Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
Oral history.; Dr. Charlotte Siegel Kaplan was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, on August 20, 1920, to Sadie Courland Siegel and Samuel Siegel who had emigrated from Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. In the Delta of Mississippi, the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Photograph of the Southern Arena Theatre (earlier called Southern Arena Playhouse) being moved to a location near the Education and Psychology Building. Theatre professor Gilbert Hartwig listens as another man talks about details of the move....
Photograph of students in front of a streetcar by the campus gate in 1915; 9 x 6. Pictured: Alberta Powe (front) Jeanette McCormick, Velma Morrison, Janie Sullivan and Mabel Mixon (back, left to right). Also found in "Hattiesburg: A Pictorial...
Photograph of three men and two women reading copies of a 1953 Hattiesburg American newspaper with the headline "Southern mops up Tide" following a victory over the University of Alabama football team in 1953. Photograph also found on page 93 of...
Photograph of Gov. Ross Barnett, flanked by Pres. McCain and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr., signing legislation making USM a university in 1962. Standing left to right: Alumni President Ralph McDaniels, Representative Stone D. Barefield, MSC...
The University of Southern Mississippi's refashioned "career" curriculum of the early 1970s featured a renewed emphasis on the sciences. Image featured in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 114.
Photograph of an unidentified woman in the Pan American Tung Research and Development League Laboratory. Image featured in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 178.; 6 x 4.
From a letter from President William D. McCain to the students, faculty and staff regarding the desegregation of the university. The letter appeared in the Student Printz on September 6, 1965. Image featured in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on...
Photograph of Aubrey Lucas and President William D. McCain when Lucas was announced as McCain's successor. Image featured in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 137.
Photograph of a university satellite location planned for Natchez, Mississippi. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 116.
Photograph of students gathered on campus. This photo appears on page 106 of "Dearly bought, deeply treasured: the University of Southern Mississippi, 1912-1987." Also found in the 1972 Southerner yearbook; 10 x 8.
Photograph of students lying on mattresses outside the ticket office, waiting to buy football tickets. The photograph is also found on page 142 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
Photograph of homecoming floats being built in front of the Administration Building. Photograph also found on page 164 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
Aerial view photograph of Jackson's Memorial Stadium during the football game between USM and Mississippi State University on November 7, 1981. The game set a record for the largest attendance at an event in Mississippi sports history. Photograph...
Photograph of basketball coach Lee Floyd and player Wendell Ladner at a game. Also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured, on page 126.
Photograph of Ben Garry during a football game against Auburn University. Garry rushed for more yards than any player in Mississippi college football history. Photograph also found on page 143 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured,...
