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Victoria Gray Adams Papers
Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.
Sandra E. Adickes Papers
Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.
Danny Arnold / Don't Look Back Motion Picture Script
Movie script for Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, a film that was shot in Hattiesburg, Mississippi during the summer of 1980. The movie became a 1981 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Richard A. Colla and based on Paige's autobiography. It stared Louis Gossett Jr. and Beverly Todd.
Col. Grover Ashley Papers
Files related to Col. Ashley’s time as Director of Cook Library at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Jeff Balfour Collection
This collection contains photographs, slides, postcards, and memoirs of Mississippi.
George Alfred Bell Letters
Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami Papers
Materials pertaining to the life and work of Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami, who served at Temple B'Nai Israel in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1963 and 1964.
Dr. John Calvin Berry Papers
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia relating to the life and career of Dr. John Calvin Berry, the first African American faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Bethea Family Collection
Genealogical materials of the Bethea family, at least partially from Hattiesburg. It consists of notebooks, folders and miscellaneous documents.
Beverly Drive-In Collection
Memorabilia from the Beverly Drive-In Theatre and the Broadway Drive-In Theatre.
Black Lives Matter Collection
Materials relating to the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Stephen H. Blair, Jr. Architectural Drawings
Architectural drawings spanning three decades of the work of Hattiesburg, Mississippi architect Steve Blair, Jr. Requires permission of current owner of building to view.
Boney Family Collection
This collection contains Boney Family materials.
Boy Scout Troop 007 Papers
Office files of Boy Scout Troop 007, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Charles R. Brent Photographic Collection
This collection contains materials about Hattiesburg and The University of Southern Mississippi.
Camp Shelby History Collection
Photographs, newspaper clippings, postcards, correspondence relating to history of Camp Shelby, an armed forces training camp located near Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Cargill-Powers Photograph Collection
Scrapbook, photographs, and newspaper clippings documenting the Cargill-Powers family.
Children of the American Revolution, John Dodd Society Records
Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers
The Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers consist of early twentieth-century documents, letters, and photographs that pertain to the Henry-Rowell-Waldrup and related families of Jasper County, Mississippi. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying traditional farming in Mississippi, World War I correspondence, women’s roles in the early twentieth century, William Carey University, University of Southern Mississippi, and local Hattiesburg history.
Community Theatre Programs and Playbills
Programs and playbills from Laurel, Mississippi area and beyond.
Peggy Jean Connor Papers
This collection should be of interest to students and researchers of the civil rights era circa 1960-1980; especially those interested in civil rights legal cases and the history of black legislators in Mississippi.
Joseph Anderson Cook Family Papers
Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook was born on November 16, 1862 in Artesia (Lowndes County), Mississippi. He was a pioneer of education in Mississippi, who provided college educations for all of his children at the school of their choice. This multi-faceted collection consists of materials that encompass the entire Cook Family, but the principal subject is Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook, first president of Mississippi Normal College at Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Vernon F. Dahmer Collection
Daughters of the American Revolution, John Rolfe Chapter, Records
Daughters of the American Revolution-Twentieth Star Chapter Scrapbooks
Official scrapbooks of the Twentieth Star Chapter (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) of the Daughters of the American Revolution, containing yearbooks, clippings, photographs, and other items documenting the chapter's activities. The scrapbooks were prepared for state-wide competition in the spring of each year.
Charles Davis Papers
Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,
Thomas E. Dearman Hattiesburg History Collection
This collection contains Hattiesburg/Petal history materials.
H.C. “Clint” Dellinger Collection
A variety of scrapbooks, newspapers, periodicals, brochures relating to Henry Clinton “Clint” Dellinger (circa 1920-2015).
Dent Family Papers
Items relating to Dent family, also includes surnames Gunn, McLeod, and Pickering. Contains a selection of very early 1900 postcards, mostly of Mississippi Gulf Coast.
East Sixth Street U. S. O. Club Souvenir Booklet
A booklet of photographic images and historical information regarding the services and activities of a U. S. O. Club for African American servicemen and their families during World War II.