Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 31, 1981 with Mr. Cecil Shelton at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Shelton was born on September 1, 1945 in Gore Springs, Mississippi. After graduating high school in...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Correspondence between William C. Erskine and McLoughlin Bros. (12 pages) relating to Marge's Little Lulu Her Train Ride to Grandma's [Marjorie Henderson Buell] (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1946) Westfield...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
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.; Interview conducted on September 2, 1981 with Mrs. Irene Napier at her home in Mount Olive, Mississippi. Napier was born on December 21, 1917 at Mount Olive in Covington, Mississippi. After having studied two years at Jones County...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 8, 1976, with Will D. Campbell. Mr. Campbell, born in Amite County, Mississippi, was ordained as a pastor at the age of 17. He first became aware of race relations during time spent in the military, when...
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 Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. Letter from Jefferson Davis to Frank Moore, dated 13 June 1880. The letter is a response to a previous inquiry by Frank Moore relating to the Confederate Congress. This letter may have been written and...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Production folder with notes; correspondence with William C. Erskine, copyright merchandiser and representative for Marjorie Buell, for Marge's Little Lulu at Grandma's Farm [Marjorie Henderson Buell]...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from McLoughlin Brothers Inc. to Jacob B. Abbott and the corresponding shipping order, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Jacob B. Abbott to Mr. Laughton and the handwritten tag, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, galleys,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Kathryn H. Abrams to McLoughlin Brothers Inc. and the corresponding tag, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Alma Rice, Editorial Department of McLoughlin Brothers Inc. to M. Marie Adams with corresponding shipping order, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Clarissa Lorenz Aiken to McLoughlin Brothers Inc., from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, galleys,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from Clarissa Lorenz Aiken to Miss C. Holland at McLoughlin Brothers Inc., from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from McLoughlin Brothers Inc. to Clarissa Lorenz Aiken, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain manuscripts, typescripts, galleys,...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. A Letter from McLoughlin Brothers Inc. to Dorothy Alexander with corresponding shipping orders, from the correspondence series of the McLoughlin Brother Papers. The McLoughlin Brothers Papers contain...
