A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 26, 1974 with Mr. Brodie Crump at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. Crump was born in 1898 in Greenville, Mississippi. After attending Mississippi A&M College, now Mississippi State University,...
Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
Oral history.; Reverend Robert James Jamison was born on May 28, 1936, and lived in both St. Louis, Missouri, and the community of Shake Rag in Tupelo, Mississippi. Reverend Jamison earned money in high school from carpentry and upon graduation, he...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
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...
Letter written from Natchez, Mississippi, on 11 December 1864, by Thomas C. Prescott, a member of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry, and one of the more than 4500 Federal troops occupying Natchez. The letter contains personal comments on living...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in York by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, 1822. Cover title : Robinson Crusoe. Gray pictorial paper wrappers; vignette and verse on back cover.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., copyright 1897. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Acquired from Justin G. Schiller, Ltd.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by Raphael Tuck & Sons, circa 1900s. Attributed to Sarah Catherine Martin. Imprint and series statement from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Text,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Bound book, inside pages are blank, of The Strange Adventures of Prince Charming: A Story for the Young & Old by Milton Goldsmith, illustrated by Rose S. Superior (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1919), from the...
From the Feodor Rojankovsky Papers.; Watercolor illustration of Daniel Boone created by Feodor Rojankovsky for Daniel Boone: Historic Adventures of An American Hunter Among the Indians (1931). 7" x 5.5"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Original title page of the British version of Curious George ("Fifi") from H.A. Rey's Fifi: The Adventures of a Monkey (1941). 9.5" x 12.5"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; A four version sequence of Portuguese and English editions of H.A. Rey's Elizabite: The Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant (1942), showing the various illustrations of a maid. First page is 8.5" x 13."...
