Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on April 28, 30 and May 7, 1981 with Mr. Claude Ramsay at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Ramsay was born in 1916 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He served briefly in the Civilian Conservation Corps...
Oral history.; Mr. Augustus (Gus) Ashby Sr. was born in 1924, in Washington, D.C. and moved to Tupelo where he became active in the local church. After high school, he attended college in Holly Springs and Okolona, Mississippi. He was a member of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
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. Edited by Watty Piper. Published in New York by Platt & Munk Co. Inc., in 1922. Some illustrations signed by Lois Lenski, Eulalie, and Elizabeth Colborne. Contents: Cinderella; The frog prince;...
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 Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1892. With new pictures by Maud Humphrey. Illustrated title page. Contents: Little red riding hood ; Cinderella ; The three bears ; Aladdin...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1870s. Title, imprint, and series statements from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Part of the Hop o' my thumb...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Chicago by Rand McNally, copyright 1921. Edited by Katharine Lee Bates; with pictures by Margaret Evans Price. Contains: Little Red Riding-Hood; Dancing shoes; Beauty and the beast;...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Written by Clara Bates Doty. Published in Boston by D. Lothrop and Company, c1885. On the cover: Little B-peep, Wee Willie Winkie, Sleeping beauty. Contents: Cinderella ; Jack and Jill ; Little...
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. Manuscript. "Sonnet." Beautiful lady lying white and prone... 4 stanza verse. Accompanies the watercolors in box 6, Folders 51-53 with the following Identifiers: mus.dg0391.0271, mus.dg0391.0272, mus.dg0391.0271.
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 Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The pamphlet explains that the Committee of Concern is an interracial, interfaith group with the goal of raising and managing funds and equipment to rebuild burned churches in the Hattiesburg area. A...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor studying documents during Freedom Summer 1964. She is in Jean's Beauty Shop (her place of business) located at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Connor was...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor and Sandy Leigh handle the finances of the COFO-Hattiesburg Project in Connor's place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor in her place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop, at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across the street from COFO-Hattiesburg headquarters at 507 Mobile Street,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Herbert Randall's close-up of Sandy Leigh taken in Peggy Jean Connor's place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across the street from...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A group of African American men walk north under the shop signs of African-American businesses in the 500 block of Mobile Street, across the street from the COFO-Hattiesburg project...
