Photograph of a welcome sign for the Mississippi Southern College campus erected by the senior class of 1951. Also found in the 1972 Southerner yearbook on pages 6 and 84.
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.
Photograph of freshman Kevin Thigpen in the polymer science research laboratory. Yearbook caption: "Thigpen's passion for his chosen profession opened doors that are usually reserved for senior level and graduate students." Also found in the 1996...
Photograph of graduate fine arts major, Bart Noggle, and senior fine arts major, Wendy Obstler, practicing for "Les Liasons Dangereuses," the final theater production of the fall semester. Also found in the 1996 Southerner yearbook on page 38.
Photograph of J.B. George as a degree-class senior; his credits are listed as: president and vice president of the YMCA, president of the Prestonian Literary Society, president of the World Affairs Club, president of the Masonic Club, and Debate...
Photograph of senior "Yellow Jacket" club member, Eudoro Iturbe shaving the head of a freshmen member. This photo was featured in the 1964 Southerner yearbook on page 59 and in the May 4, 1982 Student Printz; 5 x 7
Photograph of Southern Miss defensive tackle, Michael Tobias, getting by the North's offensive lineman during the Delchamp's Senior Bowl. Also found in the 1995 Southerner yearbook on page 89.
Photograph of the campus radio station, WUSM. Caption: The station gives students opportunities for hands-on experience in broadcasting. News anchor, Brian Flynt, a senior, waits for a commercial break to end. Also found in the 1997 Southerner...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 22, 1979 with Eddie Carthan (born 1949). Mr. Carthan taught school at Durant Attendance Center and at Saints College in Lexington, Mississippi, and has owned and operated several businesses in Tchula,...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 30, 1978 with Thomas Jefferson Tubb (born 1899). Mr. Tubb served as chairman of the Clay County Executive Committee for 47 years from 1928 to 1975 and during the Dixiecrat movement from 1950 to 1956....
Oral history.; Interview conducted on 1995 November 21 with Dr. Peter Orris (born 1945). Dr. Orris participated in his first civil rights demonstration when he was only eleven. In 1964, he was recruited to participate in the Summer Project in...
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...
Oral history.; Mrs. Edith Ruff Thomas was born on February 12, 1920. She grew up on a farm that became well-established, providing products throughout Tupelo. In 1936, she lived through the Tupelo tornado, and in 1937 she was graduated from Tupelo...
Oral history.; Mr. John Sherman Crubaugh was born April 12, 1913. During his college years at Mississippi State, from 1931, he worked to pay for his education. After he received a B.S. degree and an M.Ed. degree from Mississippi State University,...
Oral history.; Biloxi Police Director Tommy Moffett was born March 2, 1950, in Taylorsville, Mississippi. He grew up in a household of ten siblings, and they all helped in sharecropping until Mr. Moffett was fifteen years old. His childhood was...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lorita Nelson Jones was born on July 19, 1909, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Her mother's family were originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, of Creole heritage; her grandmother, Olivia Lewis, spoke only in French. Her father Lamar...
Oral history.; Mr. Earl Napoleon Moore was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on December 19, 1914. His father was a ship and bridge carpenter, and his mother was a homemaker. Mr. Moore graduated from Biloxi Colored High School. He was a boxer and a...
