Photograph of Harry Arcarese, as Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
Photograph of General Nat and his horse. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie. This photo is featured in...
Photograph of Ray Gibson, as Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
Photograph of Steve Hood, as Southern's mascot, General Nat, aids cheerleaders in leading a pep rally for one of the out-of-town ball games. Hood prospects for Big Gold at each football game with the aid of the mascot mule, Sergeant. In 1953,...
Photograph of Southern's mascot, General Nat. In 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners’ mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat’s horse was named Son of Dixie.
Printed copy of an order, dated 26 February 1870, dissolving the Fourth Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas), a unit that had been created by Congressional order in 1867. General Sherman and E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General, are named in...
Photograph of the Home Economics Building, later named Fritzsche-Gibbs Hall. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured on page 61, and in the 1931 Neka Camon yearbook on page 33.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial and New Orleans city councilman Joseph V. DiRosa are dressed as train conductors. Candidates for mayor of New Orleans, they are arguing beside the tracks where...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu stand at the bow of a ship named "Peace program." The ship, with anchor stowed, is steaming through an ice field under a stormy sky. Three nearby...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1972 with Dr. William Penn Davis at his home in Jackson, Mississippi. Davis was born in Union County, Mississippi on August 5, 1903. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mississippi College in...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 18, 1972 with Ms. Ruby Magee at College Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi. Magee was born in 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in history and political science from...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy. On...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 23, 1973 with Mr. William Dukes in his office in Gulfport, Mississippi. Dukes was born in the Sullivans' Hollow area near Raleigh, in Smith County, Mississippi on January 15, 1927. After his discharge...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on May 17, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. This is the second part of an interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with...
Photograph of Jimmy Buffett at a book signing. Buffett was named one of the University of Southern Mississippi's most intriguing people of 1999. Also found in the 1999 Southerner yearbook on page 287.
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 man [____ Powell] sits in a pleasure boat named "Lazy days" under a strong sun. He is holding a newspaper with a headline, "House action on Powell." He is saying, "...No seat...
