Mississippi.

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Three black and white photographs taken in Mississippi.

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Photographs and periodicals about Mississippi.

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Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

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Daily Herald, Newburyport, MA, with brief article on thwarted slave rebellion in Marshall County, Mississippi

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Harper's Weekly, 1-6-1877 Antique Mississippi 1866 - Counties RR with Decorative Header w/ enslaved stevedore.

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Collection of unused crate labels from various Mississippi vegetagle growers and tomatoe size grading guide.

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Four page letter and transcript from Sid Nesmith (1833-1877) to his mother Mrs. Geo. W. Nesmith (1799-1885) while he was serving as Special Agent of the Treasury Department in Mississippi. Of particular importance is the early written reference to the game of Base Ball. Written in ink, very legible and retains the stamped envelope.

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One photo album with photographs of various signs and murals. Inscribed: “These were taken around 1980 … I rode around the state snapping pics. There’s another volume at The Center for Southern Culture, The U. of MS. 9/18/20.”

Form of Material Flag designed by Laurin Stennis, artist and granddaughter of former US Senator John C. Stennis as an alternative to the existing state flag at the time that featured a Confederate flag. It was officially named the “Declare Mississippi flag” but popularly referred to as the Stennis flag. In January 2021, the Mississippi Senate approved another design to replace the existing state flag that had been voted upon in November 2020. The existing state flag had been retired in the summer of 2020 in...

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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.

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Retired Mississippi state flag removed from Reading Room.

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Four press photographs: Paul B. Johnson family (1939); Randall Sisters (1941); Gov. Ross Barnett (1967); Walter Anderson's cottage (1982).

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Items relating to the Delta Council and its executive Secretary, Albert R. Russell.

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First Day Cover: 150th Anniversary of the Admission of Mississippi as a Territory of the Union on April 7, 1798. Postmarked Natchez, April 7, 1948 with 3-cent Mississippi Territory - 1798-1948 stamp.

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Three newspaper accounts of lynchings: The New York Times 6/9/1934 p. 6 "Two Negroes lynched" and "Hangings Follow Attempt to Attack Woman in Mississippi"; The New York Times, 4/14/1937; Chicago Sunday Tribune, 10/18/1942 front/p.2 "New Lynching in Mississippi; Trio Arrested."

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Two newspapers containing lynching: Burlington Weekly Free Press, Vol. 69, No. 61 January 10, 1895 - "A Desperate Negro Lynched"; The Macon Telegraph, Vol. 19 No. 182 July 16, 1935 - "Negroes Lynched in Attack Case."

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Weekly People Vol. 3, No. 34. Nov. 23, 1963. Cover story: "The ONLY Solution to the Problem, Racism In Mississippi And 49 Other States."

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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.

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Seven handwritten letters dating from 1839 to 1852, all of which bear Mississippi postmarks.

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Five handwritten letters and one hand-addressed envelope dating from 1833-1853, all of which bear Mississippi postmarks.

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This collection contains photographs, slides, postcards, and memoirs of Mississippi.

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These materials on Richmond Barthé were brought together in 1979 and 1980, and 1998 and 1999 as a special collection for research purposes of Associate Professor Harry C. Ward of the University of Southern Mississippi Art Department. These items describe the personal and professional life of Richmond Barthé.

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Poetry, essays, manuscripts, and published works by James Andy Bateman.

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

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal diaries of Sarah Jane Hickman Brown for the period January 1, 1896, through August 4, 1902. The diaries were written in the Mississippi towns of Shoccoe, Fernwood, and Canton (Madison County). Mrs. Brown made specific notations concerning the dates of births, deaths, and marriages of family members and friends; therefore, her diaries may be of special interest to genealogical researchers. There are several pages at the end of folder 2 which list Mrs....

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Research materials used by historian in her book The Free State of Jones.

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The collection contains correspondence and photographs from Camp McCain.

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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.

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...

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Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,