From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Lorne Cress, Director of the COFO-Hattiesburg Community Centers, records on a blackboard the nominations for Chairman of the Forrest County unit of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; The Park Book by Charlotte Zolotow, pictures by H.A. Rey (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944). Dummy page dedication: For my husband.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign pamphlet for Frank H. Harper, candidate for re-election to the Mississippi State Senate for the 42nd district of Forrest and Perry Counties.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Political flyer from Frank H. Harper, member of the Mississippi State Senate from Hattiesburg outlining his plan for relieving the Great Depression.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. Photograph of sixteen employees posed outside the Enterprise Foundry on East Second Street. Included in the photo are“Dad” Buzzle (back row, left), Tory Harper (back row, 4th from left), and E. J....
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
A collection of six 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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview with Pete Hansen conducted on August 11, 2006. Mr. Sloan is an operating room technician in Gulfport, Mississippi. He describes being at the hospital as Hurricane Katrina arrived.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
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 February 22, 2007 with Gwendolyn Beard, a fourth-generation Mississippian who desribes her experieneces during and after Hurricane Katrina in Moss Point, MS.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2005 with Glynna Dozier. Mrs. Dozier discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
