Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 15, 1978 with Mr. Thomas Y. Minniece. Minniece was born in Meridian, Mississippi on October 9, 1912. He received a BA degree from the University of Texas in 1933 and a law degree from the University of...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
Oral history.; Mr. Ray William (Buck) Wells was born August 21, 1916, on a dairy farm three-fourths of a mile southwest of Mississippi Normal College (now The University of Southern Mississippi). Sometime around 1920 or 1921 he moved into...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Carol Mars, a retired librarian, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effects on her life as well as the Pascagoula Library and surrounding area.
Oral history.; Dr. Sam Spinks was born on March 19, 1921, in Henleyfield, Mississippi. Dr. Spinks attended Henleyfield High School, Pearl River Junior College, The University of Southern Mississippi and The University of Florida. He served in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head is climbing up the side of a mountain. He is using a pick and has a rope over his shoulder. The ledge he is about to reach is labeled, "21-nation...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A mountain goat labeled, "Prime interest rate" is climbing a steep mountain and is standing on a very large "7 1/2 %." Below the goat on the mountain is a much smaller "7%." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A steep mountainside is labeled "'68 elections" and it has a narrow road winding around it that is barely wide enough for one car. From opposite directions come two cars, one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, wearing mountaineering clothing, has a coil of rope attached to his belt. He is standing at the edge of a cliff, facing away from the edge,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Part of the Earth (a globe with lines of latitude and longitude) forms the bottom of the cartoon. On top of the Earth is a mountain with a flat top (butte shape). On top of this...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The background of the cartoon is the grid of a chart with an upward trend line that is labeled, "Cost of living index." At the lower end of the line is a man's leg with trousers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. John F. Kennedy is climbing the face of a mountain, using a rope, and has almost reached the summit. He sees Nikita Khrushchev at the top with an axe next to his climbing rope....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev are standing on the side of a steep, rocky mountain. At their feet, appearing to have been dropped, is a paper labeled "Big-power settlement."...
