From the Loomis (John Mason) Letter. Letter from Union Civil War Colonel John Mason Loomis of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Corps to Captain T. J. London, Assistant Adjutant General of the 1st Division, 16th Corps, July 20, 1863. Loomis...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Fred Pickett for the position of Sheriff and Tax Collector of Hinds County. The back contains a reproduction of a Mississippi Confederate $100 bill.
From the Political Campaign Collection. Issue of Vardaman's Weekly, a newspaper edited by James K. Vardaman out of Jackson, Mississippi. Volume 12, No. 28. The headlining story is "Hoover's Answer Does Not Answer the American People's Questions."
From the Political Campaign Collection. Issue of Vardaman's Weekly, a newpaper edited by James K. Vardaman out of Jackson, Mississippi. Volume 13, No. 18. The headlining story is "The Jew."
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Two-page typewritten document titled Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement. Lyrics for eight songs reflect the political situation in the South with references to freedom riders, Ross...
From the Faulkner (Leesha) Civil Rights Collection. Confidential report regarding Tougaloo College submitted by Attorney Shelby R. Rogers to Erle Johnston, Chair of the State Sovereignty Commission.
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, writes to Governor Paul B. Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin, and E.K. Collins, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary...
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, writes to Governor Paul B. Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin, and E.K. Collins on 10 March 1964, concerning the alleged...
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, sent Tougaloo College Report (Number 2) to Governor Paul B. Johnson, Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin, and E.K. Collins,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; July-August issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 107 features an article about the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman,...
Aerial view photograph of Veterans Memorial stadium during a football game. Photograph also found on page 162 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
Aerial view photograph of Jackson's Memorial Stadium during the football game between USM and Mississippi State University on November 7, 1981. The game set a record for the largest attendance at an event in Mississippi sports history. Photograph...
