This page provides a list of both published and unpublished historical accounts of the University of Mississippi, its athletic programs, academic departments, and other facts of the institution.
50 Years of Integration: Opening the Closed Society. 2012. DVD Recording chronicling efforts to change the perception of UM and the state of Mississippi following the 1962 integration riot. Call Number: LD3413 F548 2012.
James A. Autry and Elizabeth Nichols Shiver. 100 Years of Mississippi Memories: 1911-2011. Collierville, TN: Fundcraft Publishing, 2011. Recollections and mementos of the campus newspaper The Mississippian and The Daily Mississippian. Call Number: LD3413 O54 2011.
William G. Barner. The Egg Bowl: Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2007. Call Number: GV958 M55 B37 2007.
W.G. Barner. Mississippi Mayhem: A Game by Game History of the Ole Miss -- Mississippi State Football Rivalry, 1901-1980. West Point, NY: Leisure Press, 1982. Call Number: GV958 M5 B37.
Russell H. Barrett. Integration at Ole Miss. Quadrangle Books, 1965. Call Number: E185.61 B3.
Randall J. Bedwell. "A History of the Fraternities and Sororities at Ole Miss: 1848-1930." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1991.
Boodfeud: The Storied Rivalry of Ole Miss -- Mississippi State Football from the Sports Pages of The Clarion-Ledger. Birmingham, AL: Epic Sports, 2000. Call Number: GV958 M56 B46 2000.
Ronald F. Borne. Troutmouth: The Two Careers of Hugh Clegg. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2015. Call Number: HV7911 C578 B67 2015. Clegg was executive assistant to Chancellor J.D. Williams from 1954 to 1969.
Lucie Robertson Bridgeforth. "'Bomb the Ban': A Study of the Legal Controversy Surrounding Off-Campus Speakers at Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1979.
Lucie Robertson Bridgeforth. Medical Education in Mississippi: A History of the School of Medicine. Jackson, MS: Medical Alumni Chapter and Guardian Society of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association, 1984. Call Number: R747 U68345 B75 1984.
Ira D. Hogg. History of the Anatomy Department [of the University of Mississippi Medical School]. Unpublished paper, 1974. Call Number: R747 M72 H6.
Kenneth W. Hollman. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research: Its History, Facilities, and Current Status. University, MS: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1979. Call Number: LD3411.8 H64x.
Phil Nathan Holman. "At the Starting Line: Jim Silver, a Southern White Liberal and the Civil Rights Movement in America." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1992.
Grover Cleveland Hooker. "The Origin and Development of the University of Mississippi, with Special Reference to Its Legislative Control." Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, 1932. Call Number: LD3413 H58 1932.
Frances Rossman Huff. "The Relationship of Oxford and the University of Mississippi, 1818-1947." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1947. Call Number: LD3411.82 H889 1947.
Alfred Hume. Dr. John Millington (1779-1868) Distinguished Pupil of Michael Faraday and Sir Humphry Davy And Others During 100 Years of the University of Mississippi. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1950. Call Number: LD3413 H8.
Integrating Ole Miss: James Meredith and Beyond. [Jackson, MS]: MAET, 2012. DVD recording. Call Number: LD3413 I583 2012.
Jemmy Grant Johnson. "The University War Hospital." Reprinted from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society Vol. 12. Call Number: E621 J6.
W.L. Kennon and Sanford C. Gladden. "Historical Apparatus at the University of Mississippi." Reprint from The American Physics Teacher (February 1938). Call Number: QC53 K43.
Michael de L. Landon. The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. Call Number: KF292 M57 L36 2006.
James B. Lloyd. The University of Mississippi: The Formative Years, 1848-1906. University, MS: J.D. Williams Library, Department of Archives & Special Collections, 1979. Call Number: LD3413.3 L46. This volume has been digitized in its entirety.
Lyman A. Magee. Two Decades of the South Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, with a History of Microbiology at the University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS: 1967. Call Number: QR1 A485.
Jack Lamar Mayfield. Oxford and Ole Miss. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. Call Number: F349 O9 M39 2009.
Meredith Coleman McGee. James Meredith: Warrior and the America that Created Him. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013. Call Number: LD3412.9 M38 2013.
Dewitt Talmage Measells Jr. "History of the Expansion of the University of Mississippi, 1848- " M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1947.
James Meredith with William Doyle. A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America. Call Number: LD3412.9 M47 2012.
