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
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A child sits on the front porch of a shack in a snowy scene during winter. To the left of the shack is an inoperable vehicle half-buried in the snow. A second child and a cat (artist...
Oral history.; Mr. Spain was born in 1927 in Ohio and moved with his family to Mississippi in 1930. While still a high school student, he helped build and operate a local AM radio station. Having graduated with honors from Mississippi State...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Louisiana capitol building has instead of a door the mouth of a cave. A man sitting at the entrance wears skins and has a club nearby. He holds a sign that reads, "Problems...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A man in tattered clothes and labeled "New York City" is holding his hand out to Gerald Ford, who is walking past him on the street. The man says, "Hey buddy, can you spare a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. Charles de Gaulle stands at the base of a stack of giant coins labeled "Franc." His hands are on the stack, and he is pushing with all his might. The stack has begun to curve and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 5, 2008 with Carrolyn Reeves Hamilton, Superintendent of Schools, Long Beach, Mississippi. Ms. Hamilton discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina as well as the impact on Long Beach...
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.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
Oral history.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
Photograph of Mississippi license plate 10S01 and an article from the Alumni Association publication about the new plates, sale of which generate funds for scholarships in addition to the standard tax fees. The article photo shows Delbert Dearman,...
Photograph of the fundraising campaign team for the public phase of the $100 million comprehensive campaign in 2001. Left to right (seated): Dr. Aubrey Lucas, President Emeritus and campaign chair, and Susan Hollandsworth, campaign director. Left...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as the captain of a ship, stands at the helm of the "U.S.S. Economy." He is steering the ship between the tips of two icebergs labeled "Recession" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A cow with an udder labeled "La. [Louisiana] milk prices" jumps over the moon. The earth is seen in the background, along with other planets and stars. The cartoon caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A rocket, part of which is painted with an American flag, is labeled "Inflation." The body of the rocket is fat and bulging instead of lean, and it is trying to rise from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. President Jimmy Carter stands next to a table in a book shop with a dismayed look on his face. He has placed one hand on the corner of the table, and the other is propped on his...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Gene Basset. A very short husband, standing between Lyndon Johnson and his large, fierce wife, does a double-take. Johnson's open right hand is extended toward the husband. Johnson's other hand...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Gene Basset. Lyndon Johnson holds the strings to three large balloons, one labeled "The economy." Holding his arm out, Johnson tries to prevent Harry Truman from piercing a balloon with the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Roy Carless. Richard Nixon, dressed in safari clothing, wears two bandoleers of ammunition criss-crossed on his chest and a belt of ammunition around his waist. Holding a double-barreled...
