From the Kate Greenaway Papers. A Day in a Child's Life illustrated by Kate Greenaway, music by Myles B. Foster (London: George Routledge and Sons, [1881]). sketch, pencil (22 x 17 cm.) verse written at bottom. preliminary sketch for p. 20.
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...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Information packet for prospective contributors to COFO's freedom school program; consists of the original proposal for the program, written by Charlie Cobb.
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A mailman delivers mail on Monday and a dog growls at him. The mailman says,"Here comes m'pal again with th'usual greeting!" On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the dog runs after the mailman and bites at his...
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...
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey holds an open metal aspirin box with "Aspirants" written on the inside lid. Marks around the donkey's head indicate sickness, dizziness, or headache. Inside the aspirin...
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A lion sits inside an enclosure next to a wall on which are written "City...State." The lion is yawning as it records hash marks, four for City and three for State. Outside 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...
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Color proof of cover or dust jacket from Baby's Prayer at Twilight written and illustrated by Priscilla Pointer (Springfield: McLoughlin Bros., 1939) Little color classics #819, from the books series of the...
Photograph of Golden Eagles basketball fans at a game. One holds (or is playing) a trombome. Another has a paper bag over his head with holes cut out for eyes; on the bag is written "Hokie fan" [Virginia Tech?]. Several fans hold newspapers....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans Mayor Ernest Morial is holding a decorated cake with two lit candles. The cake has "2 yrs. of achievements" written in the icing on its top. Morial appears pleased....
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Address written by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) for the National Conference for New Politics Convention, dated September 2, 1967, to gain support for African American voters in Mississippi. Adams requests...
From the Kate Greenaway Papers. Pencil sketch produced for "The Book of Girls" which was never published. (22.5 x 16.5 cm.) Three girls with arms around each other0. Written caption "Sisters they are."