From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of supply lines near the Kokuba Channel, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A woman is riding in a canoe labeled "World's Fair" that is floating down a river. In one hand, she holds an umbrella with "84" and the exposition's river image on it; in her...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and a second man had been holding a large model labeled "'84 N.O. World's Fair." The second man has put down his end of the model and is walking...
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.; Mr. David M. "Boo" Ferriss was born December 5, 1921, in Shaw, Mississippi. Mr. Ferriss graduated from Mississippi State University and served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. Spending forty-four years as a player and coach in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 11, 1982 with Professor N.R. Burger at his residence in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Burger was born on April 7, 1909 in Brookhaven, Mississippi. In 1932, he completed his undergraduate degree from Alcorn...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 2, 1981 with Mrs. Irene Napier at her home in Mount Olive, Mississippi. Napier was born on December 21, 1917 at Mount Olive in Covington, Mississippi. After having studied two years at Jones County...
Oral history.; Discusses her childhood education, life at Alcorn State University as a college student, and her early teaching positions. Describes her voting rights lawsuit and the repercussions on her career. Expresses her opinions on school...
Transcribed copy of a journal written by Joseph Ellin in which he discusses government and political issues in relation to racial discrimination, education, economic conditions, and other aspects of society and culture in Mississippi.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Three men sit at a table in an office with large glass windows. Name plates on the table identify the men as "Players...Mediator...Owners," and "Players" is wearing a shirt with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A 1966 graduate dressed in gown and mortarboard holds his diploma on the lawn of the college. The college building is in the background. He looks up at a huge man with a globe...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; The world is depicted as a short man with latitude and longitude lines on his head and suit. The world is at a store that sells assorted weapons that could cause mass destruction. The storekeeper holds a sign that...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; The "ol' Mr. World" wears a mortar board labeled " '68 graduates." Two graduates anxiously look at the world from the top of the mortarboard. The world looks back at them with a scowling face.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Richard Locher. On the left side of the cartoon, Henry Kissinger is portrayed as Atlas shouldering the world. On the right side of the cartoon, Kissinger has allowed the world to fall from his...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.
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.; An interview conducted on November 12, 1997 with Winifred Green (born 1937). After earning a bachelor's degree in English from Millsaps College in 1963, Mrs. Green and four other women formed Mississippians for Public Education, one...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Harry McDonald, Sr., a retired engineer at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effect on his neighborhood, his experience with FEMA, and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
