Football guide for the 1957 season, published by the public relations office of Mississippi Southern College, for the use of journalists and broadcasters. The guide contains information on the schedule, players, opponents, band, Dixie Darlings, and...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant with a chain around its neck and a dog tag that reads "Jumbo" is labeled "$5.2 billlion general appropriations bill" across its back. Four men stand around Jumbo, and at...
From the Map Collection. A map of a settlement with a road and multiple structures. The legend describes the use of certain structures. Scale of forty poles.
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. An address to SNCC staff members and/or civil rights workers and a list of approximately 200 questions about Mississippi history and government. The questions are designed for use as part of the...
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...
Photograph of judging during the first bridge building contest for members of the Society of Women Engineers. Contestants were evaluated on technique and creativity and were allowed to use only spaghetti and white glue. Photograph also found in the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief memorandum regarding the legal authority of the federal government in matters related to civil rights. According to the memo, the federal government has the authority in court to...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of a uniformed officer standing next to an early model car at Camp Shelby. The license plate number on the car is: PHS U.S. 2, and it may be a Public Health Service vehicle put in use during...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. Photograph of Major Casteel, Camp Shelby Public Relations Office. Major Casteel stands on a platform to speak to a Hattiesburg audience during World War II. Among those seated on the platform are (l-r):...
From the Hardy (William H. and Hattie L.) Papers; Mississippi Bar Association photograph (reprint) of Captain William H. Hardy. Print provided by and in possession of Honorable Eugene C. Tullos of Raleigh, Mississippi.
cartoon by Eddie Germano;"Higher Education" is written on a stack of books that are chained up and locked. The lock is labeled "Campus Militancy." The holder of the keys is a man who has long, uncombed hair and a beard. He wears wrinkled clothing...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Complaint letter with accompanying instructions and cautions, for use to report civil rights violations pursuant to Title III of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964. Letters are to be sent to the U.S....
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; SNCC Field Secretaries Bruce Gordon (left) and Cordell Hull Reagon (right) demonstrate with the assistance of a female volunteer how the Freedom Summer volunteers should protect themselves from...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man smoking a pipe is standing next to a wall with a sign on it that reads, "Demo. nomination for District B city council seat." He is looking toward a black desk telephone...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; By literary publication and the use of the national media, the Educational Fund of the Citizens' Councils, incorporated hopes to promote a campaign for states' rights and racial integrity.
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs. A Photograph of doctors and nurses connected with the Forrest County Health Center during WWII posed outside the Center. Included are (bottom row, l-r): Dr. Miller, Mrs. Bailey, Dr. Blackwelder, Mrs....
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Voter registration form distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), made up of two sections. The first section consists of 9 questions for the registrant to...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. The Free Southern Theater performs Martin Duberman's "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church. FST actors in the scene are (foreground, left to right) FST cofounders SNCC Field Secretary...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men in an office are singing, one of them while playing a guitar. The man with the guitar is at a desk with a name plate labeled, "Orleans Levee Board." Papers on the desk...
