Black and white photograph of the Vann Family, circa 1960s (left to right: Ann Vann (Mrs. Thad Vann), Martha Ann Vann Peeples, Thad Inzer Vann, Thad "Pie" Vann.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). "The Rowfant Quartos" tearsheet using illustration from dedication page in Little Ann.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Marjorie Ann Henderson, a student at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee, writes to Ed [Hamlett], state director of the White Folks Project (WFP), to tell him school will be out in two...
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...
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...
Oral history.; Ann Spivey Bishop Ruscoe was born in 1923 in Cleveland, Mississippi. She was graduated from Cleveland High School in 1941. She was Salutatorian, OAR Good Citizenship Girl, and won the Senior Award. After attending Delta State...
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...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). One side of a printed invitation for Kate Greenaway's exhibition at The Fine Arts Society February 7,...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). Pencil sketch (16 x 16 cm.) for "Sleepy Harry" p. 42; 6 x 6
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). pencil sketch (19 x 14 cm.) for "Pastry Cook" p. 56.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). Watercolor (29 x 25.5 cm.) based on child on p. 40. Signed.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Little Ann and other poems by Ann and Jane Taylor, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Routledge, [1883]). Pen & ink drawing using "The Good-Natured Girls" illustration from p. 21; 7 x 5.5
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by student Julie Ann McCarty that expresses her enthusiasm for the Freedom School which she is attending.
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 19, 2007 with Rich Westfall, Director of Community Development at Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi, who describes Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on the casino, the region, and the positive...
Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
Oral history.; Ms. Vonciel Harris was born November 19, 1912, in Thomaston, Alabama. Her parents were Jim and Rachel Tims. She attended nursing school in Montgomery, Alabama. After finishing nursing school, she married Mr. Jimmy Harris and moved...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1977 with the Honorable Horace Buckley at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Buckley was born on July 14, 1941 in Jackson, Mississippi. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Mississippi Valley...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 20, 1979 with Dr. Dewey Lane at the Robinson Lane Surgical Clinic in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Lane was born on September 27, 1934 in Starkville, Mississippi. He attended Vanderbilt University from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
