Photograph of the Pride of Mississippi marching band in the formation of a bow tie at the halftime performance of the 1996 homecoming football game. The bow tie is a nod to President Aubrey K. Lucas, who retired in 1996.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A four-star general in full dress uniform with medals wears dark glasses and a clown's party hat. He is labeled, "the brass" and he appears to be trying to remember something. In...
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...
Photograph of Raymond Mannoni. Raymond Mannoni became band director in 1952, and under his direction the Pride and Dixie Darlings became nationally famous. Image featured in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 88 and the 1959 Southerner...
Photograph of the Pride of Mississippi marching band in the stands during a home football game. Photograph from the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 26.
Photograph of members of Pride of Mississippi marching band in the stands at a football game. Some band members wear rain coats or slickers, while others wear bath robes and hold toilet plungers. At the bottom of the photograph is a banner with...
Photograph of members of the Pride of Mississippi and Dixie Darlings in the stands during a football game. Photograph is in the 1992 Southerner yearbook on page 15.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 14, 2007 with Richard Chenoweth, Jr., owner of Scranton's Restaurant in Pascagoula, MS. He describes his preparations for and experiences during Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on February 22, 2007 with Bruce Grimes, a resident of Pascagoula, MS, who describes his experience during Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including re-building his home.
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 19, 2008 with Vincent Creel. An employee of the City of Biloxi, Mr. Creel discussesthe city's preparation, response and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on September 4, 2008 with John Hairston, Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Hairston discusses his family history, experience during Hurrican Katrina, and the economic impact...
