Oral history.; Born in 1947, Dr. Story was graduated from Mississippi Valley State University in 1969 where he earned a B.S.; he earned an M.Ed. from Delta State University. During his varied career he has been a sharecropper, a public school...
Oral history.; Mrs. Frances Ryals Terry was born July 30, 1923, in Greenville, Mississippi. She was a child during the Depression and during the flood of 1927. Mrs. Terry grew up near Hollandale, Mississippi. She graduated from Delta State...
Oral history.; Maurice Guyton Turner was born on April 29, 1912, in Greene County, Mississippi. He graduated from Greene County Agriculture High School in 1932. After staying out of school for a year he worked in his brother's grocery store. He...
Oral history.; Zella McNair Weathersby was born January 1, 1929, in Mt. Olive, Mississippi. Mrs. Weathersby graduated from high school from Depriest (now known as Earl Travillion) in Hattiesburg. She attended Jackson State College and later did...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
Oral history.; Mrs. Lodie Marie Robinson-Cyrille was born on August 21, 1951 in Biloxi, Mississippi. As a child, she remembers meeting people from various cultures, including Africans; many were studying or serving at Keesler Air Force Base. ...
Oral history.; Father Peter Oliver Quinn was born on April 11, 1937, in Ireland. He was ordained when he was twenty-five years old in Ireland, and he came to Mississippi in September, 1962. Father Quinn's first assignment was at Sacred Heart...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of an interior view of the H.E. Bro Auto Accessory Store on East Pine Street. Stanford Gunn, Sr., Lamar Bro, Eli Bro, and Peter Bro are in the store.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Mr. Hammond Smith’s “open house” celebrating the remodeled Smith Drug Store on Mobile Street in Hattiesburg in 1955. The store originally opened in 1925.
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.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. The store is full of customers and employees.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. One man is leaning over the counter and several people are entering the store in the background.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back right of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around the counter.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back right of the Thigpen Hardware Store. A little girl is standing in the aisle. Many people are in...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a store window with a yarn display at the S.H. Kress & Co. store on Main Street.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a store window with a jewelry display at the S.H. Kress & Co. store on Main Street.
