Skip to main content

Hurricanes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Ray L. Bellande Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M540
Abstract

Copies of this Ocean Springs Record columnist's "Sous Les Chenes", "Images Under the Oaks" and “Vintage Village Vues” columns, and related research materials.

Dates: circa 1992-2009

Gary Mark Clark Hurricane Katrina Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM06-21
Form of Material

One printed copy of a diary kept by Gary Mark Clark, Senior Process Engineer at Masonite Corporation in Laurel, Mississippi from August 29 – December 31, 2005, with an epilogue written in March 2006. The diary chronicles events during the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and in the weeks of chaos that followed. The collection also includes a copy of the diary on compact disk.

Dates: August 29, 2005-March 2006

William M. Colmer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M24
Scope and Contents The vast majority of the William M. Colmer Papers encompass his forty-year career as a United States Congressman from Mississippi (1933-1972). However, it also contains a significant amount of material regarding his activities prior to his election to Congress, and a limited amount of materials generated after his retirement in 1972. The original arrangement of the materials has been preserved as closely as possible. Inclusive dates are approximately 1906–1980. The collection divided...
Dates: 1933-1973

Mildred Seymour Foster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M97
Abstract

Notes, news clippings photographs, scrapbooks, publications, other documenting the life of this Biloxi, Mississippi school teacher.

Dates: 1915-1993

Philip Hearn Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM17-67
Scope and Contents

Research materials for book, Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast.

Dates: circa 1969-2004

Bob Hubbard Hurricane Camille Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: M259
Abstract

Color photographs taken of sites on the Mississippi Gulf Coast before and after Hurricane Camille.

Dates: 1969

Hurricane Camille Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M315
Abstract

Photographer Fred Hutchings' photographs of the aftermath of Hurricane Camille on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Dates: August 19-29, 1969

Hurricane Katrina Research Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM06-6
Abstract

Materials pertaining to the destruction of the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and the community's rebuilding efforts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 2005-2006, 2015

Hurricanes Camille & Katrina Oral History and Slideshow

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM11-36
Form of Material

One DVD labeled Camille/Katrina, Oral History, Slideshow.

Dates: unknown

Hurricanes of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M282
Abstract

Research collection of historian Charles Sullivan for his book "Hurricanes of the Gulf Coast."

Dates: circa 1715-1985

Pat Iupe Poster

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM15-57
Form of Material

This poster thanks the volunteers who helped clean the coast after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. It is lime green and says “Thank y’all.”

Dates: circa 2005

Mississippi Renewal Forum/Hurricane Katrina Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM06-5
Abstract

Maps, reports, etc. documenting the Mississippi Renewal Forum and efforts towards recovery, rebuilding and renewal of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

Dates: 2005

Dr. Chester “Bo” Morgan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M491
Abstract

Bo Morgan holds a Ph.D. in history from Memphis State University. He studies the history of the American South and is a leading expert on Mississippi history. He teaches courses on the South after Reconstruction, Mississippi, the theory and philosophy of history, and intellectual history. Dr. Morgan, the former chair of the Department of History at Delta State University, joined USM's Department of History in the fall of 2009.

Dates: 1910-2010

Betty Press Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: M591
Abstract

The Betty Press Photographs Collection consists of three CDs of images taken by award-winning photographer Betty Press, which show damage along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Hattiesburg after Hurricane Katrina. There are also forty-one pages of letters left on a tree felled in the photographer’s yard. This collection is particularly useful for researchers studying Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi storms, and public reactions to natural disasters.

Dates: 2005

Dr. James P. Smith Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M605
Scope and Contents

The collection contains testimonies, articles, press releases, and documents on various aspects of Mississippi during the Hurricane Katrina disaster and the years of struggle for recovery on the Mississippi gulf coast. These materials were compiled by University of Southern Mississippi History Professor, James "Pat" Smith, in creating his book Hurricane Katrina: the Mississippi Story.

Dates: 2004-2012

St. Thomas Parish Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM08-18
Form of Material

One DVD containing "The St. Thomas Story." Narrated by Father Louis Lohan, the DVD relates the effects of Hurricane Katrina on St. Thomas Parish in Long Beach , Mississippi.

Dates: 2005

Ray M. Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M8
Abstract

Literary manuscripts, publications files, photographs, news clippings of this popular Gulf Coast newspaper columnist.

Dates: circa 1837-1972

United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M318
Abstract

Photographs, slides, maps, and manuscripts produced by Station scientists and staff.

Dates: 1925-1998