One-page document dated December 4, 1871 and drafted by the Mississippi State Legislature requesting return of Federal lands first granted in 1856 for the purpose of building the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad was...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson;"Percy" takes an arm of a lounging "Illinois voter" and says,"Get up and realize your potential!"Douglas" pushes the voter back down and says,"Relax--you've never had it so good!"
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...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A donkey labeled "Democrats" wears a black patch labeled "Mayor Daley" on one eye. Stars and marks of pain radiate out from the donkey's covered eye. The cartoon caption reads,...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; Men travel in a car into the state of Illinois, and a sign welcomes them. Behind this sign is a larger sign reading,"historical adventureland; drive some of the same early century roads grandfather traveled; Illinois...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A giant sized man sits in the balcony of the Illinois legislature and smokes a cigarette; he is labeled "Syndicate Gambling" A man stands on the floor of the legislature and reads a bill that says,"Nothing to fear in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. A large man stands in the doorway of a house pointing over his shoulder with a thumb. He is holding a newspaper in his other hand with the headline, "Northern congressmen accuse...
cartoon by John Riedell; A soldier aims his gun as a bullet flies past him in the brush. A man sleeps at the "Illinois Primary." A box sits by the man and is labeled "over 80% of voters."
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page document listing names and addresses of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC) Freedom Centers in Michigan, California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. A toddler (Alabama Governor George Wallace) is stacking lettered blocks to make them spell, "President." Beside Wallace is a block with a question mark on it. Another toddler...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards is hitchhiking by the road holding a briefcase labeled, "First use tax" and with a sign around his neck labeled, "Going my way?" A transport...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of Hattiesburg City Hall. A marker for the Illinois Central Railroad was dedicated in front of the building in 1951.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. The scene is an artist's studio. A painting of the U.S. Capitol dome is on the easel and is labeled, "The Capitol scene." The drape is hanging from one edge of the painting. In the...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a Hobo Basket sponsored by the Illinois Central Railroad Station to raise money for the March of Dimes.
cartoon by John Riedell; A stork holds a baby wrapped in cloth in its mouth. The baby symbolizes the "unborn." A cannon ball labeled "Illinois abortion liberalizing bill" shoots toward the stork and baby.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a train engine at the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at 7th Street.
