cartoon by John Riedell; A couple on a picnic sit on a hill that is littered with trash. A squirrel tugs on the man's shirt, points to the trash, and asks,"Well, how would you like this on your living room rug?" The trees in the background of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. An offshore oil rig against the horizon flies a banner labeled "Pornography industry." An oil spill extends from the rig toward the shore at the foreground of the cartoon. The oil...
Oral history.; An interview conducted February 21, 2007 with Thomas Brister, who describes his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina 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...
From the Map Collection. A map of present day eastern United States. The top left has an enlarged view of the coast from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle. In addition to rivers, cities and settlements being identified, the map is littered with...
From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store on “Peanut Day." The floor is littered with peanut shell debris and a man is wearing an apron and holding a broom.
