Oral history.; Biloxi Police Director Tommy Moffett was born March 2, 1950, in Taylorsville, Mississippi. He grew up in a household of ten siblings, and they all helped in sharecropping until Mr. Moffett was fifteen years old. His childhood was...
Oral history.; Reverend F.T. (Ted) Shepherd was born July 10, 1924, in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1942, he was graduated from Greenville High School. During World War II he served in the armed forces. He graduated from Delta State Teachers...
Oral history.; Maurice Guyton Turner was born on April 29, 1912, in Greene County, Mississippi. He graduated from Greene County Agriculture High School in 1932. After staying out of school for a year he worked in his brother's grocery store. He...
Oral history.; Mrs. Leila Lyle Wilkinson Underhill was born in Shelby, Mississippi, on July 29, 1919. She grew up during the Great Depression and remembers the flood of 1927. During World War II, Mrs. Underhill's brother was killed. Mrs....
Oral history.; Born on March 28, 1914, Dr. Eleanor Byrd Walters was born in Gunnison, Mississippi. In 1934, she received her B.S. in education from Delta State Teachers College and went on to earn several advanced degrees. From 1934 through 1943...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 22, 1996 with Mrs. Josephine Clemons Bell (born 1909). Her teaching career in elementary education in the public school of Natchez-Adams County spans twenty-nine and a half years. After retiring in...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a sales clerk helping a customer at McInnis Men's Wear clothing store on Main Street.
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of a sales clerk helping a customer at McInnis Men's Wear clothing store on Main Street.
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...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A policeman shoves a naked man into the front seat of a police vehicle. The naked mans says,"Honest...it's not 'streaking'...it's the cost of living...can't even find a barrel to wear" In the background, a number of people...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and a man labeled "Legislature" wear Santa Clause costumes (without beards) and hold a piece of paper between them that reads, "Preparations for...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor David Treen and former governor Edwin Edwards wear sweat suits and run next to each other while holding signs. Treen's sign reads, "Neglect, mismanagement,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bull dressed in formal wear labeled "Stock market" stands outside Club 1000. The cityscape in the background. A newspaper in a stand nearby shows the headline," Economy down,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier is on his hands and knees, acting as the fulcrum for a balanced lever (seesaw) being ridden by two overweight men. The seesaw is labeled "Election year results." One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. The left side of the cartoon is labeled "Two years ago." A man labeled "Louisiana" is dressed in formal wear with top hat. He is carrying...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon and two men are in the control tower of an airport. They wear white lab coats and appear to be engineers or aircraft designers. Before them on the table are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jerry Bittle. Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, dressed in western wear, are standing near buildings that took like a town of the Old West. Each has a holster and pistol. Ford's has fired...
