Oral history.; Mr. Spain was born in 1927 in Ohio and moved with his family to Mississippi in 1930. While still a high school student, he helped build and operate a local AM radio station. Having graduated with honors from Mississippi State...
Oral history.; Ms. Phyllis Hawkins Harper was born October 6, 1933, in Mooreville, Mississippi. She graduated from Mooreville High School and went on to Itawamba Junior College and the University of Mississippi. During the Depression, Ms. Harper...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 25, 2006 with Naseer and Zaheer Ahmad. Zaheer had been a taxi operator in New Orleans for twenty-five years when Katrina forced his family to Virginia. Zaheer recalls his life in New Orleans and...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. News release (press release) from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee headquarters in Atlanta. The news release identifies the Association of Tenth Amendment Conservatives (ATAC), based...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen sits at his desk with tape over his mouth. Reporters stand across from the desk asking him questions. Behind Treen on the wall are two signs that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ben Wicks. A man is holding a map and, looking over his shoulder, speaking to Lyndon Johnson. Johnson, who has been looking out a window toward the U.S. Capitol, looks toward the man. The man...
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 30, 1980 with Mr. Erle Johnston at his home in Forest, Mississippi. Johnston was born on October 10, 1917 in Garyville, Louisiana. In 1941, he moved Forest, Mississippi and bought the fledgling newspaper,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Illustrated London News. London: Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. vol. 74. Supplement. Greeting card of illustration "St. Valentine's Day" that appeared in Illustrated London News on February 15, 1879; 6 x 7
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Illustrated London News. London: Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd. vol. 74. Supplement. Pencil sketch of illustration "St. Valentine's Day" that appeared in Illustrated London News on February 15, 1879; 3.5 x...
Cover of the Winter 1988 edition of the USM Alumni News, vol. 40, no. 3. The photograph is of Dr. Aubrey Lucas, Dr. John Nau, and Dr. William McCain in Danforth Chapel, looking at the stained glass window.
Cover of the January 1955 edition of the Mississippi Southern College Alumni News. Photograph features the ground breaking for the new College Union building. President R. C. Cook, "Spud" Bradley, and Moran M. Pope turn the first spade of dirt.
Cover of the Fall 1996 edition of the USM Alumni News, vol. 49, no. 2, featuring a celebration of the years of the presidency of Aubrey Lucas, 1975-1996.
