The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Conner (Douglas) papers

Repository: Mississippi State University. Libraries. Special Collections

Collection Description (Extant): Papers of Starkville physician Douglas Conner include correspondence, press releases, tally forms, platforms and constitutions, audio interviews, clippings and other papers relating to the Mississippi Loyalist Democratic Party, and to the 1972 Democratic National Convention; civil rights materials concerning Starkville, Oktibbeha County and Mississippi State University; photographs and other materials documenting the education, career and family of Douglas Conner, including materials concerning his adopted son Richard Holmes, the first black student at MSU.

Collection URL: http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections/manuscripts/politicalmaterials.asp

Date(s): 1940-1995

Existing IDs: Acc. No. 179

Extent: audio recordings

Language: English

Interviewees: Douglas Conner

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American civil rights workers--Mississippi
African American doctors
Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Mississippi--Politics and government

Genres:

Interviews
Sound recordings