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...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Promotional booklet for the city of Meridian, Mississippi, that Margaret Thatch Hinton received at the Hamasa Shrine Temple Theater in Meridian.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Cover from Miss Margaret Thatch's meal ticket booklet from the fourth annual "Know Mississippi Better" train tour.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III on 3 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the...
Oral history.; Mrs. Boyd O'Neal Keith was born on July 17, 1918. In childhood, she worked on her family's 328 acre homestead and attended Daisy Vestry High School. Mrs. Keith worked at a wool mill in Hurley, Mississippi, while also farming and...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Program from the Mississippi A' Roll newsletter for the "Know Mississippi Better" train for 11 August 1928.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section XIII on 10 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Typewritten letter from Dennis Murphree, Governor of Mississippi, dated August 15, 1927. Includes information regarding a reservation for the "Know Mississippi Better" train of 1927.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume 3, number 1 on 26 August 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue was...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume III, section IX on 5 September 1927. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. The "Know Mississippi Better" train newsletter, Mississippi A' Roll, volume 4, number 1 on 8 August 1928. The newsletter was written and distributed during the course of the train tour. This issue was...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Dinner menu for the "Know Mississippi Better" train on 27 August 1927, New Orleans, Louisiana, to El Paso, Texas, on the Southern Pacific Lines.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Dinner menu for the return trip of the "Know Mississippi Better" train in September 1927. Jackson, Mississippi, to San Francisco, California, on the Southern Pacific Lines.
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menu for the "Know Mississippi Better" train on 10 September 1927, Jackson, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi on the Gulf, Mobile, and Northern Railroad.
