Title: James M. Houston Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1937, 1955, 1962-1967

Creator:

• Houston, James M.

Call Number: Mss 545

Quantity: 0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of a Vicksburg, Mississippi man who was active in civic affairs and community organizing among the Negro population of Vicksburg, and who was a candidate for Congress from the Third District, Mississippi, in 1964. Houston's papers consist of scattered correspondence; campaign flyers, affidavits, correspondence, and other material; notes and reports from meetings; and newsclippings. The collection includes files regarding the activities of and proposed cut-off of funding for the Child Development Group of Mississippi and its local affiliate, the Mt. Carmel Head Start center, of which Houston was chairman; and general political papers, containing Freedom Democratic Party form letters and mailings, and correspondence, and papers concerning the 1962 Smith-for-Congress campaign (Houston was chairman of the campaign committee). There is also a file of similar material from Houston's campaign; and correspondence, memos, reports, and a statement of purpose of the Warren County Improvement League. A folder of Houston's writings and speeches contains a history of the Colored American Civic Institute, written circa 1937, a 1955 pamphlet concerning segregation, two addresses given by Houston as a candidate, and a 1966 letter to the editor written by Houston.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00545

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The Wisconsin Historical Society has one of the richest collections of Civil Rights movement records in the nation, which includes more than 100 manuscript collections documenting the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. More than 25,000 pages from the Freedom Summer manuscripts are available online as the Freedom Summer Digital Collection.

Acquisition Information

Presented by James M. Houston, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1967. Accession Number: M67-464

Mss 545 Box   1 Folder   1	Child Development Group of Mississippi and Mt. Carmel Head Start, 1966
Box   1 Folder   2	General Political Papers and Smith for Congress Campaign, 1962-1964 Alternate Format: All or part has been digitized and is available online.
Box   1 Folder   3	Houston's Campaign for Congress, 1964 Alternate Format: All or part has been digitized and is available online.
Box   1 Folder   4	Houston's Writings and Speeches, circa 1937, 1955, 1964, 1966 Alternate Format: All or part has been digitized and is available online.
Box   1 Folder   5	Miscellany, 1963, 1966
Box   1 Folder   6	Warren County Improvement League, 1964-1967