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 12 February 1816, relating to claims in the Mississippi Territory. This report concerns the validity of British and Spanish grants, some held by non-residents.
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...
From the Feodor Rojankovsky Papers.; Watercolor illustration of Daniel Boone created by Feodor Rojankovsky for Daniel Boone: Historic Adventures of An American Hunter Among the Indians (1931). 7" x 5.5"
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 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...
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...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Message from Mississippi," produced by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission. This address was prepared for individuals who volunteered to speak publicly on behalf of the Mississippi State...
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...
From the Map Collection. A map of Mississippi showing counties in the south and west of the state and territory belonging to Indians in the northeast. Scale of 80 miles. "Published by A. Finley Philad." The map is backed with canvas.
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
Oral history.; Barry Davis Jim, Sr., was born in Philadelphia Indian Hospital and grew up on the Pearl River Indian Reservation. He attended Pearl River Elementary Day School, which became Choctaw Central High School. Mr. Jim, a promising athlete,...
Oral history.; Mr. George A. Stevens was born in 1910 in Forrest County, Mississippi. He attended Hattiesburg public schools but graduated from high school in Anthony, New Mexico. Mr. Stevens returned to attend The University of Southern...
Oral history.; Interview conducted in November, 1994, with Clearese Cook. Ms. Cook grew up in the Irene Chapel Community of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She attended De Priest Consolidated School in the Palmers Crossing Community of Hattiesburg and...
Oral history.; Dorothea Allsup was born on February 4, 1916. Her family resided in Nebraska, but they moved to Epes, Alabama and then Macon, Mississippi, when she was seventeen. While Mrs. Allsup attended high school in Macon she met her future...
Oral history.; Page discusses his family, his experiences as a black physician, the civil rights movement, his work in state politics, and the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 7, 1976 with Dr. W. B. Thompson at his office at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on November 5, 1920 in Columbus, Mississippi. After returning from service in World War...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 20, 1998 with Jason York, marketing manager for Silver Star Resort and Casino. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, York describes his experience of Choctaw culture in the context of American society.
