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 the East stadium dormitory, also known as "The Rock," featured in the 1954 Southerner yearbook on page 16 and in the April 6, 1982, Student Printz.
Photograph of Fred Lewis, basketball coach, and Nick Revon. Revon became Mississippi's first to be initiated into the elite 2000 Club of basketball. Featured in the 1954 Southerner yearbook on page 287.
Photograph of baton girls sitting on a blanket. The caption reads, " Time for a Rest." This photo is featured in the 1954 Southerner yearbook on page 32; 8 1/2 x 6
Photograph of the 1954 championship football team. The second page lists the names of the players. This photograph is featured in the 1955 Southerner yearbook on page 200-201.
Photograph from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Black-and-white photograph of Thomas Brady, taken in 1954. Brady was one of the original members of the White Citizens councils and served on the Mississippi State Supreme Court under the...
A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of an aerial view of the Merchants Co. in Hattiesburg taken by Robert Waller, 28 January 1954.
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter of condolence and hospital bill for Sonny Tigert.
From the Tigert (David Neal) Letters; this collection contains approximately 200 letters written by David Neal Tigert to his family while he was at basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Letter from William J. Wall to David Neal Tigert.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet stresses the need for segregation among the races to protect the United States from decline as a civilization.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet published by the White Citizens' Council of Winona, Mississippi, Gillespie states that racial separation is the way to support racial harmony. He says that Soviet Communists are...