James Meredith. Three Years in Mississippi. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1966. Call Number: LD3412.9 M4 A3.
James H. Meredith. James Meredith vs. Ole Miss. Jackson, MS: Meredith Publishing, 1995. Call Number: E185.93 M6 M4 1995.
"A Brief History of the Department of English in the University of Mississippi." Typed manuscript, undated. Call Number: LB2365 E5 B7.
Maud Morrow Brown. The University Greys: Company A, Eleventh Mississippi Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865. Richmond, VA: Garrett and Massie, 1940. Call Number: E568.5 11th B7.
Allen Cabaniss. A History of the University of Mississippi. University of Mississippi, 1949. Call Number: LD3413 C3.
Allen Cabaniss. The University of Mississippi: Its First Hundred Years. Hattiesburg, MS: University College Press for Mississippi, 1971. Call Number: LD3413 C3 1971.
Florence E. Campbell. "Journal of the Minutes of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mississippi, 1845-1860." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1939. Call Number: LD3411.82 C18784 1939.
Will D. Campbell. And Also with You: Duncan Gray and the American Dilemma. Franklin, TN: Providence House, 1997. Includes discussion of the 1962 integration of UM. Call Number: BX5995 G73 C36 1997.
Thomas John Carey. "The Language and Logics of Segregation at the University of Mississippi." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 2007.
Celebrating 10 Years, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, The University of Mississippi. University of Mississippi, 2007. Call Number: LD3417.7 2007 C45.
Rick Cleveland. Vaught: The Man & His Legacy. Birmingham, AL: Epic Sports, 2000. Call Number: GV958 M56 C44 2000.
Nadine Cohodas. The Band Played Dixie: Race and Liberal Conscience at Ole Miss. New York: Free Press, 1997. Call Number: LD3413 C65 1997.
Stella Connell and Neil White, eds. Ole Miss Business: The First 100 Years. Oxford, MS: Nautilus Publishing Company, 2017. Call Number: LD3413 O443 2017.
Robert D. Currier. Pressure from All Sides: The University of Mississippi Medical Center in the '60s. University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2006. Call Number: R747 U68345 C87 2006.
David Cutcliffe. Return to Glory: An Ole Miss Football Season to Remember. Lookout Mountain, TN: Jefferson Press, 2004. Call Number: GV958 M5 C88 2004.
Bill DeJournette. The "Pride of the South: 1928-2014: The Ole Miss Rebel Band, a History. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2015. Call Number: MT733.4 D45 2015.
Michael Alan Upton. "'Keeping the Faith with the University Greys': Ole Miss as Lieu de Memoire." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 2002. Civil War history and commemoration at the University of Mississippi.
John Newton Waddel. Historical Discourse Delivered on the Quarter-Centennial Anniversary of the University of Mississippi on Wednesday, June 25th, 1873. Holly Springs Reporter, 1873. Call Number: LD3413 W2.
Gerald W. Walton. The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History. Nashville, TN: Booksmith Group, 2008. Call Number: LD3419.7 W35 2008.
Billy Watkins. University of Mississippi Football Vault: The History of the Rebels. Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2009. Call Number: GV958 M5 W38 2009.
Frances Egger Watson. "Dr. Alfred Hume: His Leadership as Vice Chancellor, Acting Chancellor, and Chancellor of the University of Mississippi (1905-1945)." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1987.
Dennis E. Watts. "The History of Institutional Advancement at the University of Mississippi from Chancellor John Davis Williams through Chancellor Robert Conrad Khayat: Forty-Six Years of Growth." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 2004.
Historical and Current Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Mississippi. University of Mississippi, 1887. Call Number: LD3412 1887.
Historical Catalogue of the University of Mississippi 1849-1909. Call number: LD3412 1910. This volume has been digitized in its entirety.
A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi: 1933-1996. University of Mississippi, 1997. Call Number: LD3413 G43 1997.
Ira D. Hogg. History of the Anatomy Department [of the University of Mississippi Medical School]. Unpublished paper, 1974. Call Number: R747 M72 H6.
Kenneth W. Hollman. The Bureau of Business and Economic Research: Its History, Facilities, and Current Status. University, MS: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1979. Call Number: LD3411.8 H64x.
Phil Nathan Holman. "At the Starting Line: Jim Silver, a Southern White Liberal and the Civil Rights Movement in America." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1992.
