Oral history.; Mrs. Janelle McComb was born in Lauderdale County, and moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, when two weeks old. As a child, Mrs. McComb enjoyed the annual Mississippi / Alabama Fair and Dairy Show. She survived the Tupelo tornado in her...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite and color pencil for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in "full color" graphite and color pencil for pages 34-35 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971...
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Color separation "for orange and yellow plates" for pages 26-27 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971...
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Color separation "for orange and yellow plates" for pages 32-33 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971...
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Print, linoleum, "full color," for pages 10-11 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Print, linoleum, "full color," for pages 34-35 of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A STORY is the winner of the 1971 Caldecott Medal.
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Sketch in graphite with the handwritten note "The Medicine Man with the Water that Cures all things" for A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970). A STORY, A...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Retold by R. Marriott Watson, L.L. Weldon, Emily Bennett, A.M. Hoyer, & others. Published in London by Nister and in New York by E.P. Dutton, in 1870. Illustrations signed: E. Nister. Title page...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Brochure describing the mission and motivations of the James E. Chaney Institute of Laurel, Mississippi, incorporated in 1993. Includes biographical information on James Earl Chaney and defines...
From the L.E. Faulkner Papers. Letter from Representative Colmer to L.E. Faulker, dated 25 January 1945. Colmer writes that he was "one of the five that was responsible for setting this Committee (Un-American Activities Committee) up in the first...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for R.E. Thompson of Toomsuba, Mississippi, who was a member of the State Senate from 1916-1920.
Finding aid for manuscript collection.; Her journal and articles, photographs, correspondence, Freedom School students' work, and news clippings documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, photographs, news clippings, campaign materials, scrapbooks, manuscripts, copies of published books, videocassettes, plaques and other personal items. For the full finding aid, see...
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.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 21, 1972 with the Honorable Russell C. Davis in his office in Jackson, Mississippi. He was born in Rockville, Maryland. After completing two years at the University of Maryland, Davis took employment...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
