Browse Items (99 total)

1965-05-16_PV.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family. The letter discusses Pat's return from Miami to Greenville, Miss. and the amount of work she has to do, as well as events related to the Mississippi Freedom Project's efforts in the area.

Friday_PV.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family.

PV_Letter.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family, discussing various personal issues including the Wilson Club in Boston and smoking.

Tuesday_PV.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family containing mostly personal discussion.

1965-03-22_PVJail.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family on March 22, 1965, written from city jail. The letter describes the events leading up to her arrest and her time in jail.

1964-03-02_PV.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written on March 2, 1964.

07-10a.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written on July 10, 1965. In the letter she discusses registering voters and the Freedom School. This file is a transcription of the actual letter, which is also in the collection

16122229-1965-04-03_PVToLisa.jpg
Letter from Pat Vail to her friend Lisa describing the Summer Project staff and their arrest in March.

16122219-1964-09-14_PV.jpg
Letter from Pat Vail describing recent events in Jackson, Mississippi to her friend Lisa, who worked with her in Greenville.

PV_cityjail.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail to her family, written on her 3rd day in city jail in Mississippi.

07-03_PV.pdf
Letter from Pat Vail written on July 3rd. She describes the community in Greenville, Mississippi.

1964-10-14_GPtoWorkers.pdf
Letter from the Greenville Project sent out to the summer volunteers. The letter includes an update on activities in Greenville. The second page is nearly illegible.

16122220-1964-08-05_MPPC_Vails.jpg
Form letter from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to parents of the Mississippi Summer Project volunteers encouraging their support for the MFDP.

16122222-1964-07-28_WTtoVails.jpg
Letter from Walter Tillow soliciting parents of the Mississippi Summer Project volunteers to support the seating of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party at the National Democratic Convention by calling their area delegates.

1964-07-25_HowetoPV.pdf
Letter from Ward(?) Howe to Pat Vail, written on July 25, 1964, with envelope.

16122258-1964-08-10_LeeWhiteToVails.jpg
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.

16122256-1964-07-17_JClarkeToVails.jpg
Letter from U.S. Senator Joseph Clark to Pat Vail's parents regarding federal protection for the civil rights workers in Mississippi.

RMCOFO_Parents.pdf
Letter to parents of all Mississippi Summer volunteers from the Council of Federated Organizations. Robert Moses, director of the Mississippi Summer Project, wrote to request action for all concerned with the safety of the volunteers. Moses…

06-08_MTtoPV.pdf
Letter from MPPT to Pat Vail, accompanied by a donation, presumably to the Mississippi Freedom Project.

16122209-House-of-representatives-letter-to-Pat.jpg
Letter to Pat Vail from Congressman Charles Vanik.

16122252-1965-04-03_PV.jpg
This is a letter from Pat Vail to her family after she was released from jail on April 3, 1965.

16122250-1965-02-18_PV.jpg
A letter from Patricia Vail to her family discussing integration and the meeting about community action programs

16122251-1965-01-10_PV.jpg
Letter from Patricia Vail to her family illustrating her Greenville living arrangements.

16122247-1965-03-11_PV.jpg
Letter from Pat to her family describing the picketing, her living arrangements, and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff.

Materials_MSP.pdf
List of materials needed for Mississippi Summer Project volunteers. The list was created by Gail Falk and distributed by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO).

MS_Freedom_Democratic_Party_Newsletter.pdf
"Mississippi Faces Challenge" newsletter from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party related to challenging the Mississippi Delegation at National Convention.

16122243-1964-06-24_Memo.jpg
Memorandum report on the arrest of Howard Kirschenbaum and Ronald Ridenour in Moss Point, Miss. and several other unconfirmed race-related charges.

16122248-1962-02_JeremiahVail.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail's father, Jeremiah Vail.

16122249-1962_02_MrsVail.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail's mother.

1994-07-15_LCtoPV.pdf
Note from Laura C[?ley] to Pat Vail. It reads: "Pat, I was cleaning my desk yesterday and found this letter you wrote back in the Freedom Summer. Since it's an original, I didn't want to throw it out even though you had a copy. I thought about your…

16122262-PatVail.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail.

16122263-PatVail_ship.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail.

16122255-PatVail_child.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail as a child, taken in May 1945.

16122237-1964-65_Greenville_03.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail with several children in Greenville, Mississippi.

16122238-1964-65_Greenville_02.jpg
Photograph of Pat Vail in large group in Greenville, Mississippi.
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