Grover Cleveland Hooker. "The Origin and Development of the University of Mississippi, with Special Reference to Its Legislative Control." Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, 1932. Call Number: LD3413 H58 1932.
Lawrence Wells, ed. A Century of Heroes. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet Press, 1993. University of Mississippi football history. Call Number: GV958 M56 C46 1993.
Lawrence Wells. Ole Miss Football. Oxford, MS: Sports Yearbook Company, 1980. Call Number: GV958 M5 W4x.
Kathleen Woodruff Wickham. We Believed We Were Immortal: Twelve Reporters Who Covered the 1962 Integration Crisis at Ole Miss. Oxford, MS: Yoknapatawpha Press, [2017]. Call Number: E185.62 W65 2017.
Kathleen Woodruff Wickham. "Murder in Mississippi: The Unsolved Case of Agence French-Presse's Paul Guihard" in Journalism History 37:2 (Summer 2011). 1962 integration of the University of Mississippi. Call Number: LD3413 W53 2011.
Harry Woodberry. Ole Miss of Oxford. Houston, TX: Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, 1949. Call Number: F349 O9 W66 1949.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Integrating Ole Miss. [Jackson, MS]: MAET, 2012. DVD recording. Call Number: LD3413 I583 2012.
Franklin E. Moak. A History of the Alumni Association of the University of Mississippi, 1852-1986. Alumni Association of the University of Mississippi, 1986. Call Number: LD3412.4 M6 1986.
Ernest Clifford Payne. "A History of Speech Education at the University of Mississippi." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1958.
Anne Percy. "The History of the Black Student Union at the University of Mississippi." Typescript of paper for Southern Studies 605. Call Number: LD3411.8 P47 1993.
Anne Davis Percy. "Rebel Land after James Meredith." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1994. University of Mississippi race relations after 1962. Call Number: LD3411.82 P47 1994.
Al Povall. A Tapestry of Red & Blue: Ole Miss Sports 1945-1970. Oxford, MS: Nautilus Publishing Company, 2015. Call Number: LD3413 P683 2015.
Allie Povall. A Time Remembered: Ole Miss 1945-1970 an Oral History. Oxford, MS: Nautilus Publishing Company, [2016]. Call Number: LD3413 P6832 2016.
Janis Quinn. Promises Kept: The University of Mississippi Medical Center. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005. Call Number: R747 U68345 Q56 2005.
Patricia Davis Quinn. "An Historical Analysis of the University of Mississippi's Television Station, Channel Twelve, and Its Existing Structure." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1979.
Frances Rossman Huff. "The Relationship of Oxford and the University of Mississippi, 1818-1947." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1947. Call Number: LD3411.82 H889 1947.
Alfred Hume. Dr. John Millington (1779-1868) Distinguished Pupil of Michael Faraday and Sir Humphry Davy And Others During 100 Years of the University of Mississippi. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1950. Call Number: LD3413 H8.
Integrating Ole Miss: James Meredith and Beyond. [Jackson, MS]: MAET, 2012. DVD recording. Call Number: LD3413 I583 2012.
Jemmy Grant Johnson. "The University War Hospital." Reprinted from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society Vol. 12. Call Number: E621 J6.
W.L. Kennon and Sanford C. Gladden. "Historical Apparatus at the University of Mississippi." Reprint from The American Physics Teacher (February 1938). Call Number: QC53 K43.
Michael de L. Landon. The University of Mississippi School of Law: A Sesquicentennial History. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. Call Number: KF292 M57 L36 2006.
James B. Lloyd. The University of Mississippi: The Formative Years, 1848-1906. University, MS: J.D. Williams Library, Department of Archives & Special Collections, 1979. Call Number: LD3413.3 L46. This volume has been digitized in its entirety.
Lyman A. Magee. Two Decades of the South Central Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, with a History of Microbiology at the University of Mississippi. Oxford, MS: 1967. Call Number: QR1 A485.
Susan Ditto. Comings and Goings: The History of the Oxford Railroad Depot. University of Mississippi, 2004. Call Number: TF302 M7 D58 2004.
Ellen Douglas. A Long Night. Nouveau Press for the Mississippi Civil Liberties Union, 1986. University of Mississippi 1962 riot. Call Number: LD3413 D68 1986.
William Doyle. An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962. New York: Doubleday, 2001. Call Number: LD3413 D69 2001.
Janine Wilkes Dunlap. "The History of the Department of Journalism at the University of Mississippi, 1947-1987." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1988.
