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...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Poster commemorating Curious George's 50th birthday party at the Charles Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts in February, 1988. 18" x 28.5"
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...
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...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of twenty-two men seated at a large table enjoying the banquet celebrating the opening of the Hotel Hattiesburg. Among the attendees were E. E. Conner, Dr. T. E. Ross, Sr., Herman Katz, Dr....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. Two uniformed cleaning women are working in a large room in Paris. The Eiffel Tower is seen through the window, and snow is falling outside. One woman is vacuuming the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on December 3, 1971 with the Honorable Charles Evers at his office in Fayette, Mississippi. Evers was born on September 11, 1922 in Decatur, Mississippi. In 1950, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in social...
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 Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Group photograph of the "Know Mississippi Better" train participants on the 1928 tour. Photo was taken at the Davenport Hotel on 14 August 1928, and includes members of the State Teachers College Band.
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Crayon illustration/cut-out figure of "Hotel de l'Europe" from H.A. Rey's unpublished French language book, La Rue: Decoupages a Colorer [ca. 1935-1940]. 7" x 10.5"
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the hotel at Mammoth Springs, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, circa 1910. Pictured are a large two-story hotel with porch and balcony, and one cottage. The structures burned down around...
Photograph of members of the Institution Administration Department, the International Food Service Executives Association, and the Hotel Management Student Association. Photograph also found in the 1987 Southerner yearbook on page 262.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the menu listing southern delicacies served to guests the night of the opening of the Hotel Hattiesburg in 1906. Retouched: orange line removed; 5 x 7
