University of Southern Mississippi -- Students.

Form of Material 1. “…It’s all Greek to me…” booklet for the University of Southern Mississippi’s 1972 Rush Week2. Hattiesburg High School Class Reunion materials: *Hattiesburg High School Class of 1972 Addresses from 20th Class Reunion, October 24, 1992, 2 copies*Letter packet for the Class of 1971 Hattiesburg High/Blair High 20th Reunion from John C. Nelson, MD, dated June 11, 1991 *Letter for the Class of 1972 Hattiesburg High/Blair High 20th...

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Form of Material

One of the early uniforms worn by the Dixie Darlings. Freddie Taylor was able to keep this uniform because they were being changed for the next year. She kept it safe in her coastal home through Hurricane Camille. It was found in the rubble of her home after Hurricane Katrina by her son. It was in a zippered suit bag, unharmed, even though her home was destroyed.

The uniform is black velvet with rhinestones lining the v-shaped neckline.

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One of the early letterman sweaters worn by the Dixie Darlings. It is black with a gold “M” on the front left side. “DIXIE DARLINGS” is written in black thread in the center of the “M”. This was worn when the University of Southern Mississippi was Mississippi Southern College.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Form of Material

One, 3” binder containing descriptions of: “Department of Special Education Educational Prescriptions for Learning Disability Children.”

Dr. Basil Gaar, SPE 431

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

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Eleven photographs from Ed Wheeler's office taken by himself and his students.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Collection of memorabilia about former University of Southern Mississippi student Brett Favre.

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Printed articles about the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Form of Material Thesis written in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, The L. N. Dantzler Lumber Company: a prosperous south Mississippi lumber company by Jamie Dyan Bounds. University of Southern Mississippi, 2003. Abstract: The L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company serves as an example of one successful lumber company that helped shape south Mississippi economically, socially, and environmentally. Through the efforts of owner...

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The Frank D. Barber Papers consist of campaign materials from Barber’s bid for the Mississippi State Senate in 1959, six issues of Southern Exposure from 1952-1953, and materials relating to the conferring university status on Mississippi Southern College in 1962. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying Mississippi politicians and the history of the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Scrapbook for the April 2015 ceremony during which donor’s family planted four magnolia trees on-campus to represent three generations of attendance at USM.

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Materials relating to the Black Lives Matter movement in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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This collection contains Boney Family materials.

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Family photographs and materials documenting the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.

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This collection contains materials about Hattiesburg and The University of Southern Mississippi.

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The Fleet C. Burkett Papers contain letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Burkett’s time at Mississippi Normal College and after. He was the oldest living alumni from the original class of Mississippi Normal College in 1912. This collection would be of interest to those studying about the beginning of Mississippi Normal College and student life at Mississippi Normal College.

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Letters, campaign material, speeches related to candidacy of Byrd for Governor of Mississippi.

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The James and Patsy Causey Photographs collection contains five black-and-white photographs of the State Teacher’s College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi from the 1920s. The collection would be of particular interest to researchers studying the history of the University of Southern Mississippi, college life in the early twentieth century, and / or education.