Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 10, 1993 with Herman Cowan Glazier Jr. (born 1918). Glazier's service record in Mississippi government spans forty-five years from 1946 to 1987. This includes his serving as exectutive assistant to...
Oral history.; Borganelli discusses her teaching career and family, public education in Mississippi, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and race relations in Mississippi.
Twenty-page typescript of the diary of Jinny Glass, dated August 7, 1964, through August 25, 1964. Glass was a Freedom Summer volunteer from California who worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center, south of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
State football championship T-shirt from 1979. Pictured on the shirt is USM's eagle mascot carrying the mascots of the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, one in each hand down by his side. Below each opposing mascot is the...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Program cover reads, "Hattiesburg, Miss. The Logical Point for the State Normal School September Sixth 1910 Hotel Hattiesburg." The purpose of this banquet was to persuade the Board of Trustees to locate the new college in Hattiesburg. Also found...
Photograph of three football fans with the letters U, S, and M painted on their chests. The photo is from the 1992 Southerner yearbook, page 29. The caption in the yearbook reads: "Student involvement is the ultimate spirit booster to those who...
Photograph of three featuretts standing around a band member. The caption reads, "So what if it is for real?"; This photo is featured in the 1958 Southerner yearbook on page 120; 4 x 5
Photograph of the March 31, 1987, article in Student printz about the National Invitation Tournament basketball victory over La Salle University. The headline reads, "Eagle fever riding high."
Photograph of the Hardy Street and 30th Ave. intersection featured in the 1985 Southerner yearbook on page 54. The yearbook caption reads, "Dangerous Hardy Street crossing gets long-awaited walk/don't walk traffic light. Photo shows Hardy...
Photograph of the Dixie Darlings. The caption reads, "The Dixie Darlings add a flash of brilliance to the field with their precisely choreographed routines." This photo is featured in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 26; 5 x 3 1/2
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 the 1917 Mississippi Normal College football team. Photograph also found on page 30 of Chester M. Morgan's Dearly bought, deeply treasured, published in 1987, and in the 1917 Neka Camon yearbook on page 78. The caption reads, "Varsity...
Photograph of students, a teacher, and observers in a classroom. A label applied to the bottom right of the photograph reads: "One of the first observation classes in Miss. Normal College. Which group is observing? One guess." The child nearest the...
Photograph of Richard Gaines. Text reads: "Rich." Southern's walking blueprint pauses in the middle of a pipe changing job long enough to have his picture taken for the Printz. Photograph by Moncrief. "Rich" The Walking Blueprint by Betty Dogherty....
Photograph of registration. The caption reads, "Registration, held quarterly is one of the many necessary evils of university life. Standing in line for hours just to get inside and then finding that the class you've been waiting three quarters to...