W. Wert Cooper, Jr. was a senior majoring in Commerce at the University of Mississippi when James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi. Cooper took these photographs on campus and in the town of Oxford during the events surrounding Meredith's enrollment.
Collection Photographs Box 37
Folder 89 - Students looking at cars damaged by the riot on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 90 - Students looking at cars damaged by the riot on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 91 - Troops on the University of Mississippi campus in the Circle area in front of the Lyceum Building, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 92 - Troops in front of the Lyceum Building, University of Mississippi campus after the riot, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 93 - Burned out van on the University of Mississippi campus after the riot, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 94 - Students watching troops marching near the fraternities on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 95 - Troops on the street and lawns of fraternity houses on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 96 - Students blocking a road with furniture near the faternity houses on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 97 - Troops moving towards the KA fraternity house on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 98 - Troops moving materials placed in the road by the KA fraternity house on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 99 - Troops driving jeeps through road near the KA fraternity after soldiers had cleared the road of furniture placed by students on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 100 - Military trucks and jeeps on Univeristy of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 101 - W. Wert Cooper, Jr. posed with his car that was damaged during the riot on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 102 - Troops on the square in Oxford, Mississippi in front of the County Court House and the Colonial Hotel, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 103 - Troops on the square in Oxford, Mississippi in front of the County Court House, 1962, black white, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 104 - WMPS 68 van on the University of Mississippi campus, 1962, color, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 105 - Police stopping cars on University of Mississippi campus, 1962, color, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 106 - Photographers walking on University of Mississippi campus, 1962, color, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 107 - Troops on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi in front of the County Court House, 1962, color, 3 ½ x 3 ½
Folder 108 - Troops on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi in front of the County Court House, 1962, color, 3 ½ x 3 ½