From the Mircea Vasiliu Papers.; Preliminary pencil sketch on tracing paper taped to layout sheets (pp. 30-31) from Mircea Vasiliu's Where Is Alfred? (1978). 20" x 12"
From the Rare Books Collection. What constitutes a Confederate imprint? Preliminary suggestions for bibliographers and catalogers, by Charles Heartman, was published in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the Book Farm in 1939. This is one of 250 copies...
From the Marcia Brown Papers. A signed preliminary drawing for page 12-13 of THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by M.R. James, illustrated by Marcia Brown (New York: Scribner, 1953). THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER is a...
From the Flavia Gag Papers.; Watercolor (?) illustration on acetate of the preliminary dust jacket design for Flavia Gag's The Melon Patch Mystery (1964). 6.5" x 8"
From the Milton Meltzer Papers.; A preliminary list of possible characters to be used in Milton Meltzer's Ten Queens: Portraits of Women of Power; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The proposal puts forth the idea of a "Freedom Corps" made up of young volunteers who would like to live in Mississippi for an extended period of time and participate in civil rights activities...
Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 1, 2006 with Hattiesburg, Mississippi Mayor Johnny DuPree. Mayor DuPree discusses preparations made before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, as well as his experiences during and after the storm.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2007 with Deborah Sledge, an employee at Hattiesburg's The Inn on the Hill, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's impact on the guests and staff at the hotel and their post-storm methods of cooking,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 4, 2007 with Jeff Bennett, Director of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 30, 2007 with Cheryl Ann Blain, an engineer and oceanographer at Stennis Space Center. Dr. Blain describes her personal struggles with Hurricane Katrina as well as many of the environmental and...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
