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
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Photograph of the Dixie Darling officers. Pictured left to right, 1st Captain Kay Crenshaw, 2nd Lieutenant Ann Fiebelkorn, 1st Lieutenant Vi Tarrer, and 2nd Captain Loretta Beths; This photo is featured in the 1958 Southerner yearbook on page 171;...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This legal notice to James L. Whitten from Fannie Lou Hamer announces Ms. Hamer's intent to contest his 19-64 election to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd Congressional...
Photograph of the Science Hall laboratory, with students and instructors, including H. B. Longest (2nd from right) and R. J. Slay (4th from right). Photograph featured in the 1920 Neka Camon yearbook on page 55.
Photograph of the 1950 "M Club" featured in the 1950 Southerner yearbook on page 164. Pictured left to right, seated: Frank Spruell (President) Reese Snell (Secretary) Tom LeGros (Vice President) Jim Owen (Treasurer); 2nd row: Ed Langford, Brew...
Photograph of the faculty of the School of Nursing featured in the 1968 Southerner yearbook on page 285. Pictured left to right, 1st row: Elizabeth (Sister Mary Remeguis) Harkins, Nellie Whiser Hunt; 2nd row: Flora Bain, Elizabeth Benjamin, Avis...
Photograph of the 1971 Afro-American Cultural Society. Pictured left to right: 1st row: Dr. Robert D. Smith (advisor), Cynthia Barnes, Mattie Coleman (parliamentarian), John Price (president), Lettie Evans (secretary), Robert Williams, Samson Byrd;...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. Lyndon Johnson stands listening to a man labeled "Congress." Johnson holds a piece of paper in one hand with the heading "State of the Union" and on it are the words,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by William Sandeson. A military officer points with his left hand toward a sky darkened by smoke and labeled "War." In his other hand, he carries a drawn sword labeled "Calley verdict" with 2nd...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Second term Louisiana gubernatorial candidate Edwin Edwards, dressed in swimming trunks, surfs on a wave labeled, "2nd term popularity." A buoy in the water nearby points toward...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen is dressed in a tuxedo with a top hat that is labeled, "2nd consecutive term inaugural." Beside his arm is a sign labeled, "First for a La....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Leonid Brezhnev stands on the 1st place platform of an Olympic-style awards podium wearing a medal labeled "50% more land-based missiles." An arm with a spike collar on the wrist...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. From the background, an American soldier in the Vietnam war zone watches an angel jogging in place in the foreground. The angel, sweating and tired, has been jogging in place...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 10, 1993 with Herman Cowan Glazier Jr. (born 1918). Glazier's service record in Mississippi government spans forty-five years from 1946 to 1987. This includes his serving as exectutive assistant to...
Oral history.; Discusses Murchison's time spent in the United States Army. Particularly focuses on his participation in the Vietnamese Conflict. During that time, Murchison served both as an adviser and in an actual unit. He received a number of...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 1, 1993 and January 6, 1995 with Ariel Barnes (born 1917). Mrs. Barnes was born in Forest, Mississippi, but moved to Hattiesburg shortly after. She attended Alcorn University, where she earned a...
