From the Theodore G. Bilbo Papers. Photograph of Bilbo leaning against a log, reading a newspaper. Six unidentified people (2 women, 2 men, 1 boy) are seated on the log as well; 4 1/2 x 3
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of an unidentified man and S. G. Thigpen standing next to a delivery truck in front of the Thigpen-Whitfield Hardware Co. building.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen-Whitfield Hardware Co. storefront. A boy is standings between to men in suits on the sidewalk, and a man in overalls is leaning against an automobile.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Springfield, Mass., by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1920s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Printed on linen. "1471." Acquired from...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Pictures by Margaret W. Tarrant. Published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company, copyright 1920. Illustrated endpapers. Part of the Mother Goose nursery tales series.
From the Joseph Anderson Cook Family Papers. Large aluminum tomato canning pot, a cone-shaped aluminum strainer and stand, an aluminum funnel, and a small wooden pestle. These items are said to have been used by the Tomato Club at Mississippi...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a row of uniformed trolley car conductors standing on the car tracks, with trolley cars in the background. Three children and three men are posed in front of the conductors.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of a train delivering tung oil paint. Two men inside a train car behind rows of paint hold a sign reading, “Thermolyzed Tung Oil Paint, made by the O’brien Varnish Co, South Bend, Ind. Shipped to...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Issue of Vardaman's Weekly, a newspaper edited by James K. Vardaman out of Jackson, Mississippi. Volume 12, No. 28. The headlining story is "Hoover's Answer Does Not Answer the American People's Questions."
Photograph showing principal buildings of the campus. Pictured (left to right): College Hall, Southern Hall, Forrest County Hall, Hattiesburg Hall, Mississippi Hall, vice president's home, and president's home. The view is from the southeast corner...
Photograph showing principal buildings of the campus. Pictured (left to right): College Hall, Southern Hall, Forrest County Hall, Hattiesburg Hall, Mississippi Hall, vice president's home, and president's home. The view is from the southeast corner...
Photograph of chinaberry trees planted by President Joe Cook. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 17, and in the 1927 Neka Camon yearbook on page 14; 5 x 6
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. W. H. Jones Sr., Hattiesburg educator and primary influence in the establishment of the Eureka High School in 1921. W. H. Jones Elementary School was named in his honor.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a formal Portrait of W. S. F. (Willie Sion Franklin) Tatum, mayor of Hattiesburg from 1922-1925, and 1929-1937. Mr. Tatum was also the owner of Tatum Lumber Company.
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
