Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 14, 1996 with Frances Thornton Smith (born 1916). In 1971, the year that elementary schools were integrated, Smith volunteered to teach at Fair Elementary School, an African-American school in Pascagoula,...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on August 20, 1997 and August 28, 1997 with Peter H. Stewart (born 1934). He began teaching school in Edwards, Mississippi, in the fall of 1961. In August 1969, he worked for Friends of Children, a Head Start...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 13, 1993 with Mr. Kenneth O. Williams at the new state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. Williams was born on January 18, 1924 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He received a BA in political science...
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 March 5, 1998 with Judge Fred L. Banks, Jr. (born 1942). In the late 1960s, Judge Banks began his law career by serving for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He was elected three times to the House of...
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 Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
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...
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
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
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 4 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 8 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 12 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 17 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 21 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 25 of The House in the Woods adapted from the story by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #71 from the books series...
