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From the Mircea Vasiliu Papers.; Preliminary pencil sketch on tracing paper and taped to layout sheets (pp. 24-25) for Mircea Vasiliu's A Day at the Beach (1977). 18.5" x 12.5"

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Color photograph of Boys State Lieutenant Governor Jim Young and Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy.

Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.

Oral history.; Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which went to the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as an alternative to the all-white, regular Democratic Party of Mississippi. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ms. Blackwell served about ten years as a community development specialist with the National Council of Negro Women. Since 1977 she has served as mayor of the Issaquena County community of Mayersville.

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Black and white photograph of, from left to right, Congressman Sonny Montgomery, Governor Cliff Finch, Vice President Walter Mondale, and Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy.

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Black and white photograph of Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gallaspy at a Municipal Convention.

Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Jimmy Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama, but ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. He sang in nightclubs and wrote songs until he became one of the first disc jockeys in the country. Swan performed for many years with his own radio program and eventually became part owner and manager of a radio station. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Mississippi in 1967 and 1971.

Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 12, 1977 with Edward L. McDaniel. Born in Adams County, Mississippi, in 1934, Edward L. McDaniel grew up in Natchez, Mississippi. He went on to earn his GED and attend college for almost two years. He worked at several different jobs until 1987 when he and one of his sons started a small business on borrowed money. The company has been very successful and employs over fifty employees. He currently lives in Natchez, Mississippi. Mr. McDaniel was instrumental in organizing the Ku Klux Klan in 1962 in Mississippi as the Grand Kleagle for the whole state. He started a state Klan in Laurel with the White Knights and was instrumental in drawing up that constitution. He was also elected Grand Dragon of the United Klans.

Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, with "Americans in Uganda" on his vest, is suspended in the air with his hands up. Ugandan president Idi Amin points a handgun at Uncle Sam and says, "...Not until Amin says you may come down!"

Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Jimmy Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama, but ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. He sang in nightclubs and wrote songs until he became one of the first disc jockeys in the country. Swan performed for many years with his own radio program and eventually became part owner and manager of a radio station. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Mississippi in 1967 and 1971.

Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 12, 1977 with Edward L. McDaniel. Born in Adams County, Mississippi, in 1934, Edward L. McDaniel grew up in Natchez, Mississippi. He went on to earn his GED and attend college for almost two years. He worked at several different jobs until 1987 when he and one of his sons started a small business on borrowed money. The company has been very successful and employs over fifty employees. He currently lives in Natchez, Mississippi. Mr. McDaniel was instrumental in organizing the Ku Klux Klan in 1962 in Mississippi as the Grand Kleagle for the whole state. He started a state Klan in Laurel with the White Knights and was instrumental in drawing up that constitution. He was also elected Grand Dragon of the United Klans.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by David Simpson. In the upper right background of the cartoon, two Arab men stand in front of palm trees and watch Henry Kissinger running in the desert. Kissinger is naked, and he carries a brief case under his left arm. Behind him, his suit is suspended in mid-air, as if he has run so fast he has left his clothes behind. His shoes lie on the sand beneath the suit.

From the Edythe Evelyn Gandy Collection. Color photograph of Senate Porters. From left to right, Roosevelt Redmond, Joseph Wright, T.J. Hill, Moses Brinson, Moses Dent, and John Henry Davis.

From the Rose Garden Collection. A letter from Beth Carlson at Southern Living to William Wicht in May 1977. The letter regards Southern Living's plans to announce the Rose Garden at The University of Southern Mississippi in the August 1977 issue of Southern Living.