Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Photograph of campus buildings with Bennett Auditorium in the center. The view is from the southeast and may have been taken from the top of Southern Hall. Featured in the 1939 Neka Camon yearbook on page 9.
Photograph of three coeds in front of a P.W.A. sign. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 52, and the 1939 Neka Camon yearbook on page 88; 7 x 5 1/2
Photograph of a formal dance in the field house. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 62, and in the 1939 Neka Camon yearbook on page 51; 7 x 5
Photograph of Wimpy's, a cooperative store, sponsored by the Student Christian Federation. The profits were used for the betterment of social and religious life on campus. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 56, and the 1939 Neka...
Yearbook photograph of the 1939 football team and coaches Reed Green and Thad "Pie" Vann. Photograph featured in the 1940 Southerner yearbook on page 74.
Photograph of the football stadium of Mississippi State Teachers College, thought to be 1939. This photograph is also found on page 65 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
From the Berta and Elmer Hader Papers. Proofs for pages 24-25, 28-29, 32-33, and 36-37 of COCK-A-DOODLE DOO: THE STORY OF A LITTLE RED ROOSTER by Berta and Elmer Hader (New York: Macmillan, 1939). COCK-A-DOODLE DOO is a 1940 Caldecott Honor Book.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the 1939 YMCA State Junior Basketball Champions. They are identified as: (front) John McLain, Jr. and Cecil Jones, (middle) Milton Evans, Pat Howell, Roland Heidelberg, and Claude Pittman,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof of cover for Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the books series of...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for the frontispiece of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 21 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 37 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 17 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 33 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 45 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustration for page 53 of Poems for the Children's Hour edited by Jane Wheeler, color illustrations by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #828, from the...
