Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2006 with Odalee Fair. A resident of New Orleans, Ms. Fair discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled Chehardy is using a pointer to indicate areas of a poster showing weather patterns. The top of the poster reads, "Jefferson's assessment climate," and the weather...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. Letter from Jefferson Davis to Frank Moore, dated 13 June 1880. The letter is a response to a previous inquiry by Frank Moore relating to the Confederate Congress. This letter may have been written and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A building hosting a boxing match between Jefferson Parish (La.) sheriff [Harry] Lee and assistant district attorney [Art] Lentini is falling down. There is a large hole in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Chehardy" is dressed to resemble a Mexican (vest and sombrero) and plays the guitar while sitting on a fence where a sign reads, "Entrance to Churchill Farms,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Jeff officials" holds a newspaper in his hand with the headline, "Drainage bonds pass." Buildings are in the background. The man is speaking to an elderly man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large set of balance scales is labeled, "Recent voting patterns in Jefferson Parish." On the heavier side, labeled "30 percent voting (including the political bosses)" is a...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Ernest Morial and William Jefferson are dressed in baseball uniforms. Morial is speaking angrily to Jefferson, saying, "You're minor league!" Jefferson smiles...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A car labeled, "Careful!...Drivers" is at the bottom of the cartoon, with a person behind the wheel. The person is leaning forward to look up through the windsheld at three very...
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...
The dining hall record contains daily entries listing the food served at each meal during the day - breakfast, dinner, and supper. Most entries also include a brief note of daily activities, including reunions, deaths, visits, and other events. The...
From the Gary (Martin Witherspoon) Papers. Letter, dated 13 June 1864 from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Senate supporting Secretary of War James Alexander Seddon's promotion of Colonel Gary.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "School board" and a woman who has dropped her protest sign are pulling at the arms of a school child, who is stretched between them. The protest sign reads,...
Oral history.; Ms. Margaret Keith Andresen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 3, 1943. She attended Perkinston High School and the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. As a teacher at Moss Point High School from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 13, 1993 with Mr. Kenneth O. Williams at the new state capitol building in Jackson, Mississippi. Williams was born on January 18, 1924 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He received a BA in political science...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
From the Gary (Martin Witherspoon) Papers. Letter, dated 13 June 1864 from James Alexander Seddon to Confederate President Jefferson Davis recommending the promotion of Colonel Gary to Brigadier General.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, Ron Faucheux, and Bill Jefferson, dressed in running clothes, are racing through New Orleans. They are at a corner next to a brick building, and the city skyline can be...
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...
