Oral history.; Mr. Ulysses Sims was born on May 31, 1918, in Mendenhall, Mississippi and after his parents died was raised by his grandparents. In 1936, he entered the Piney Woods School of Mississippi, working to pay his own way through school....
From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 21, 1997 with Rims Barber (born 1936). In 1964, he participated in Mississippi Freedom Summer with the National Council of Churches and returned to Mississippi with the Delta Ministry in 1965 to work in...
Oral history.; Eva Gates was born on October 4, 1948. Marriage and pregnancy at fifteen caused her to temporarily leave school although her return proved difficult because of her husband's protests and the prevailing school policies concerning...
Oral history.; Norman discusses the creation and work of the Mississippi Humanities Council, the people responsible for its early development, and its programs concerning race relations and public education.
Oral history.; Mr. Harold Ray Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on October 5, 1948. In 1968 he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam for four years. Mr. Presley married and became the father of two sons and a daughter. Elvis...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi from 1897, page 43 of The Century atlas, published by the Century Company, New York. Map shows counties, cities, towns, and railroad lines. Longitude given in degrees west from Washington and Greenwich,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Merle Cunnington. A crowd of people stand just outside the large, open entryway of a building that is labeled "The wonderful world of tomorrow (super technology)." A sign just inside the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A large American flag flies at half mast on the horizon. In the upper corners of the cartoon are the dates 1890 (left) and 1969 (right). Below 1890, on the horizon, are a horse and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A tour group stands by their bus in front of an open building labeled "Warehouse." A tour guide gestures toward the Liberty Monument, which is being stored there. Behind the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. The upper frame of this cartoon shows four characters. In the center, Yitzhak Rabin and Anwar Sadat look back over their shoulders at Henry Kissinger. Kissinger gestures toward the...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1999 with Dr. Sandra Adickes (born 1933). In 1963, Dr. Adickes taught African-Americans in freedom school efforts in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In 1964, she was recruited to teach in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his...
Oral history.; Mrs. Marie Washington Kent was born in Natchez, Mississippi. She moved to Hattiesburg in 1911. She attended the Eureka School. After graduating in 1923, Ms. Washington studied at Strait College in New Orleans, Louisiana, for two...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
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.; Interview conducted on July 22, 1981 with Mr. Charlie Parker at his home in Laurel, Mississippi. Parker was born in the early 1890s in Enterprise, Mississippi. After his family moved to Laurel around the turn of the century, Parker...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...