MSU vs Loyola 1963 - The Game of Change

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Wesley A. Caldwell, Chairman of the Board of Mississippi Steel Corporation, writes to MSU President Dean W. Colvard, to express his opposition to MSU playing Loyola Chicago, a team with Black players, in the NCAA tournament. Caldwell says that Mississippi Steel Corp. would be discontinuing their contributions to the MSU foundation. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the telegram from Class of 1951 graduate H.K. Davis, a Mississippi Steel Corp. stockholder, who explains that he is in support of Caldwell's actions.

ISBN

MFM_UA-A1985-120_1963-03-05_Telegram_001.pdf

Approximate Creation Date

1963

Publisher

Western Union

Time Period

1960-1969

Keywords

Mississippi State University Basketball, Integration, 1963, Coach Babe McCarthy, Dean Colvard

Geographic Location

Jackson (Miss.)

Comments

Material in collection may contain offensive language or imagery.

Object Type

Text

Format (original)

Letter

Format (digital)

PDF file

Digital ID

MFM_UA-A1985-120_1963-03-05_Telegram_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, University Archives.

Repository

University Archives

Digital Collection Title

Dean Colvard Collection

Digital Publisher

MSU Libraries

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Spatial Coverage

1963-01-01-06-01

Telegram, Wesley A. Caldwell, Chairman of the Board of Mississippi Steel Corporation, to Mississippi State University President Dean W. Colvard, March 5, 1963

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