Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 14, 2008 with Robert E. Bass, Jr. (born 1955). Mr. Bass earned degrees from Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi Law School. He has served in many civic capacities, including...
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 November 12, 1997 with Winifred Green (born 1937). After earning a bachelor's degree in English from Millsaps College in 1963, Mrs. Green and four other women formed Mississippians for Public Education, one...
Oral history.; Mr. Alvin L. Fielder Sr. was born December 7, 1900 in Newton County, Mississippi. Mr. Fielder moved to Meehan Junction, Mississippi in 1913 and remained there until 1918, when he moved to Meridian. In 1918 he was a lumberyard saw...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 1, 1995 with Joe Martin (born 1943). Mr. Martin became inspired by Medgar Evers after hearing him in elementary school. Martin and his Burgland High football friends formed an NAACP youth group. Mr....
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 14, 1995 with Dr. Barry Clemson (born 1941). He attributes his interest in civil rights work in part to his membership in the Church of the Brethren, one of the "key civil rights churches." Clemson was...
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 Campbell (Will D.) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Dr. Harold Fleming, dated May 13, 1964. Campbell discusses a recent meeting between a member of the Committee of Southern Churchmen and the administrative...
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming, Dr. Aubrey K. Lucas and Randy Pope at 1996 homecoming activities, which celebrated the presidency of Dr. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
Photograph of President Aubrey Lucas shaking hands with Dr. Horace Fleming. Lucas is congratulating Fleming on his appointment as president. Also featured in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 312.
Photograph of University President, Dr. Horace Fleming standing before the Office of the President. Also found in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 207.
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming on his first day in office as the President of the University of Southern Mississippi. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 50, no. 3 (Winter 1997) on page 3.
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming. Caption: "Dr. Fleming pauses for a moment to admire the beauty of the Hattiesburg campus from the bridge across Lake Byron, a favorite site of students seeking a bit of solitude among the throng of students." This...
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming. Caption: "Dr. Horace Fleming takes a few minutes out of his busy schedule to introduce himself to some of the students who have flocked from across the United States to attend the University of Southern...
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming. Caption: "Dr. Fleming, who was born and raised in Georgia, shows some of his Southern style as the seventh president of the University of Southern Mississippi." This photo is featured in the 1998 Southerner...
