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.; Reverend F.T. (Ted) Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II he served in the armed forces. He graduated from Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 1, 1994 with Judge Harvey T. Ross (born 1920). In the mid-1960s, Judge Ross was active in laying the groundwork for Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), a community action agency designed to improve the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 19, 2008 with Vincent Creel. An employee of the City of Biloxi, Mr. Creel discussesthe city's preparation, response and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Fred Pickett for the position of Sheriff and Tax Collector of Hinds County. The back contains a reproduction of a Mississippi Confederate $100 bill.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for R.G. (Bob) Campbell, candidate for representative of Forrest County, Mississippi. The back of the handout includes his platform.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of an aerial view of railroad tracks in an unidentified rural area. A car parked on a dirt road that crosses the tracks has both front doors open, and three men appear to be examining the...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of S. G. Thigpen Co. storefront. Standing near an automobile are four men identified as S. G. Thigpen, E. H. Stevens, L. O. Crosby, Sr. and R. J. Williams.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Copper and brass repoussé of the Hindu god Shiva with some colorful plastic decorations, by an unknown artist.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Sinclair service station, circa 1930s. Located on the corner of Eaton and Forrest Streets, this site was formerly occupied by Hulett Undertaking Company.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. The Spring Festival King and Queen and their court are gathered around a pond. All are wearing elaborate costumes.
Photograph of the Sunken Garden, later the site of McLemore Hall. The garden was built in 1932 as a jobs project during the early part of the Depression. Lake Byron is located just to the right of this picture. Both areas were part of a campus...
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...
