Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 30, 2007 with Glen East, Superintendent of Gulfport, Mississippi Schools. Mr. East discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulfport Schools.
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 1, 2007 with Dr. Ethelyn Patricia ""Pat"" Joachim. Associate Provost for the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dr. Joachim describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on her own home as well...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Jessica Broadus, a manager with American Medical Response in Gulfport, MS. Miss Broadus describes her evacuation and return to the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Ms. Phyllis Hawkins Harper was born October 6, 1933, in Mooreville, Mississippi. She graduated from Mooreville High School and went on to Itawamba Junior College and the University of Mississippi. During the Depression, Ms. Harper...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.
Oral history.; Discusses Clarence Magee's family, his responsibilities on the farm, and first memories of racism. Talks about the African American schools around Columbia, Mississippi. Describes his attempts to register to vote in Hattiesburg and...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 8 and 13, 1982 with Mr. E. Hammond Smith at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Smith was born on December 17, 1894 in Bladen Springs, Alabama. His family moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and...
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 McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Correspondence between William C. Erskine and McLoughlin Bros. (12 pages) relating to Marge's Little Lulu Her Train Ride to Grandma's [Marjorie Henderson Buell] (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1946) Westfield...
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter, dated 2 March 1910, from Marshall McCullough to T.P. Scott regarding the establishment of the Mississippi Normal College.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Letter, dated 7 March 1910, from T.P. Scott to "a few of the leading teachers in the state" asking them to invest $.25 each to help establish the Mississippi Normal College.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Application for a faculty position. Letter from Anne H. Augustus to T.P. Scott, dated 30 August 1910. Augustus is applying for the position of Chair of the English Department.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 20 September 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 11 October 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 25 November 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Page from an announcement about the Mississippi Normal College taken from the minutes of the Board of Trustees on 27 December 1910 concerning the selection of a site for the school.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from A.A. Montague to T.P. Scott dated 9 March 1911, concerning the transfer of 160 acres to the Trustees of the College.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from Letter, T.E. Ross to T.P. Scott dated 15 June 1911, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Hardy Street site.