Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Written by Clement C. Moore ; made into a book and illustrated by W.W. Denslow in 1902. Published in Chicago by M.A. Donohue, in 1902.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Retold by R. Marriott Watson, L.L. Weldon, Emily Bennett, A.M. Hoyer, & others. Published in London by Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton, in 1870. Illustrations signed: E. Nister. Title page...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., copyright 1899. Title and imprint from cover. "2260". Contains: Bushy bride; The three bears; Mouse-skin; Sindbad the Sailor; Snowdrop; Blanch and...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by George Routledge and Sons. The covers and end-papers were designed by the artist. Errata and addenda inserted between pages 8 and 9.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Retold by Capt. Edric Vredenburg and others. Illustrated by Frances Brundage, E.J. Andrews and others. Published in London by Raphael Tuck & Sons, LTD., circa 1900. Publisher's advertisements at...
From the Grimsley (Reagan L.) Research Collection. Pamphlet "Souvenir Castle", 113th Engineers. Camp Shelby, Miss. Contains photographs of officers, along with brief biographical sketches; camp scenes; photos of non-commissioned officers and...
From the Meridian Light and Railway Company Minute Book Collection. Photograph of a one volume, four hundred page Secretary's Record book detailing the minutes of the Meridian Light and Railway Company from February 18, 1901 to July 18, 1910....
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Under capitalism, African Americans have been "retarded, oppressed, persecuted," but under Communism African Americans will receive full and equal status as citizens.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A compendium of political information about Mississippi, including voting and election rules, party and nomination rules, and chapters on federal, state, county, and municipal government. Also...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Report on school desegregation in the South produced by SNCC and authored by Marion Barry and Betty Gorman. Begins with passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and discusses the inadequacy of...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; With statistical tables that depict and support the view that poverty is a disturbing reality in Mississippi, the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson proposes a systematic training and redevelopment...
From the Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection. Circus annual for Ringling Bros.' World's Greatest Shows for the 1901 season. The annual lists personnel and towns where performances were held, as well as photographs and a poem honoring the...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Big Letter ABC Book (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1898) #2310, Printed published book with hand-drawn colored endpapers and hand lettered text, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The...
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Includes Report of the Commissioner of Taxes to Attorney General.
