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.
Transcription of an interview conducted with Mrs. Mose Allison. Mrs. Allison taught school from 1926-1957 at Tippo School. She is the mother of renowned jazz pianist Mose Allison. Throughout the interview, Mrs. Allison recounts life in Tippo,...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted in Cleveland, Mississippi with Tommy Naron. Naron talks of his life in Cleveland and his many years of public service in the area.
Photo shows three men and one lady in VFW uniforms and caps. The man on the left holds the American flag. Next to the lady, in the ground in front of a monument is a VFW metal cross and flag. In front of the third gentleman is a small American...
From the Ingalls Shipbuilding National Women's Welding Championship Collection. Image depicts Vera Anderson McDonald and a gentleman (presumably, husband Army Sergeant Harrison McDonald) standing beside two gas tanks. One tank is topped with a...
From the Birdsong PW Collection. The image depicts twelve men who represent a sports team. Ten of the men wear darkly-colored tank tops with white(?) shorts and dark boots with white socks. On their shirts, a ""D"" is attached, which is the same...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with James Goodman of Cleveland, Mississippi. Goodman talks about farming and slavery in and around Cleveland, Mississippi.
The original photo is attached to hardboard, 15 x 20 cm. No photographers stamp is seen. One man, and three ladies are posing. A young girl is in the back with a light dress on a looks to have a flat bow on top of her head. The eldest lady is...
This oval photo is mounted on larger hardboard, showing a middle-aged woman wearing widow's clothing. Dark dress with a large sash bow at the neck, adorned with a flower pin. A pocket watch is pinned to her chest. She is looking pensively, straight...
From the Birdsong PW Collection. The image is of COL T.B. Birdsong standing in front of an infirmary. He is wearing a dark-colored uniform with a darker-colored hat. He is holding a cigarette. His body is turned to the right of the image and he...
From the Birdsong PW Collection. This image depicts two men standing behind a table, one is writing on a piece of paper. The men are wearing Nazi uniforms. On the table is an upright-wooden cross, two white candles in wooden candleholders, fern(?)...
From the Ingalls Shipbuilding National Women's Welding Championship Collection. Image depicts three people standing in the foreground: Vera (Anderson) McDonald and two gentlemen. Vera (Anderson) McDonald stands to the far right of the image, a...
From the Ingalls Shipbuilding National Women's Welding Championship Collection. Image depicts Vera (Anderson) McDonald receiving the championship trophy for winning first place in the Second Women's National Welding Championship. A man (presumably...
From the Ingalls Shipbuilding National Women's Welding Championship Collection. Image depicts five people standing in the foreground in the following order from left to right: Two gentlemen, Vera (Anderson) McDonald, Edna Slocum, and one more...
From the Birdsong PW Collection. This image depicts a lumber yard with saplings or tree limbs laying in a piles. There is also a covered, wooden structure with a sign that displays illegible, German text. A sawhorse is placed in the foreground....
From the Birdsong PW Collection. The image shows nine men (Americans?) lounging in the grass drinking bottled beer. A box with bottles in is propped up in the middle of the group. One man's uniform is darker than the others and he is wearing a hat....
From the Birdsong PW Collection. Portrait of a man, perhaps a US Army officer, next to a vehicle, perhaps a Jeep, in front of a short white fence in a hard-packed dirt road. The man is wearing a cap and some type of uniform with long sleeves and...
From the Alice H. Harper Collection. A copy of a photograph of the Camp Van Dorn Recreation Center in the Housing Project. Two white posts in foreground. A street sign is located in center of photograph printed "Street C" Written at top of page is...
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...
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.
