During World War II, Carpenter served as a Yeoman 3rd Class in the U.S. Navy. In this letter Carpenter she thanks the staff for the newsletter and explains that she will soon be discharged from the service. "Letters from Home" were weekly...
In the first letter, written September 28, 1962, Selden writes Congressman William Colmer, dean of the Mississippi delegation, to offer encouragement and assistance during the conflict over the integration of the University of Mississippi. In the...
In the first letter Wright discusses integration efforts at Auburn University, pointing to liberal faculty members as culprits: "You are aware of the fact Southern institutions such as Auburn, in their frantic desire to have all employees with...
Linda Watson, a teenager, asks the governor to "please write me back and say you want the BEATLES to come to Montgomery"; in a postscript she adds that "they (BEATLES) could always stay at my house." In subsequent letters Wallace and Ed Ewing,...
When Frank sent this to his biographer, he enclosed copies of several other letters and clippings. In this letter, he lists the enclosed materials and mentions the recent death of his nephew.