Papers. 1936-1972.

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Papers. 1936-1972.

Photocopies made in 1971 from originals in the Archives of the Natchez-Jackson Diocese. Roman Catholic clergyman, of Mississippi. Correspondence (120 items) chiefly concerning race relations in Mississippi during the 1960's; addresses and sermons (1938-67); periodical articles, including a series on selected monasteries and sanctuaries in France; notes, some in Latin; book reviews and parish announcements occasioned by the assassination of Medgar Evers; and travelogs and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Henry A. Cabirac, Hodding Carter, Bp. Edward A. Fitzgerald, Bp. Richard O. Gerow, Abp. Philip A. Hannan, William A. Percy, Robert E. Rambusch, John P. Sisson, and Bernard Wiesman. Unpublished register in the library.

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Gerow, Richard O., 1885-

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Fitzgerald, Edward Peter

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Carter, Hodding, 1907-1972

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Born in Hammond, Louisiana; graduated from Bowdoin College; married Betty Werlein in 1931; founder and editor of the Daily Courier, Hammond, Louisiana, and the Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi; won a Pulitzer Prize in 1946 for his editorials; active in civil rights. From the description of The angry scar manuscript, 1959. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 17165121 ...

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Sisson, John P., 1926-

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