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Finding-Aid for the William Doyle Collection (MUM00550)

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Descriptive Summary
PURL:
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00550/
Creator:
Doyle, William
Title:
William Doyle Collection.
Inclusive Dates:
1865-2002
Materials in:
English
Abstract:
The collection's documents consist of William Doyle's research notes, interviews, primary source documents, and photocopies of documents pertaining to his work for An American Insurrection . The collection covers material from 1865-2002.
Quantity:
4 boxes.
Number:
MUM00550
Location:
K-8.
Repository :
The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/
Cite as:
William Doyle Collection (MUM00550). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

Historical Note
William Doyle's American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962, is an historic account of James Meredith's journey to integrate the University of Mississippi on September 30, 1962, which exploded into a violent conflict between federal and state authorities in Mississippi.

Scope and Contents Note
The collection's documents consist of William Doyle's research notes, interviews, primary source documents, and photocopies of documents pertaining to his work for An American Insurrection . The collection covers material from 1865-2002.

Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open.
Use Restriction
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Index Terms
University of Mississippi -- History

Container List

Box 1: Author's Research Yellow notepad with notes about collection upon acquisition.


Folder 1: Research Notebook (1)
Folder 2: Research Notebook (2), includes interview notes
Folder 3: Edits
Folder 4: Interviews-Notes
Folder 5: Correspondence (1)
Folder 6: Correspondence (2)
Folder 7: Correspondence (3)
Folder 8: RESTRICTED: David Sansing Notes (1)
Folder 9: RESTRICTED: David Sansing Notes (2)
Folder 10: RESTRICTED: David Sansing Interviews
Folder 11: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (1)
Folder 12: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (2)
Folder 13: Mississippi Department of Archives and History (3)
Folder 14: University of Mississippi Archives and Special Collections (1)
Folder 15: University of Mississippi Archives and Special Collections (2)
Folder 16: Library of Congress (1)
Folder 17: Library of Congress (2)
Folder 18: Press Coverage on Book
Folder 19: Public Notice for Book
Folder 20: Book Website
Folder 21: Book Reviews (1)
Folder 22: Book Reviews (2)
Box 2: History and Early Civil Rights Movement Folder 1: University Grays and Gettysburg (1)
Folder 2: University Grays and Gettysburg (2)
Folder 3: 1865
Folder 4: Historical Background (1)
Folder 5: Historical Background (2)
Folder 6: Historical Background (3)
Folder 7: Historical Background (4)
Folder 8: Historical Background (5)
Folder 9: Historical Background (6)
Folder 10: William Faulkner (1)
Folder 11: William Faulkner (2)
Folder 12: Eisenhower-Little Rock
Folder 13: Little Rock (1)
Folder 14: Little Rock (2)
Folder 15: Little Rock (3)
Box 3: Early Civil Rights Movement and Events leading up to James Meredith's Entrance to University of Mississippi Folder 1: Medgar Evers Assassination
Folder 2: Medgar Evers
Folder 3: New York Segregation (2001)
Folder 4: Harry Murphy (1st Black Student at Ole Miss) (1)
Folder 5: Harry Murphy (1st Black Student at Ole Miss) (2)
Folder 6: Clyde Kennard
Folder 7: Clennon King
Folder 8: Maps (1)
Folder 9: Maps (2)
Folder 10: Maps (3)
Folder 11: Maps (4)
Folder 12: Map of MP Entry by Donnie Bowman
Folder 13: University of Mississippi (1)
Folder 14: University of Mississippi (2)
Folder 15: University of Mississippi (3)
Folder 16: Oxford (1)
Folder 17: Oxford (2)
Folder 18: Oxford (3)
Folder 19: Oxford (4)
Folder 20: Oxford (5)
Box 4, Folder 1, UM Archives and Special Collections
Folder 22: Chronologies
Folder 23: Buildup (1)
Folder 24: Buildup (2)
Folder 25: Buildup (3)
Folder 26: Buildup (4)
Folder 27: Buildup (5)
Folder 28: Buildup (6)
Folder 29: Buildup (7)
Folder 30: Buildup (8)
Folder 31: Buildup (9)
Box 4: The Riot and Aftermath following James Meredith's Integration of the University of Mississippi Folder 1: The Riot (1)
Folder 2: The Riot (2)
Folder 3: The Riot (3)
Folder 4: The Riot (4)
Folder 5: The Riot (5)
Folder 6: The Riot (6)
Folder 7: The Riot (7)
Folder 8: Aftermath (1)
Folder 9: Aftermath (2)
Folder 10: Aftermath (3)
Folder 11: Aftermath (4)
Folder 12: Aftermath (5)
Folder 13: Aftermath (6)
Folder 14: Aftermath (7)
Folder 15: Aftermath (8)
Box 5: Sources concerning James Meredith's Entrance to the University of Mississippi and Official Responses to the Event, including legal investigations and cases.
Folder 1: Ray Gunter and Paul Guihard
Folder 2: Photos (Some pictures removed for preservation--CPB41F3-10)
Folder 3: JFK-Barnet Tape --Located in CPB41F3
(Typed list of contents of tape from tape case--removed for preservation--Cold Room)

