Books.
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Oseola McCarty Collection
In 1995 Miss Oseola McCarty, an African American laundress, donated the bulk of her life’s savings, $150,000, to The University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for deserving students. This collection documents her generous act and the multitude of honors and awards presented to her in the ensuing years.
Mississippi Burning Collection
Script, VHS, book, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the major motion film, Mississippi Burning.
Olin Robertson Morgan Collection
Bulletins, news clippings, plays, textbooks, and photographs from her teaching career.
Native American Collection
1. "Hervas Laboratories of American Linguistics" Bulletin 6
Analysis of a Text in the Apalachi Language – (Muskhogean Stock)
By Noxon Toomey
St. Louis, MO, March, 1918
2. "The Taensa Grammar and Dictionary. A Deception Exposed"
Reprint from the American Antiquarian
By Daniel G. Brinton, M.D., March, 1885
3. "The Mississippi Choctaw Indians"
Choctaw Indian Agency
Philadelphia, MS, no date
John Frederick Nau Papers
Walter P. Nilsson USS Biloxi Collection
Various materials from Walter P. Nilsson’s service time and the operations of the U.S.S. Biloxi in 1943-1944.
Tom Rhea Phillips III Collection
This collection contains historical materials, children’s books, and various magazines.
William Presser Original Music Scores
The William Henry Presser Collection contains original drafts and published works that were composed by Dr. William Presser, as well as works published under the Theodore Presser Publishing Co. Included in this collection are hymns by R.G. Lowry and a recital program for Dr. William Presser. This collection is of particular interest to those studying music and the inner workings of music composition.
PUBLICATIONS
Publications and professional papers reflecting the academic career of Dr. Edward M. Wheat. Dr. Wheat, a professor in USM's Department of Political Scieence, retiredat the end of the fiscal year 1999/2000, after 23 years of service.
Jonathan Puckett Research Collection
Genealogy research materials.
Stephen C. Rose Papers
The Stephen C. Rose papers include a broad range of materials spanning a significant portion of Mr. Rose’s life. His relations with Will D. Campbell and his participation in the SCLC’s Student Interracial Ministry project should be of interest to researchers of civil rights activities in the southern United States. The collection is divided into three series, two of which contain several subseries.
Rotary Club District 6840 Records
Organizational records of district encompassing the southern third of Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana.
Rotary Club of Hattiesburg Records
Ruleville, Mississippi Historical Collection
This collection consists of books written by Ruleville, Mississippi residents John Allen Robertson, Tom Conger, Jr., and Rev. Allen Dearing on the town’s history and the development of the white Baptist and Methodist churches in the area. The collection is of interest to researchers studying Mississippi religious history and the Mississippi Delta.
Gene D. Saucier Papers
Materials relating to the life of Representative Gene D. Saucier.
“Sawmilling Practices That Pay” Publication
The collection contains a publication of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau in New Orleans, written by R. R. Cahal.
Raymond Seymour Papers
Donald Clyde Simmons Jr., Ph.D. Collection
Political memorabilia, research collections, personal and family materials of a historian and student of state, national, and international politics.
Michael Sledge Research Collection
Tamara Slobodkin Civil Rights Collection
Mrs. Tamara Slobodkin was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) while she and her husband lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1960s. Her work included raising funds and supplies for CORE workers in the South.
The collection includes sound recordings of Civil Rights singers of the 1960s and a copy of Herbert Aptheker's book Mission to Hanoi.
Peter Stocks Papers
Documentation of the life and career of Dr. Peter Stocks, professor of microbiology and chair of the Department of Microbiology at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Stovall Family Collection
The Stovall Family Association records and research material.
Rosswell W. and Lorraine H. Thomas Travel Collection
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Hurricane Camille Collection
Items relating to Hurricane Camille disaster operations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.
Daisy Harris Wade Papers
Materials documenting the work of 1960s Forrest County N.A.A.C.P. leaders J.C. Fairley and Daisy Harris.
Sidney E.L., Jr., Ed. D. and Martha Weatherford Collection
Account of the desegregation of the University of Southern Mississippi as remembered by the author in 2010, in addition to 2 books by the author and material donated by Dr. Weatherford and Mrs. Weatherford.
Dr. L. Conrad Welker, Jr. Collection
Two books.
Mary Ann Wells Photographs and Papers
Literary manuscripts of her books and photographs, slides, news clippings of articles written by her while a photojournalist at the Hattiesburg American newspaper.
Edward M. Wheat Papers
Publications and professional papers reflecting the 23-year career of USM professor of political science.
Andrew A. Wiest Collection
The collection contains information and pictures regarding World War II and the Vietnam War. Items range from photocopies of books and articles to interviews of Vietnam soldiers to material regarding Vietnam battles such as Hamburger Hill.