Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2008 with Rev. Lee J. Adams, Jr., a pastor at Little Rock Baptist Church in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Adams discusses the role of the church in recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 18, 2006 with Odalee Fair. A resident of New Orleans, Ms. Fair discusses her experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
A three-page typed letter written by Joseph Ellin to "the Editor of the [Kalamazoo] Gazette," July 10, 1964. The document describes the local violence associated with the movement, the conditions in Hattiesburg, and opinions on desegregation. Also...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to provide for disabled officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, privates and seamen." By Mr. Funsten; Read first and second times, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
Oral history.; Mrs. Frances Ryals Terry was born July 30, 1923, in Greenville, Mississippi. She was a child during the Depression and during the flood of 1927. Mrs. Terry grew up near Hollandale, Mississippi. She graduated from Delta State...
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.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1892. With new pictures by Maud Humphrey. Illustrated title page. Contents: Little red riding hood ; Cinderella ; The three bears ; Aladdin...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Program for a concert held by the State Teachers College Band on the courthouse lawn in Hattiesburg on 20 May 1928.
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 12 of The Traveling Musicians from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Ianray (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #69, from the books series of the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 20 of The Traveling Musicians from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Ianray (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #69, from the books series of the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 24 of The Traveling Musicians from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Ianray (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #69, from the books series of the...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. 4-part color separations for page 28 of The Traveling Musicians from the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Ianray (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1945) Westfield classics #69, from the books series of the...
