Glass (Jinny) Mississippi Freedom Summer diary, 1964-1996 (bulk 1964-1965).

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Glass (Jinny) Mississippi Freedom Summer diary, 1964-1996 (bulk 1964-1965).

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This collection contains a typed copy of a diary kept by Jinny Glass from August 7 through August 25, 1964. It records her experiences as a volunteer during Mississippi Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg. The collection also includes a 1996 article by Bernard Butcher on Stanford University students' participation in Mississippi Freedom Summer and a copy of Glass' 1965 obituary.

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University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758639

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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Butcher, Bernard.

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University of Southern Mississippi

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Glass, Virginia Katharine, 1943-1965

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Virginia Katharine (Jinny) Glass was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. In 1964, the summer before her senior year at Pomona College, she served as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. She worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center south of Hattiesburg as a recreation worker. Glass was killed in an automobile accident in California in February 1965. From the description of Glass (Jinny) Mississippi Freedom Summer diary, 1964-1996 (bulk 1964-1965). (Unive...

Mississippi Freedom Project

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