A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 13, 1993 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on February 7 and 21, 1992 with Mr. Thomas Knight Sr. at the University of Southern Mississippi. Knight was born on July 9, 1920 near Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In 1941, he began working at the Reliance...
Cover of the Winter 1988 edition of the USM Alumni News, vol. 40, no. 3. The photograph is of Dr. Aubrey Lucas, Dr. John Nau, and Dr. William McCain in Danforth Chapel, looking at the stained glass window.
Photograph from the Alumni Association's annual faculty/staff holiday party with a "Zoot Suit Riot" theme. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 52, no. 3 (Winter 1999) on page 16.
Article about the inauguration of Horace Fleming as the President of the University of Southern Mississippi. USM Alumni News, vol. 51, no. 3 (Winter 1998) on page 33.
Cover of the Winter 1991 edition of the USM Alumni News, vol. 43, no. 3. Photograph features football coach Jeff Bower and has the caption, "Dang, it's great to have him back."
Photograph of Bill McLellan, Athletic Director, during his retirement announcement. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 52, no. 3 (Winter 1999), p. 10.
Photograph of Dr. Horace Fleming on his first day in office as the President of the University of Southern Mississippi. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 50, no. 3 (Winter 1997) on page 3.
Photograph of the Innovation and Commercialization Park. The proposed Innovation and Commercialization Park is launched jointly by Southern Miss and the Area Development Partnership funded in part by a $2 million grant secured by Senator Thad...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man bundled up in winter clothing and accessories, including a weather vane on his hat, drives a car with a license plate that reads, "Winter '82." He is driving down a road...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 3, 1993 with Horace H. Harned Jr. (born 1920). He was a former Mississippi State legislator, a member of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, and an active segregationist during the years of...
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
Oral history.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Photograph of an article about Southern Miss plans to host the Metro Conference Basketball Tournament on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during March 1995. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 46, no. 3 (Winter 1994) on page 13.
