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 Map Collection. Map of Mississippi counties and Indian territories. To the left, right , and bottom of the map are columns of text discussing aspects of Mississippi. Topic heading are "Situation, Limites en Etendue", "Aspect du Pays, Sol,...
Printed committee report, dated 1 December 1818, on the question of prohibiting Choctaw Indian settlement on the west bank of the Mississippi River until the tribe ceded to the United States the lands lying east of the Mississippi.
Printed committee report dated 3 February 1816, relating to claims in the Mississippi Territory. It recommends that the petitions by Mississippi territory residents for compensation due to Creek Indian depredations (and the depredations of American...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A horned cow labeled "'Sacred' Cow" stands in the background of the cartoon and chews on a tuft of grass. In the foreground, a severly thin sits Indian style. He is wearing a cloth wrapped around his loins and a turban...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi showing counties and Indian territories. To the left, right and bottom of the map are columns of text discussing different aspects of the state. Topic headings are "Situation, Boundaries, and Extent",...
cartoon by John Knudsen; A crying, emaciated child labeled "Biafran children" sits Indian style on the ground and holds an empty bowl toward the Grim Reaper who is labeled "Starvation" The Reaper stands, scythe in hand, and motions for the child to...
Photograph of Hawkins Junior High student, Scott Wheeler, speaking with American Indian activist, Russell Means, at the reception following an Honors College forum lecture. Also found in the 1996 Southerner yearbook on page 53.
A printed copy of a petition to the House of Representatives of the 24th Congress on 1 February 1837. The petition contains 91 names of Mississippi residents who were requesting that Congress set up a tribunal to scrutinize land claims in the area...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Lyndon Johnson is shown dressed as an Indian chief sitting in front of a tipi. A small man stands before Johnson with two signs, "Tax restorations" and "Tax cuts." Johnson has...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Crayon illustration proof with handwritten text (p. 7) from bound dummy of "How the Tortoise Outwits the Jaguar," which appears in H.A. Rey's unpublished book, Indian Tortoise Stories, volume 2 [ca....
From the Robert Hofsinde Papers.; An illustration board with three pen and ink illustrations from Robert Hofsinde's Indian Warriors and Their Weapons; 10 x 15
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...
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and an Estimate of Appropriations required to comply with Treaty Stipulations entered into between the Confederate...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi in 1829. From A new general atlas, comprising a complete set of maps. Philadelphia : Anthony Finley, 1829. Plate 28. Map shows counties and territories of Indian nations (Chickasaw and Choctaw). Map...
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 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...
