, 2nd session in Washington D.C., Spring, 1964.

"Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee-The South's Freedom Fighters. SNCC Night at the Brattle 'Joan of the Angels' prize-winning Polish film. Regular prices. All proceeds donated to Mississippi sharecroppers. Thursday, March 12, Brattle Theatre,…

Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Vail acknowledging their interest in the Mississippi Summer Project and the missing men, sent by Lee C. White Associate Counsel to the President.

Letter from U.S. Senator Joseph Clark to Pat Vail's parents regarding federal protection for the civil rights workers in Mississippi.

Photograph of Pat Vail as a child, taken in May 1945.

A photograph of Pat Vail at the Firebird Camp For Girls in Carrollton, Ohio.

A 25th Reunion flyer of the Mississippi Freedom Summer held at Queens College.

This is a letter from Pat Vail to her family after she was released from jail on April 3, 1965.

Letter from Patricia Vail to her family illustrating her Greenville living arrangements.

A letter from Patricia Vail to her family discussing integration and the meeting about community action programs

Photograph of Pat Vail's mother.

Photograph of Pat Vail's father, Jeremiah Vail.

Letter from Pat to her family describing the picketing, her living arrangements, and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff.

Photograph of the Vail residence located in Cleveland, Ohio.

Memorandum report on the arrest of Howard Kirschenbaum and Ronald Ridenour in Moss Point, Miss. and several other unconfirmed race-related charges.

Photograph depicting picketers for full, not grade-by-grade, integration in front of the courthouse in Greenville, Miss. in 1965. The protest included a formal program with speakers and a band in the street.

Photograph depicting picketers for full, not grade-by-grade, integration in front of the courthouse in Greenville, Miss. in 1965. The protest included a formal program with speakers and a band in the street.

Photograph depicting picketers for full, not grade-by-grade, integration in front of the courthouse in Greenville, Miss. in 1965. The protest included a formal program with speakers and a band in the street.

Photograph of musicians and group in Greenville, Mississippi.