Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with the Honorable John Pearson of Rosedale, Mississippi. Judge Pearson discusses his life and the many years of public service he performed.
Cut logs lay around the ground being loaded on a wagon by two employees. One is driving the horses to load a log by ropes onto the wagon. A rail car is in the background and a small house to the left.
From the Rankin (Annie) Papers. Three-page handwritten letter signed Judge and Annie Rankin to Frank and Caroline Stewart dated November 14, 1968. Rankin writes about being treated for illness, feeling a little better, and being able to read...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Mrs. Norma C. O'Bannon. O'Bannon was a teacher in Mississippi for the Washington County School district beginning in 1921. She discusses life then and now in the area.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted in two parts with Jessie Bernice Franklin Williams of Greenville, Mississippi. Williams speaks of her experiences as a young African American woman growing up during the 40s and 50s in...
Crockett Cemetery, adjacent to the Crockett Church of Christ, Crockett, Tate County Mississippi, T5-R8-S30, compiled by Louise Cox Fox, contains tombstone listings and obituaries. Computer graphics by Tommy Fox.
From a horse-drawn wagon, a large log is being loaded onto a rail car by ropes and pulled by horses being driven by a man on the left of the photo. The rail car sits central in this photo. A smokestack in the center background can be seen and...
An aerial photograph of Flora showing the construction of a street, with a truck to the front center. First Baptist Church is in the right foreground, with two large white buildings behind that. On the left are smaller white residences known as...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from James A. Burns to A.J. Noel, dated December 22, 1948. Burns updates Noel on activities in the lawsuit filed on behalf of Gladys Noel Bates to gain equal pay for African American...
From the Bates (Gladys Noel) Papers. Typewritten letter from Robert L. Carter to A.L. Johnson on letterhead of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, dated March 21, 1949. Carter addresses the urgent need for an under-contract African...
From the ACHGS Photographs Collection. A photograph of the Samuel Tillotson/Lazar building with a car parked out front in Liberty, Mississippi. Completed in 1939, the building was used by the Probate Court while the courthouse was being built.
From the Annie Grace Bateman Wilkinson Collection. A photocopy of six photographs on one sheet. Two are of Transportation Office staff at Camp Van Dorn -- Annie Grace Bateman, Mavorine Hollingsworth, Doris, and Beatrice being named. One is of two...
From the Ron Caulfield Collection. A photograph of three service men talking to a young lady - shown wearing a pin-on watch, a hat, and holding her handbag. A young girl in a dress and boots is being held by one of the soldiers. In the background...
Letter.; Sillers congratulates Ahlgren on his editorial ""Not Grievances But Treason."" Sillers writes that he feels labor leaders and labor unions are horrible traitors to the United States. He also mentions that poll taxes are being abolished...
