Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists primarily of personal letters written and received by Mark and/or Betty Bollinger Levy during the summer of 1964. Unsolicited correspondence contains letters supporting and opposing the Freedom Summer project. Correspondence on Mark Levy’s FBI file is also present.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series consists primarily of personal letters written and received by Mark and/or Betty Bollinger Levy during the summer of 1964. Unsolicited correspondence contains letters supporting and opposing the Freedom Summer project. Correspondence on Mark Levy’s FBI file is also present.

Abstract The Mark Levy Collection documents the volunteer experiences of Mark Levy and his wife, Betty Bollinger Levy, in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. Most items date from June to August 1964, including correspondence, photographs, curriculum, lesson plans, student essays and newsletters, printed materials, clippings, and ephemera. There are binders of preparatory training materials and memorandums for accepted applicants. Photographs document orientation at Western College for...