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...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
Barbara Johnson (Laurie) and Billy Gerald Stewart (Curley) sing "People will say we're in love" in this scene from Oklahoma. Featured in the 1961 Southerner yearbook on page 290.
Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends dated December 1962, in which the Mantinbands provide an update on events in their life and family for the past year. They mention the birth of twin grandchildren, a...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 26, 1974 with Mr. Brodie Crump at his home in Greenville, Mississippi. Crump was born in 1898 in Greenville, Mississippi. After attending Mississippi A&M College, now Mississippi State University,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 6, 1979 with Dr. Arthur Lewis, emeritus professor of mathematics, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, and emeritus Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi. Lewis...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On a large poster (side of a building?) are two theatre masks. Instead of the smiling face of comedy and crying face of tragedy, there are two crying faces. A man in colonial...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a Goodyear Tire Exhibit in 1931. A huge Goodyear tire is attached to the rear of a car parked in front of the Saenger Theatre in downtown Hattiesburg.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records Jules Irving's experiences while visiting Jackson, Mississippi, to help set up the Free Southern Theatre. Irving's notes record the reactions of community members to his...
From the Rare Books Collection. Joseph Addison's drama about Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Younger, a Roman politician and statesman who lived 95-46 B.C. This copy has brown paper boards with brown calf quarter bindings and corners...
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...
From the Southern Tourism Collection. A paper of the Heritage Tour Committee at Saenger Center. It states that there is a museum that will be open in two rooms of the Saenger Theatre.
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Laurie and Curley set off on their wedding trip as friends sing "Surrey with the fringe on top." Featured in the 19561 Southerner yearbook on page 290. See related file mus.yb1961.290.01 .
Laurie's friends, while getting ready for a picnic, sing and dance to "Many a new day" as Laurie dreams about Curly. Featured in the 1961 Southerner yearbook on page 290. See related file mus.yb1961.290.01 .
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...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, offering Season's Greetings and an update of current events in the life of their family. Mentions the couple's move from northern Alabama to Hattiesburg,...
From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Thirty-six pages (typewritten and handwritten) recounting Zoya Zeman's experiences in Mississippi from June 24, 1964, through September 6, 1964.
