Oral history.; An interview conducted on May 9, 2007 with Perry and Bobbye Gibson. Long-time residents of the Gulf Coast, they discuss their ties to the community of Bay St. Louis as well as their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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...
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.; Interview conducted on January 5, 1978 with Miss Florence Mars at her home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Mars was born on January 1, 1923 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. She studied at Millsaps College and University of Mississippi,...
Oral history.; Percy Brooks was born on November 15, 1911 to a family of farmers. His grandfather had been freed from slavery during the Civil War, and afterwards sharecropped and rented land to save money to buy eighty acres in 1909. Mr. Brooks...
From the University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum collection. White blown and cast sulfide glass sculpture of three apothecary bottles stacked on top of each other, by Stephan Paul Day.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two boxes are stacked on top of each other, each labeled, "Vaccine...This end up." One box also has a sign attached that reads, "Orleans-St. Bernard K.O. measles...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Democratic donkey is driving an automobile labeled “Off to Chicago” on a highway. Luggage is stacked on the car trunk. The Republican elephant is running in the opposite...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Richard Nixon is shown as a schoolboy wearing a uniform of short pants, short sleeved shirt, and necktie. He is in a school room looking at a chalk board with the...
cartoon by Jack Jurden; A mail man is carrying on his back a large sack filled with packages. He is also carrying an armful of stacked letters, and another stack is tucked under his arm. It is raining, and there are puddles pooling at his feet as...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A man and a woman are featured in the aisle of a grocery store. The shelves are stacked high, and the woman is trying to reach for something on a shelf that is out of her reach. The upper rows of the towering shelf,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...
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 October 27, 2006 with Hunter Dunaway in which he discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
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 October 6, 2006 with Fred Dunaway and Caroline Dunaway. Residents of Back Bay, Biloxi, Mr. & Mrs. Dunaway discuss their experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 29, 2005 with C.A. ""Troy"" Guider. Mr. Guider discusses his experiences during and after Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on November 12, 1981 and February 6, 1982 with Judge J. P. Coleman. Coleman was born on December 9, 1914 in Fentress, Mississippi. After attending the University of Mississippi, he was invited to work in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2008 with Rev. Lee J. Adams, Jr., a pastor at Little Rock Baptist Church in Gulfport, MS. Mr. Adams discusses the role of the church in recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
