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.; An interview conducted on August 2, 2007 and October 9, 2007 with Edmond Boudreaux, Jr., a longtime Mississippi Gulf Coast resident and active local historian of the region. Mr. Boudreaux discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A tall Queen Elizabeth II and a shorter English man stand with Westminster Palace in the background. The Queen's dress is patched and labeled, "Royalty's finances." The man's...
Oral history.; Dr. Forest Kent Wyatt was born on May 27, 1934, in Berea, Kentucky. He graduated from Delta State College (now Delta State University) with a double degree in mathematics and health, physical education, and recreation. He then began...
Playbill for the production of Elizabeth the queen, presented during the 1977-1978 season. Dayna A. Anderson directed the play in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree.
Oral history.; Lusia Harris-Stewart was born February 10, 1955, in Minter City, Mississippi. She attended Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi. In 1977, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Delta...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 17, 1980 with the Honorable Tony Byrne, former mayor of Natchez, Mississippi at his office in the Natchez City Hall. Byrne was born on May 18, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi. He attended Mississippi...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 26, 1979 with Mr. William J. Simmons at his office in Jackson, Mississippi. Simmons was born in 1916 in Utica, Mississippi. He attended Millsaps College and Mississippi College, graduating from the...
Oral history.; Discusses the prominence of the United Daughters of the Confederacy among Southern white women prior to World War II and the annual observances of Confederate holidays. Mentions other influential women's organizations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Mr. Wesley C. Webb was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 2, 1938. After his graduation from high school, Mr. Webb entered the Navy, boarding the U.S.S. Helena for Japan. For two years and nine months, Mr. Webb served in the...
From the Walter Anderson Papers.; A hand watercolored block print ('Q--Queen') mounted on corrugated cardboard from Walter Anderson's An Alphabet; 12 1/2 x 14 1/2
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. The Queen of the Pirate Isle by Bret Harte, illustrated by Kate Greenaway (London: Chatto and Windus, [1886]). pencil sketch (14 x 19 cm.) for p. 14.
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Yearbook page featuring images of the Homecoming Queen and Court, the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, and Scott Hall; 1962 Southerner, page 198; 9 x 12
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A giant prince sits on a box next to the Mississippi River as it flows through New Orleans. He is reading a book titled "How to awaken a sleeping beauty," and nearby is a sign...
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.; An interview conducted on February 6, 2006 with Vaughn G. Couk. Mr. Couk was a resident of New Orleans who managed restaurants and bars before Hurricane Katrina.
