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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

Samuel Andrew Agnew Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-100
Dates: 1847 - 1902
Found in: Manuscripts

Jesse Roderick Sparkman Civil War Diary

 Collection — Box: Misc. MSS Box 3
Identifier: MSS-273
Scope and Contents

Diary of Sparkman of Jeff Davis Legion, Company C, Mississippi Cavalry (Southern Guards), 1861-1865. Also Sparkman family data. Compiled by Mildred K. Holman.

Dates: 1860
Found in: Manuscripts

Thomas D. Wallace Civil War Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-142
Scope and Contents

Account written by Wallace, a Winston County, Mississippi, farmer who joined the Winston Guards at age 16 and travelled with the Confederate Army from Mississippi to Virginia. Included is a list of deaths, discharges, and desertions for the Guards. Collection includes two transcripts, one of which is heavily annotated.

Dates: 1861 - 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

Thomas J. Wilkins Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-302
Scope and Contents

Diary of Wilkins of the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E (Prairie Guards), who enlisted from Brooksville, Mississippi, and was wounded and in prison at the time of the writing of the diary in 1864.

Dates: 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

Daniel Williams Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-20
Abstract

The Daniel Williams family papers document the history of the family from 1823 to 1966, most notably Campbell “Cammie” Williams and his brother, Mims Williams. The papers consist of correspondence, Civil War tax documents, bills and account statements, contracts, newspaper clippings, genealogical material, essays, poetry, cards, and miscellany.

Dates: 1823 - 1966
Found in: Manuscripts

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