Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Mr. James Madison Johnson was born on March 17, 1955, in Laurel, Mississippi. During his childhood, he lived in George County, Lucedale, Leaf, and McLain, Mississippi. Mr. Johnson attended college at Mississippi Valley State,...
Oral history.; Ms. Lillie Belle Johnson was born in Shannon, Mississippi, in 1925, into a family of farmers. She finished high school at Mary Holmes Junior College in West Point, Mississippi, married and then became a widow with four children, but...
Oral history.; Ms. Frances Elkin Joyner was born on November 23, 1909, in Tupelo, Mississippi. She graduated from Tupelo High School and then attended National Park Seminary in Forest Glen, Maryland. She married Ernest Love Joyner, Jr. just...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 3, 1993 with Mr. George Saxon, formerly of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol as an investigator, at his home in Gulfport, Mississippi. Saxon was born on March 30, 1927 in Waynesboro, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Page discusses his family, his experiences as a black physician, the civil rights movement, his work in state politics, and the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Oral history.; Mrs. Alyce West Richardson was born on August 2, 1930, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She graduated from Cleveland High School and Delta State Teachers College and worked as the secretary-treasurer of West Implement Company, Inc., and...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a brick structure known as the Ross Building, featuring a sign, "Drugs & Medicines." Several well-dressed males stand around the entrance. This building was located on the corner of Front...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the Magnolia State building on West Pine Street. The building housed Fowler Hardware as late as 1950, but in this picture, the JC Penney department store occupies...
Photograph taken from south of campus, across Hardy Street on 29th Avenue. The side of the University Pharmacy building is in the left foreground. The Administration Building is in the center background.
Photograph of students at a pep rally in front of the Student Services Building, later named Kennard-Washington Hall. Fraternity and sorority groups are on the building steps, and cheerleaders engage the crowd. Photograph featured in the 1962...
Photograph of President Aubrey Lucas standing in front of the Aubrey Keith Lucas Administration Building. Also found in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 204. [From the yearbook: The college board renamed the building as a tribute to him and his...
Photograph of doors in the Administration Building, from the interior. Through the doors, the Student Services Building can be seen in the far background.Photo also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 155.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A building hosting a boxing match between Jefferson Parish (La.) sheriff [Harry] Lee and assistant district attorney [Art] Lentini is falling down. There is a large hole in the...
