Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 6, 1981 with Dr. W. J. Cunningham at his home in Memphis, Tennessee. William Jefferson Cunningham was born on December 23, 1905 in Iuka, Mississippi. In 1929, he graduated from the University of...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 1, 1977 with R.B. Layton. Mr. Layton was involved in the Jackson Public Schools as a teacher, a principal, and a curriculum director from the late 1930s to the middle 1970s. Layton was director of...
Oral history.; Discusses Clarence Magee's family, his responsibilities on the farm, and first memories of racism. Talks about the African American schools around Columbia, Mississippi. Describes his attempts to register to vote in Hattiesburg and...
Oral history.; Interviews conducted on May 11 and 12, 1992 with James C. Simpson (1930-1994). Simpson was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives from Harrison County in 1964. He served six more consecutive terms covering more than 20...
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...
Photocopy of a two-page typed and handwritten letter, dated [July 11, 1964] from Joe Ellin to "kids" [Susan and Diane]. In this document, Joe's frustrations are evident in the tone he uses in writing. He talks of a lack of teaching materials in the...
Letter written from Natchez, Mississippi, on 11 December 1864, by Thomas C. Prescott, a member of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry, and one of the more than 4500 Federal troops occupying Natchez. The letter contains personal comments on living...
One printed pamphlet presented by Governor Letcher containing an urgent request from Peter B. Starke that the General Assembly of Virginia respond to Mississippi's resolution supporting a convention of Southern states which Starke had presented to...
One printed pamphlet in four parts: a preface by Virginia Governor John Letcher, a letter from Peter B. Starke, a letter from Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, and resolutions of the Mississippi legislature, (Virginia General Assembly, House...
Communication of Secretary of Treasury. By the Chair; Laid on the table and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 25 November 1864.
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives, includes Communication from Secretary of Treasury, Communication from Attorney General, and an Estimate of Additional Appropriation, under the control of the Attorney General, for...
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives, includes Communication from Secretary of Treasury, Communication from Attorney General, and an Estimate of Additional Appropriation, under the control of the Attorney General, for...
Message of the President to the House of Representatives; Includes Communication from the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and Communication from S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General.
Message of the President to the Senate and House of Representatives; Includes Communication of the Secretary of War, James A. Seddon, and Communication of Chief of Engineer Bureau, J. F. Gilmer, Maj. Gen. and Chief of Bureau.
