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Learn about the history, you never knew, about handkerchiefs. See Katie Robertson's impressive collection.

Richard Mullenax spent some of his childhood growing up in America's Secret City, Oak Ridge, TN, a town created to house a military city. The city was the center of the development of the Manhattan Project and the building of the atomic bomb.

Charles "LaLa" Evans talks about the love of his life and his outlook on life. It's all good.

Albert George Bennett, Jr. and Dr. Roy Ruby talk about the Old Main dormitory that burned in 1959.

Joan Wilson talks about James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 - March 7, 1991) who was from Starkville, MS and went on to be an American center fielder in Negro league baseball from 1922 to 1946. He is considered to have been one of the fastest men ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He ranked 66th on a list of the greatest baseball players publishe...

Betsy Longest, daughter of Dr. John C. Longest, talks about her fathers legacy as one of the first Doctors in Oktibbeha County, Starkville, Mississippi. The interview was conducted by Scott Kirby in 2023 as a part of the Charles H. Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival hosted by the Mississippi State University Libraries.

Charles "LaLa" Evans, Terrence Evans and Victor Evans talk about the history of the Evans Family and the Evans Shine Parlor. Interviews were conducted by Scott Kirby in 2023 as a part of the Charles H. Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival hosted by the Mississippi State University Libraries.

Mayor Spruill talks about her military career and work as a public servant in Starkville, MS

Eagle Scout Gordon Welch from Starkville, MS created a digital exhibit for the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum featuring two World War veterans - George Bryan and John Frazier. Judge Frazier, who became a Circuit Court Judge in Mississippi, met Gordon at the unveiling of his digital exhibit at the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum. Judge Frazier, 96, gave those in attendance a treat when he tal...

Dr. Larry Anderson, former teacher, principal, and professor, talks about his love of woodworking and how he started using scraps from the Herschede Clock Company. (Starkville, MS).

Charles "LaLa" Evans talks about his life and career as a shoe shiner at Evans Shine Parlor, serving as the first black mailman in Starkville, MS and growing up in Starkville.

Lynne Strickland, June 2023 Community Event Series

Dr. Anne Marshall, Executive Director, Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library.