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.; An interview conducted on June 1, 2007 with Dr. Ethelyn Patricia ""Pat"" Joachim. Associate Provost for the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast, Dr. Joachim describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on her own home as well...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 21, 2006 with Natalie C. Brown. Miss Brown lived near the Tulane campus during Hurricane Katrina and describes her evacuation and return to the city.
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Autograph letter signed. 3 pp. on 1 folded leaf. (18 x 11.5 cm.) To Dolly from Kate Greenaway at Hampstead, dated 28 September 1895.
Letter written from Natchez, Mississippi, on 11 December 1864, by Thomas C. Prescott, a member of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry, and one of the more than 4500 Federal troops occupying Natchez. The letter contains personal comments on living...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 5, 1999 with Sheila Michaels (born 1939). She attended the College of William and Mary, but was suspended for her political and racial opinions while on the school's newspaper board. In 1961, she joined...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A census taker stands on a front door stoop and writes in a ledger labeled "1970 Census" The owner of the house stands with his elbow leaning against the door jamb and looks very impatient with the census taker who asks...
cartoon by John Riedell; A student sits at a desk with a piece of lined paper in front of him. He rests his head on his left hand. He thinks about writing on the paper; in his imagination, this is what he writes:"School is like going to the...
cartoon by Vic Runtz; A worried looking American eagle has alighted on a branch. It drips blood labeled "Staggering waste in defense spending" from its breast. Below the branch a bear looks intently at the eagle. In the lower right corner, a cat...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on July 28, 1981 with Reverend Clinton Collier at the Methodist Church in Morton, Mississippi. Collier was born on August 24, 1910 [i.e. 1909] in rural Neshoba County. After completing the eighth grade, which...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on June 9, 1977 with the Honorable Herman B. DeCell in his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi. DeCell enrolled at the University of Mississippi but with the start of World War II, he was called to service. After...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on June 11, September 26, October 10, and November 21, 1985 with Ms. Ruby Magee in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Magee was born on August 12, 1940 in Tylertown, Mississippi. In 1962, she received a BA in...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A Vietnamese military officer drives a vehicle labeled "Viet Nam" under a prominent, hot sun. An insect is flying around the officer's head, its buzzing wings making the sound...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Hubert H. Humphrey, dressed in cowboy attire, rides a snorting, bucking donkey, with its hind legs and hindquarters in the air. Beneath the donkey's suspended hind legs is a cloud...
From the Adams (John Q.) Letters. Letter from John Quince Adams to his wife, Sarah Adams, dated 1 July 1862, written from Camp Big Springs, Mississippi. Adams, who served in Co. E., 60th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteers during the Civil War,...
