Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 14, 2007 with Richard Chenoweth, Jr., owner of Scranton's Restaurant in Pascagoula, MS. He describes his preparations for and experiences during Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Anne Petty, a retired schoolteacher, who describes hearing about Hurricane Katrina from her hospital bed in Washington and learning of its damage to her home in Pascagoula.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 30, 1978 with Thomas Jefferson Tubb (born 1899). Mr. Tubb served as chairman of the Clay County Executive Committee for 47 years from 1928 to 1975 and during the Dixiecrat movement from 1950 to 1956....
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 June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 26, 1974 with Mr. Brodie Crump at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. Crump was born in 1898 in Greenville, Mississippi. After attending Mississippi A&M College, now Mississippi State University,...
Oral history.; Mr. George A. Stevens was born in 1910 in Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Hattiesburg public schools but graduated from high school in Anthony, New Mexico. Mr. Stevens returned to attend The University of Southern...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 7, 1976 with Mr. P.A. Tims of Poplarville, Mississippi. Tims was born on October 20, 1890 in Ethel, Mississippi. In 1912, he enrolled in the first class to convene on the campus of the newly established...
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. By Clement C. Moore. Published in Boston by The Atlantic Monthly Press, in 1921. Known under the title: The night before Christmas. "Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge,...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Illustrated by Nana French Bickford. Published in New York by Stoll & Edwards, copyright 1921. Part of the Little folks' playtime series.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Chicago by Rand McNally, copyright 1921. Edited by Katharine Lee Bates; with pictures by Margaret Evans Price. Contains: Little Red Riding-Hood; Dancing shoes; Beauty and the beast;...
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 Paris by Laguionie & Cie., between 1915 and 1935. Title and imprint from cover. "Offert par les grands magasins du Printemps"--Front cover. Part of the Série écossaise series.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Paris, France, by Laguionie & Cie and in Epinal, France, by Imagerie d'Epinal, sometime between 1915 and 1935. Title and imprint from cover. "Offert par les grands magasins du...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Sprinfield, Mass., by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1920s. Illustrations attributed to Louis Wain. This version features a pig. Title and imprint from cover. Cover illustration is...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Springfield, Mass. by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1890-1930. With numerous illustrations. Contents: Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper; Dick Whittington and his cat; Story of...