From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Dave Treen, wearing an elephant button, looks at a shape that represents people fighting. It is labeled with names:...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An American flag fills the cartoon image. An American soldier in uniform is in the imddle of the cartoon holding a large campaign button that reads, "Your support will be...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. George Wallace stands on the Earth, with the horizon in the background and a large rising sun labeled, "'68 National politics." Wallace is wearing a very large campaign button...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Democratic donkey is driving an automobile labeled “Off to Chicago” on a highway. Luggage is stacked on the car trunk. The Republican elephant is running in the opposite...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey stand on opposite ends of a seesaw, with a third man labeled "The issues" standing in the middle. The third man's weight and stance prevent...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Eugene McCarthy stands in an empty Fenway Park holding a briefcase with "Eugene" in one hand and a campaign sign labeled "McCarthy for President speaks at Fenway Park tonight."...
Oral history.; Foster discusses the Mississippi Humanities Council, the teaching of African-American history in Mississippi schools, grant writing and funding, and race relations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 3, 1976 with Dr. William A. Butts at his office on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Butts was born in 1933 near Kilmichael, Mississippi. After graduating high school, he went on to...
From the Harwell (J.D.) Letters. Letter from James Daniel Harwell to J.E. Boos of Albany, New York, dated 22 February, 1923. This is one in a series of 3 letters in the collection that describe Harwell's experiences during the siege of Vicksburg in...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Political campaign handout for James K. Vardaman, who served in the US Senate from 1913-1919, when he was not re-elected. He attempted to run again un 1922, but was defeated in the Democratic primary.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Roland B. Wall, candidate for United States Senate in 1942. The back contains biographical information.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for R.G. (Bob) Campbell, candidate for representative of Forrest County, Mississippi. The back of the handout includes his platform.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Postcard for Jim Eastland, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1942. The postcard lists times of radio broadcasts featuring Eastland. The postcard was mailed to U.S. Senator Theodore Bilbo.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for R.E. Thompson of Toomsuba, Mississippi, who was a member of the State Senate from 1916-1920.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign pamphlet for Martin L. Riley, candidate for State Superintendent of Public Education. The pamphlet contains biographical information and Riley's platform.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign pamphlet for Wall Doxey, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Mississippi. The handout contains biographical information and quotes about Doxey from Mississippi politicians, including Theodore Bilbo,...
