Oral history.; An interview with Marnie Herrington conducted on October 1, 2005. Ms. Herrington discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a grove of red and white oak trees. The original caption reads, "A Red Oak and A White Oak at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of the Oak Grove, Mississippi, driver training car provided by McArthur Chevrolet.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 17, 2006 with Ronald J. Baker, a commercial fisherman in Biloxi, MS. Mr. Baker describes the hurricane's impact on his neighborhood, his personal business, and the shrimping industry in general.
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...
Oral history.; Zella McNair Weathersby was born January 1, 1929, in Mt. Olive, Mississippi. Mrs. Weathersby graduated from high school from Depriest (now known as Earl Travillion) in Hattiesburg. She attended Jackson State College and later did...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2006 with Jeff Weathersby, salesman at Pat Peck Honda in Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Weathersby describes Hurricane Katrina's destruction from Hattiesburg down to the Mississippi Coast.
Oral history.; Discusses her childhood education, life at Alcorn State University as a college student, and her early teaching positions. Describes her voting rights lawsuit and the repercussions on her career. Expresses her opinions on school...
Oral history.; The family of Dr. Isaac Thomas moved to Hattiesburg from Beaumont, Perry County, Mississippi, in 1935. He entered Eureka High School that year, graduating in 1938, one of a class of thirty three. Dr. Thomas stresses how important...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from P. D. East to Theron Lynd, dated November 26, 1962. East makes reference to an incident in which Lynd publicly accused him of being a communist and demands that Lynd either prove his accusation or go...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing in front of a huge white oak tree in a forest. The original caption reads, "A Stick of White Oak Bigger Than Anyone Can Use".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a lush forest of white oak trees. The original caption reads, "White Oak Trees at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man looking upward at a tall white oak tree in a stand of hardwoods. The original caption reads, "White Oak at Woodbluff, Alabama."
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing in a stand of mixed oak trees, dwarfed by their size. The original caption reads, "Mixed Oak a Woodbluff Alabama".
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a man standing next to a huge white oak tree in a forest. The original caption reads, "A 30" x 30" x 50' White Oak Stick in the Tree at Woodbluff, Alabama".
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Riedell. Richard Nixon is sitting at the end of a desk in an office in Washington, DC (the Washington Monument can be seen on the horizon outside the office window). On the desk is a...
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...
