Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
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.; Interview conducted on October 7, 1976 with Dr. W. B. Thompson at his office at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on November 5, 1920 in Columbus, Mississippi. After returning from service in World War...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter from the Holly Springs Freedom House, signed as the Needy Group of Mississippi. This newsletter describes or mentions numerous events, including: Howard Jeffries in jail; expired...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-page report by Rita Walker about the December 1965 ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service) elections in Mississippi's Marshall and DeSoto counties. A federal program, the...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a Fowler Butane Gas Company truck parked in front of Joe Morris Motors, a Desoto, Plymouth, and Mack Truck dealership on U.S. Highway 11 (Broadway Drive).
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a Penland and Fife Trucking Contractors truck parked in front of Joe Morris Motors, a Desoto, Plymouth, and Mack Truck dealership on U.S. Highway 11 (Broadway...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a Boy Scout troop from Biloxi, MS at the Airey Lake campground on the Tuxachanie Trail of Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a concrete structure from an abandoned P.O.W. camp on the Tuxachanie Trail of the Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a man standing near a longleaf pine near Airey Lake campground at the DeSoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a woman on a horse near a sign that reads, "Desoto National Forest Trail Riders Camp Bigfoot."
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of an abandoned P.O.W. camp on the Tuxachanie Trail of the Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of Copeland Spring on the Tuxachanie Trail of the Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of cows on the Tuxachanie Trail of the Desoto National Forest.
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of the Copeland Spring sign on the Tuxachanie Trail of the Desoto National Forest.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 8, 1971 with the Honorable Ross Robert Barnett in Jackson, Mississippi. Barnett was born on January 22, 1898 in Leake County, Mississippi. He graduated with his B.A. from Mississippi College in 1924. In...
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...
Oral history.; Mrs. Boyd O'Neal Keith was born on July 17, 1918. In childhood, she worked on her family's 328 acre homestead and attended Daisy Vestry High School. Mrs. Keith worked at a wool mill in Hurley, Mississippi, while also farming and...
