The Normal College News, vol. IV, no. 32, dating 3 March 1923, outlines events and activities at the Mississippi Normal College. The motto is "Get there on time and stay to the end."
From the Taro Yashima Papers. Dummy Pages for pages 2, 3 (title page), 12-13, 14-15, 18-19, 26-27, 30-31, 36-37, endpapers, and dust jacket of Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (New York:Viking, 1955). Crow Boy is a 1956 Caldecott Honor Book.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., in 1895. Cover title. Shaped book, top and fore edges cut to outline Robin Hood's head and horn on front cover. P. [1] and [2] of cover included...
From the Hardy (William H. and Sallie J.) Papers. Letter from Temperance Toney to granddaughter, Mattie Hardy; written from Paulding, Mississippi. There is no transcript for this letter.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Henry Tooley, 9 November 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Application from a free black named Charles Harris for a license to remain in Natchez, signed by various Natchez citizens and dated 30 July 1856.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Political cartoon about Theodore Bilbo and Ross Collins that was distributed by the Lauderdale County Doxey Committee of Wall Doxey's senatorial campaign.
From the Map Collection. A map of Louisiana with canals, roads, and distances from place to place along the stage and steamboat routes. On bottom "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by H.S. Tanner, in the Clerks Office of the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Typeface for half title page of The Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes illustrated by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1940) Little color classics #841 from the books series of the McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof of jacket or cover (2 different versions) of A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Sarah De Frehn (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #818, from...
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...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor of Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat in a row boat from page 13 of the original Curious George book. Typed text is on the back.
Photograph of Billy Farrell in the No. 10 jersey carrying the ball during a game in the 1952 football season. Photograph featured in the 1953 Southerner yearbook on page 149.