From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. A historical marker on West Pine Street reading: “William Harris Hardy: In 1880 near the banks of the Gordon Creek, this lawyer, railroad builder and Confederate veteran selected the site for...
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 Eldon Pletcher. A boat named, "Port of N.O. Louisiana U.S.A." is sinking. The bow is tilted up and the stern is under water. Five men on the deck are watching anxiously, and they are labeled,...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. W. H. Jones Sr., Hattiesburg educator and primary influence in the establishment of the Eureka High School in 1921. W. H. Jones Elementary School was named in his honor.
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...
Booklet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers Booklet titled "To get that power" compiled by Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates to solicit funds to support the campaigns of African American candidates in the 1967 Mississippi...
Photograph of students in front of the Demonstration school building, later named George Hurst Building. Photograph featured in the 1944 Southerner yearbook on page 5.
Photograph of the front entrance of the Student Services Building, later named Kennard-Washington Hall. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 111.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled "Sales tax" and "Income tax" shout at each other on a street car in New Orleans. The streetcar is on a street under a night sky. An ornate street light has a sign that...
Photograph of the pediment and columns of Science Hall, later named Southern Hall. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 53, and in the 1931 Neka Camon yearbook on page 24.
Photograph of Lady Eagles head volleyball coach Santiago Restrepo at a game, with women players nearby. Restrepo was named the Conference USA coach of the year in 2003. Featured in the Talon, vol. 58, no. 3 (Winter 2004) on page 39.
Photograph of Robert H. "Ace" Cleveland, former Southern Miss Sports Information Director. The press box at M. M. Roberts stadium is named after him. Photograph featured in the 1992 Southern Miss Football Media Guide, page 131.
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of pitch pine trees, named for the resin they produce. The original caption reads, "Pitch Pine Trees at Lyman, Mississippi".
Photograph of students at a pep rally in front of the Student Services Building, later named Kennard-Washington Hall. Fraternity and sorority groups are on the building steps, and cheerleaders engage the crowd. Photograph featured in the 1962...
