From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A young boy is fishing from a pier. In the background is a building with a sign that reads "Jeff Parish." The cartoon caption reads, “With talk of a teacher strike, school...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon is exercising on the floor of the gym, using a small wheel to do abdominal exercises (modified pushups). He looks over his shoulder at a bloated man labeled "Economy"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. An aged man with a long beard wears sandles and a belted tunic labeled "The sixties." At the edge of a cliff, he has slipped on a banana peel labeled "Earth's unsolved problems."...
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Warrant requesting payment for services rendered by Constable Peter Laurence, signed and authorized on 20 January 1841, by Justice of the Peace, William Purdue. Mississippi vs A....
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 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include the beatings of civil rights workers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, announcements of the...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A large man, a "1965 political appointee," rests in his bed while "visions of sugar plums" appear above his head. He hungrily licks his lips as it becomes clear that the "sugar plums" are translated to "jobs" and "money."
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Unsigned graphite sketch for the book "A Apple Pie," published in 1886. "UVWXYZ" page. 28 x 19 cm. (21 x 9 cm.) Little girl in ruffled bonnet and bare feet, holding spoon in right hand. Studies are variants of left...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, dressed as a Roman, drives a chariot labeled, "Gov.'s additional 1 cent state sales tax hopes." Three horses pull the chariot, and they are...
From the Quantrill (William Clarke) Research Collection; Letter from William E. Connelley to Captain William H. Gregg, regarding Lawrence, Kansas, Raid: Copy of the newspaper article, " Gov. Robinson in the Raid," with comments; Sara Robinson's...
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 McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustrations for pages 5 (with overlay), 10, 15, 7 (overlay), 30, 36 (overlay), 38, 21, 39, 29, 23, 27 and 1 illustration not used in book of The Traveling Musicians from the Brothers Grimm,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Pen and ink illustrations for pages 6, 19, 42 (marked omit), 21, 11, 7, 39, 23, 34, and 27 of The Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield...
cartoon by John Riedell; A dollar bill is being cut by five separate pairs of scissors. George Washington's face on the bill looks worried, and he is sweating. The pairs of scissors have eyes and hats. They are labeled,"federal taxation,"state...
From the Ed Renfro Papers.; Illustrations by Ed Renfro from "The Talking Yam," a story from an unidentified author appearing in an unidentified workbook (undated). 14" x 21"
