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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
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
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
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana - Original Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: FVW-MANU
Scope and Content
This collection contains a variety of materials broken down into six series, most of which relates to the Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. The first, Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, contains documents penned and/or signed in Lincoln’s hand, including legal proceedings, affidavits, and jury notes. The second series, Abraham Lincoln Correspondence, contains letters Lincoln created over the course of his legal career and presidency. Miscellaneous Legal Documents make up the next...
Dates:
1768 - 1992
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
Carl Schurz collection
Collection
Identifier: FVW-CSZ
Scope and Content
The Carl Schurz collection is organized into three series. The first and most substantial series is a collection of correspondences mostly written by Carl Schurz himself. The collection is comprised mostly of original documents; however, some of the correspondences are also photocopies and have been noted as such in the breakdown. Other authors in the collection include Abraham Lincoln and Gideon Welles. The addressees of the letters are incredibly varied and range from other statesmen like...
Dates:
1857 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1857 - 1906
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