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 Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Broadway Mart Shopping Center opening in 1958. Mayor R.T. Carlisle and Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin are among those present for the opening of one of Hattiesburg's first shopping centers.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is standing on one side of an opening in a wall, and he is holding a large collar and a bell labeled "Taxes." On the other side of the opening...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is stretched between two sections of oil pipeline which do not meet. His hands are at the opening of one pipe, and his feet are at the opening of the other. He...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon walks down a corridor past a partially open doorway while looking at a list on which are the names of cabinet officers [George P.] Shultz, [Richard V.] Allen,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The top frame shows a prehistoric man wearing an animal skin standing at the opening of a cave holding a rock labeled "Stone Age." In his other hand, he holds his club. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A large ship labeled "Russian Navy" is steaming through the Mediterranean Sea. The gun mounted at the ship's prow has been fired toward some small ships in the distance. A...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 28, 2007 with Elizabeth Marks Doolittle, Public Services Librarian at the University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus. Ms. Doolittle discusses her experiences during Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 1, 2007 with Dr. Ethelyn Patricia ""Pat"" Joachim. Associate Provost for the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dr. Joachim describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on her own home as well...
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).
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.; Mr. King T. Evans was born on March 19, 1913 near Uniontown, Alabama, in Perry County. In 1925, Mr. Evans moved to Mississippi with his parents. His father was a mechanic and farmer. For a brief period, Mr. Evans attended the...
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.
Oral history.; Reverend F.T. (Ted) Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II he served in the armed forces. He graduated from Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Mrs. Frances Ryals Terry was born July 30, 1923, in Greenville, Mississippi. She was a child during the Depression and during the flood of 1927. Mrs. Terry grew up near Hollandale, Mississippi. She graduated from Delta State...
Oral history.; Billie Rossie Tonos was born November 12, 1924, in Shaw, Mississippi, to Nazira Hallal Rossie and Sam Rossie, Americans of Lebanese descent. In May of 1942, she graduated from Shaw High School and enrolled at Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Mr. Coygon Robinson Jr. was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on December 3, 1951. He attended Perkins Elementary School and Nichols High School. In the fifth grade, Mr. Robinson got his first set of drums, and he continued to practice...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of twenty-two men seated at a large table enjoying the banquet celebrating the opening of the Hotel Hattiesburg. Among the attendees were E. E. Conner, Dr. T. E. Ross, Sr., Herman Katz, Dr....
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. SNCC staff member Marion Davidson serving hot dogs to local children during a party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 18,...
