Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1991 with Miss Emma Ruth Corban in her home in Meridian, Mississippi. Corban was born in Fayette, Mississippi, on September 18, 1907. She completed a BA degree in English in 1929 and her Masters...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 3, 1993 with Horace H. Harned Jr. (born 1920). He was a former Mississippi State legislator, a member of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, and an active segregationist during the years of...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
Oral history.; Norman discusses the creation and work of the Mississippi Humanities Council, the people responsible for its early development, and its programs concerning race relations and public education.
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Sam H. Franklin, dated November 5, 1964, in which Campbell provides information regarding civil rights activities in Mississippi. He notes that Franklin...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. George Wallace lies in a hospital bed holding a broadside with a picture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a wheelchair. The picture is labeled, "F.D.R. the campaigner." The caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A cartoonist is shown working at the drafting table, pen in hand, with question marks surrounding his head. The faces of three past presidents (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F....
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 26, 1975 with Earl W. Banks, 1905-1986. He enrolled at Alcorn University in Lorman, Mississippi, for one year, then transferred to Jackson State University where he completed high school. He continued...
From the Bilbo (Theodore G.) Papers; view of the Leesdale Tower, set among tall pine saplings, with a gravel road nearby. The Homochitto National Forest is located primarily in Adams, Franklin, Wilkinson, and Amite Counties, in Southwestern...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for H.L. Simmons, candidate for the State Senator for the 6th district, including Franklin County and Pike County, Mississippi.
Photograph of an aerial view of the Homochitto Lumber Company in Bude, Mississippi (Franklin County). The company was organized in 1912 by Fenwick L. Peck of the U. S. Lumber Company, and began operation in 1913.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Paul Carmack. A personified scroll of paper labeled "Court packing proposal" stands on a ladder that leans against the facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building. The scroll, with a paint brush...
Oral history.; On September 13, 1924, Mr. Martin Thomas King, Jr., was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. As a child, Mr. King witnessed the flood of 1927. Mr. King attended public school in Vicksburg. From 1942 to 1946, Mr. King served in the Navy in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 16, 1985 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...
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.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
From the Herbert S. Zim Papers.; A two-page letter from Herbert Zim to "Mr. Franklin" dated January 9, 1962. In the letter, Zim responds to criticism of his book, The Universe; 8 1/2 x 11
