Oral history.;  Interview conducted on July 28, 1981 and June 25, 1994 with Reverend Clinton Collier at the Methodist Church in Morton, Mississippi.  Collier was born on August 24, 1910 [i.e. 1909] in rural Neshoba County.  After completing the eighth...

Oral history.;  Interview conducted April 28, 2001 in Takoma Park, Maryland, at Larry Rubin's home.  Rubin is a civil rights and social justice activist.  Born in Philadelphia, Rubin discusses how he came to be involved in social affairs and how he...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 11, 1964.  Discusses work in Marks, Mississippi, the possibility of future work in Tunica, and the recent convention of the Mississippi Freedom...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 6, 1964.  Zwerling updates his parents on his activities, including his efforts to set up contacts in Tunica, Mississippi, for SNCC (Student...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 26, 1965.  Discusses plans to leave Mississippi and offers suggestions for spending time with his family upon his return to New York. 

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 3, 1964.  Discusses an incident in which Zwerling was arrested for speeding, but not jailed.  He also asks his parents for money for the project and...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 5, 1964.  In this short note, Zwerling informs his parents of the amount of the fine he was charged for speeding. 

Oral history.;  Interview conducted on July 12, 1973 with Mr. Jerry Clower at his office in Yazoo City, Mississippi.  Clower was born in 1926 at Route Four, Liberty, Mississippi.  After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Navy.  On...

Field report of the Second Brigade, Second Division, commanded by Confederate Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, prepared on 3 August 1862, listing by rank and command the number of men present for duty in August 1862 in the area of the Comite River...

Photograph taken at the Washington Monument in Washington D.C. The band was enroute with the "Know Mississippi Better" train through the eastern states and Canada August 12-31, 1926.  A.F. Fugitt was the band director.  Image featured in Dearly...

From the T.P. Scott Papers.  Application for a faculty position.  Letter from Anne H. Augustus to T.P. Scott, dated 30 August 1910.  Augustus is applying for the position of Chair of the English Department. 

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.  Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.  President Richard Nixon is dressed as a cowboy, and he is trying to stay in the saddle aboard a bucking horse.  The horse's body (all except head, neck, and four legs) are drawn...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.  Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.  A man wears a drum strapped to his chest that is labeled, "N.O. mayoral campaign,"and he is beating on it with two drumsticks as he marches.  A second man beating a drum that is...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.  Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.  Two boxes are stacked on top of each other, each labeled, "Vaccine...This end up."  One box also has a sign attached that reads, "Orleans-St. Bernard K.O. measles...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection.  Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher.  A huge elephant and a tiny donkey are dressed as men.  The elephant is labeled "G.O.P. convention coverage" and is reading a large newspaper which he holds open.  Behind him is...