Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A stork is holding a bag labeled "New Orleans' 1980 census figures" in its bill. In the bag are many people, including mayor Ernest Morial, who with fists raised is saying,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men sit at desks in front of a large graph depicting an upward trend labeled, "La. 1980 census." One man says, "600 of our citizens are in Paris."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A miniature Uncle Sam stands before the bench of a federal judge. The judge is leaning over to look down at Uncle Sam, saying, "You've got some adjustments to make, Shorty!" Two...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A census taker stands on a front door stoop and writes in a ledger labeled "1970 Census" The owner of the house stands with his elbow leaning against the door jamb and looks very impatient with the census taker who asks...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1996 with Mr. Charles Cobb (born 1943) in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1962, he was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in Ruleville, Mississippi, where he and...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
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.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; Mr. Delmar Robinson was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, July 11, 1937. He attended Biloxi Colored School and M.F. Nichols School from which he graduated. Escaping the oppressive segregation of the Deep South, Mr. Robinson migrated to...
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. 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...
Certificate of survey for a 130 acre tract of land in the Natchez District owned by John Burnet. The survey was conducted by William Vousdan on land 45 miles north of the Fort of Natchez lying along Bayou Pierre in what is now Claiborne County,...
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; In suburbia, Uncle Sam is looking at a long list that is labeled, "1970 Census Plans- Answers to all questions mandatory." A woman on her doorstep is shocked to see Uncle Sam.
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A thin man carries a larger man labeled "expanded population" to the "official census" scale, which is only "open every 10 years."
cartoon by John Riedell; The 1970 census is the topic of this cartoon. A Texas ten-gallon cowboy hat gallops past, with an Illinois stovepipe hat trailing behind. Illinois and Texas are represented as people at the bottom of the cartoon, and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 7, 2006 with George Dale (born 1940). Former Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Mississippi, Mr. Dale now serves as Public Policy Advisor for the law offices of Baker, Donelson. Dale discusses...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 13, 2006 with Gregory Ladner, a nurse at Highland Community Hospital in Picayune, MS. Mr. Ladner discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the hospital, its patients and staff, and the cleanup...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 19, 1978 with Mr. W.S. Griffin at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Griffin was born on October 15, 1913 near Mantee, Mississippi, in Webster County. In 1936, he accepted a position as a teacher and coach...