Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; Mr. O.W. Reily Jr. was born on June 17, 1924, in Shreveport, Louisiana. As a child, he attended public school in Louisiana and was active in sports, including track, basketball, and boxing. From October, 1941, through November,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 1995 November 21 with Dr. Peter Orris (born 1945). Dr. Orris participated in his first civil rights demonstration when he was only eleven. In 1964, he was recruited to participate in the Summer Project in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 30, 1977 with the Reverend Sammie Rash (born 1942). Reverend Rash, the son of sharecroppers, has been very active in both civil rights activities and Mississippi politics, in addition to being a minister...
Oral history.; Mr. Lee Owens, Jr. was born on May 7, 1921, in Natchez, Mississippi. As a child, Mr. Owens worked in a cotton field for half a day while attending school for half a day. Because his parents could not afford to send him to school, he...
Oral history.; Father Peter Oliver Quinn was born on April 11, 1937, in Ireland. He was ordained when he was twenty-five years old in Ireland, and he came to Mississippi in September, 1962. Father Quinn's first assignment was at Sacred Heart...
Oral history.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
From the Emilie and Marie Stapp Collection. Amelia Siedler was 10 years when she created this diary documenting her family's move from Iowa to Arkansas in a covered wagon from 28 December 1895 - 27 February 1896.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Springfield, Mass. by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1890-1930. With numerous illustrations. Contents: Cinderella, or, The little glass slipper; Dick Whittington and his cat; Story of...
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. Includes other stories based on the tales in the "Blue fairy book". Edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H.J. Ford. Published in London by Longmans, Green, in 1890. Bound in deep blue cloth...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son, circa 1890. Contains: House that Jack built; Jack and the bean stalk; Old Mother Hubbard; Jack, the giant killer; Cinderella; Death and burial of Cock...
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. Written by Madame d'Aulnoy. Embellished with curious cuts. Printed at Mozley and Co's Lilliputian Book-Manufactory in Gainsbrough, England in 1793. First published by Francis Newbery in 1773. ...
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 Kate Greenaway Papers. Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children verses by Mrs. Sale Barker, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge, [1880]). Pen & ink illustration for May 12th p. 49. "Apple blossoms." (4 x 3.5 cm.)
