[Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection] [graphic].
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Visual materialDescription: 890 images : b&w.Subject(s): Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
| Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966 | Evers, Charles, 1922-2020 | Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Assassination | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | Tatum Salt Dome (Lamar County, Miss.) | U.S. Atomic Energy Commission | VELA Program (U.S.) | African Americans | African Americans -- Civil rights | African Americans -- Suffrage | Arson | Bombings | Civil rights | Civil rights demonstrations | Civil rights leaders | Civil rights workers | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Hate crimes | Incendiary bombs | Murder | Nuclear weapons -- Testing | Parades | Police | Poliomyelitis -- Vaccination | Protest movements | Race relations | Trials | Voter registration | Vaccination | Mississippi -- Politics and government | Forrest County (Miss.) | Hinds County (Miss.) | Lamar County (Miss.) | Hattiesburg (Miss.) | Jackson (Miss.)Genre/Form: Photographic prints.Online resources: Link to Electronic Resource | Collection finding aid Photonegatives reformatted as tiff converted to jpeg.Summary: The Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection consists of 890 original black-and-white negatives produced in the course of Moncrief's work as a photographer in the 1950s and '60s. The photographs focus on Hattiesburg and the surrounding area, although there are pictures from other parts of the state. The photographs cover a variety of topics, including the 1953 Vicksburg tornado; Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.'s 1963 election campaign and 1964 inauguration; nuclear tests at the Tatum Salt Dome in 1964; a 1965 Ku Klux Klan rally; and various civil rights activities, primarily in Hattiesburg. The civil rights activities include an Aaron Henry rally in October 1963; voter registration attempts and demonstrations in January-February 1964; August 1965 voter registration activities in Prentiss; events following the murder of Vernon Dahmer in January 1966 and its resulting trial; and demonstrations in April 1968 after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Electronic Archives | Online Electronic Resource | PI/1994.0005 | Not for loan | Link to Electronic Resource | B143542 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 158 Folder 1 | Available | B114077 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 159 Folder 1 | Available | B114078 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 161 Folder 1 | Available | B114079 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 162 Folder 1 | Available | B114080 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 163 Folder 1 | Available | B114081 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 164 Folder 1 | Available | B106356 | ||
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Photograph Collections | Archival Reading Room | PI/1994.0005/Box 160 Folder 1 | Available | B135958 |
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The Moncrief (Winfred) Photograph Collection consists of 890 original black-and-white negatives produced in the course of Moncrief's work as a photographer in the 1950s and '60s. The photographs focus on Hattiesburg and the surrounding area, although there are pictures from other parts of the state. The photographs cover a variety of topics, including the 1953 Vicksburg tornado; Governor Paul B. Johnson Jr.'s 1963 election campaign and 1964 inauguration; nuclear tests at the Tatum Salt Dome in 1964; a 1965 Ku Klux Klan rally; and various civil rights activities, primarily in Hattiesburg. The civil rights activities include an Aaron Henry rally in October 1963; voter registration attempts and demonstrations in January-February 1964; August 1965 voter registration activities in Prentiss; events following the murder of Vernon Dahmer in January 1966 and its resulting trial; and demonstrations in April 1968 after the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
Photonegatives reformatted as tiff converted to jpeg.
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