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From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A giant prince sits on a box next to the Mississippi River as it flows through New Orleans. He is reading a book titled "How to awaken a sleeping beauty," and nearby is a sign that reads, "Campaign for a greater New Orleans." On the other side of the river, the cityscape is labeled "The Queen City of the South." The Mississippi River bridge is in the bottom of the cartoon. The cartoon caption reads, "Let's make it a storybook ending!"

From the RG118 School of Nursing Collection. The first graduating class from the School of Nursing at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969. Pictured from left to right, front row: Lola Jean, Rose Marie Smith, Adrianne Dill, Back Row: Patricia Taylor Hill, Carolyn Cecilia Hogue, Eva may Allday.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon is holding a large piece of paper that reads, "New U.S. mail setup to Congress." Facing him is a second man holding an even larger piece of paper that reads, "The business of running the U.S. government...Nat'l debt figures...$." The U.S. Capitol dome is in the background. The cartoon caption reads, "Now let me get this straight...you say it would be a gov't-owned self-supporting business..."

From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of a typed letter from William J. Simmons to Governor Ross R. Barnett, dated May 6, 1969, written in response to a speech by Barnett concerning James Meredith and integration at the University of Mississippi and other institutions of higher learning. Simmons also discusses his perception of the results of federally-enforced integration, as well as a speech given by Senator James Eastland regarding the nomination James Allen for secretary of the department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW)" According to Simmons, the issues discussed are directly related to a struggle for control.

cartoon by John Knudsen; A man dressed as a hippie holds a hoop at shoulder height and uses a yardstick to make a second man jump through the hoop. The hippie is labeled "Militants" The second man wears regalia and is labeled "Administrators" The caption reads "Higher education?"

From the United States Forest Service, Harrison Experimental Forest Station Collection. Photograph of a man standing near a longleaf pine near Airey Lake campground at the DeSoto National Forest.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large merchant ship labeled, "Economic benefits," is suspended above the Louisiana state house by a line attached to its central stack. At the bow and stern are two men dressed in colonial costume holding signs that read, "Port of N.O. ... Louisiana, USA." Question marks are above each man. Above it all is a sign that reads, "Prospects of legislative relief for capital improvements."

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon rows a boat down a rapidly moving stream accompanied by an attractive woman whose billowing scarf is labeled "USA." Nixon's eyes are on the woman and not on the obstacles in the stream. The boat has just passed a rock labeled "Korean incident," the tip of which protrudes from the surface of the stream, and a floating buoy with "First hundred days." Behind Nixon, artist Runtz's signature cat sits in the bow of the boat sweating in fear at the view of the rocks upstream. The rocks are close together and bear the labels "Riots," "Inflation," "Poverty," "Vietnam," "ABM," and "Etc." The caption reads: "Gently down the stream."

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A father sits in a lawn chair in his backyard with his small son in his lap. They are reading a newspaper with headlines: "Interplanetary travel seen in twenty years" and "Apollo 10 scores 110%." The father says, "Maybe someday you'll be telling us what it's like on Mars." Runtz's signature cat (with stars for eyes) reclines on a tree branch above the father and son. The cartoon caption reads, "Provided we keep this launching pad, Earth, intact."

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Richard Nixon and Nguyen Van Thieu stand at the bow of a ship named "Peace program." The ship, with anchor stowed, is steaming through an ice field under a stormy sky. Three nearby icebergs are labeled "Coalition government; Constitutional amendment; Special elections." Nixon says, "In our seach for peace we're willing to take certain risks."