Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1993 with James Nix (born 1937). In 1966, Mr. Nix formed a civil rights activist group called the Spirit. This group agitated for civil rights in Hattiesburg and served as bodyguards for local civil...
Yearbook page featuring photograph of B. F. Valentine of Jones County and the poem, "Our Dear Old M.N.C." by M.D. Dunlap; The New Spirit, 1915, page 41; 7 x 10
Yearbook page featuring the college Quartet; J.H. Pannell (Soprano), J.W. Taylor (Tenor), M.D. Dunlap (Bass), Grover Hooker (Baritone) and Martha Jones (Pianist); The New Spirit, 1915, page 46; 6 x 8
Photograph of three football fans with the letters U, S, and M painted on their chests. The photo is from the 1992 Southerner yearbook, page 29. The caption in the yearbook reads: "Student involvement is the ultimate spirit booster to those who...
Oral history.; Reverend Oliver D. Gilmer was born in Kentucky on May 31, 1927. As he grew up on a farm, he attended a one-teacher school from primer through the eighth grade. During World War II, he was drafted into the Army. He served in the...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter with a handwritten postscript, dated Friday [June 26, 1964], from Joe Ellin to "Diane and Susan." The letter was written after approximately one week of Freedom Summer training in Oxford, Ohio. Joe describes his...
