Flags.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
AM10-11
Contains a variety of materials:
NAACP and the Democratic Party materials
Family Bible and scrapbook
Family portraits
Two flags (one from his Uncle during the Spanish American War)
Awards
AM17-21, circa 1940s; 1990s–2000s, 1990 - 2012
Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".
AM21-001, circa 2014-2020
AM21-002
Two retired Mississippi state flags that flew at the University of Southern Mississippi. The nylon flag was the last one flown on campus before removal in October 2015, by President Rodney D. Bennett.
AM21-003
Retired Mississippi state flag removed from Reading Room.
AM2001-43, 2001
One 3’ x 5’ nylon replica of the proposed new Mississippi State flag, which was defeated in a special election on April 17, 2001. Voters opted to retain the current state flag, which dates back to 1894.
BOX 7: U.S FLAGS; CEREMONIAL - 103D INFANTRY DIVISION FLAG, CEREMONIAL
Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".
Harold Branton 103d Infantry Division Collection
Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".
Charles Davis Papers
Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,
Claude E. Fike World War II Diary
Diary, ship's log, memoirs, correspondence, memorabilia concerning his service in the U.S. Navy with the Seventh Fleet near New Guinea.
Flag Collection
Various flags from different sources.
Erle E. Johnston, Jr. Papers
This collection is comprised mainly of materials that document Erle Johnston's personal life and professional activities from approximately 1922 through his death in 1995. The Erle Johnston Papers should be beneficial to any researcher interested in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, as well as the political history of Mississippi in the twentieth century. The collection also provides insight into the life and personality of an important Mississippian.
Mississippi Historical Collection
A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, and letters about Mississippi.
Roy M. Wheat Papers (AM14-17)
Ernest A. Walen Collection
This is a collection of documents collected by Ernest A. Walen of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The collection contains original letters, orders, printed material, official documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, prints, etc. covering the 19th Century with an emphasis on American Civil War materials and some 20th Century materials concerning the Civil War. Most of the material on the Civil War concerns the Confederacy, with some Federal documents included.