Photograph of a science class at practical work. The caption reads: "The teacher of science, Mr. Slay, giving a demonstration of farm water works to a section of class. This outfit shows tank, tower, gasoline engine, kitchen sink faucets, and pipe...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 30, 2007 with Cheryl Ann Blain, an engineer and oceanographer at Stennis Space Center. Dr. Blain describes her personal struggles with Hurricane Katrina as well as many of the environmental and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on March 6, 2009 and April 2, 2009 with James L. Black, a pastor at Faith Tabernacle of Praise in Biloxi, MS. Rev. Black describes the devastation that Hurricane Katrina wrought on the Mississppi Gulf Coast as...
Oral history.; Reverend Robert James Jamison was born on May 28, 1936, and lived in both St. Louis, Missouri, and the community of Shake Rag in Tupelo, Mississippi. Reverend Jamison earned money in high school from carpentry and upon graduation, he...
Oral history.; Reverend F.T. (Ted) Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II he served in the armed forces. He graduated from Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Mrs. Edith Ruff Thomas was born on February 12, 1920. She grew up on a farm that became well-established, providing products throughout Tupelo. In 1936, she lived through the Tupelo tornado, and in 1937 she was graduated from Tupelo...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 18, 1980 with Phillip West (born 1946). He has served as president of the NAACP of Adams County and as second vice-president for the state.
Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony for the dedication of Johnson Science Tower. Pictured (left to right) are: Aubrey Lucas (?), Governor Bill Waller, William D. McCain, Mrs. McCain (?), former Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., and two...
Photograph of an inscription in the lobby of the Thames Polymer Science Building, which reads: "Research is to see what everyone else has seen and think what no one else has thought." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobelist 1937.
