Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Bruce Grimes, a resident of Pascagoula, MS, who describes his experience during Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including re-building his home.
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,...
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...
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.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial has climbed up a tall ladder to a diving board and is preparing to dive into a large vat of water below. At the top of the ladder is a flag pole with a pennant,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The barrel of a huge cannon labeled "Growing war in Vietnam" is pointing almost straight up, and a young woman labeled "World peace" with a laurel wreath on her head sits on its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Riedell. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as an admiral, is in the crow's nest at the top of a sailing ship mast. He is looking forward into the distance and holding a monocular spy glass. The flag...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Lyndon Johnson and Nguyen Van Thieu are each on a tree branch which almost, but do not quite, meet in the middle of the cartoon. Johnson has climbed far out on his branch, and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Lyndon Johnson, dressed in working ranch attire, walks away from the barbed wire fence he has just climbed over. He holds both hands behind his back, covering his posterier, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. An elephant dressed in winter clothing and ice skates stands on the shore of a frozen lake, shivering and covered in icicles. Behind him, the lake ice is cracked and has a...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A fierce looking bull dog stands at the base of a tree and barks at a man who has climbed the tree. The tag on the dog's collar is labeled "Crime Commission" A man wearing a trench coat and a hat low over his eyes is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Knudsen. Lyndon Johnson, holding a briefcase labeled "Vietnam peace," has just climbed to the top of a mountain labeled "Bombing halt." Fatigue and sweat are apparent. He sees three other...
Oral history.; Ms. Margaret Keith Andresen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 3, 1943. She attended Perkinston High School and the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. As a teacher at Moss Point High School from...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 14, 2006 with Penny Dean, Hancock County Board of Supervisors board secretary. Dean discusses her experiences during Hurricane Katrina as well as recovery efforts.
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 October 22, 2005 with Wendy Frost. A registered nurse from Findlay, Ohio, Ms. Frost was a volunteer with the American Red Cross in South Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 9, 2007 with Perry and Bobbye Gibson. Long-time residents of the Gulf Coast, they discuss their ties to the community of Bay St. Louis as well as their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 19, 2009 with George Bass, Chief of Long Beach Fire Department. He talks about losing his home and his other experiences in Long Beach during and after Hurricane Katrina.
