Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 19, 2009 with George Bass, Chief of Long Beach Fire Department. He talks about losing his home and his other experiences in Long Beach during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 14, 2008 with Robert E. Bass, Jr. (born 1955). Mr. Bass earned degrees from Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi Law School. He has served in many civic capacities, including...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 31, 2009 with David Elliott. A newscaster at WLOX-TV, Mr. Elliott describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Aerial view photograph of Veterans Memorial stadium during a football game. Photograph also found on page 162 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
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.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 1, 2005 with Elizabeth Brewton, who was a student at the University of Southern Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina. She discusses her experience during the storm in Hattiesburg and discovering...
Oral history.; An interview with Pete Hansen conducted on August 11, 2006. Mr. Sloan is an operating room technician in Gulfport, Mississippi. He describes being at the hospital as Hurricane Katrina arrived.
Oral history.; Obie Clark was born October 31, 1932, near DeKalb, Mississippi. He earned a degree from Mississippi Industrial College and did additional college work at the University of Minnesota. For many years he taught school in Meridian,...
Oral history.; Born on January 19, 1958, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Jon Levingston grew up in a Jewish family in Cleveland, Mississippi. Mr. Levingston attended a boarding school in Rome, Georgia and then the University of Georgia and the Virginia...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A chief administration officer looks on as a member of the council is confused over a note that reads, "Rochon financial statement."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A man labeled, "Fiscal Hard Times" is playing a violin next to a sandwich board that reads, "Welcome to 'Face the Music'." A member of the 1983 legislature is saying, "Sad music...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Reagan and Congress sit on the porch of their, "Honeymoon Cottage," and look at a boulder situated precariously on the edge of the cliff above their heads. The boulder is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; Walter Mondale wears a beaver hat labeled, "Tennessee." Gary Hart stands behind Mondale, apparently surprised at the hat.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bear dressed in a uniform labeled, "Soviet threat" reads a sign that says, "Keep out of Middle East--this means you...U.S., Israel military pact."
