Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on December 12, 1975, January 19, 1976, and January 23, 1991 with Mr. C.J. Duckworth in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Duckworth was born in Summerland, Mississippi, Smith County, on February 25,...
Oral history.; Dr. S. Jay McDuffie was born in Nettleton, Mississippi, and grew up in Tupelo. He earned a B.S. degree at Mississippi State University, entered the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II and later earned his medical...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; Presidential advisors, Melvin Laird, John Mitchell and Robert Finch stand in a line facing forward. Laird and Mitchell, with their hands behind their backs, bend their knees and lean toward their right. Finch, also with...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 27, 2006 with Hunter Dunaway in which he discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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...
Oral history.; An interview with Sister Jacqueline Howard conducted on May 30, 2007. Principal at Our Lady Academy in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Howard describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on the school and the community of Bay St. Louis.
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 6, 1981 with Dr. W. J. Cunningham at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. William Jefferson Cunningham was born on December 23, 1905 in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1929, he graduated from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 18, 1996 with Zoya Zeman (born 1943). Ms. Zeman was a civil rights activist who worked on the Mississippi Summer Project in Clarksdale, where she worked at the community center, organizing classes and...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Galleys of The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees by Johnny Gruelle (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1943) Westfield classics, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Brown Proof of The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees by Johnny Gruelle (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1943) Westfield classics, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Uncle Sam kneels on hands and knees next to a genie's lamp labeled "All-volunteer force." From the spout of the lamp comes smoke which forms the words "Cost: billions $$." In one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large man labeled "Violent crime" holding a handgun is on hands and knees behind a government building with a tall tower. In the foreground, Louisiana Governor Dave Treen,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and a man labeled "Budget director Stockman" stand near a guillotine. A man labeled "Bureaucracy" is on his knees bound with rope, and his head is under the raised...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A teenager dressed in leather jacket labeled "Hell raiser" is sitting on a stool at a lounge or diner (part of a wine or liquor bottle is drawn on a shelf behind the counter)....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier is on his hands and knees, acting as the fulcrum for a balanced lever (seesaw) being ridden by two overweight men. The seesaw is labeled "Election year results." One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very large man labeled "Deficits" is underneath a hospital bed on hands and knees, as if trying to crawl under it. The bed is off the floor by several feet. The patient in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Bob Taylor. The almost transparent figure of a U.S. soldier sits on the porch of an abandoned shack. The soldier sits with his elbows on his knees and appears sad. In the distance, a long...
