Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 1, 1995 with Joe Martin (born 1943). Mr. Martin became inspired by Medgar Evers after hearing him in elementary school. Martin and his Burgland High football friends formed an NAACP youth group. Mr....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. Lyndon Johnson is shown dressed as a colonial Minuteman. Standing on a statue base, he points a long rifle at a man labeled "Fed. [Federal] employee." Thirteen stars surround the...
A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 18, 1992 and March 9, 1993 with Mr. C.B. "Buddie" Newman at his home in Valley Park, Mississippi. Newman was born on May 8, 1921 in Valley Park, Mississippi. In 1942, he left his job with the Southern...
Oral history.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of school children marching with "Buy War Bonds" banners in the Sixth War Bonds parade on Main Street in downtown Hattiesburg; 10 x 8
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men in business suits labeled "Commercial lenders" look at the signs of fast food shops that read "Ice cream 50 flavors...Kwicki-food...Burger beautiful." One man says to the other,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Jeff officials" holds a newspaper in his hand with the headline, "Drainage bonds pass." Buildings are in the background. The man is speaking to an elderly man...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Charles Benvenutti, a CPA in Bay St. Louis, MS. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Charles C. Jacobs Jr. was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on January 13, 1921. Mr. Jacobs attended the University of Mississippi and returned to its law school after serving as a Marine during World War II. During his career, he was...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 1, 1977 with R.B. Layton. Mr. Layton was involved in the Jackson Public Schools as a teacher, a principal, and a curriculum director from the late 1930s to the middle 1970s. Layton was director of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 30, 1978 with Thomas Jefferson Tubb (born 1899). Mr. Tubb served as chairman of the Clay County Executive Committee for 47 years from 1928 to 1975 and during the Dixiecrat movement from 1950 to 1956....
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.;Mr. F.W. Bishop was born on December 11, 1897, near Shaw, Mississippi. His family farmed in the Skene community before moving to Cleveland, Mississippi, in 1911. Mr. Bishop began his education in a one-room schoolhouse in Skene and...
An Act: To reduce the currency and to authorize a new issue of notes and bonds. Enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 17 February 1864.
Regulations in relation to the issue of Certificate for Bonds and Registered Stock; Includes and Act to authorize the issue of Bonds for funding Treasury Notes, and An Act to reduce the rate of Interest on the Funded Debt of the Confederate States.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Jeff Voter" poses as "The Thinker" and is half-submerged in water. A fish swims nearby, and a sign on the wall reads, "May 17 drainage bond issue."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men are on a girder that is suspended from above by a wire and large hook. The girder is labeled, "State building programs" and is not flat but tilted up on one end. The man...
