Oral history.; An interview with Robert Hirsch conducted on June 8, 2007. Hirsch describes his experiences as Superintendent of Ocean Springs School District during Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 30, 2007 with Glen East, Superintendent of Gulfport, Mississippi Schools. Mr. East discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Gulfport Schools.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 6, 2009 and April 2, 2009 with James L. Black, a pastor at Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi, MS. Rev. Black describes the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Mississppi Gulf Coast as...
Oral history.; An interview with Pete Hansen conducted on August 11, 2006. Mr. Sloan is an operating room technician in Gulfport, Mississippi. He describes being at the hospital as Hurricane Katrina arrived.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to compensate Charles E. Stuart, Israel C. Owings and J.H. Taylor for the use of an improvement in instruments for sighting cannon." By Mr. Funsten, from a Special Committee; Read first and second times, placed on...
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...
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.; Mr. Pascal Nevin Sledge was born February 6, 1921, in the Alva Community east of Duck Hill, Mississippi. He attended Cleveland High School, Culver Military Academy, Delta State University, and General Motors' Chevrolet Dealer...
Oral history.; Miss Eleanor Sinclair was born and reared in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She completed the eighth grade, which was the highest grade a black student could complete in public schools at Pass Christian at that time. She worked at...
Oral history.; Discusses the prominence of the United Daughters of the Confederacy among Southern white women prior to World War II and the annual observances of Confederate holidays. Mentions other influential women's organizations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Robert Elton Cox was born February 6, 1917, at Mannsdale, Mississippi in Madison County. He attended school in Madison and graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson. He taught and coached for two years before going into the service....
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1974 with Rabbi Julian B. Feibelman in his office at the Temple Sinai in New Orleans, Louisiana. Feibelman was born on March 23, 1897 in Jackson, Mississippi. He remained in Jackson for the first...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection includes various legal briefs and transcripts from civil liberties cases (1967-1970) in which Charles Morgan, Jr., Director of the Southern Regional Office, American Civil Liberties Union,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. The moon is shown shaped like a cradle, which is rocking, and is labeled "The interplanetary age." Also shown are the earth and four other planets, including Saturn (with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon manipulates a set of balanced scales. A very small Nguyen Van Thieu sits on one balance plate, and a much heavier Mao Zedong sits on the other side. Nixon places his...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A heavy man labeled "Tax cuts...Exemptions" is standing on a scale that dispenses weights and fortunes. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen stands behind the scale and sticks his arm...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large set of balance scales is labeled, "Recent voting patterns in Jefferson Parish." On the heavier side, labeled "30 percent voting (including the political bosses)" is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An overweight woman stands on a scale. Her dress is covered in dollar signs and is labeled, "Growing U.S. dollar crisis." She holds a shoe box labeled, "Sweet spending bon-bons"...
