Oral history.; Discusses her childhood education, life at Alcorn State University as a college student, and her early teaching positions. Describes her voting rights lawsuit and the repercussions on her career. Expresses her opinions on school...
Oral history.; An interview with Michael Hewes conducted on December 29, 2006. Hewes discusses his preparations before, and his experience during, and cleanup and recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi.
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...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Eighteen-page handwritten journal authored by Margaret Hazelton. The journal provides a day-by-day account of Hazelton's experience as a Freedom Summer volunteer working in Clarksdale,...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Front and back pages from an original issue (No. 32) of "Wilhelm Gymnasium" school journal with illustrations done by H.A. Rey as a student undated. 8" x 10"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Page (p. 27) from Margret Rey's journal of pottery notes and diary written at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine, dated April 27. 8.5" x 14"
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Pages (p. 2-3) from original issue of "Wilhelm Gymnasium" (No. 34) school journal with illustrations by H.A. Rey as a student undated. 8.5" x 6"
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...
Oral history.; Mr. Palmer E. Foster was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and moved with his family to Ripley, Mississippi. After his high school graduation, he spent four years in the Army during World War II. Then he entered Rust College and in 1949...
Oral history.; Ms. Phyllis Hawkins Harper was born October 6, 1933, in Mooreville, Mississippi. She graduated from Mooreville High School and went on to Itawamba Junior College and the University of Mississippi. During the Depression, Ms. Harper...
Oral history.; Reverend Robert James Jamison was born on May 28, 1936, and lived in both St. Louis, Missouri, and the community of Shake Rag in Tupelo, Mississippi. Reverend Jamison earned money in high school from carpentry and upon graduation, he...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 26, 1993 with Pete Johnson, nephew of Paul B. Johnson Jr., at his home in Madison, Mississippi. Pete Johnson was born on May 12, 1948 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He received his B.S. degree in business...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 2 pp. on 1 folded leaf. (15.5 x 10 cm.) To Mr. [Edward] Bok from Kate Greenaway at Hampstead dated 21 December 1894. On mourning stationery. [This letter was written to Edward Bok, publisher...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This is the first page of an issue of The Temple journal, showing an article promoting a speaking engagement of Rabbi Ben-Ami on April 4, [1965]. Ben-Ami's topic was Jews in the Civil Rights Movement. Also...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. A man (Lyndon Johnson?) with long hair stalks away from the barber chair and expresses his dissatisfaction by shouting obscenities. The barber, with an innocent expression on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Charlie Daniel. The heads and upper bodies of Henry Kissinger and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia are shown facing each other. Kissinger says, "Now about foreign aid..." and King Faisal says, "How...
cartoon by Charlie Daniel; Constantly hit on the head by water drops, a man sits in a living room full of water. His newspaper reads, "Cost of Living Up .6 of 1% Last Mo." and this scene is called "American Water Torture."
