Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 8 and 13, 1982 with Mr. E. Hammond Smith at his home in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Smith was born on December 17, 1894 in Bladen Springs, Alabama. His family moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Counter top with register and two adding machines. Curtains are on wall.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. A broken rolling chair is on the left and a desk is on the right. In the background, blankets are used as dividers.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. The safe after burglars used acetylene torch to burn through the lock and handle.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Shelves with a hole in the middle; a blanket is draped from the hole down.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Blanket divider is on the left, a desk with typewriter is on the bottom right of photo.
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. The safe after burglars used acetylene torch to burn through the lock and handle.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A very tall man dressed in a police uniform and holding a truncheon points to his badge which reads, "N.O. Police." Behind him, much smaller, are buildings of a city skyline....
cartoon by Reg Manning; A man labeled "Uno who" stands at a judge's bench and asks the judge,"-Do you mind if I make a suggestion, Judge?" Behind the man, a police officer brings in two men labeled "Members of auto-theft ring." A sign indicates...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 6, 2006 with Vaughn G. Couk. Mr. Couk was a resident of New Orleans who managed restaurants and bars before Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Mr. Roberts Wilson Jr. was born July 6, 1941, in Rosedale, Mississippi. After attending both Vanderbilt University and the University of Mississippi, he went to Washington. D.C., during the mid 1960s where he worked in the office of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on April 2, 1972 with Mr. R. Jess Brown in Jackson, Mississippi. Brown was born in Coffeeville, Kansas, on September 2, 1912, and was raised in Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the Thigpen Hardware office after Christmas Eve burglary. Shown are two desks, one in foreground and one in background with typewriter. Many files and other items litter the room.
