From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. "Being a poetical translation of several curious fables out of Aesop and other approv'd mythologists equally as diverting and beneficial to the English reader as his comic shape and instructive...
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 5: Ann sees a frog. It is on a log. Hop, frog! See! it hops. Lesson XX is on the reverse side.
From the McGuffey's Reading Charts. A chart intended to teach students how to read the English language. Lesson 20: The cat is on the wall. Puss sees a bird; it is in the tree. She can not catch the bird; it is too high. Lesson V is on the reverse...
From Mrs. W's 1901 Diary. Mrs. W.'s diary paints a vivid portrait of the daily life of a middle class homemaker in 1901, and constitutes a daily account of the author's activities from April 1 - August 7, 1901.Very little biographical or historical...
From the Higdon (May) Collection. A small New Testament Bible, dated 1885. This Bible was presented to Ella May Higdon on June 3, 1889, and is inscribed in a child’s cursive handwriting. E. V. Sherar was the book agent who presented her with the...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; Circuit Judge M. M. McGowan, in a question and answer format, explains the meaning of interposition, and discusses its varied aspects.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet stresses the need for segregation among the races to protect the United States from decline as a civilization.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Decision of the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, in the case of Fannie Lou Hamer, et all., vs. Cecil C. Campbell, et al., handed down on March 11, 1966. The Court ruled to postpone the upcoming...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report explains why federal aid did not get to the people who really needed it in the South in the 1960s. The report also suggests adjustments that can be made to the aid programs so that...
A handwritten list of Freedom Summer volunteers and staff in Hattiesburg written by Joe Ellin. The list gives the volunteers' religion, race, approximate age, and their work site. There are tally marks for the statistics on the lower right corner....
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 Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Marion Palfi, who is doing a nationwide, photographic study on events since the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court, writes to Ed Hamlett seeking to interview and...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a destroyed bridge on the Naha Canal, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade,...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a leveled supply route or supply station, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a destroyed government building, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade, 6th...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of supply routes near the Kokuba Channel, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade,...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a destroyed bridge on the Kokuba Channel, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a supply route, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade, 6th Marine Division.
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a leveled bridge on the Naha Canal, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade, 6th...
From the Okinawa World War II Photographs. Photograph of a factory site near the Kokuba Channel, presumed to have been taken during preliminary air raids on Okinawa during World War II. Photo was found by Sgt. Willie V. Oubre, 22nd Marine Brigade,...