From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen & ink illustrations for (pp. 2, 7, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 35, 43, 47, 51, 55) of Rock-a-Bye Stories (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) Little color classics #833, from the books series of the McLoughlin...
From the Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection. Poster advertising the arrival of the Silas Green minstrel troupe from New Orleans. Others on the poster include comedians Lilas & Silas, the Gaines Troupe, Charlie Morton Jr., and...
From the Merritt Mauzey Papers.; Pencil drawing of a windmill entitled "Prairie Ghost" (p. 31) from Merritt Mauzey's Cotton Farm Boy (1953). 12.5" x 17.5"
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. The Royal Progress of King Pepito by Beatrice F. Cresswell, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1889]). watercolor (20 x 17.5) for p. 43.
From the Map Collection. A map of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi counties and cities. Published by A.J. Johnson, New York. On the bottom left inside the neatline "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1866, by A.J. Johnson, in the...
From the Map Collection. A map showing the rivers of the Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas region. Cities are noted in all areas, counties are defined for Mississippi. On bottom "London. Published April 1832 by I.T. Hinton & Stimpkin & Marshall....
Oral history.; Mr. Balfour William Ruff Sr. was born March 31, 1923, in Jackson, Mississippi. He moved to Tupelo at a young age and attended its public schools. For many years he operated the Ruff Dairy Farm, the first in the Tupelo area to...
