Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Charles M. George. George discusses in particular his time spent working for the West Tallahatchie School District where he eventually became the first African American Superintendent.
Oral history with Irene Haper. Interview was conducted by G.B. Crawford on 26 October 1983, at Horn Lake, Mississippi. Includes a transcript and audio.
HUD issued this report one year after Katrina and it highlights the number of housing units made available, including housing for Native Americans. The report also reviews some of the policy changes made, including that of increasing the Fair...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Albert Day. Day grew up in Gunnison, Mississippi. During his childhood, his father was a general manager of the Delta Cooperative Farm Project in Hillsdale, Mississippi. Day discusses the...
Shows one block of damage to some homes and a larger building. A school bus is up against the side of one home to the right of the picture. Roof damage can be seen on homes still standing. No identifying street information is given.
Photocopy of two homes with typed location ""looking south on Liberty Street, Canton, Miss."" The original may be a post card. The two-story homes have railings above the porches and around the porches. The closest has brick columns, the far one...
Shows a tree lined dirt street with a small ditch on the right next to the sidewalk that goes in front of two homes along the left background. On the right is a low wooden structure that appears to be stables or an old storefront. Looks toward a...
From the ACHGS Photographs Collection. A photograph of Coot Leander Marsalis standing in front of a pile of logs holding a can of Prince Albert tobacco. Coot Leander Marsalis was the son of Champ Marsalis, a slave on the Marsalis Plantation. Tom...
From the ACHGS Photographs Collection. A photograph of a woman standing outside the home of Robert P. Smiley, erected in 1838 and completed in 1859. This is the life time home of M.B. and Mary Smiley. "1903" is handwritten in the corner of the...
From the ACHGS Photographs Collection. A photograph of the Winston Wilkinson Home built between 1840 and 1845. The photograph was taken by John H. Parker in 1936.
From the ACHGS Photographs Collection. A photograph taken in 1936 of the Winston Wilkinson Home built between 1840 and 1845. The photograph has a decorative border with "Fox Co" printed in two of the corners.
