The Miss Southern handbook was written to help incoming female students adjust to life at the University of Southern Mississippi. It outlines codes of conduct and helps female students prepare for college.
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 March 3, 1976 with Dr. William A. Butts at his office on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. Butts was born in 1933 near Kilmichael, Mississippi. After graduating high school, he went on to...
Oral history.; Mrs. Frances Ryals Terry was born July 30, 1923, in Greenville, Mississippi. She was a child during the Depression and during the flood of 1927. Mrs. Terry grew up near Hollandale, Mississippi. She graduated from Delta State...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 7, 1976 with Mr. P.A. Tims of Poplarville, Mississippi. Tims was born on October 20, 1890 in Ethel, Mississippi. In 1912, he enrolled in the first class to convene on the campus of the newly established...
Oral history.; Mrs. Alyce West Richardson was born on August 2, 1930, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. She graduated from Cleveland High School and Delta State Teachers College and worked as the secretary-treasurer of West Implement Company, Inc., and...
Carbon copy of a 1 1/2-page typed letter, dated July 9, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to an anonymous person(s). The document describes Freedom Schools (curriculum, enrollment, etc.) and the opinions of teachers and students. It also details the local...
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...
The Student's Guide for 1916-1917 contains information for students at Mississippi Normal College and local advertisements. It was edited and published by W.R. McGaw.
Photograph of students in front of the Demonstration school building, later named George Hurst Building. Photograph featured in the 1944 Southerner yearbook on page 5.
Photograph of a group of freshman students in front of the Administration Building. The photo is featured in the 1958 Southerner yearbook on page 87 with the caption: "Freshman poise and dignity."
Photograph of a campus scene that includes students standing near the east side of Bennett Auditorium, with the Administration Building in the background.
Photograph of the Science Hall laboratory, with students and instructors, including H. B. Longest (2nd from right) and R. J. Slay (4th from right). Photograph featured in the 1920 Neka Camon yearbook on page 55.
Photograph of J. Fred Walker and some of his anatomy students in class. Dr. Walker joined the faculty in 1926 and remained for almost half a century. Photograph also found in Chester M. Morgan's book, Dearly bought, deeply treasured, on page 45.
From the Mary Lillian Peters Papers. Pamphlet called "Helpful Hints to the Students of the Mississippi Normal College by the YMCA and YWCA" lists guidelines to help students succeed at MNC. Circa 1921-1925.
