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William Edward Brougher Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-25
Content Description

Papers documenting the military career of William Edward Brougher, spanning from 1906 to 1945. Including manuscript diaries, typed transcriptions of the diaries, mail, and poetry from Brougher’s time as a P.O.W. in the Phillipines (1941-45).

Dates: 1906 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1945
Found in: Manuscripts

John C. Bush Book of Travels

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-326
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of typescript of diary describing journeys made by steamboat up the Missouri River. The latter portion is by Edward S. Bush.

Dates: 1819 - 1820
Found in: Manuscripts

Horace A. Derry Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-187
Scope and Contents

Daily record (March 26-October 1, 1862), by a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, in the U.S. Army during Virginia peninsula campaigns. Chiefly routine. Mentions the balloon several times. Also includes a furlough document.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

Benson Guyton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-345
Scope and Contents

The collection includes issues of Ex-POW Bulletins, the official publication of the ADBC; Omine Machi newsletters; a copy of a speech given by Guyton at the 1977 ADBC meeting at the U. S. Naval Academy; memorabilia from veterans annual reunions and an ADBC convention; and a photocopy of Guyton’s diary.

Dates: 1942 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1977 - 1980
Found in: Manuscripts

James Knox diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.274
Scope and Contents The James Knox diary, which begins in March 1848 and ends in February 1851, records the daily operations of his plantation in Pickens County, Alabama, including sowing, plowing, harvesting, and selling. He refers to several enslaved persons by name, most often Patrick and Alvin. Knox’s regular attendance at church and presbytery meetings is recorded in the diary, along with information about the pastors and their sermon texts. Ministers James Somerville, J. L. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Morrow, and...
Dates: 1848 - 1851
Found in: Manuscripts

Gideon Lincecum diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-405
Scope and Contents

Diary of Gideon Lincecum, Texas, November 1849-December, 1850.

Dates: 1849 - 1850
Found in: Manuscripts

John Lathon Lovett papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-224
Scope and Contents

Two account books, E. Lovett, Walthall, Mississippi, 1891-1897; 1 diary, John L. Lovett, Winona College, 1891-1892; University of Mississippi, 1893-1895; 1 original land patent, John Lovett, Choctaw County, 1841.

Dates: 1841, 1891-1897
Found in: Manuscripts

Sallie B. McRae diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-227
Scope and Contents

Typed copy of McRae’s diary, January-June 1862, edited by James W. Webb.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

Zenas Preston Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-252
Scope and Contents

Plantation on Lake St. Peter across river from Natchez, Mississippi. Refers to plantation life of the period: enslaved persons, crops, levees and floods, diseases, prescriptions, taxes, road work, weather.

Dates: 1850 - 1853
Found in: Manuscripts

Abbie Bell Nicholson Red Diary

 Collection — Box: Misc. MSS Box 3
Identifier: MSS-259
Scope and Contents

Diary of Mrs. Red, a student at Industrial Institute and College, Columbus, Mississippi, concerns the daily events in a college girl's life. Copy.

Dates: 1905 - 1906
Found in: Manuscripts

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