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...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; In the background, the capitol building is pictured with two other Washington, D.C., landmarks. In the foreground, two runners are pictured. The runner to the left, labeled "Surtax Extension," is pictured reaching behind...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; In the lower left corner of the cartoon, a miniature man is pictured holding a piece of paper labeled with dollar signs and the words "Tax Cut" He is approaching the sign at a crossroads. The various shingles attached to the...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; Inside a train station, the arrivals and departures board indicates that the train "Integration Express" from Washington to Mississippi is "Late 3 Months." A number of people of both African-American and Caucasian ethnicity...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; Three gentlemen wearing suits are pictured in an elegant and comfortable sitting room called the "Tuesday Through Thursday Club." One of the men reads a newspaper headline that states "Airline Mechanics' Strike Continues."...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; Three kites are pictured with a leafless tree labeled "Senate" Two of the kites are punctured and hanging on branches of the tree; these two kites are labeled "Carswell" and "Haynsworth" The third kite, labeled "Blackmun,"...
cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer; There are four frames in this cartoon, in which are pictured a professor wearing a bandage on his nose. Each frame also has a caption. The captions, as a paragraph, read as follows:"I've been kicked out of my...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A map of the United States is filled in with the grid lines of a graph (or chart) and is labeled "College entrance test scores." The graph line runs from West Coast to East...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A figure is pictured from the waist down, dressed in cassock and boots, and marked with hammer and sickle. Labeled "Russia," the figure is stomping on a flower that is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Karl Hubenthal. Charles de Gaulle is pictured with a very large nose labeled "Inflated franc crisis." A tightly buckled belt encircles his nose, with a tag hanging from the belt labeled...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. By the Brothers Grimm, and pictured by John R. Neill. Published in Chicago by Reilly and Britton, in 1908. Book has a dust jacket. Part of the Children's red books series.
From the Donald Elmer Lawson Papers.; A photograph of Don Lawson at the first USM Book Festival in 1968. Also pictured are: Adelaide Holl, Berthe Amoss, Jane de Grummond, Alice Cooper Bailey, and Lena Y. de Grummond; 8 x 10
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of "Tom Thumb" Wedding performed at the Opera House in 1913. Pictured left to right: Front Row: Ben White Robbins, Eugene Kelly (minister), William Follansbee. Second Row: Joy Morrow, Francis...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of front view of the Hattiesburg Hospital at the end of Bay street. The X-ray and Dispensary Department is pictured next door; 7 x 5
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of Mayor Moran Pope with Hattiesburg's first safety car. The car was donated to the city by Barron Motor Company, with assistance from the Hattiesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce. The car is...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the 1926 Mississippi Central Railroad Team in the YMCA Twilight Baseball League, Pictured are: (back row) Dillard Hill, Kenneth Rawls, Smokie Harrington, Carl Wilder, Roy Ruble, Charlie...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of the Eureka High School Basketball Team. This team won the State Basketball Championship in 1941. The team is pictured in uniform on the basketball court. At that time, Eureka was an all...
