Administrative files, 1958-1969.

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Administrative files, 1958-1969.

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The series consists of administrative files of the Southern Student Human Relations Project (SSHRP) of the United States National Student Association (USNSA) from 1958-1969. The files include correspondence, minutes of the advisory committee (1959-1967), reports from annual seminars (1959-1965), reports and proposals for funding (1960-1968), brochures and publications from the USNSA, and materials pertaining to the infiltration of the USNSA by the CIA. The correspondence includes letters from Anne Braden of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, letters between the SSHRP and the Marshall Field Foundation regarding grant proposals and the relationship between the SSHRP and the Southern Student Organizing Committee, information on the integration of the University of Mississippi, and a proposed American Civil Liberties Union project on college campuses.

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Braden, Anne McCarty, 1924-2006

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Southern Conference Educational Fund

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