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.; William G. (Bud) Gray was born in Beat Five, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, on December 27, 1914. He attended a consolidated school in Crawford, Lowndes County, and high school in Artesia, where he played football. He went to...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon is holding a large piece of paper that reads, "New U.S. mail setup to Congress." Facing him is a second man holding an even larger piece of paper that reads, "The...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 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...
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. An elegant, petite Asian woman labeled "Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh" walks beside a very large soldier and holds his hand. The soldier carries a rifle over his shoulder and is grinning....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is dressed as a baker, and he is decorating a large cake. He is writing "Jimmy Fitz for Gov." A second man (James Fitzsimmons) looks through the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Former Alabama governor George Wallace is wearing an apron and carrying a feather duster. He answers the phone at the governor's desk, with "Gov. Lurleen Wallace" on the name...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in a Colonial general's uniform is driving a car labeled, "Long-standing La. tidelands dispute." Luggage labeled "37 1/2% movement" is on the car's trunk. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor John McKeithen, dressed as a Roman, drives a chariot labeled, "Gov.'s additional 1 cent state sales tax hopes." Three horses pull the chariot, and they are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Pletcher's Everyman character, labeled, "La. taxpayer," sits in a chair in front of a desk across from a man dressed as a doctor (smock, head lamp). The desk has a nameplate...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Presidential candidates Hubert Humphries, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eugene McCarthy look at a mirror in the shape of the the state of Indiana, labeled, "Indiana primary." Humphries...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands looking up at the tall statue of a man on a pedestal. The pedestal has a plaque with the words, "Legislative budget committee." One arm of the statue is flexed and...
cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer; A boy and a girl stand before a water well labeled "Gov't [Government] survey reports water in peril in some areas of U.S." The boy, carrying a pail, is labeled "Jack" and the girl is labeled "Jill" Jack says to...
cartoon by Jim Ivey; At the "Fla. Development Comm.," "Smolko" tries to hand the "Press" selected papers, but the "Press" is angered by the chained and locked "Public Records."
cartoon by Jim Lange; A small fish with a human head is shown asleep in the water. A larger fish labeled "Gov't Control" is behind the little fish with its mouth open. A bigger fish labeled "Socialism" is unknowingly behind this fish with its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. Ichabod Crane, labeled "Oil costs," is riding a horse at a full gallop. He is being chased by the Headless horseman, labeled "Gov't [government] control." The Headless horseman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Republican presidential candidates "Rocky" (Nelson Rockefeller) and "Nixon" (Richard Nixon) are shown from the waist down. Only knee high are two of the vice-presidential...
