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Cotton Ginery

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This postcard features a color illustration of hundreds of bales of cotton and waggons loaded with cotton bales lining the streets of an unidentified town. Buildings are pictured on either side of the street and a number of utility polesare scattered along the streets and near the buildings. The title of the card is printed in red in the upper left of the image. "J. H. Dellande" is stamped in ink on the top and botton on the back of the card.

Charles Dickens

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

Charles Dickens is pictured in profile with one hand to his face in this sepia toned portrait. Dickens is pictured wearing a dark, three piece suit. "Dickens" is written on the bottom edge of the photograph.

Adobe Church, Juarez, Mexico

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

An adobe church with a bell tower to the left is pictured in this black and white photograph. A wrought iron fence is pictured around the chruch. "Adobe Church, Juarez" is written in pencil beneath the image. The photograph was originally included on a scrapbook sheet.

Woman At Trains

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A woman standing between two trains is featured in this black and white photograph. The woman is wearing a long dress and a headscarf. People can be seen behind her. The photograph was originally included on a scrapbook page.

Donkey

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A side profile of a donkey wearing a saddle and blanket is pictured in this photograph. A fence, trees and partial views of buidings are pictured behind the donkey. This photograph was originally included on a scrapbook page.

Washington Artillary Monument At Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A distant view of the Washinton Artillary Monument at Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, the photograph shows the monument on a mound from what appears to be a sidewalk. "Erected to the memory of the Washington Artillary, New Orleans" is written in pencil below the image. This photograph was originally included on a scrapbook page.

Lynx Football At Hodges Field, Southwestern (Rhodes) College

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

Four men identified as alumni, a former president, and a former football player, all of Southwestern (Rhodes) College are pictured in the bleachers of Hodges Field for a Lynx game. The men, all seated in front are identified, from left to right, Franklin Kimbrough, President of the Southwestern (not Rhodes) Alumni Association, Dr. Peyton N. Rhodes, former president of the college, Goodbar Morgan, Alumni Secretary, and William T. Walker, Jr., a former Lynx football player. The bleachers behind the men are full of other spectators seated to watch the game.

Cut Log In The Forest, Canebreak, Mississippi

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A black and white photograph of a cut log laying on the ground of the forest near the tree's stump. The photograph is mounted on a black board with the words "Cane Brake Miss" written on the back.

Stennis Bumper Sticker

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This bumper sticker has "Stennis" printed in dark blue with the shape of Mississippin in red with a star above it in place of the "I". The bumper sticker was used as campaign material for John C. Stennis' relection bid.

People Standing Among Tornado Debris

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This black and white photograph shows a small group of people standing among a large amoung of debris from tornado or storm damage. A utility pole is pictured leaning on the left side of the imag and the remains of a building is pictured on the right side of the image. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Crowd In The Streets Of Town

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This sepia toned, poorly visible photograph shows a large number of people crowding the streets of town with storefronts, buildings, and automobiles lineing the street. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Or Tornado Damage And Debris At A Building

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This black and white photograph shows a large amount of storm debris in front of a long, heavily damaged building. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Damage And Debris At A Water Tower

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This black and white photograph shows storm debris and damage at a heavily damaged building beside a water tower. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Damage At A Building

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This black and white photograph shows the damage sustained to a building during a tornado or storm. The façade is missing from the building on one side and debris is littered on the ground. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Or Tornado Debris

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This sepia toned photograph shows the debris and damage from a storm or tornado with small structures pictures among the debris. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Debris And Damage At The Cohn Bros. Manufacturing Company Building

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This sepia toned photograph shows the debris and damage from a storm or tornado at the Cohn Brothers Manufacturing Company plant building. A group of men are pictured standing amid the debris in front of the building. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Storm Damage In A Neighborhood

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This sepia toned photograph shows storm or tornado damage and debris in a residential neighborhood. A row of houses are pictured on the other side of the street from the debris pictured in the foreground. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Linemen On A Utility Pole

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

This sepia toned photograph of six linemen (utility workers) climbing a utility pole is mounted on a black matte. The men are three to each side of the pole, secured by harnesses and the men are posing, some with their hands on their hip or their arms crossed.

Portrait Of Hon. Henry S. Foote, Senator And Governor

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

Henry S. Foote, governor of Mississippi from 1852 to 1854, is featured in this black and white portrait that is mounted on textured brown matte with his name printed on the matte beneath the portrait. In the portrait, Foote is pictured with a long white beard and wearting a dark three piece suit. A brief biography of Foote, taken from a July 15, 1015 issue of Guernica--A Magazine of Global Arts and Politics accompanies the portrait.

Storm Damage Looking East From Grand Avenue Hotel

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A sepia toned photograph of a crowd of people standing in the street observing storm or tornado damage with damaged buildings pictured on either side is mounted on a black matte and has "Looking East from Grand Ave. Hotel" written along the bottom right edge of the matte.

Storm Damage In Town

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A group of men in uniforms and hats stand among storm or tornado damage in a town. A group of wooden chairs are lined up in the street holin blankets and other textiles. The photograph is mounted on a light colored matte.

Family Photo At A Farm Stand

Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

A colorized photograph of people standing with a small harvest in front of a farm stand. The men are all wearing hats and the women are wearing dresses. Boxes of red fruit or vegitables are in front of the people and some of the men are holding boxes of the red fruit. A small, open structure is behind the people in the center. The photograph is mounted on a black matte.

