Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Dorothy Burney, a retired Biloxi schoolteacher, who describes her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 12, 2008 with Teri Eaton. An agent with State Farm Insurance, Mrs. Eaton discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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.; Father Peter Oliver Quinn was born on April 11, 1937, in Ireland. He was ordained when he was twenty-five years old in Ireland, and he came to Mississippi in September, 1962. Father Quinn's first assignment was at Sacred Heart...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document by Reverend Bob Beech, director of the Hattiesburg Minister's Project. He provides an account of the activities and accomplishments of the Delta Ministry in Hattiesburg in 1964 with regard to voter...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph from the 75th Anniversary of William Carey College on 1 April 1981. Dignitaries in attendance include Mrs. William Winter, Eudora Welty, Dr. Ralph Noonkester, Leontyne Price, Lucille Parker,...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of (left to right) R.W. Dunn, W. S. F. Tatum, and Dr. W. E. Holcomb. W. S. F. Tatum donated the property on which South Mississippi Woman's College was established in 1911. The school is now...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Thomas Business Building dedication at William Carey College in 1975. Pictured at the dedication are President Ralph Noonkester, Ollie Thomas, John D. Thomas, and Jerry King, chairman...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi from 1836 by H.S. Tanner. From Tanner's universal atlas, page 23. Published: Philadelphia : Carey & Hart, [1844 or 1845?]. Map shows counties, towns, and roads. Includes table of steam boat routes with...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; In this pamphlet Carey Daniel contends that God created segregation. He uses Old and New Testament quotations to support his argument that Africans were turned black due to the transgressions of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of aerial view of the campus of Mississippi Woman's College, now William Carey University, taken by Robert Waller, circa 1950s.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of aerial view of the campus of Mississippi Woman's College, now William Carey University, taken by Robert Waller, circa 1950s.
