A large crowd of people listen as President Aubrey Lucas (bottom left) gives remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Polymer Science Research Center. Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 43, no. 4 (Spring 1991) on page 36.
A letter, dated 20 January 1883, from Ralph North in Natchez, Mississippi, to Sergent Prentiss Nutt concerning information on a Federal seizure of coal boats belonging to the Nutts in 1863. Information about the incident was sought for use in the...
A printed copy of a report from the Committee on the Public Lands, dated 29 May 1812, issuing from their inquiry into the expediency of confirming claims to land in the Mississippi Territory founded on Spanish Warrants of Survey.
A printed copy of an address by Thomas Smith Grimk’e at a religious meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on 29 March 1831. In his comments Grimk’e focuses upon the resolution of the American Sunday School Union on the issue of Sunday Schools...
A requisition, dated 8 February 1861, from Colonel Gregg of the South Carolina Volunteers to Colonel Edward Manigault, Chief of the Ordinance Department, requesting ammunition for his regiment.
A three-page typed letter written by Joseph Ellin to "the Editor of the [Kalamazoo] Gazette," July 10, 1964. The document describes the local violence associated with the movement, the conditions in Hattiesburg, and opinions on desegregation. Also...
Aerial view photograph of Jackson's Memorial Stadium during the football game between USM and Mississippi State University on November 7, 1981. The game set a record for the largest attendance at an event in Mississippi sports history. Photograph...
Aerial view photograph of Veterans Memorial stadium during a football game. Photograph also found on page 162 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987.
An interview conducted on 06-08-1999 with Umoja Kwanguvu (born1925). Born William Jones, Umoja Kwanguvu actively protested and defied segregation while in the military, conducted protest activities against the prevailing Jim Crow attitudes and laws...
An orientation day, with a variety of military equipment on display was held at Camp Shelby for basic military science students at USM and area junior colleges. This group is looking over an M110 8-in Howitzer.
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
