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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A stork is holding a bag labeled "New Orleans' 1980 census figures" in its bill. In the bag are many people, including mayor Ernest Morial, who with fists raised is saying,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In the background (upper area) of the cartoon, President Richard Nixon mulls over a paper entitled "Pentagon Review." In the foreground, two figures engage in a tug of war. One of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. A small Richard Nixon, labeled "Administration," is holding a letter labeled "New postal service" and he wants to place the letter in the mailbox in the background of the...
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...
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...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2007 with Rita W. Baldwin who managed Loaves and Fishes, an organization that helped Biloxi's homeless, as well as the Coastal Family Health Center. Ms. Baldwin discusses her experiences before and...
Oral history.; Gwin E. Douglas was born on November 9, 1923, in State Line, Mississippi. Douglas graduated from Leakesville High School in 1942 and worked briefly with his father in the naval store and the timber businesses until he was drafted...
Oral history.; William G. (Bud) Gray was born in Beat Five, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, on December 27, 1914. He attended a consolidated school in Crawford, Lowndes County, and high school in Artesia, where he played football. He went to...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Exemplified in a series of figures. Published in London by S. and J. Fuller, in 1810. This copy is the 6th edition. The illustrations are hand-colored cutouts with interchangeable parts. ...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil pastel on paper of two figures with houses in the distance, dark colors, by Lisa Millet.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Print of the official advertisement for the Jubilee! Jam in Jackson, Mississippi. Features figures painting, dancing, and playing music. By Rodney Richarson.
