From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. This letter is an order from W.H. Brown to muster the Westville guard of Simpson County, Mississippi. Harris was a resident of Copiah County, Mississippi. He served as a captain and later colonel of the Pettus...
From the Harris (Merry B.) Papers. Letter to Confederate President Jefferson Davis from W.H. Brown, Madison MaAfee, and A.B. Dilworth recommending Harris to Davis, and expressing Harris' desire to raise a volunteer regiment. Harris was a resident...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Dummy with some text paste-up text of The Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Sari (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #72, from the books series of the McLoughlin Brother...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Ceramic glazed round white plate with brown criss-cross pattern and a thick brown rim, made by Margret Rey in 1973; 1" x 9" x 9"
Photograph of Riva Renee Brown, in the 1993 Hall of Fame of the seven most outstanding students of the graduating class of 1993. Also in the 1993 Southerner yearbook on page 14.
Photograph of WWI Memorial with inset photos of fund raisers, A.V. Hays and Kate Brown. This photo is featured in the 1924 Neka Camon on page 105; 7 x 5
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Beneath a large sign with the words "Madison Square Garden...Democratic Convention," Jimmy Carter walks on a wide carpet which is being unrolled by four men (Edward Kennedy, Morris...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jim Lange. Richard Nixon is shown as Charlie Brown, the Peanuts cartoon character, who has been flying a kite. He is jumping in alarm at the sight of his kite, labeled "SST," crashing to the...
A collection of six 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...
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.; An interview conducted on March 19, 2008 with Vincent Creel. An employee of the City of Biloxi, Mr. Creel discussesthe city's preparation, response and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 23, 2009 with Robert Weaver, the Sand Beach Director and Roads Manager for Harrison County, who describes the 2005 hurricane season's destruction across the American South.
Oral history.; Ms. Eleanora Hayes was born on May 28, 1930, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. She grew up on her father's farm in Catahoula, Mississippi. During winter months, she and her siblings attended school, and during the six-month...
Oral history.; Mr. Boyce Holleman was born on February 26, 1924, in Wiggins, Mississippi. Mr. Holleman enrolled at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in the fall of 1940, but transferred to the University of Mississippi to study law. In...
Oral history.; Three interviews conducted on August 8 and 10, 1976 and October 19, 1976 with Jesse Boyce Holleman (born 1924). He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1947 until 1953. At that time, he became district attorney for...
