Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. In the upper frame of this cartoon, a U.S. soldier is on the ground with his rifle. He looks up over his shoulder as a flare lights up the night sky. The track of the flare is...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 19, 1978 with Mr. W.S. Griffin at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Griffin was born on October 15, 1913 near Mantee, Mississippi, in Webster County. In 1936, he accepted a position as a teacher and coach...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Central Intelligence Agency director William J. Casey, dressed as a baseball player, is ducking balls labeled, "Questionable business deals" and "Libyan plot."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. On the left, a large man labeled "KGB" sits in a plush chair reading a large book titled, "Our man in Tehran." Frowning, he is looking up...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. The USS Pueblo is tied up at a dock, and it flies a flag that has a hammer and sickle and is labeled "North Korea." Lines indicate radio communications and are labeled "Inadequate...
cartoon by Jim Orton; A fort with four towers is secured by soldiers, artillery, surveillance, and a helicopter. An alligator floats in a moat that surrounds the fort." The fort is labeled "House Intelligence Committee" At the drawbridge of the...
A collection of ten 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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 11, 1972 with Mr. Owen Cooper at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Cooper was born on a farm near Vicksburg, Mississippi. He attended Culkin Academy in Vicksburg, and received a degree in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 13, 1978 with Mr. M.W. Hamilton in Petal, Mississippi. Hamilton was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1909 and lived in the area until his death in 1990. He worked as a mechanic, electrician and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in a black overcoat labeled, "CIA" holds a large bag of money that has a hole in the bottom. Behind the man is a trail of collars and coins, labeled "Subsidies for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. An ill President Jimmy Carter sits on the edge of a bed dressed in a bathrobe with his feet soaking in hot water. On the bedside table are various medications. Zbigniew Brzezinski...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Locher. A burglar dressed all in black with a CIA button on his lapel is breaking into a safe. As he swings open the safe door, he reacts in surprise and drops his tools at the sight of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man wearing a trenchcoat and a pin labeled "CIA" sits on the floor covering his head with his hands. From the left of the cartoon, someone shouts "Trying to subvert us liberals!"...
A collection of six 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...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
