"Wednesdays in Mississippi" Papers of Polly Cowan [manuscript], 1964.

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"Wednesdays in Mississippi" Papers of Polly Cowan [manuscript], 1964.

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Diary/notebook/address book of Polly Cowan, co-founder of the Wednesdays in Mississippi project, in which she recorded materials and wrote down reminders for Wednesdays in Mississippi during the spring of 1964.

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University of Virginia. Library

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