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...
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 Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Erle Johnston, director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent to editors of northern newspapers in 1969. Johnston discusses the current climate in the state as a...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of construction showing metal anchors tying the roof to the top plate. Trusses are nailed to the top plate with three sixteenpenny nails.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a structure with a pier-type foundation recommended to avoid damage from high water that accompanies wind. This type of building was recommended...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Ceramic damaged plate with blue glazed smiley-faced sun design. Made by Margret Rey in 1969. 10" x 1" x 10"
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
From the Lois Lenski Papers. A photograph of Lois Lenski being presented with the first Silver Medallion (now known as the de Grummond Medallion) in 1969.
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...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten statement by Robert and Carolyn Goodman, the parents of Andrew Goodman, dated August 5, 1964. The Goodmans express grief over the deaths of their son and fellow civil rights...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi counties as they were in 1860(?). Scale of 100 American Miles. "Reprinted by Mississippi Historical Society, 1969."
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. The seaward end of this building felt the full force of the tidal...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. The gable-ended house had greater damage than the nearby house...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of damage to a structure on the Mississippi Gulf Coast caused by Hurricane Camille. This wood-framed house withstood the storm, though a...