Contents:

1. 9/28 4A.1 JFK, Barnett--negotiations
2. 9/29 4C.1 JFK, Barnett, RFK--negotiations
3. 9/30 4E.1+4F.1 JFK, Barnett, about 10:00PM--riot underway
4. 9/30 4F.2 Jack Rosenthal (Justice Dept.) and White House Secretary
5. 9/30 4F.3 RFK, Army Secretary Cyrus Vance, about midnight
6. 9/30 4F.4 JFK, Barnett, about midnight--riot underway
7. 9/30 4F.5 JFK, Barnett, about midnight--riot underway
8. 10/1 4F.6 Burke Marshall, Ramsey Clark (Justice Dept.) early AM
9. 10/1 4F.7+4G.1 RFK, General Creighton Abrams, early AM
10. 10/1 4G.2 JFK, General Abrams, 2:30AM--arrival of MPs
11. 10/1 4G.3 JFK, Barnett, approx. 8:00AM--'state police'
12. 10/1 4G.4 JFK, Solicitor General Archibald Cox, approx. 8:00AM
13. 10/1 4H.1 JFK, Cyrus Vance, Robert McNamara--20,000 troops
14. 10/2? 4J1 JFK, Cyrus Vance
15. 10/9? 50.2 JFK and ?gvt. official--segregation of troops

Recorded 1962 on Dictaphone-Oval Office phone line, released by JFK Library in 1982, except final cut which was withheld by Evelyn Lincoln and released in 1998. "4A.1", etc. is JFK Library tape reference. There are other tapes of lower quality, of Cabinet Room meetings Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Times + dates are estimates by Doyle, Oxford time, then 2 hours before D.C.

Folder 4: RFK-Barnett Calls (transcript)
Folder 5: Barnett Interposition Speech 9/13/62
Folder 6: 5th Circuit Injunction 9/14/62
Folder 7: FBI Transcript of 9/25/62 Showdown
Folder 8: Barnett Proclamation 9/25/62
Folder 9: Rebel Resistance Flyer (Photocopy)
Folder 10: Military Police Raid on Sigma Nu House 10/1/62
Folder 11: Daily Mississippian 10/1/62
Folder 12: Ellis Nassour Dispatch 10/1/62
Folder 13: RFK Statement 10/2/62
Folder 14: Board of Trustees Statement
Folder 15: University Report 10/15/62
Folder 16: Meredith Class Schedule 2/5/63
Folder 17: Justice Department Statement 4/24/63
Folder 18: Mississippi Legislative Investigation
Folder 19: Mississippi Legislative Report (1)
Folder 20: Mississippi Legislative Report (2)
Folder 21: Grand Jury Report
Folder 22: Indictments (1) 10/2/62
Folder 23: Indictments (2) 1/63
Folder 24: Murder Investigations
Folder 25: RESTRICTED: William Lamb Papers (1) copy
Folder 26: RESTRICTED: William Lamb Papers (2) Falkner, Murry C. vs. USA
Folder 27: RESTRICTED: William Lamb Papers (3) State vs. McShane

Box 6: Press Accounts of James Meredith's Entrance to the University of Mississippi, James Meredith, and Personal Accounts of Integration of University of Mississippi Folder 1: Faulkner-Holiday Magazine April 1954
Folder 2: World Events 9/62
Folder 3: Life Magazine Article 10/12/62
Folder 4: LOOK Magazine Article
Folder 5: "Oxford!" The National Guardsman Article November 1962
Folder 6: Newsweek 10/15/62 (1)
Folder 7: Newsweek 10/15/62 (2)
Folder 8: Saturday Evening Post Article
Folder 9: Time Inc. Dispatches (1)
Folder 10: Time Inc. Dispatches (2)
Folder 11: Time Magazine Article 10/12/62
Folder 12: US News and World Report (1)
Folder 13: US News and World Report (2)
Folder 14: Walter Lord Book
Folder 15: "A Long Night" Ellen Douglas (1)
Folder 16: "A Long Night" Ellen Douglas (2)
Folder 17: Daily Mississippian 1972, 1982
Folder 18: Dan Rather Book 1977
Folder 19: Parting the Waters
Folder 20: Willie Morris Article LIFE June 1981
Folder 21: Meredith (1)
Folder 22: Meredith (2)
Folder 23: Meredith (3)
Folder 24: Meredith (4)
Folder 25: Meredith (5)
Folder 26: James Meredith Oral History
Folder 27: James Meredith vs Ole Miss, Book by James Meredith
Folder 28: Meredith Book: Return to Japan
Folder 29: Felix Bolo Letter (Paul Guihard's Boss)
Folder 30: Brunini document
Folder 31: Doubleday
Folder 32: Dr. Clare Marquette Statement
Folder 33: Constance Baker Motley
Folder 34: Ellis Nassour Statement
Folder 35: Tally Riddell Statement
Folder 36: Gene Same Statement (wounded marshall)
Folder 37: Chuck Shockley Papers
Folder 38: Shockley Document
Folder 39: Gerald Walton Riot Diary
Folder 40: Role of St. Peter's Church
Folder 41: Duncan Gray

