From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to Washington Dickinson on 17...
Photograph of USM cheerleaders. Top: Brenda Talbert, Sally Floyd, Danny Mitchell, John Runnells. Bottom: Richard Peters, Nancy Meador, Jim Miller, Pam Stamps. This photo is featured in the 1970 Southerner yearbook on page 98.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A solemn looking Arab gas attendant sits near the "OPEC...Glut oil" pumps. Signs on the gas station read "You benefit from our disunity...Yes, we give trading stamps...Free car...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An 18 cent stamp has a picture of Uncle Sam wearing a very snug belt. The stamp reads, "Belt-tightening in Washington." The cartoon caption reads, "Commemorative issue."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. President Richard Nixon is in a hallway outside the open doorway to a room. Nixon is holding his suitcase which is labeled "Quest for peace trip" and has stamps and country...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam is dressed as a letter carrier. His clothes are patched and threadbare, and he is labeled, "Post Office deficit." He is carrying a full mail bag over his shoulder as...
cartoon by Jim Ivey; Governor Claude Kirk stamps "Veto" all over bills with a pogo stick stamper. Kirk tells the shocked Legislaure, "Say! This Is Fun!"
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A check written out to "the Czechoslovakian people" is for "increased freedom." It is signed by "Alexander Dubcek." The heel of the Soviet Bloc's boot stamps the check "void."
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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
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...
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...
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 19, 2005 with Stacey Goldsmith. Ms. Goldsmith discusses her experience during and after Hurricane Katrina in Brandon, Mississippi.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 12, 2007 and February 20, 2008 with Robert Gavagnie. A descendent of some of the first settlers on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Gavagnie discusses his experiences as Chief of the Bay St. Louis...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 6, 2007 with Rita W. Baldwin who managed Loaves and Fishes, an organization that helped Biloxi's homeless, as well as the Coastal Family Health Center. Ms. Baldwin discusses her experiences before and...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 4, 2007 with Jeff Bennett, Director of the Gulf Coast Mental Health Center. He describes his experience during and after Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 25, 2006 with Naseer and Zaheer Ahmad. Zaheer had been a taxi operator in New Orleans for twenty-five years when Katrina forced his family to Virginia. Zaheer recalls his life in New Orleans and...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 7, 1991 with Miss Emma Ruth Corban in her home in Meridian, Mississippi. Corban was born in Fayette, Mississippi, on September 18, 1907. She completed a BA degree in English in 1929 and her Masters...
