From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Colored pencil-illustrated New Year's card, created by H.A. Rey, featuring Santa Claus making a peace sign out of the numbers in "1971," and signed by the Reys (1971). 6.5" x 3.5"
From the Gail E. Haley Papers. Print, linoleum, "full color," for pages 12-13 of of A STORY, A STORY: AN AFRICAN TALE retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley (New York: Atheneum, 1970), with the caption "Ananse and the Leopard" "#1/9" signed and...
Affidavit signed by Isaac Johnson, in the presence of the Adams County magistrate, Samuel Brookes, concerning the ownership of a female slave named Jin, or Jane.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil pastel on paper of two figures with houses in the distance, dark colors, by Lisa Millet.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Kate Greenaway's Almanack & Diary for 1897 by Kate Greenaway (London: J.M. Dent & Co., [1896]). illustration, watercolor (18.5 x 11.5 cm.) Signed KG. used for January page.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Almanack for 1883 by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1882]). illustration, brown ink (9 x 7 cm.) Signed KG. appears on January page, top.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Almanack for 1885 by Kate Greenaway (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1884]). illustration, brown ink (11.5 x 9 cm.) Signed KG. used on May page (close to design)
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Oil on canvas painting of a man in a boat on a lake, by Baurd. German label, versteigerungshavs. Matth. Pronath sail house of matthew pronath munchechen Augustenstrasse 54...
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...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; Dwight D. Eisenhower carries his hat in one hand and gestures toward an open book with his other hand. The verso page of the open book is headed "1953-1961" and reads "Safe conduct through difficult and perilous times....
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Watercolor (13 x 17 cm.) Two children leading an angel. Signed: Kate Greenaway Oct. 1892. Illustration not used in a publication.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Springfield, Mass., by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1920s. This version features a dog. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Cover...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in Springfield, Mass., by McLoughlin Bros., Inc., circa 1920s. This version features a rabbit. Title and imprint from cover. P. [2] and [3] of cover included in pagination. Cover...
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Application from a free black named Charles Harris for a license to remain in Natchez, signed by various Natchez citizens and dated 30 July 1856.
From the Adams County Police & Miscellaneous County Records. Approval of bridges built by George Weldon and authorization to pay for work. Signed by police commissioner, 26 October 1841.
Contract signed between private tutor William Westerman and representatives of twelve families in Warren County, Mississippi agreeing that Westerman will teach sixteen children of their children. The families include the Hyland, Rawls, and Gibson...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Four photographs of outdoor furniture around a swimming pool, arranged in a square grid, by George L. Snyder.
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. Off-set print, presumably of a location in Australia, of three koalas in a tree with trees and mountains in the distance, by L. Macouillard.