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...
Photograph of William Hall "Corn Club" Smith (1866 - ?). W. H. Smith was the first President of Mississippi Normal College in 1911. He served for 11 months before resigning; 4 1/2 x 6 1/2
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
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...
Photograph of campus buildings with Bennett Auditorium in the center. The view is from the southeast and may have been taken from the top of Southern Hall. Featured in the 1939 Neka Camon yearbook on page 9.
Photograph showing principal buildings of the campus. Pictured (left to right): College Hall, Southern Hall, Forrest County Hall, Hattiesburg Hall, Mississippi Hall, vice president's home, and president's home. The view is from the southeast corner...
Photograph showing principal buildings of the campus. Pictured (left to right): College Hall, Southern Hall, Forrest County Hall, Hattiesburg Hall, Mississippi Hall, vice president's home, and president's home. The view is from the southeast corner...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of "Tom Thumb" Wedding performed at the Opera House in 1913. Pictured left to right: Front Row: Ben White Robbins, Eugene Kelly (minister), William Follansbee. Second Row: Joy Morrow, Francis...
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...
Photograph of football coach Thad "Pie" Vann, who was inducted into the USM Sports Hall of Fame. See related article in Student Printz on April 19, 1977.
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This is the first page of an issue of The Temple journal, showing an article promoting a speaking engagement of Rabbi Ben-Ami on April 4, [1965]. Ben-Ami's topic was Jews in the Civil Rights Movement. Also...
Photograph of the Sunken Garden, later the site of McLemore Hall. The garden was built in 1932 as a jobs project during the early part of the Depression. Lake Byron is located just to the right of this picture. Both areas were part of a campus...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Part of a closed door is seen in the cartoon, with a sign identifying the interior as "City Hall." Next to the door frame are a suggestion box and a sign above it on the wall....
Photograph of students in the dining hall with the caption "Ya' mean I gotta dance up here?" This photo is featured in the 1959 Southerner yearbook on page 198.
Photograph of the Science Hall laboratory, with students and instructors, including H. B. Longest (2nd from right) and R. J. Slay (4th from right). Photograph featured in the 1920 Neka Camon yearbook on page 55.
Photograph of the front entrance of the Student Services Building, later named Kennard-Washington Hall. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 111.
