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 students in front of the Demonstration school building, later named George Hurst Building. Photograph featured in the 1944 Southerner yearbook on page 5.
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration from book dummy (pp. 4-5) created by H.A. Rey for Charlotte Zolotow's The Park Book (1944). 5.5" x 12.5"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Original watercolor illustration created by H.A. Rey for Emmy Payne's Katy No Pocket (1944). 10" x 11.5"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration created by H.A. Rey from the book dummy (pp. 6-7) for Emmy Payne's Katy No Pocket (1944). 6.5" x 11"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Miniature book dummy (with wooden ruler placed beside it to show size) for H.A. and Margret Rey's Pretzel (1944). 3.5" x 3"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; The Park Book by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by H.A. Rey (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944). Dummy page dedication: For my husband.
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Paste-up for cover of Sleepytime Stories illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., [1941]) Westfield classics #58, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Dust jacket paste-up for The Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #72, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
Book containing lyrics and music for Christmas carols including First Noel, Good King Wenceslas, I Saw Three Ships, Deck the Hal, O Come All Ye Faithful, O Christmas Tree, We Three Kings of Orient Are, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Hark! The Herald...
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...