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 Mississippi Southern College football players on a "triumphant ride" after defeating Memphis State College 34-21. Photograph featured in the 1955 Southerner yearbook on page 221. The yearbook caption reads, "Southern, which had a...
From the Taro Yashima Papers. Dummy Pages for pages 2, 3 (title page), 12-13, 14-15, 18-19, 26-27, 30-31, 36-37, endpapers, and dust jacket of Crow Boy by Taro Yashima (New York:Viking, 1955). Crow Boy is a 1956 Caldecott Honor Book.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Mr. Hammond Smith’s “open house” celebrating the remodeled Smith Drug Store on Mobile Street in Hattiesburg in 1955. The store originally opened in 1925.
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Original colored pencil illustration of Santa Claus at a parking meter created by H.A. Rey for American Artists Group Christmas card designs [1955]. 6" x 11"
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet Carey Daniel contends that God created segregation. He uses Old and New Testament quotations to support his argument that Africans were turned black due to the transgressions of...
Cover of the January 1955 edition of the Mississippi Southern College Alumni News. Photograph features the ground breaking for the new College Union building. President R. C. Cook, "Spud" Bradley, and Moran M. Pope turn the first spade of dirt.
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typed letter from Ney M. Gore to William J. Simmons, dated October 12, 1955, written in response to a letter from Simmons discussing the occurrence of maintenance and barratry in South Carolina and...
Pamphlet from the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Pamphlet prepared by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in November 1955. Provides information about three racially-charged murders in Mississippi: Rev. George W....
