Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Carol Mars, a retired librarian, who discusses Hurricane Katrina's effects on her life as well as the Pascagoula Library and surrounding area.
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.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
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.; Kathleen (Kat) Bergeron was born on April 23, 1950. She attended Gulfport East High School and the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshal University in Huntington, West Virginia. From 1995 to 1996, Ms. Bergeron attended...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the background of the cartoon are two buildings of a deserted jungle-like town. One of the buildings is labeled, “Jonestown.” Litter is scattered on the ground. In the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into three panels, two above and one below. A man sits at a desk with a typewriter, paper, and coffee cup. An editor has entered the room and says,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. On the left, a large man labeled "KGB" sits in a plush chair reading a large book titled, "Our man in Tehran." Frowning, he is looking up...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. A new version, to which is added Little Jane and her mother. Published in Boston by Wm. J. Reynolds and Company, in 1848. Page numbering is inconsistent. Three parts issued in one, each with...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Adapted and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. Published in New York by G.W. Dillingham, in 1903. Cover title. "W.W. Denslow ... has improved [this story] by elimination of all coarseness, cruelty,...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Also from the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers. Illustrations by H.A. Rey. Published in London by Chatto & Windus, in 1937. Cover title. "Date from: Commire. Something about the author." ...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1890s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. "159."
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1910s. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. "159." Acquired...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., copyright 1907. Title, imprint, and series statements from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in...
