A collection of ten 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.; An interview conducted on May 17, 2006 with Ronald J. Baker, a commercial fisherman in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Baker describes the hurricane's impact on his neighborhood, his personal business, and the shrimping industry in general.
Oral history.; Mr. Jeremiah O'Keefe was born in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on July 12, 1923. Mr. O'Keefe attended Sacred Heart Academy for high school. He entered the U.S. Navy and received his wings in the U.S. Marine Corps in May, 1943. Having...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 28, 1993 with Judge Michael L. Carr (born 1920). He moved to Mississippi when he received an appointment to serve as law clerk to Edwin R. Holmes, U.S. circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of...
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Copies of an arrest record for Albert F. Gordon and offense reports from the Jackson, Mississippi, police department dated July 9, 1961. The offense report lists names and addresses of eight...
From the Kitson (John) Letters. Letter to Richard Shaw of Gillingham, Norfolk. The front contains a document from the Stamp Office dated 6 July 1831, requesting unpaid duties from the will of Daniel Pettet. The letter, dated 2 August 1832, is a...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; L'Ecole des Loisirs letter in French. Letter in English from H.A. Rey to L’Ecole des Loisirs dated 28 July 1972. Letter in English from H.A. Rey to his American publishers, dated 6 August 1972.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Bulletin No. 1 of the Mississippi Normal College, dated July 1913, including a catalog for the 1912-1913 school year and an announcement for the 1913-1914 school year. This copy belonged to Emily Nunnery. There are no...
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter, dated 2 March 1910, from Marshall McCullough to T.P. Scott regarding the establishment of the Mississippi Normal College.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Letter, dated 7 March 1910, from T.P. Scott to "a few of the leading teachers in the state" asking them to invest $.25 each to help establish the Mississippi Normal College.
From the Austin (O.V.) Papers. Telegram dated November 11, 1923, from C. J. McNaspy to Mississippi Normal College coach O. V. Austin about a possible football game in Lafayette, Louisiana, on November 17.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Application for a faculty position. Letter from Anne H. Augustus to T.P. Scott, dated 30 August 1910. Augustus is applying for the position of Chair of the English Department.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from A.A. Montague to T.P. Scott dated 9 March 1911, concerning the transfer of 160 acres to the Trustees of the College.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from H.A. Camp to T.P. Scott dated 12 July 1911, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Hardy Street site.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from Letter, T.E. Ross to T.P. Scott dated 15 June 1911, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Hardy Street site.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 20 September 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
From the T.P. Scott Papers. A letter from W.S.F. Tatum to T.P. Scott dated 25 November 1910, concerning the selection of a site for Mississippi Normal College, favoring the Tatum property.