Box 7: Local and State Officials and Organizations involved in the Integration of the University of Mississippi, Ku Klux Klan, Sovereignty Commission, and Citizens Council Folder 1: Barnett (1)
Folder 2: Barnett (2)
Folder 3: Barnett (3)
Folder 4: Barnett Book Draft
Folder 5: Barnett's Children
Folder 6: Paul Johnson (1)
Folder 7: Paul Johnson (2)
Folder 8: Minutemen
Folder 9: William Simmons
Folder 10: Edwin Walker (1)
Folder 11: Edwin Walker (2)
Folder 12: Edwin Walker (3)
Folder 13: (Gen.) Edwin Walker (4)
Folder 14: Klan (1)
Folder 15: Klan (2)
Folder 16: Sovereignty Commission (1)
Folder 17: Sovereignty Commission (2)
Folder 18: Sovereignty Commission (3)
Folder 19: Sovereignty Commission (4)
Folder 20: Sovereignty Commission Report on Meredith 2/14/61
Folder 21: Sovereignty Commission Report on Riot
Folder 22: Citizens Council (1)
Folder 23: Citizens Council (2)
Folder 24: Citizens Council (3)
Folder 25: Citizens Council (4)
Folder 26: Citizens Council (5)
Folder 27: Citizens Council (6)
Folder 28: Citizens Council (7)
Folder 29: Citizens Council (8)
Folder 30: Citizens Council (9)
Folder 31: Reverse Freedom Rides
Box 8: National leaders and organizations involved in the integration of the University of Mississippi, including Kennedy Administration, Federal Marshals, Military Police, and the United States Army Folder 1: JFK, RFK + Admin.
Folder 2: Nicholas Katzenbach
Folder 3: Burke Marshall Profile
Folder 4: Burke Marshall/Theodore Sorensen Interviews
Folder 5: Burke Marshall Interview
Folder 6: Marshals (1)
Folder 7: Marshals (2)
Folder 8: Marshals (3)
Folder 9: Marshals (4)
Folder 10: Marshals-Birmingham
Folder 11: Marshals 1962 Riot Manual
Folder 12: Marshals Manual 1962
Folder 13: Marshals Riot Manual
Folder 14: Photo of Marshal w/ Shotgun
Folder 15: McShane
Folder 16: Highway Patrol
Folder 17: Major Ray Le Van 503rd MP
Folder 18: 503rd MP Battalion (1)
Folder 19: 503rd MP Battalion (2)
Folder 20: 503rd MP Battalion (3)
Folder 21: 503rd MP Battalion (4)
Folder 22: 503rd MP Battalion (in action) (5)
Folder 23: 716th MP Battalion
Folder 24: 720th MP Battalion
Folder 25: Military Police
Folder 26: Mississippi National Guard (1)
Folder 27: Mississippi National Guard (2)
Folder 28: Mississippi National Guard (3)
Folder 29: National Guard (1)
Folder 30: National Guard (2)
Folder 31: Army History (1)
Folder 32: Army History (2)
Folder 33: Army (1)
Folder 34: Army (2)
Folder 35: Army Memo Denying Medals
Folder 36: Army Report
Folder 37: William Johnson Interview 82nd Airborne
Box 9: Segregation of Troops, FBI, and Misc. Folder 1: Segregation of Troops (1)
Folder 2: Segregation of Troops (2)
Folder 3: Segregation of Troops (3)
Folder 4: Segregation of Troops (4)
Folder 5: FBI Files (1)
Folder 6: FBI Files (2)
Folder 7: FBI Files (3)
Folder 8: FBI Files (4)
Folder 9: Misc. (1)
Folder 10: Misc. (2)
Folder 11: Misc. (3)
Folder 12: Misc. (4)
Folder 13: Misc. (5)
 
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