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The collection consists of thirty-one photocopied pages from a scrapbook documenting the career of William F. “Bill” Dukes with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1964-1967; undated). Mr. Dukes retained the original scrapbook.

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949 single-panel original editorial cartoons.

Scope and Contents A letter dated December 15, 1863, from John Duncan in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles, Commander of the Confederate Army in Columbus, Mississippi. The letter concerns two women, Mrs. Newman and Miss Byers, whom Duncan and his niece helped to cross into Federal territory in Mississippi. Duncan also writes of the possibility of Ruggles moving to Jackson. General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A., General William Canby, C.S.A. and Governor Charles Clark of...

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This collection contains materials related to Lionel Dyck, Jr.

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This collection contains materials related to the life and activities of P.D. East. Materials include personal papers, photographs, issues of East's The Petal Paper, a speech, and letters. This collection should be of interest to anyone researching the civil rights movement in Mississippi.

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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.

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The John “Jack” Eckert Scrapbook collection contains materials that relate to Col. John Eckert’s military service in World War I, World War II, and Korea, as well as information on other members of the Eckert family. This collection is particularly of interest to researchers studying American military history in the twentieth century.

Form of Material Dr. Shirley Jones, retired Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Southern Mississippi, was co-director of the Economic and Social Development Think Tank Conferences in 1986, 1987, and 1988. Dr. Jones was the first African American dean appointed to the public university system in Mississippi. These are the programs from those conferences:1. Brochure for A Conference on Job Dislocation and Career Development in a High-Tech Society...

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Text of a speech presented by Mr. John T. Edge at the Southern Cultural Heritage Complex Auditorium in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on August 17, 2000. Mr. Edge is Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He is also the author of "Southern Belly" about restaurants and food culture across the South.

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This collection consists of four folders containing materials relating to Edith McClain Schwartz’s education and activities throughout her life.

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Materials documenting Donor's family who lived in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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Catalogs, annual reports, laws, commencement invitations and programs from various Mississippi institutions.

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Photographs, certificates, and plaques awarded to Civil War collector.

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Documentation materials concerning the discovery of the "El Cazador" shipwreck by the trawler "Mistake" in August, 1993.

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Correspondence and materials collected by these Freedom School teachers in Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer in 1964.

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Correspondence, medals, uniforms and artifacts from USM student who served in Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Korea.

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The Wesley James Ellzey Papers contains documents and a ledger pertaining to his activities as a school teacher in Pike County, Mississippi. Ellzey also served as a Justice of the Peace during the late 1870s and early 1880s.

Scope and Contents This collection contains two acts of the English Parliament which were passed in 1653. Both printed acts appear to be leaves from a published collection of parliamentary legislation. "An Act for Setling the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty" and "An Act for Redress of Delays and Mischiefs Arising by Writs of Error and Writs of False Judgement in Several Cases" are apparently from A Collection of Several Acts of Parliament for 1653. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament, periodically...

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The collection includes:

1. Hattiesburg, Mississippi City Planning Commission materials.

2. Rotary Club materials.

3. Materials from a College Business Management class.

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This collection contains materials from Mississippi Normal College.

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This is a letter written by Brigadier General Hugh Boyle Ewing of the Union Army, encamped outside of Jackson, Mississippi on July 14, 1863. In writing to his wife he recounts the shelling of Jackson, the discovery of some papers belonging to Jefferson Davis, the murder of a Federal officer by the 3rd Texas Calvary, and the capture of the 3rd Texas Calvary by General William Tecumseh Sherman.

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NAACP correspondence and materials documenting the contributions of this Hattiesburg Civil Rights leader.

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Materials regarding the Underground Railroad and other aspects of African American history collected by Dr. Falk, the first Medical Committee for Human Rights Field Secretary in Mississippi.

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Records of estate in Northumberland County, England.

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Photographs and negatives generated by Hattiesburg studio photographer Francis Farmer. The primary emphasis is weddings; but organizations, events, and portraits are also included.

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Report of his Freedom Summer activities in Canton, Mississippi.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of 28 cubic feet of files maintained by Louis Edward Faulkner between approximately 1925 and 1960. A few items are dated as early as 1902 and as late as 1963. These files document many of Mr. Faulkner's business, civic, political, and religious activities during that period, and provide glimpses of his personal life as well. Materials in the files consist primarily of correspondence, but also include numerous speeches, publications, and newspaper clippings, plus...

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A group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement and primarily the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.

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The Gregory E. Favre Collection contains family materials, speeches, photographs, articles, and memorabilia.

Scope and Contents The FBI files contained in this collection were obtained by USM history professor, Dr. Charles Bolton, under the Freedom of Information Act. The collection consists of nearly eight thousand pages of redacted FBI files concerning the riots over integration in the Grenada, Mississippi public schools in 1966 and 1967. Also contained in these files is information about other civil rights activities, demonstrations, marches, boycotts, and meetings regarding the desegregation of both public and...