Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 15, 1994 with Troy Catchings, Jr. (born 1942). In 1966, he began working with Coahoma Opportunities, Inc. (COI), an antipoverty agency that serves the African-American and poor white communities of...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 14, 2006 with Steve Grimm, CEO of what was then known as Crosby Memorial Hospital in Picayune, MS. Mr. Grimm discusses preparations for the hospital and the recovery effort after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 16, 2007 with Angelia Gray, a food and beverage director at a Hattiesburg hotel. She describes her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina at home and at work in Hattiesburg, MS.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 12, 2008 with Teri Eaton. An agent with State Farm Insurance, Mrs. Eaton discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In front of a door/building labeled "Department of Defense," two men face off, glaring at each other. The man labeled "Cap the knife" is Caspar Weinberger, and he is holding a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. David Stockman, director of the Office of Management and Budget, leans back against his desk. He holds a large pair of scissors labeled, "Drastic spending cuts." He is looking...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bulldog sits on a sidewalk before a brick wall that has two large signs. The dog is trying to turn his head back and forth to see the signs and is confused at the messages....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Cabinet officers George Shultz and Robert Finch sit on the left shoulder of Richard Nixon. Shultz holds a sign labeled "Office of Management and Budget adviser;" Finch holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A zoo keeper wearing coveralls labeled "92nd Congress" and carrying a lunchbox walks briskly away from his work when he sees the time on his pocket watch. He had been near the open...
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
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on February 7 and 21, 1992 with Mr. Thomas Knight Sr. at the University of Southern Mississippi. Knight was born on July 9, 1920 near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1941, he began working at the Reliance...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is part of a desk with a nameplate: "Job of Director...La. Tourist Commission." Filling the rest of the cartoon is a large group of people. A woman is hurrying...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 14, 2007 with Richard Chenoweth, Jr., owner of Scranton's Restaurant in Pascagoula, MS. He describes his preparations for and experiences during Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
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.; An interview conducted on September 19, 2007 with Rich Westfall, Director of Community Development at Isle of Capri Casino in Biloxi, who describes Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on the casino, the region, and the positive...
Oral history.; An interview conducted August 29, 2006 with Pam McVey, a nurse at Biloxi Regional Medical Center, who describes Hurricane Katrina's devastating effects on the hospital and its patients.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in colonial clothing is labeled, "N.O." and is sitting inside a box with transparent sides. The top of the box is labeled, "Boxed-in city revenues." An arrow above the box...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Pamela L. Berry, a nurse who lived and worked in Biloxi a few days per week. She describes the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and her experience in the hospital immediately afterward.
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A bowling ball labeled "Action at GM" has hit and scattered a set of pins labeled "Related industries." Dollar signs radiate from the strike zone. Runtz's signature cat peers into...
