Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection primarily contains materials concerning a Black History celebration that was held on February 18, 2001. The celebration commemorated the life and legacy of the late Mrs. Helen Fields...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Copies of newspaper clippings and programs collected by the Dahmer family in 1966, 1968-69, and 1986. Clippings focus on the death of Vernon F. Dahmer and the trials of those men arrested in the case. For...
A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 29, 2006 with Jeffrey J. Bower, who was the head football coach at Southern Miss during Hurricane Katrina. He discusses the hurricane's impact on his players and their season.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on December 19, 2006 with Kurt Brautigam, Distinguished Lecturer in the School of Mass Communication and Journalism at Southern MIss. Mr. Brautigam discusses preparing for Hurricane Katrina and its effects on...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 16, 2007 with Angelia Gray, a food and beverage director at a Hattiesburg hotel. She describes her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina at home and at work in Hattiesburg, MS.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2007 with Deborah Sledge, an employee at Hattiesburg's The Inn on the Hill, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's impact on the guests and staff at the hotel and their post-storm methods of cooking,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 17, 2007 with Chris Rowell, who describes Hurricane Katrina's impact on Hattiesburg and his experiences in the days following the storm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other materials that document the life and career of Rabbi Dr. David Z. Ben-Ami; specifically, his stance against discrimination against African-Americans, his...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Papers and other materials generated and collected by a leader of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m345.htm.
