Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
Oral history.; An interview with Robert Hirsch conducted on June 8, 2007. Hirsch describes his experiences as Superintendent of Ocean Springs School District during Hurricane Katrina.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
Materials in this collection were donated by William M. Colmer: First accession-1970. Additional information online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m024.htm
Photograph of the 1914 men's varsity basketball team. Featured in the yearbook, Neka Camon, on page 53. Players pictured left to right: Sample, Furlow, Benson, Thompson, Longest.
Photograph of the 1914 Mississippi Normal College baseball team [and coaches?]. Pictured left to right: Reeves, Sewell, Allen, Felder, Gunnell, Welborn, Sample, Rowan and East. This photo can also be found in the 1914 Neka Camon on page 56.
Photograph of students, a teacher, and observers in a classroom. The annotation "Henley" has been added beside one of the children. The child nearest the camera has turned to face the camera. Photograph featured in the Neka Camon yearbook, page 58....
Photograph of a science class at practical work. The caption reads: "The teacher of science, Mr. Slay, giving a demonstration of farm water works to a section of class. This outfit shows tank, tower, gasoline engine, kitchen sink faucets, and pipe...
Photograph of Orville G. Brim, Head of Department of Education. Also found in Dearly Bought, Deeply Treasured on page 40, and in the 1914 Neka Camon yearbook on page 9, and in the February 9, 1982 Student Printz; 4 x 6
Yearbook page featuring photograph of B. F. Valentine of Jones County and the poem, "Our Dear Old M.N.C." by M.D. Dunlap; The New Spirit, 1915, page 41; 7 x 10
