From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of a log home. Caption on the back explains “An early day Pearl River County house still being used.” Can be found in the book Next Door to Heaven by S. G. Thigpen, with the caption, "A log house,...
From the Gloria Whelan Papers.; Flyer/postcard announcing Gloria Whelan's appearance at the National Book Foundation's Gold Medal Tour at New York Public Library (2001). 5" x 9"
Photograph University President Horace Fleming and Gene Carlisle, President of Carlisle Corp., as they flip burgers at the announcement of Carlisle's gift of the Wendy's Restaurant on Westover Drive in Hattiesburg to the USM Foundation. Featured...
Photograph of Michael Kaetsu, executive director of Tokyo-based Kaetsu Educational Foundation, presenting Dr. Eddie M. Lewis, professor of economics and international business, with a proclamation declaring her an honorary Kaetsu professor by...
Photograph of Leigh Salmon, who founded the Free Foundation Press with three friends in 1995, to give students a forum for free thought. Also found in the 1998 Southerner yearbook on page 18.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Sherman Copelin stands at a podium which has a banner attached reading, "Copelin for city council." Behind him are two ghosts of Copelin wearing white robes. One is labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A government building is shown in the lower half of the cartoon, with "Administration of justice is the foundation of liberty" across the pediment. "Charges of a conspiracy to...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a structure with a pier-type foundation recommended to avoid damage from high water that accompanies wind. This type of building was recommended...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Fundraising letter with accompanying television transcript dated April 24[?], 1967. The letter and transcript are about the legal difficulties of the Louisiana-based Southern Consumers' Education...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A spotted extraterrestrial has landed his space ship and is standing next to a man labeled, "Plaquemines Parish" The man appears confused and is scratching his own head. They...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Merrimon Cuninggim (spelled Cunningim in the document) of the Danforth Foundation, dated May 15, 1964. As the Director of the newly-formed Committee of Southern...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Maxwell Hahn, dated November 17, 1963, regarding the funding of the Committee of Southern Churchmen by the Marshall Field Foundation. Campbell reports on the...
Photograph of Gov. Ross Barnett, flanked by Pres. McCain and Lt. Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr., signing legislation making USM a university in 1962. Standing left to right: Alumni President Ralph McDaniels, Representative Stone D. Barefield, MSC...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; United States Senator James O. Eastland, from Mississippi, defends states' rights and segregation in schools, proclaims the integration efforts of such organizations as the National Advancement for...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a Hobo Basket sponsored by the Illinois Central Railroad Station to raise money for the March of Dimes.
