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Teachers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Faculty (Education) ; Instructors ; School teachers ; Schoolteachers

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

AM17-58, 1988-1999

 Accession
Form of Material

1. Strategic Planning Hattiesburg Public Schools 1993

2. Parents in Support of Public Schools

3. Hattiesburg Public Schools Promotions; Superintendent Correspondence 1992- (This file actually contains material from 1988 – 1999)

Dates: 1988-1999

AM87-39

 Accession
Form of Material 11 plaques and certificates recognizing the work of Dr. Raymond B. Seymour.ACS Tour Speaker19721977 - Mid-South Circuit1981 - Chisholm Circuit1983 - Palmetto Circuit "Outstanding Achievements in Plastic Education". May 1982 in San Francisco, CA by the Society of Plastic Engineers.Recognized as a "Notable American" by the American Biographical Institute, Raleigh, NC. (Includes the usual biographical...
Dates: circa 1935-1985

AM87-43

 Accession
Form of Material

This accession includes three plaques or framed items, (Dr. Seymour's Ph.D. diploma, a professor emeritus plaque from the University of Houston, and an award from the Manufacturing Chemists Association), in addition to a dozen books, journal articles or manuals.

Dates: circa 1935-1985

David C. Berry, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M523
Abstract

The David C. Berry, Jr. Papers include the correspondence, drafted writings, and publications of USM professor and poet David C. Berry. This collection would be of particular interest to researchers focusing on the writing process or studying university professorships and family life in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Topics in Berry’s poetry include the Vietnam War, marriage, divorce, and religion.

Dates: circa 1965; 1965-2020

Dr. John Calvin Berry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M536
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1953-2013

Joe Berryman Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM85-2
Abstract

Musical instruments, record albums, trophies, photographs, manuscript and published musical scores, composing notes of noted Southern bandsman and USM professor.

Dates: 1945-1980

William Pitt Chambers Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M214
Abstract

Memoir of Chambers' service in 46th Mississippi Infantry.

Dates: March 1862-May 1865

Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M562
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1887; 1901-1902; 1907-1909; 1913-1918; 1921; 1925-1944; 1946; 1948; 1955; undated

Wesley James Ellzey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M568
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1864-1887

Claude E. Fike Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM93-2
Form of Material

Collection of materials that document the professional and social life of Dr. Claude E. Fike at the University of Southern Mississippi as a professor of history, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (College of Liberal Arts), and the director of McCain Library.

Dates: circa 1936-1994

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

Dr. John E. Gonzales Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M665
Abstract

This collection contains historical materials and various publications.

Dates: 1914-1996

Bonnie Carter Gooding Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM2000-93
Abstract

Materials documenting the Lamar Elementary School, of which Mrs. Gooding was principal, and other Hattiesburg and South Mississippi public schools.

Dates: circa late 1800s-1960s

Hattiesburg Public Schools Faculty Files

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM17-57
Dates: 1988-1999

Marsha Hester Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM22-002
Abstract

These materials document Marsha Hester's teaching career.

Dates: 1988-1993, 2009-2014

May Higdon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M117
Scope and Contents This collection contains a Bible, a notebook, two letters of recommendation, a social letter, a teacher’s certificate, a church program, and two newspapers relating to the life and work of Miss May Higdon, who taught in Mississippi's public schools for many years. The collection consists of four folders.In the first folder is a small New Testament Bible, dated 1885. This Bible was presented to Ella May Higdon on June 3, 1889, and is inscribed in a child’s cursive handwriting. E....
Dates: 1889-1927

Prieur Jay Higginbotham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M126
Abstract

The collection contains information concerning the personal and professional life of Jay Higginbotham. Items range from such things as personal correspondence to biographical information to his list of works.

Dates: 1958-2002, and undated

Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M419
Abstract

Photographs, brochures, news clippings, and mementos pertaining to the State Teachers College Band's participation in the "Know Mississippi Better" tours of the U.S. by train.

Dates: 1922-1930

J. Brackin Kirkland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M15
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, clippings, photographs, genealogical materials relating to Mississippi-born educator in New York and Alabama and with the Boys Clubs of America.

Dates: 1886-1983

Norvin L. Landskov Family Papers

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM99-27
Form of Material

Materials pertaining to the life and career of Dr. Norvin L. Landskov, professor of education at The University of Southern Mississippi, 1947-1972. Dr. Landskov served as chairman of the Department of Secondary Education and as director of student teaching. Also included are materials relating to his wife, Mrs. Irene Landskov, a high school teacher.

Dates: 1957-1998

Andrew Candler Leech World War II Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M285
Abstract

Diary of his experiences in the European Theater.

Dates: April 1943-November 1945

Carlton L. McQuagge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M438
Abstract

A collection of materials relating to the life and work of Dr. Carlton L. McQuagge, former instructor and administrator at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Dates: circa 1928-1988

Mississippi Teachers' Strike, 1985, photographs

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM17-104
Form of Material

Fifty-four 3 ½” x 4 ½” color photographs of teachers’ strike.

Dates: circa 1985

Olin Robertson Morgan Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM90-36
Form of Material

Bulletins, news clippings, plays, textbooks, and photographs from her teaching career.

Dates: 1923-1962

S. G. Thigpen Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M446
Abstract

S. G. Thigpen, Sr. of Picayune, Mississippi, was an area entrepreneur, historian, and writer who operated from his hardware store from 1919 to his death in 1981. The collection contains financial records, personal papers, essays, photographs, scrapbooks, sound recordings and newspaper articles of Thigpen's life and the Pearl River County, Mississippi area.

Dates: 1899-1996; undated

Benjamin O. Van Hook Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M441
Abstract

A collection of materials relating to the life and work of B. O. Van Hook, former math instructor and golf coach at The University of Southern Mississippi.

Dates: circa 1893-1988

J. Fred Walker Papers

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM89-43
Abstract

Documentation of the life and career of USM professor of biological sciences.

Dates: circa 1948-1977

William Westerman Document

 Collection
Identifier: M110
Scope and Contents This collection contains a single sheet document -- a contract agreement between William Westerman and twelve individuals of Warren County, Mississippi. In the contract, Westerman agrees to teach the children of the signers at a rate of $2.50 per child, per month. The contract is for a total of ten months, during which time Westerman agrees to teach reading, writing, grammar, and mercantile arithmetic. Westerman also agrees to make up any time lost due to personal illness or absence from the...
Dates: 1823

Ed Wheeler Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM09-14
Abstract

Photographs collected by Ed Wheeler. Many were taken by his former students at USM.

Dates: 1948-2009; undated

Helen Fields Woullard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M392
Scope and Contents

This collection primarily contains materials concerning a Black History celebration that was held on February 18, 2001. The celebration commemorated the life and legacy of the late Mrs. Helen Fields Woullard. The collection includes a speech and leaflet from the celebration, and two newspaper articles announcing the event. Other materials relate to a scholarship foundation that was established in her honor.

Dates: 2001; undated