Oral history.; Mr. Aaron Morgan was born December 18, 1909. He attended Oak Hill School through the seventh grade and then attended Auburn Consolidated Schools, driving a covered wagon with a pair of mules as a school ";bus."; He finished high...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they...
Oral history.; Dr. Antone Walter Tannehill, Jr., was born May 22, 1929, in New Orleans, Louisiana, but grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He attended Vanderbilt University and Duke University Medical School. He served an internship at the...
Oral history.; Reverend Harry C. Tartt was born on October 16, 1908, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Reverend Tartt attended New Orleans University (now Dillard University) in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1934, Reverend Tartt began teaching school at...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 21, 1980 with the Honorable George M. Yarbrough at his home. Yarbrough was born on August 15, 1916 at Red Banks, Mississippi. Yarbrough served in the U.S. Army during World War II, achieving the rank...
Oral history.; Mrs. Sarah Harris Ruffin was born on April 15, 1914. Her parents came to Hattiesburg in the early 1900s. When young, Mrs. Ruffin did domestic and warehouse work. In 1949, she began working at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital as a nurse's...
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...
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
State football championship T-shirt from 1979. Pictured on the shirt is USM's eagle mascot carrying the mascots of the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, one in each hand down by his side. Below each opposing mascot is the...
Photograph of Mississippi Southern College football players on a "triumphant ride" after defeating Memphis State College 34-21. Photograph featured in the 1955 Southerner yearbook on page 221. The yearbook caption reads, "Southern, which had a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Merle Cunnington. A man labeled "Arab oil cartel" sits on the ornate saddle of a camel. He is leaning back and has his mouth open wide. He is holding a large sphere labeled "The Western world"...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as a pole-vaulter, carries a pole and runs toward the closing drawbridge of a castle. Between Reagan and the castle is a wide moat. A banner flying from a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A hippopotamus with the long ears and brush tail of a donkey and labeled "94th Democratic Congress" stands in a large, round circus or zoo cage with its mouth wide open. It is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Beneath a large sign with the words "Madison Square Garden...Democratic Convention," Jimmy Carter walks on a wide carpet which is being unrolled by four men (Edward Kennedy, Morris...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, wearing the uniform of a letter carrier, is standing beside a truck labeled "U.S. mail" which has a flat tire. The back doors of the truck are open and a device...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A steep mountainside is labeled "'68 elections" and it has a narrow road winding around it that is barely wide enough for one car. From opposite directions come two cars, one...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the background of the cartoon is a building labeled "Fort Knox" at the top of a steep mountain. It is labeled, "Bastion of the dollar" and has a huge dollar sign next to it...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Bob Taylor. An elephant stands upright on its hind legs, its entire body wrapped in a long, wide strip of white material (resembling a mummy) and a ribbon, with the exception of the tail and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A smiling, blond woman dressed in a 19th century dress and hat is labeled, "South." She holds a large Valentine card with a picture of Richard Nixon, labeled, "Be my...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. In an open field, labeled "Plain of jars," are many large jars with wide necks and without lids. Among them is a different type of jar, its lid half off. It is labeled "Jam in...
