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Lena Bell Clayton Anderson scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1, item: 1
Identifier: MPC-153
Scope and Content
The collection contains a historical and political scrapbook with political notes for Governor James K. Vardaman, Senator Leroy Percy, Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, Senator James Gordon, and other political figures. Subjects include state supreme court decisions, state and national senatorial elections, politics related to WWI, Mississippi political spats, state politics, the trial of Senator Hobbs, political corruption, political demagoguery, the Spanish-American War fund, and, poet James...
Dates:
1910 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1914
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Oliver Clifton and Family papers
Collection
Identifier: MPC-CLIF
Scope and Content
The Mayor Oliver Clifton and Family Papers arrived in subpar conditions. Most of the documents were in a brown paper bag that was wrapped in a dust-covered garbage bag. The majority of the papers in this collection are letters addressed to either Oliver Clifton (1847-1905) or other members of his family. The letters were stacked together in various piles and tied together by shoe strings. There did not appear to be any arrangement to the materials. Along with the letters that were tied...
Dates:
1870 - 1911; Majority of material found within 1896 - 1906
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Patricia Derian Papers
Collection
Identifier: MPC-130
Scope and Contents
The Patricia Derian papers contain primarily records of Derian’s activities from 1964 to 1976; the two largest groups document MAP and the Democratic Party. Among the types of materials included are correspondence, minutes, logs, reports, publications, legal materials, scrapbooks, artifacts and audio tapes.The first group of records is the Mississippi Action for Progress (MAP) series. It consists of materials relating to Derian’s tenure as the OEO oversight person within MAP and...
Dates:
1964 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1973
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Benjamin Franklin Fridge papers
Collection
Identifier: MPC-037
Scope and Content
The Fridge Collection contains letters between Progressive Party leaders and Benjamin F. Fridge in relation to his trip to speak at the Progressive Convention between July 2-3, 1913. The collection also contains his speech at the convention and newspaper clippings from August, 1912.
Dates:
1839 - 1913; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1913
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
James Z. George and Elizabeth B. George papers
Collection
Identifier: MPC-JZG
Scope and Contents
J. Z. and Elizabeth George papers Scope and Content:This collection is composed of one box of correspondence from 1846 to 1899 with the majority of letters being written between 1892-1894 during which time J. Z. and his wife, Elizabeth Brooks or E. B. George, were in Washington as he served as a United States Senator representing the state of Mississippi. The collection also contains one receipt book and three scrapbooks of family news.The correspondence contained in...
Dates:
1846 - 1899; Majority of material found within 1892 - 1894
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Godwin Advertising Agency collection
Collection
Identifier: MPC-096
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into 20 series, arranged both chronologically and by format type. The content concerns the advertising campaigns run by the Godwin Advertising Agency on behalf of the States’ Rights Democratic Party and a number of state and local politicians in Mississippi between 1948 and 1971, as well as a large group of photographs taken for the Agricultural and Industrial Board to promote the state between 1947 and 1955. The material gives insights into the role of advertising...
Dates:
1940 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1948 - 1971
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. collection
Collection
Identifier: MPC-JG
Scope and Content Note
The Jack Gordon Collection contains materials relating to the life and career of Mississippi State Senator Carl J. "Jack" Gordon, Jr. The collection contains newspaper clippings focusing on Gordon's legislative career, political campaign materials, constituent correspondence, personal tributes, family photographs, and a variety of awards and certificates. The collection encompasses 7 cubic feet of material, including oversized photographs, certificates, and plaques.
Dates:
1955 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1976 - 2011
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
George Lawson Sheldon papers
Collection
Identifier: CPRC-026
Scope and Content
The George Lawson Sheldon Collection features a variety of materials that Sheldon accumulated during his political career. Eight cubic feet of material makes up the collection. The collection has numerous copies of newspaper articles about Sheldon’s various political interests. Sheldon saved most of his political and party correspondence, and the collection houses the letters. Other letters and greeting cards constitute Sheldon’s correspondence with family and friends. A fair amount of...
Dates:
1922 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1960
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
John Marshall Stone letter book collection
Collection
Identifier: CPRC-JMS
Scope and Content
Volumes consist of letters, speeches, and correspondence from the time when John Marshall Stone was Governor of Mississippi, and when he ran for Senator of Mississippi. The volumes give examples of speeches given by Stone, issues he faced as Governor, such as Bimetallism, and Special Warrants, and his service in the Civil War. Fonds also include several loose documents placed within the pages of the volumes dating from Stone’s time in office.
Dates:
1893 - 1899
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Sam Wilhite papers
Collection
Identifier: CPRC-137
Scope and Content
The collection documents the activities of Sam Wilhite (1919-1998), who served as executive assistant to Mississippi Governor Hugh White in his second term (1952-1956) and was deeply involved in Democratic political work on the state, regional, and national levels during the late 1940s and 1950s. Among the candidates for whom he campaigned were Adlai Stevenson, John C. Stennis, and Hugh White. Wilhite also worked with the chambers of commerce in Florence, Alabama, and in West Point and...
Dates:
1871 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1976
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
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