Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 14, 1996 with Frances Thornton Smith (born 1916). In 1971, the year that elementary schools were integrated, Smith volunteered to teach at Fair Elementary School, an African-American school in Pascagoula,...
Oral history.; Discusses the prominence of the United Daughters of the Confederacy among Southern white women prior to World War II and the annual observances of Confederate holidays. Mentions other influential women's organizations in Mississippi.
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof for cover Ding Dong Bell (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 18-- ) Ding dong bell series #1143, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by Dean & Son, sometime between 1830 and 1854. Cover title. Date range based on publication dates of other titles in series. Part of the Children's Popular Tales series [7].
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by Darton & Clark, Holborn Hil, circa 1836-1844. Pages printed one side only. Hand colored plates. Yellow printed paper wrappers.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Otley, UK, by Yorkshire J.S. Publishing & Stationery Co., circa 1840. Cover title. Publisher from back wrapper. Approximate date from Osborne Coll. "Printed for the...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi in 1838, showing counties. Longitude given in degrees west from Washington. Map by T.G. Bradford, engraved by S. Stiles, Sherman & Smith, New York. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1838 by...
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt, to J.M. Bullack, Secretary of State of Kentucky, dated 20 June 1838.
Letter from James Whitfield in New York to W. H. (Henry) Buchannon in Columbus, Mississippi, dated 19 October 1838, concerning Whitfield's buying trip to New York and Philadelphia. Mentioned are prices, vendors, shipment procedures, debt...
