From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A young boy is fishing from a pier. In the background is a building with a sign that reads "Jeff Parish." The cartoon caption reads, “With talk of a teacher strike, school...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Pencil sketch produced for a version of Hans Christian Andersen's "What the Moon Saw." (28 x 22.5 cm.) Boy standing in an enclosure holding a stick. The book was never published.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is dressed in a Boy Scout uniform and is labeled, "GUIDE-Lines." He appears anxious. Two men labeled "Prices" and "Wages" run up a hill past Carter, saying, "We'll...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of four unidentified African American men and one boy taken during a Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) trip to rural areas near Clarksdale, Mississippi, in September 1964.
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In a toy store, a little boy sits on Santa's lap and asks, "When will I see my daddy again?" On the floor next to Santa's chair, Runtz's signature cat holds up a newspaper with the...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of "Tom Thumb" Wedding performed at the Opera House in 1913. Pictured left to right: Front Row: Ben White Robbins, Eugene Kelly (minister), William Follansbee. Second Row: Joy Morrow, Francis...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local boy Tilton Sullivan and volunteer William D. Jones, who later changed his name to Umoja Kwanguvu, interact on the porch of St. John United Methodist Church at Palmers Crossing in...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph taken in September 1964 of three unidentified African American children in a community center. It shows one older African American boy standing between two younger African American...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter walks a young boy out to a wood shed. The boy is labeled “Public.” Carter is thinking "1980" and carries a wooden paddle labeled "New energy plan." The boy’s...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen-Whitfield Hardware Co. storefront. A boy is standings between to men in suits on the sidewalk, and a man in overalls is leaning against an automobile.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. A small crowd of men and boys are in the foreground while several people are walking away in the background. One boy in the foreground is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen is behind the counter of a candy store. Inside and outside the display case are madeleines, lollipops, and other candies or cookies. On top of the...
