Oral history.; Ms. Sarah Bernice Arnold was born January 25, 1913, in Saltillo, Mississippi. She lived through the Depression and the closing of the banks in the 1930s, at which time she went to work sewing in a factory in Tupelo. Her husband,...
Guestbook 2 of 2 for the “Passing the Torch: Documenting the 21st Century Ku Klux Klan” exhibit. The exhibit featured photographs by Southern Miss Alum, James Edward Bates and was held in Cook Library.
Guestbook 1 of 2 for the “Passing the Torch: Documenting the 21st Century Ku Klux Klan” exhibit. The exhibit featured photographs by Southern Miss Alum, James Edward Bates and was held in Cook Library.
From the Ellzey (Wesley James) Papers. A letter from C.A. Lany to Wesley and Margaret Ellzey dated November 11, 1886. Lany writes of her husband's work and her current living situation. She then asks Wesley about the death of their mother and asks...
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Rights Collection. A group of African American civil rights workers standing on the street corner in Greenville, MS. The group is believed to be Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) members.
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Rights Collection. A Freedom Summer worker talking with an African American man on the porch of a building in Greenville, Mississippi.
From the Ellzey (Wesley James) Papers. A letter from C.A.Lany to Wesley Ellzey dated October 6, 1887. In this letter, C.A. Lany describes her health and economic status in the town of Mount Pleasant, Texas. C.A. Lany has fallen ill, and money is...
Contract signed between private tutor William Westerman and representatives of twelve families in Warren County, Mississippi agreeing that Westerman will teach sixteen children of their children. The families include the Hyland, Rawls, and Gibson...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
Photograph of J. Fred Walker and some of his anatomy students in class. Dr. Walker joined the faculty in 1926 and remained for almost half a century. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured, on page 45.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Watercolor painting of a woman in a red dress with two men in the background, by Paul Tleibaumberg.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Menachem Begin is building a platform on a wooden structure that extends outward from planet Earth. The earth is seen as a globe with latitude and longitude lines, and other planets in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A show poster outside a theater advertises "Britain and Argentina in Falklands forever mine--a smash." A theater employee is shouting, "Last chance to see a genuine 19th century war!"...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, dressed in an Army soldier's uniform, is descending stone steps into water that is up to his neck. The water is labeled "Mideast fray."
