From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Paul Szep. An old, thin man sits on a throne with a very tall back. He wears a crown and clutches ermine lined robes around him. His feet are on a cushion. Around him on the floor are three...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A local African American child sits in the doorway of an African American church during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964. Near the child is a hand-lettered sign on crumpled...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local activists and volunteers in front of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, after a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) meeting during Freedom Summer 1964. ...
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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix C explains the history and platform of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), lists the executive committee members, and sets out a plan for the Congressional challenge. ...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Marie Blalock, Peggy Jean Connor, and Vassie Patton (left to right) at a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) meeting held in the sanctuary of a local African American church in...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Color pencil illustration of Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat (p. 7) from H.A. Rey's Curious George (1940), which appears in Paul McKee's Come Along anthology (1963). 5.5" x 9"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Richard Nixon and Pope Paul VI stand on the globe that is labeled "Search for peace." A bright sky is behind them. They shake each other's right hand, and with the left each man...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of an article addressed to the Scott County Times by Erle Johnston, Jr., also labeled as "Chapter 7, Reminiscing: How a Senator was Born." According to this document, James O. Eastland was appointed...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by John Harris, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, circa 1825. Bound in mauve paper covers. Illustrations are hand colored. Contents: Courtship, merry marriage, and pic-nic...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Campaign brochure for Paul B. Johnson's 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial campaign; argues that support for the Mississippi Republican party would have disastrous effects on the lives of voters.
Retiree, Dr. Peter Durkee, receives a plaque of recognition as Vice President of Student Affairs from the new VP Dr. Joseph Paul. This photograph is featured in the 1993 Southerner yearbook on page 251.
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Photograph of Edgar and Randy Williamson. The boys were deemed 1/16 or 1/32 black and were therefore barred from their local white and black schools.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. White blown and cast sulfide glass sculpture of three apothecary bottles stacked on top of each other, by Stephan Paul Day.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A group of Freedom School volunteers inside the sanctuary of a local African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Those identified in the photograph are...
