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...
Photograph of baton girls sitting on a blanket. The caption reads, " Time for a Rest." This photo is featured in the 1954 Southerner yearbook on page 32; 8 1/2 x 6
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An officer labeled "Open meeting law" carries a baton labeled "Judge's ruling" and rings the doorbell outside a meeting roomdoor in a hallway. A man has opened the door, and he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An policeman dressed in an old-fashioned uniform carries a baton labeled "Archaic Sunday laws." The policeman stands in front of a store naned Hardwick's Hardware. The New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large man is carried on a stretcher from an ambulance to “Baton Rouge emergency entrance” of a hospital by three ambulance attendants. One of the attendants holds an IV...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands in the ticket booth of the Capitol movie theater on the corner of a city street. The Louisiana state house is in the background. The marquee is labeled, “David...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground, a vendor's panel truck is parked at the curb in front of the Louisiana State Capitol. The truck has "Dave's pies" on the side and an image that resembles a...
Field report of the Second Brigade, Second Division, commanded by Confederate Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, prepared on 3 August 1862, listing by rank and command the number of men present for duty in August 1862 in the area of the Comite River...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is sitting at a desk filled with office supplies and paperwork. One paperfrom the desk is hanging off the edge and reads, "Special session." Across...
Photograph of Joy Hamilton twirling her baton while the Pride of Mississippi plays at the homecoming football game. Also found in the 1998 Southerner yearbook on page 23.
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; There are 3 different scenes. In the first scene, Anwar Sadat is dressed as a marathon runner. He is handing Menachem Begin, who is also dressed as a runner, a baton labeled "Peace Initiative." The second scence shows Begin...
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...
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...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; In the background, the capitol building is pictured with two other Washington, D.C., landmarks. In the foreground, two runners are pictured. The runner to the left, labeled "Surtax Extension," is pictured reaching behind...
Oral history.; Discusses her father, Erle Johnston. Describes his relations with Ross Barnett and his work with the State Sovereignty Commission, which she denies was ever a spy organization.
Oral history.; Dr. Charlotte Siegel Kaplan was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, on August 20, 1920, to Sadie Courland Siegel and Samuel Siegel who had emigrated from Europe at the turn of the twentieth century. In the Delta of Mississippi, the...
Oral history.; Dr. Sam Spinks was born on March 19, 1921, in Henleyfield, Mississippi. Dr. Spinks attended Henleyfield High School, Pearl River Junior College, The University of Southern Mississippi and The University of Florida. He served in the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 12, 1977 with Edward L. McDaniel (born 1934). Mr. McDaniel was instrumental in organizing the Ku Klux Klan in 1962 in Mississippi as the Grand Kleagle for the whole state. He started a state Klan in...
Oral history; Fredrick Harrison Cook III was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on April 15, 1952. During his senior year at The University of Southern Mississippi, Mr. Cook was drafted by the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League. He...
