From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
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...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; With amendments attached to the legislative bill, the future Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes the United States Senate, but still requires concurrence from the United States House of...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A man is looking at a young boy labeled "cost of living" and saying,"My, how you've grown." In the next frame, the young boy is taller and the man is saying,"And grown." The last frame shows the boy even taller and the man...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; McKeithen, dressed in climbing clothes with a backpack labeled, "Tax increases," is holding a sign labeled, "I haven't abandoned hope, but..." and has a broken foot. In the...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; Senator George McGovern stands at the counter of a well-established dry cleaner's shop. He holds up a suit and gestures to a stain that is labeled "$1,000 for every American" He complains to the proprieter,"But that damn...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards stands on the portico of the governor's mansion. Behind the mansion is a man dressed as a chef labeled "Politics" cooking at an outdoor grill on...
From the Daniel Cohen Papers.; Layout sheet with illustrations and text from first galley of Daniel Cohen's Everything You Need to Know About Monsters and Still Be Able to Get to Sleep; 11 x 17
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man [view from the side] has a piece of string tied around his finger and a book in his pocket titled, "You can improve your memory." On his jacket is written, "Voter...Wards...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon, dressed as a football player with "U.S." on the helmet, is the lone football player against four smaller players with Asian features and the hammer and sickle...
From the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company Photographs. Photograph of the lumber shed at the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company of Picayune, Mississippi. Exterior view showing two buildings with open sides that are possibly still under construction. The...
From the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company Photographs. Photograph of the sawmill at the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company of Picayune, Mississippi. The railroad car loading area is in the foreground (still under construction) and the main sawmill buildings...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A dove labeled "Nixon's plea for peace aid" hangs dead, held upside down by its leg by a large hand. The dove still holds an olive branch in its beak. It has been killed by a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with an elephant head is in a hospital bed hooked to an intravenous line. On the elephant's head is a bandage labeled "Edwards landslide," and the chart at the foot of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three men are riding in a bus which is labeled "Unity" at the front and "Regional transit authority" on the side. The men are labeled "Tammany...Jeff...Orleans." The man labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A hippopotamus with the long ears and brush tail of a donkey and labeled "94th Democratic Congress" stands in a large, round circus or zoo cage with its mouth wide open. It is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is dressed as an artist (smock and tam). He stands before a large canvas on an artist's easel with a small cabinet with painting supplies...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. President Gerald Ford stands beside a disheveled Uncle Sam, who is sitting in a chair. Ford's hands are behind his back and he is listening intently to Uncle Sam, who says, "I have...
