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...
From the Ellzey (Wesley James) Papers. An oath of allegiance to the United States signed by Wesley J. Ellzey in Pike County, Mississippi, following the end of the Civil War; 22 July 1865
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Benja. O. Smith, 4 November 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Henry Tooley, 9 November 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Alexander Boyce, 4 November 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Andrew Brown, 14 Nonmember 1841.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Oath of allegiance and verification of election as an officer of the Board of Police for Lewis Pipes, 15 November 1841.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 16, 2008 with Rod Dickson-Rishel, pastor of the Mississippi City United Methodist Church. Reverend Dickson-Rishel discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2007 with Rita W. Baldwin who managed Loaves and Fishes, an organization that helped Biloxi's homeless, as well as the Coastal Family Health Center. Ms. Baldwin discusses her experiences before and...
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.; 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).
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 June 23 and July 8, 1993 with Paul B. Johnson III concerning his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and Mississippi politics. Johnson was born in 1948 in Mississippi. Both his father, Paul B. Johnson Jr., and his...
Oral history.; Ms. Mary Ellen Leftwich was born on November 10, 1916, in Arkansas. Her mother died when she was a small child, and her father remarried. The family lived in Gunnison, Mississippi, on a farm; the young people in the community...
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...
Oral history.; Discusses the prominence of the United Daughters of the Confederacy among Southern white women prior to World War II and the annual observances of Confederate holidays. Mentions other influential women's organizations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Mr. Harold Ray Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on October 5, 1948. In 1968 he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam for four years. Mr. Presley married and became the father of two sons and a daughter. Elvis...
Transcript of a speech given to teachers during training for the Mississippi Freedom Project in 1963. Describes some of the problems faced by African Americans, especially children, in the 1960s. Includes personal experiences and observations of...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