Charles W. Eagles. The Price of Defiance: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. Call Number: LD3413 E24 2009.
Eyes of History: Ole Miss, a Conversation. University, MS: Meek School of Journalism and New Media, 2013. DVD of stories told by Oxford residents and UM community members in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. Call Number: F349 O9 E947 2013.
"The First Quarter Century: A Brief History of the University of Mississippi School of Nursing, 1948-1973." Photocopy of typed manuscript, 1973. Call Number: LD3413 F57 1973.
Frances J. Fitzgerald. Greatest Moments in Ole Miss Football History. Birmingham, AL: Epic Sports, 1999. Call Number: GV958 M5 G7 1999.
Dale Flesher. Accountancy at Ole Miss: A Sesquicentenial Salute. University of Mississippi, 1997. Call Number: HF5616 U52 M7 1997.
Henry T. Gallagher. James Meredith and the Ole Miss Riot: A Soldier's Story. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2012. Call Number: LD3413 G35 2012.
Ghosts of Ole Miss. ESPN, 2012. DVD recording of documentary on the 1962 integration of the University of Mississippi and the 1962 football team. Call Number: LD3413 G467 2012.
Sanford Charles Gladden. "A History of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi: 1848-1932." Typed manuscript, 1933. Call Number: LD3413 G43.
Hardy Poindexter Graham. "Bilbo and the University of Mississippi, 1928-1932." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1965. Call Number: LD3411.82 G7394 1965.
Mary Wilhoit Harbour. "A History of the University of Mississippi Radio Station WCBH." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1968.
Nathaniel Christopher Hathorn. "A Financial History of the University of Mississippi from Its Endowment in 1819 to 1900." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1938.
James Cook Read. "The Williams Chancellorship at the University of Mississippi, 1946-1968." Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 1978.
Thomas J. Reardon. "Frank Moak's Legacy, Dean of the Division of Student Personnel, The University of Mississippi, 1964-1981." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Mississippi, 2000.
Rebels: James Meredith and the Integration of Ole Miss. University, MS: Media and Documentary Projects, 2012. DVD recording. Call Number: LD3413 R424 2012.
"Record Book of the Faculty of the University of the State of Mississippi." Typed transcript of minutes of UM faculty meetings 1848-1861. Call Number: LD3413 R43 1900z.
Thomas M. Rieland. "Scholars and Soldiers -- A University and the Civil War." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1987. Includes two videocassettes.
Langston Rogers. Ole Miss Football: A Century of Heroes, 1893-1993. Birmingham, AL: Centennial Marketing, 1993. Call Number: GV958 M5 O5 1993.
David G. Sansing. The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. Call Number: LD3413 S26 1999.
Mahala Saville. "Brief Historical Sketch of the University of Mississippi Library." Typed manuscript, 1970. Call Number: Z675 U5 S3 1970.
Paul J. Scheips. The Role of the Army in the Oxford, Mississippi Incident, 1962-3. Washington, DC: Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1965. Call Number: LD3413 S33.
Walter Malcolm Shackleford. "A History of Teacher Education at the University of Mississippi." Ed.D, University of Mississippi, 1958.
Joseph Philip Smith. "A History of College Admissions at the University of Mississippi Since 1954: Implications of the Brown v. Board of Education, Meredith v. Fair, and Ayers v. Fordice upon Student Selection Criteria." Ed.D., University of Memphis, 1998. Call Number: LD3402.9 S55 1998a.
Mickey C. Smith. Pharmacy Education at the University of Mississippi: Sketches, Highlights, and Memories. New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2006. Call Number: RS111 M7 P43 2006.
William W. Sorrels and Charles Cavagnaro. Ole Miss Rebels: Mississippi Football. Huntsville, AL: Strode Publishers, 1976. Call Number: GV958 M5 S67.
Roger D. Tate. "Franklin L. Riley: His Career to 1914." M.A. Thesis, University of Mississippi, 1971. UM history professor. Call Number: LD3411.82 T2172 1971.
University of Mississippi. Media and Documentary Projects. 50 Years of Integration: Opening the Closed Society. 2012. DVD recording on efforts to change perceptions of UM following the 1962 riot. Call Number: LD3413 F548 2012.
University of Mississippi. Media and Documentary Projects. Rebels: James Meredith & the Integration of Ole Miss. 2012. DVD recording. Call Number: LD3413 R424 2012.
