Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Barry McIlwain, a business owner in Pascagoula, MS, who describes losing and rebuilding his home as well as the local, state, and federal relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 9, 2007 with Perry and Bobbye Gibson. Long-time residents of the Gulf Coast, they discuss their ties to the community of Bay St. Louis as well as their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 1, 1993 and January 6, 1995 with Ariel Barnes (born 1917). Mrs. Barnes was born in Forest, Mississippi, but moved to Hattiesburg shortly after. She attended Alcorn University, where she earned a...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on December 6, 2007 with Kathryn Anne ""Sally"" James. A lifelong Pass Christian resident, Ms. James describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on her family and the city of Pass Christian, Mississippi.
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 23 and October 30, 1974 with Mr. Joe Reyer at his home in Poplarville, Mississippi. Reyer was born in 1893 in Pearl River County, Mississippi. He attended an agricultural high school, now Pearl...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
Envelope drawing (architectural drawing) of proposed future development of the Mississippi Normal College campus. Drawing by R. H. Hunt, architect. Also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on the inside cover.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1910s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. "159." Acquired...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson. Published in Chicago by M.A. Donohue & Co., circa 1910s. Title, imprint, and series statements taken from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Illustrations by Arpad Schmidhammer. Published in Mainz, Germany, by Verlag von Jos. Scholz, sometime between 1900 and 1920. Text in Sütterlin font. Part of the Scholz' Künstler-Bilderbücher...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Dundee, Scotland, and New York by Valentine & Sons, circa 1920. The covers depict the front and rear of the coach, with the top edge shaped. Donated with the Floyd C. and Stella T....
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., circa 1910. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Book cut in the shape of standing Santa Claus. "270". ...
