From the Thomas Gibbons Aylesworth Papers.; Blues of three small mythical creatures (p. 48) from Thomas Aylesworth's The Story of Dragons and Other Monsters; 7 x 8
From the Taro Yashima Papers. Sketch of sea creatures in ink from SEASHORE STORY by Taro Yashima (New York: Viking, 1967). SEASHORE STORY is a 1968 Caldecott Honor Book.
Fifteen-page typescript of a journal kept by Sandra Adickes during her stay in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964. The journal is dated July 10 - August 20, 1964. Adickes discusses her work as...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 4, 2007 with Jeff Bennett, Director of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A billboard identifies "George Wallace's political breeding farm" to motorists on the road that passes in front of the farm. In the several animal pens are hybrid creatures that...
From the Jan Pienkowski Papers.; Page (p. 2) from hardcover dummy with hand-colored spreads and pasted text from Jan Pienkowski's ABC Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures (1993). 22" x 6.5" x 11"
From the Jan Pienkowski Papers.; First two pages of hardcover "sketch dummy" from Jan Pienkowski's ABC Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures (1993). 22.5" x 8" x 10"
