Oral history.; Born on March 28, 1914, Dr. Eleanor Byrd Walters was born in Gunnison, Mississippi. In 1934, she received her B.S. in education from Delta State Teachers College and went on to earn several advanced degrees. From 1934 through 1943...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 3, 1982 with Reverend James Randolph, former pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, at the parsonage in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Randolph was born on April 4, 1949 in Rankin County, Mississippi, near...
Photograph of university President Aubrey Lucas, M. M. Roberts, and Governor Cliff Finch, taken at the dedication of M. M. Roberts Stadium. This photo can also be found in the September 28, 1976, Student Printz and in Chester M. Morgan's book,...
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 an aerial view of campus. The view is from the southeast, with the Administration Building a little left of center. Photograph is marked with the photographer's name: "Bob Waller, Photographer, Hattiesburg, Miss." [Photograph was...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Watercolor illustration of the Man in the Yellow Hat in the jungle from H.A. Rey's Curious George (1941), which was inscribed "to Lena Y. de Grummond" in May, 1972. 8.5" x 10.5"
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a white fruit cake display at Smith's Bakery taken by Robert Waller.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Smith's Bakery diet lite special formula bread taken by Robert Waller.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a packaged loaf of Smith's Bakery french bread taken by Robert Waller for Smith's Bakery.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a white fruit cake display with a customer at Smith's Bakery taken by Robert Waller.
Photograph of an aerial view of campus. The view is from the northeast, with the football stadium in the center. [Photograph is thought to date after Field House contruction (1956-1957?) but is certain to be before Roberts Stadium was built in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. There are two frames in this cartoon. In the upper frame, labeled "The sixties," a man is frightened as he encounters a two-headed giant labeled "Communist aggression." The giant...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Plaster head of Curious George used to serve as an example to merchandisers of how to design stuffed dolls. circa 1960s-1970s. 6" x 7"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Plaster and rubber mold from which the metal, rubber, and plaster Curious George heads above were cast; circa 1960s-1970s. 15" x 8"
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam, dressed as a firefighter, runs across the globe with a fire hose labeled "All-out peace effort" toward a large fire labeled "Vietnam." Three men, one wearing a...
