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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
Frank Burkitt Papers
Collection
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
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
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
James S. Saggus Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-117
Scope and Contents
Series of 49 articles written in 1965 for Jackson, Mississippi, newspaper, concerning the effects of the Civil War on government and life in Mississippi and concerning Mississippi's leaders during and after the war.
Dates:
1965
Found in:
Manuscripts
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
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- Abbott, Gertrude 1
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- Abbott, Maria 1
- Bruce, Blanche Kelso 1
- Burkitt, Frank (Benjamin Franklin), 1843-1914 1
- Clifton, Chalmers Dancy, 1889-1966 1
- Clifton, Oliver St. John, 1847-1905 1
- Gearhart, Birdie 1
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- Gearhart, Traver 1
- George, Elizabeth Brooks Young, 1827-1897 1
- George, James Z. (James Zachariah), 1826-1897 1
- Gordon, Charles Ulysses, 1865-1955 1
- Hill, James. 1
- Howard, Perry Wilson, 1877-1961 1
- Jones, Peyton Abbott 1
- Jones, Peyton Tabb 1
- Martin, Tella E. 1
- Mississippi State College for Women 1
- Reed family. 1
- Republican Party (Miss.) 1
- Saggus, James S. 1
- Sheldon, George Lawson, Governor, 1870-1960 1
- Thompson and McClure (Schlater, Miss.) 1
- Traver family. 1
- Traver, Elizabeth. 1
- Traver, Margaret. 1
- United States. Army. New York Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1886) 1
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