Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Photograph of lumber sorting racks of the Rosa Lumber Company, later the Goodyear Pine Company of Picayune, Mississippi. A lumber mill is in the background; 7 1/2 x 9 1/2
From the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company Photographs. Photograph of the lumber sorting shed at the Goodyear Yellow Pine Company of Picayune, Mississippi. A man is removing lumber from a conveyor. The photograph was taken by John N. Teunisson of New...
Oral history; An interview conducted on February 21, 2008 with Rev. Rick Brooks, pastor at Main Street Methodist Church in Bay St. Louis, MS. Rev. Brooks describes Hurricane Katrina's destruction to his home and to the community; he also...
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.; Interview conducted on August 21, 1997 with Rims Barber (born 1936). In 1964, he participated in Mississippi Freedom Summer with the National Council of Churches and returned to Mississippi with the Delta Ministry in 1965 to work in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 11, 1995 with Larry Rubin (born 1942). In 1961, he helped to register voters in the South for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In late 1963 and in 1964, Mr. Rubin worked as a civil rights...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of Pat (Patricia) Amlin Scudder, a Holly Springs civil rights worker, kneeling beside a dog. Kathleen Dahl and Pat were both from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Pat married Ken...
