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.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 1, 1972 with Dr. Aaron Henry in his drugstore in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Henry was born on July 2, 1922 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. After serving in World War II, he went to Xavier College (now Xavier...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 26, 1975 with Mr. Charles Johnson at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Johnson was born in 1911 in Amory, Mississippi. After receiving a degree in Science from Mississippi State University, he began...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof for cover Ding Dong Bell (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 18-- ) Ding dong bell series #1143, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of title page and red color separation (2 items) for The Noisy Boy (New York: McLoughlin Bros., [between 1860-1869]) Young America series from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Proof of title page (2 part color separation) for Cross Child (New York: McLoughlin Bros., [ca. 1860]) Young America series, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Front and back over of the book The Great American Menagerie (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1889) from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Printed cover for Three Little Pigs (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1893) Sunshine Series, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Mock-up of Animal and Bird in Picture and Word (New York: McLoughlin Bros., c1897; #2754, with complete cover and blank pages, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother papers. The McLoughlin Brother...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Big Letter ABC Book (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1898) #2310, Printed published book with hand-drawn colored endpapers and hand lettered text, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book dummy with complete cover and blank pages of The Household Drawing and Painting Book (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1903) from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Wrapper for the book Familiar Animals (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1904) [publication status unknown], from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Book Cover and several printed pages of Little Tom Tucker and Other Rhymes (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1905) Ding dong bell series #1143 [publication status unknown] from the books series of the McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof of cover and two interior pages from Babie's Own ABC (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1907) #1142 [publication status unknown], from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Galley of Story of the Firemen (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1909) #63, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, galleys,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Front and back cover and 2 pp. of text. Has note "2435 sheets on this cover Nov. 1922 - G.B. & J. McK." From Playful Pets (New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d.) #152 [publication status unknown] from the books...