Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
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. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil on canvas painting of a river running through a gorge with reddish colored mountains, by Jack Bartlett.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil on masonite painting of trees on a hillside with mountains and a valley with a river running through it in the background, by Andr Betz.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Off-set print, presumably of a location in Fiji, of women and children on boats in a river with huts and trees in the background, by L. Macouillard.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Off-set print, presumably of a location in Tahiti, of men and women in boats on a river with trees and mountains in the background, by L. Macouillard.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Off-set print, presumably of a location in Southern California, of people on horseback alongside a river with mountains in the background, by L. Macouillard.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman is riding in a canoe labeled "World's Fair" that is floating down a river. In one hand, she holds an umbrella with "84" and the exposition's river image on it; in her...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial and two men stand by the edge of a stream in a woodland setting, and they are watching the stream flow by. A sign nearby is labeled, "Cutback...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men stand behind a table full of glasses filled with water. Each man sips from a glass. A third man, labeled "N.O." stands in front of the table. One of the tasters is...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 17, 2006 with Ronald J. Baker, a commercial fisherman in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Baker describes the hurricane's impact on his neighborhood, his personal business, and the shrimping industry in general.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 26, 2005 with Eric Jones. Former resident of Moss Point, Mississippi, Mr. Jones recounts his experiences during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 12, 2008 with Julia Caruso, a retired teacher who lives in Waveland, MS. She discusses Hurricane Katrina's devastation on the area as well as its impact on her family and close friends.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Ruth Christian, who describes losing her home to Hurricane Katrina and the struggles that ensued after the storm on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Dorothy Burney, a retired Biloxi schoolteacher, who describes her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
