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Liberty C. Abbott Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1
Scope and Contents The Liberty C. Abbott family papers contain the records of the Abbott family, including a large amount of correspondence, much of it with family and friends but there are political and business letters also. In addition, there are records of Liberty Abbott’s business activities, including Clifton Plantation, Abbott and Howard, Holmes County, as well as Thompson and McClure of Schlater, Leflore County. There are also some legal documents, diaries, memorabilia, newspaper clippings,...
Dates: 1859 - 1930; Majority of material found within 1883 - 1926
Found in: Manuscripts

Baskin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-22
Scope and Contents The Baskin family papers are organized into four series: Correspondence, Financial and Legal Records, Miscellaneous, and Visual Materials. Correspondence includes letters between Baskin family and friends from 1869 to 1948, with the bulk dating from 1896 to 1940. Financial and Legal Records, 1869-1948 and undated, include bills, tax records, and deeds of trust. The Miscellaneous series consists of published and ephemeral materials collected by the family,...
Dates: 1869 - 1948
Found in: Manuscripts

Frank Burkitt Papers

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Identifier: MSS-162
Scope and Content

Contains original clippings and newspapers from Frank Burkitt's career as a newspaper editor (clippings have been photocopied for researcher use). The collection also contains one folder's worth of correspondence (photocopies).

Dates: 1888 - 1914
Found in: Manuscripts

Allen Eugene Cox Papers

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Identifier: MSS-45
Scope and Contents The collection is organized into eight series which represent the original accession received between 1967 and 1970 and the subsequent seven additions received between 1971 and 1996. The numbering of the boxes in the first series includes a roman numeral to denote the original box numbering of this series. The organization of the folders within the series—mostly alphabetical—and the folder titles are substantially those of Mr. Cox. Folders have been divided where the contents were excessive....
Dates: 1880 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1987
Found in: Manuscripts

Gardner (James H.) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-38
Scope and Content Note

The James H. Gardner Collection contains business records from various Mississippians. Masonic Letters from the New Hope Lodge. Personal correspondences between several Gardners’. As well as a Civil War letter and a miscellaneous collection of papers, prescriptions, political advertisements and election materials-hand bills. The content is in the form of paper and Photostat.

Dates: 1846 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1890
Found in: Manuscripts

Clay Jones Papers

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Identifier: MSS-538
Scope and Contents The Clay Jones papers focus mainly on Jones’ career as a cartoonist. They incorporate correspondence, contracts, awards materials, portfolios, printed materials, cartoon drawings and art, convention/conference materials, political memorabilia and visual materials. The correspondence encompasses a wide variety of job applications and responding letters from various and numerous newspapers throughout the United States. Other letters fall in the categories of reader responses,...
Dates: 1982 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1990 - 1997
Found in: Manuscripts

Lillian Neilson Collection

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Identifier: MSS-419
Scope and Content Journals, financial records, correspondence, photographs, family history, and miscellany, mostly pertaining to James C. Neilson, a Lowndes County, Mississippi, farmer, Mississippi state legislator, and Grange member. Among the topics in his journals are freedmen's accounts, race relations, church, the Grange, the legislature, an arson trial, and his family. Also included are the 1962 journal of Sarah Neilson, which mentions the riots at the University of Mississippi; a history of the Boykin...
Dates: 1829 - 1976
Found in: Manuscripts

Oral History Collection

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Identifier: MSS-550
Scope and Content

Oral histories of extension agents, politicians and local citizens. Topics include African-American history, women's history, the Vietnam War, agriculture, and Mississippi State University, Starkville and West Point history.

Dates: 1950 - 2001
Found in: Manuscripts

Vernon Pace Collection

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Identifier: MSS-544
Scope and Content

Materials collected by journalist Vernon Pace include audio recordings, phonograph records, books, pamphlets and articles representing conservative points of view.

Dates: 1931 - 1984
Found in: Manuscripts

Partial Emmitt Till Trial Transcript

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Identifier: MSS-802
Scope and Content

Fully legible copy of the typescript transcript of the second half of the trial for the murder of Emmitt Till. This material was collected by Bryan Maxwell Newman, who obtained the copy shortly after the trial concluded in 1955. Mr. Newman was employed near Greenwood, Mississippi where the trial took place.

Dates: 1955
Found in: Manuscripts

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