Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 10, 1994 with Fred Clark Sr. (born 1943). Mr. Clark grew up in the segregated society of Jackson, Mississippi. He was educated in Jackson, attending Smith Robertson Elementary School, Rowan Junior High,...
Letter, dated March 8, 1864, was written by W.L. Chatham to "sis," who the donor has identified as Nancy Elizabeth Searcy. Chatham is writing from the mountains of Jefferson County, Tennessee, where he is in the Confederate Army guarding Bull's...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
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 Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One color photograph of Kathleen Dahl, M.L. Curry, and his sister Rebel standing in front of Kathleen's car. M.L. Curry was a local resident of Holly Springs, Mississippi, and volunteered with...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Retold by R. Marriott Watson, L.L. Weldon, Emily Bennett, A.M. Hoyer, & others. Published in London by Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton, in 1870. Illustrations signed: E. Nister. Title page...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from A.L. Hopkins to Erle Johnston, Jr., dated January 26, 1965, printed on Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission letterhead. Discusses the attack on Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld by...
Photograph of C.L. "Dipsy" Dews, senior halfback. Also found on page 92 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987, and in the 1942 Southerner yearbook on page 82.
Oral history.; Born in 1947, Dr. Story was graduated from Mississippi Valley State University in 1969 where he earned a B.S.; he earned an M.Ed. from Delta State University. During his varied career he has been a sharecropper, a public school...
Oral history.; Dr. John Paul Quon was born June 11, 1942, in Moorhead, Mississippi. His parents emigrated from China to Mississippi to participate in a family-owned grocery store. Dr. Quon was in the first public school class in Mississippi that...
From the Columbus Riflemen, Company "C", First Regiment [Papers]. Letter from members of the Columbus Riflemen to Anna Banks; April 21, 1900. The members of the Columbus Rifleman report that the United Daughters of the Confederacy have set aside...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for H.L. Simmons, candidate for the State Senator for the 6th district, including Franklin County and Pike County, Mississippi.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 5, 1998 with Judge Fred L. Banks, Jr. (born 1942). In the late 1960s, Judge Banks began his law career by serving for the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. He was elected three times to the House of...
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 L.E. Faulkner Papers. Letter, from Representative John E. Rankin to L.E. Faulkner, President of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company, dated 30 August 1950. Rankin, who was a former member of the Committee on Un-American Activities,...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, newspaper articles and other items that document events surrounding the cancellation of Rev. Alvin Kershaw's scheduled appearance at the University of Mississippi in February 1956. For the...
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 Political Campaign Collection. Campaign pamphlet for Martin L. Riley, candidate for State Superintendent of Public Education. The pamphlet contains biographical information and Riley's platform.
