From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi counties and Indian territories. To the left, right , and bottom of the map are columns of text discussing aspects of Mississippi. Topic heading are "Situation, Limites en Etendue", "Aspect du Pays, Sol,...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi showing counties and Indian territories. To the left, right and bottom of the map are columns of text discussing different aspects of the state. Topic headings are "Situation, Boundaries, and Extent",...
Photograph of head football coach Bobby Collins discussing a call with an umpire. Both men are pointing onto the field, and the umpire holds a rulebook in one hand.
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.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
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 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
From the Betty Koch Erwin Papers.; A three-page draft of a letter written by Betty Erwin to Helen Jones discussing Erwin's depiction of African Americans in her novel, Behind the Magic Line; 8 1/2 x 11
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Letter from Dick [last name unknown] to Miller discussing planning phases of COFO's Mississippi Freedom Summer. Emphasis is put on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the challenge...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typed letter from Ney M. Gore to William J. Simmons, dated October 12, 1955, written in response to a letter from Simmons discussing the occurrence of maintenance and barratry in South Carolina and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Confidential, internal staff memo discussing the upcoming March 25, 1964, Leflore County Freedom Day.
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...
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 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...
