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.; Bishop Joseph Howze was born August 30, 1923, in Daphne, Baldwin County, Alabama. He attended all-black, segregated schools, and he graduated from high school in Mobile, Alabama. Bishop Howze was a teacher in public and Catholic...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 21, 2007 with Aimee Gautier-Dugger, who describes her experience waiting out the storm in Gautier, the city her ancestors founded, and the struggle to regroup after the storm.
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a man in front of pines. The slash pines were planted as tubelings in April 1979 at the Longleaf Tract in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The tree on...
From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a man in front of pines. The slash pines were planted as tubelings in April 1979 at the Longleaf Tract in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Photograph of the construction of the Bond Hall parking lot featured in the June 26, 1974 Student Printz. The caption reads, "Pine trees uprooted. A parking lot to be located behind Bond Hall required the removal of several large pine trees growing...
Photograph of Scene from Alma Hickman's pageant, "Neka Camon." A primeval forest scene with Miss Hickman as the Spirit of the Pines. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 36; 7 x 4 1/2
Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 19, 2008 with Laura Clare Thompson Creel. A life-long resident of Biloxi, Mrs. Creel recounts her family history and experience dealing with hurricanes, including Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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...
Oral history.; Gwin E. Douglas was born on November 9, 1923, in State Line, Mississippi. Douglas graduated from Leakesville High School in 1942 and worked briefly with his father in the naval store and the timber businesses until he was drafted...
Oral history.; Viola Brown Sanders was born in Sidon, Mississippi, on February 21, 1921. After Miss Sanders finished her education, she taught school for two years in Glen Allan, Mississippi. In 1943, Miss Sanders joined the United States Navy...
Oral history.; Maurice Guyton Turner was born on April 29, 1912, in Greene County, Mississippi. He graduated from Greene County Agriculture High School in 1932. After staying out of school for a year he worked in his brother's grocery store. He...
Oral history.; A native of Mississippi, Mrs. Bates received degrees from Tougaloo College and West Virginia University, with further study at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She has been a resident of Denver, Colorado, for...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 24, 1975 with the Honorable O.H. Barnett (born 1902). Mr. Barnett was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1958 and served until 1975. He presided during the civil rights movement in the 1960s, during the...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of a stand of tall, slender long leaf pine trees. A child standing among the trees dramatizes their enormous height. The original caption reads, "Small Long Leaf at Lyman,...
From the Ingram-Day Lumber Company Photographs Collection. Photograph of long leaf pine tress. The original caption reads, "Tall Straight Long Leaf in a 'Flat' at Yarbo, Alabama".
