Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 4, 1993 with Joseph E. Wroten (born 1925). Mr. Wroten became famous as one of only two Mississippi House Representatives who voted in favor of allowing blacks to enroll at the University of Mississippi.
One printed pamphlet in four parts: a preface by Virginia Governor John Letcher, a letter from Peter B. Starke, a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, and resolutions of the Mississippi legislature, (Virginia General Assembly, House...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 10, 1978 with Ms. Sarah Johnson at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Johnson was born on March 10, 1938 in Charleston, South Carolina. She is an African American woman who has been active on...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Virginia Barnett to Thomas Spight, dated 9 August 1865; written from near Cotton Grove, Tennessee. Virginia Barnett is the cousin and future wife of Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 19, 2005 with Stacey Goldsmith. Ms. Goldsmith discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina in Brandon, Mississippi.
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Mollie A. to Virginia Spight, dated 30 September 1883. Mollie, Virginia's cousin in Spring Creek, write about family news.
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Mollie A. to Virginia Spight, dated 28 November 1887. Mollie, Virginia's cousin in Spring Creek, write about family news. Includes a clipping about a cousin who died suddenly while on her wedding tour...
One printed pamphlet presented by Governor Letcher containing an urgent request from Peter B. Starke that the General Assembly of Virginia respond to Mississippi's resolution supporting a convention of Southern states which Starke had presented to...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 12 September 1863, was awarded by the state of West Virginia and officially promotes Smith to the rank of Captain in the Ninth...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 4, 2007 with Jeff Bennett, Director of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 10, 2006 with Zondra Anderson. Miss Anderson was a case manager for Hurricane Katrina evacuees in Fairfax County at the Northern Virginia Family Services Headquarters in Oakton, Virginia.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Virginia Scott writes to Ed [Hamlett] that she will be unable to work with him in Mississippi and asks about his plans for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) for September 1964...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Thomas Spight to Virginia Barnett, dated 6 February 1865, written from camp near Meridian, Mississippi. Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, writes to his cousin and...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Letter from Thomas Spight to Virginia Barnett, dated 3 January 1861, written from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, writes to his cousin and future...
