Photograph of Athletic Director, Richard Giannini, as he unveils the new athletic mark featuring a golden eagle. Featured in the Talon, vol. 57, no. 4 (Spring 2003) on page 35.
Photograph of Golden Eagles basketball fans at a game. One holds (or is playing) a trombome. Another has a paper bag over his head with holes cut out for eyes; on the bag is written "Hokie fan" [Virginia Tech?]. Several fans hold newspapers....
Photograph of Casey Fisher, captain of the Golden Eagles basketball team. During the 1987 NIT championship, Fisher set a school record for career assists and entered the 1000 point club. Also featured in Chester W. Morgan's book, Dearly bought,...
Photograph of Robert Burns as "General Nat" with Golden Eagle featured in the Student Printz on May 17, 1973. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes,...
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...
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...
Photograph of three football fans with the letters U, S, and M painted on their chests. The photo is from the 1992 Southerner yearbook, page 29. The caption in the yearbook reads: "Student involvement is the ultimate spirit booster to those who...
Two-sided Golden Eagles football medallion for the 1974 season (the schedule is shown on the back side of the medallion). Sponsored by the Hattiesburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
Photograph of football players running onto the field at the start of a game. In the background are the uprights and a torn banner. The photograph is featured in the 1970 Southerner yearbook on page 341.
Photograph of golden eagle Nugget and mascot Seymour looking at each other during a football game. Photograph featured in the 1985 Southerner yearbook on page 352.
Photograph of the Golden Eagle Rugby Club. Caption: Rugby is not a sport for the weak. Just ask Ralph Smith, who found himself on the bottom of the scrum during a match. Featured in the 1994 Southerner yearbook on page 119.
Photograph of Golden Eagles serving in Operation Enduring Freedom. From left to right, First Lieutenant Dale Moree, Major Victor "Vito" Fiorentini, and Captain Shannon Hales show Southern Miss shirts sent by Lt. Moree's mother. Featured in the...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the interior of the Golden Rule Bargain House on Main Street. A woman is using a Speed Queen ironer.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the exterior of the Golden Rule Bargain House on Main Street, which sold furniture. A banner is advertising Speed Queen washers and ironers.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the exterior of the Golden Rule Bargain House on Main Street, which sold furniture.