Oral history.; Albert Lloyd Henderson was born in 1928 as William Eugene Ramsey but was adopted in infancy. When he was thirty-nine years old, he found his birth family, five sisters and two brothers. Mr. Henderson grew up in Monroe, Louisiana. ...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...
Oral history.; Mr. George A. Stevens was born in 1910 in Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Hattiesburg public schools but graduated from high school in Anthony, New Mexico. Mr. Stevens returned to attend The University of Southern...
Oral history.; Mr. Monroe (Bill) Winston was born September 12, 1907, in Caseyville, Lincoln County, Mississippi. His parents were sharecroppers on the Red Star plantation, the same plantation where his grandmother had been a slave. Mr. Winston...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 8, 1971 with the Honorable Ross Robert Barnett in Jackson, Mississippi. Barnett was born on January 22, 1898 in Leake County, Mississippi. He graduated with his B.A. from Mississippi College in 1924. In...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lodie Marie Robinson-Cyrille was born on August 21, 1951 in Biloxi, Mississippi. As a child, she remembers meeting people from various cultures, including Africans; many were studying or serving at Keesler Air Force Base. ...
From the Map Collection. A map comprised of several sections. The center panel shows the the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Islands, and parts of South America, Mexico, and the U.S. Additional panels illustrates the Baye de Panama, St. Augustini,...
From the Map Collection. A map of the United States, Mexico, and Central America. The Confederate States are outlined with blue paint and "C.S.A." is painted across the center of the outlined area. In the top right corner there are numerous...
From the Alexander Melvorne Jackson Papers. Photograph of Miguel Otero, Mary Blackwood Otero (Miguel Otero's wife), and an enslaved Black girl, photograph taken circa 1860s. The Oteros are sitting at a table with tea cups on it while a young Black...
Photograph of the Mississippi Southern College basketball team after winning the Sun Bowl over New Mexico A & M. Featured in the 1951 Southerner yearbook on page 131.
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from Tigert to his mother and father from Sandia...