Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 2007 with Margaret Alfonso, the Senior Chancery Court Judge for Hancock, Harrison, and Stone counties. She discusses her experience with Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted February 21, 2007 with Thomas Brister, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
Oral history.; Billie Rossie Tonos was born November 12, 1924, in Shaw, Mississippi, to Nazira Hallal Rossie and Sam Rossie, Americans of Lebanese descent. In May of 1942, she graduated from Shaw High School and enrolled at Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Photograph of university President Aubrey Lucas, M. M. Roberts, and Governor Cliff Finch, taken at the dedication of M. M. Roberts Stadium. This photo can also be found in the September 28, 1976, Student Printz and in Chester M. Morgan's book,...
Envelope drawing (architectural drawing) of proposed future development of the Mississippi Normal College campus. Drawing by R. H. Hunt, architect. Also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on the inside cover.
Photograph of a football game, thought to be on the Mississippi Normal College campus. Photograph also found on page 64 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
Menu for Board of Trustees banquet. The purpose of this banquet was to persuade the Board of Trustees to locate the new college in Hattiesburg. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 5; 5 x 7
Program cover reads, "Hattiesburg, Miss. The Logical Point for the State Normal School September Sixth 1910 Hotel Hattiesburg." The purpose of this banquet was to persuade the Board of Trustees to locate the new college in Hattiesburg. Also found...
Photograph of two unidentified girls standing on a dirt road on the Mississippi Normal College campus; College Hall can be seen in the background. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 25; 6 x 4
This board statement from the 1913 Bulletin not only illustrates President Cook's meticulous bookkeeping but also reveals much about wages, prices and Dining Hall fare. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 20; 7 x 5
Photograph of Orville G. Brim, Head of Department of Education. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 40, and in the 1914 Neka Camon yearbook on page 9, and in the February 9, 1982 Student Printz; 4 x 6
Photograph of students in front of a streetcar by the campus gate in 1915; 9 x 6. Pictured: Alberta Powe (front) Jeanette McCormick, Velma Morrison, Janie Sullivan and Mabel Mixon (back, left to right). Also found in "Hattiesburg: A Pictorial...
Photograph of the 1915 women's basketball team. Also found in Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 30 and in the 1915 Neka Camon yearbook on page 57.
Photograph of the Mississippi Normal College barn. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 14, and in the 1915 Neka Camon yearbook on page 61; 7 x 5
Photograph of the 1917 Mississippi Normal College football team. Photograph also found on page 30 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987, and in the 1917 Neka Camon yearbook on page 78. The caption reads, "Varsity...
Photograph of Sherwood Bonner Literary Society. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 27, and in the 1917 Neka Camon yearbook on page 69; 7 x 5