Queer Approaches To Tolkien: Essays On The Many Paths To Middle-Earth (2025), Edited By Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro, And Stephen Yandell, Taylor Driggers

Journal of Tolkien Research

Book review, by Taylor Driggers, of Queer Approaches to Tolkien: Essays on the Many Paths to Middle-earth (2025), edited by Robin Anne Reid, Christopher Vaccaro, and Stephen Yandell

Impact Of A Formal Presurgical Curriculum On Early Resident Cataract Outcomes, Shirley Z. Wu, Sumit Sharma, Justin C. Muste, George Markakis, Michael Millstein, Sheldon Oberfeld, Allen Roth, Jack Shao, Thomas L. Steinemann, Elisa Bala, Sunil K. Srivastava, Priya Shukla, Jeffrey Chu, Xinyu Gu, Delaney Ryan, Daniel F. Martin, Jeffrey M. Goshe

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Presurgical training during ophthalmology residency is crucial for a successful transition to cataract surgery in the operating room. Growing evidence suggests that residents benefit more from supervised hands-on learning than from independent practice. The supervised presurgical curriculum approach for early resident cataract surgical training has not been widely studied, especially with regard to the steepest part of the learning curve.

Purpose: To investigate the impact of a formal presurgical wet lab curriculum on early resident cataract complication rates, operative time, and patient visual outcomes.

Methods: In this retrospective case-control study, resident primary cataract cases before and …

Expansion Of A Self-Guided Curriculum And Validation Of A Self-Assessment Tool For Ocular Examination Skills, Maria Lee, Irene Pak, Aryan Chaychian, Isabell Kassaye, Adam Alyafaie, Neeti Parikh, Madeline Yung

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Public interest in vision health is growing, yet ophthalmology remains underemphasized in medical education due to time constraints associated with in-person instruction.

Purpose: To demonstrate effectiveness of self-guided e-learning modules for ocular examination skills and to determine whether self-assessments can reliably assess medical student proficiency in these skills.

Methods: Medical students at a single institution participated in a skills workshop. Group 1 completed self-guided modules for visual acuity, confrontational visual field testing, pupil examination, and extraocular motility evaluation. Group 2 completed a self-guided module for the slit lamp anterior segment examination. Afterward, each student completed a …

Ophthalmology Exposure For Medical Students In Institutions Without A Home Ophthalmology Department: A Review Of The Literature, Rayna Marshall, Sara A. Khan, Meghan Berkenstock

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Matching into an ophthalmology residency program has become increasingly competitive, with a 66% overall match rate reported by the San Francisco Match in 2024. Early exposure to ophthalmology is critical for students to develop an interest in the field, build robust research experiences, and find mentors to create a competitive ophthalmology residency application. These experiences can often be difficult to acquire at institutions that lack an ophthalmology department. Such institutions face unique challenges in providing mentorship and exposure in this medical specialty, underscoring the need for innovative solutions to support interested students.

Purpose: To assess ways a …

Program Director Perspectives On Global Ophthalmology Fellowships, Ashlie A. Bernhisel, John A. Musser Vi, Gena M. Damento, Grant M. Welk, Jacquelyn A. O’Banion, Kieran S. O’Brien, Jeff H. Pettey, Suzanne S. Gilbert

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Eight Global Ophthalmology (GO) fellowship programs are available in the United States, and more than 30 U.S. GO fellows are now alumni. There are no standardized learning objectives for these programs, and fellows’ experiences vary widely between institutions.

Purpose: To survey GO fellowship program directors in the United States to elucidate differences in learning objectives, duration of time abroad, funding sources, and other differences between GO fellowships.

Methods: All program directors at all institutions with current GO fellowship programs in the United States were sent a 25-question questionnaire via email from October through December 2022. The …

Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Current Ophthalmic Surgical Volume In Los Angeles, Pooja Nikki Bisarya, Jason Strawbridge, Justin Hanson, Irena Tsui, Joann Giaconi

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Increased outsourcing of ophthalmology surgeries has negative consequences for patients, who lose continuity of care, and for ophthalmology trainees, who experience reduced surgical volume.

Purpose: To examine the utilization and outsourcing of ophthalmic surgeries at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on implications for surgical training and patient outcomes.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted within the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles (GLA) Healthcare System, specifically at clinical sites staffed by ophthalmology residents. All ophthalmology patients sent for surgery from these sites were included. …

Publishing Under Pressure: Ophthalmology Research Productivity After Adoption Of Step 1 Pass/Fail, Arjun N. Bhatt, Ali Abolhassani, Asim Ahmed, Jack Mcclain, Joanne Thomas, Saurabh Wakade, Shivam Patel, Steven E. Brooks

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background

The transition of the USMLE Step 1 exam to pass/fail scoring has increased the emphasis on research productivity in competitive specialties such as urology and neurosurgery, yet its impact on ophthalmology bears further investigation. Additionally, the San Francisco Match provides no publicly available data on the research output of matched ophthalmology residency applicants, highlighting a critical gap in understanding the academic profiles of these candidates.

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the USMLE Step 1 transition and pre-residency research productivity of matched ophthalmology residents and assess the potential role of medical school NIH funding level on publication metrics. …

Ophthalmology Consult Volume At A Tertiary Care Center Emergency Room: An Emerging Trend, David S. Portney, Breanna Tracey, Jaqueline Stoutin, Tatiana Deveney, Bradford Tannen, Shahzad I Mian

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Changes to the practice of ophthalmology have affected how health systems manage urgent and emergent ophthalmic complaints. However, the literature analyzing recent trends is limited.

Purpose: To analyze trends in the volume of ophthalmology consults and eye-related emergency room visits at a large academic medical center.

Methods: This is a single-institution retrospective observational study of adult emergency room patient encounters and subsequent adult emergency room ophthalmology consults from July 2019 through June 2024. Encounters were categorized as primary eye complaints and nonprimary eye complaints. Ophthalmology consults and emergency room encounters were tracked based on the presentation …