Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 12, 1997 with Winifred Green (born 1937). After earning a bachelor's degree in English from Millsaps College in 1963, Mrs. Green and four other women formed Mississippians for Public Education, one...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 7, 1976 with Dr. W. B. Thompson at his office at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. Thompson was born on November 5, 1920 in Columbus, Mississippi. After returning from service in World War...
From the Esther Hautzig Papers.; Title page (p. 2) with editor's notes from Esther Hautzig's On the Air: Behind the Scenes at at TV Newscast; 8 1/2 x 11
Transcribed copy of a speech given by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) during her campaign for the United States Senate in 1964. Discusses Section I, Title I of the Civil Rights Bill and its effects on African Americans in Mississippi. Also describes...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Original title page of the British version of Curious George ("Fifi") from H.A. Rey's Fifi: The Adventures of a Monkey (1941). 9.5" x 12.5"
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.; Two interviews conducted on October 28 and November 2, 1976 with Professor Charles G. Marx at the University of Southern Mississippi Campus in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Marx was born on November 23, 1932 in McComb, Mississippi. ...
Oral history.; Mr. Billy Joe McCain, Sr., was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1936. When he was four years old, his parents divorced, and he returned with his mother to her parents' home in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended segregated schools,...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Carbon copy of a five-page typed Report on the Library written on August 26, 1964 by Nancy Bowles Ellin. The report lists book loan procedures and policies. The main library in the project's headquarters and branches at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, the...
From the Rare Books Collection. Title page of Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books : together with several other poems composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Also from the title page: Translated from the Galic [Gaelic] language by James...
From the T.P. Scott Papers. Bulletin No. 1 of the Mississippi Normal College, dated July 1913, including a catalog for the 1912-1913 school year and an announcement for the 1913-1914 school year. This copy belonged to Emily Nunnery. There are no...
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.
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.
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.
