Photograph of a scene from Alma Hickman's pageant, "Neka Camon". The title of the scene is "Pine Needles." This photo also appears on page 37 of "Dearly bought, deeply treasured : the University of Southern Mississippi, 1912-1987."; 6 x 8
From the Shaw (Terri) Freedom Summer Collection. Program for the Free Southern Theatre production of Martin Duberman's In White America. The program lists the cast and crew and provides background information about the play and Free Southern...
Photograph of Southern Arena Theatre, also known as Hartwig Theater, a fixture on campus since 1946. The building was replaced with a parking lot when the new Theatre and Dance Building opened. Photograph also found in the 1999 Southerner yearbook...
Photograph of graduate fine arts major, Bart Noggle, and senior fine arts major, Wendy Obstler, practicing for "Les Liasons Dangereuses," the final theater production of the fall semester. Also found in the 1996 Southerner yearbook on page 38.
Program for Catfish moon, by Laddy Sartin, which was performed at Mannoni Performing Arts Center and the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Washington, DC in April 1995.
Letter from John Lion, Director of the American College Theater Festival, to President Aubrey Lucas. The letter announces the selection of USM's production of Catfish Moon for performance at the American College Theater Festival during April 1995...
Yearbook photograph with the caption: "When Bennett [Auditorium] closed during the fall for renovations, the UAC [University Activities Council] had to find an alternate location for its popular movie series. The result -- they rented out the old...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A show poster outside a theater advertises "Britain and Argentina in Falklands forever mine--a smash." A theater employee is shouting, "Last chance to see a genuine 19th century war!"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man stands in the ticket booth of the Capitol movie theater on the corner of a city street. The Louisiana state house is in the background. The marquee is labeled, “David...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The curtain on a proscenium stage has comedy-tragedy masks and the label "State fiscal theater." The comedy mask labeled "Surplus" resembles Dave Treen, and the tragedy mask...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The buildings all around a movie theater have been destroyed by rockets and bombs. Rubble is piled up, and the air is filled with planes and bullets. The marquee reads,...
Photograph of actors rehearsing a scene from Mozart's operetta, Cosi fan tutte. Pictured: Robert Mesrobian, director; Judy Balo; Jayne Thompson and Mary Starnes. Also found in the April 30, 1970 Student Printz on page 10.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Men fill the front row seats of a theater. They are labeled with names of cities that are tourist destinations: "San Francisco...Los Angeles...Miami-Miami Beach...Denver...New...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man in a darkened movie theater rises from his seat and steps into the aisle to leave, hat in hand. On the screen is a film or newsreel titled, "Thailand involvement" showing a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro sit at a theater dressing room mirror. Brezhnev holds a pot of grease paint and an applicator, and his face is covered with the paint which...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include a sit-in in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, racial violence and discrimination, the Free...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; The Free Southern Theater performs Martin Duberman's "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church on August 3 during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964. The actors appearing...
