From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. A Day in a Child's Life illustrated by Kate Greenaway, music by Myles B. Foster (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1881]). sketch, pencil (22 x 17 cm.) verse written at bottom. preliminary sketch for p. 20.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A girl of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, possibly a Freedom School student, claps her hands and sings in Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer, 1964. Many folk singers visited the various Freedom Summer...
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...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The Ranger 7 spacecraft is shown with a face and arms. Ranger 7 is playing a guitar and singing as it approaches its final destination, the moon. Musical notes, stars, galaxies,...
Call me not back from the Echoless Shore. Reply to "Rock me to Sleep Mother." Song with chorus and lullaby ad lib. Words by Chas. C. Sawyer. Music by Henry Tucker.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and a man labeled "Legislature" wear Santa Clause costumes (without beards) and hold a piece of paper between them that reads, "Preparations for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Reg Manning. A man labeled "Supreme Court" wearing dark robe and straw hat sits on a stool and plays an upright piano. The sheet music he is playing from is labeled "Constitution," but he...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher; A man labeled, "Fiscal Hard Times" is playing a violin next to a sandwich board that reads, "Welcome to 'Face the Music'." A member of the 1983 legislature is saying, "Sad music...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Folk singer "Folksy" Joe (Joseph Decker) Harrison performs in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. African American children from Hattiesburg are seen in the background.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Hattiesburg residents Hettie Marsh and Geraldine Shaw listen to a traveling folk singer play his guitar in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. Many folk singers visited the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the progress of Freedom Schools in various locations in Mississippi, such as McComb, Hattiesburg, and the Delta region. Discusses the planned performances of the play...