From the Gary (Martin Witherspoon) Papers. Letter, dated 13 June 1864 from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Senate supporting Secretary of War James Alexander Seddon's promotion of Colonel Gary.
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. The State Sovereignty Commission report on Hattiesburg demonstrations, dated 13 February 1964, covers the period of 31 January - 12 February 1964. The report mentions how the investigators found out that the...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Representative William F. Ryan to Dr. and Mrs. Israel Zwerling dated July 13, 1964. Ryan writes of his recent visit with their son, Matthew Zwerling. He also...
A Bill: To provide for the transfer of certain mechanics, artizans and other persons, from the army to the navy. By Mr. Boyce, from Committee on Naval Affairs; Read first and second times, placed on the Calendar and ordered to be printed by the...
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Borrow Specie to be Applied to the Redemption and Reduction of the Currency; approved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 13 March 1865.
A Bill: To authorize the employment of Instructors for the Acting Midshipmen of the Navy, and to regulate their rank and pay. By Mr. Boyce, from Naval Committee; Read first and second times, ordered to be printed, and placed on the Calendar by the...
A Bill: To increase the number of acting midshipmen in the Navy, and to prescribe the manner of appointment. By Mr Boyce, from Committee on Naval Affairs; Read first and second times, placed on the Calendar and ordered to be printed by the Congress...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to impose a duty on tobacco and an additional duty on cotton exported from the Confederate Sates." By Mr. Lyon, from Committee on Ways and Means; Read first and second times, and made special order after last special...
A Bill: To amend the Act entitled, "An Act: To organize forces to serve during the war," approved 17 February 1864. By Mr. Sparrow, from Committee on Military Affairs; Read first time and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...
A Bill: Making an appropriation to erect additional Quarters for Acting Midshipmen at Drewry's Bluff. By Mr Boyce, from Naval Committee; Read first and second times, ordered to be printed , and placed on the Calendar by the Congress of the...
House Resolutions: Endorsing the recent proclamation and order of the President on the subject of retaliation. By Mr. Vest; read first and second times, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act making Confederate Notes a legal tender and to prevent and punish extortion." By Mr. Foster; Read first and second times, referred to Judiciary Committee and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...
Report of Committee on Quartermaster and Commissary Departments. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 13 February 1864.
Newspaper advertisement in the Hattiesburg American placed by Moore's Laundry to support the football matchup between Mississippi State Teachers College and Mississippi State University on November 15, 1935.
Photograph of University of Alabama head football coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant and entourage leaving Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama campus following a football game against the University of Southern Mississippi. The final score...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Two fish (one with spectacles) watch as a box labeled "Hi-test nerve gas--Caution" sinks from where it has been dropped into the water from a boat. The fish with spectacles shows...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is sitting in a sailboat labeled, "HUD confirmation." Nearby floats a buoy labeled "Washington tidal basin." The man says, "Shucks, I've had rougher sailing in city...
