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Thornton family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents
Collection of the Solomon M. Thornton family of Georgia and Mississippi includes 2 legal papers, 9 Civil War letters, and other letters on family matters. Solomon M. Thornton (circa 1824-1864) served as a Captain in Co. B, 31st Mississippi Regiment in the Civil War, was wounded at Peachtree Creek, and probably killed at the Battle of Franklin. Included are six letters to his wife, Sarah F. Thornton (1829-1880), 1861-1864. Other Civil War letters include a long fragment of a letter from...
Dates:
1849-1895 and undated
Found in:
Manuscripts
Mary Thornton Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-432
Scope and Contents
Letters and military papers of Merry B. Harris, a Confederate officer who headed the Pettus Relief Company of Mississippi Volunteers during the Civil War. Included are the rules and regulations of the Pettus Relief and a letter dated December 22, 1860, which describes conditions in South Carolina following its secession from the U.S. Facsimiles and other copies.
Dates:
1860 - 1864
Found in:
Manuscripts
United Confederate Veterans, Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311, Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-548
Scope and Content
Records of the United Confederate Veterans Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311 include checks, letters, a ledger and miscellaneous items documenting membership and finances, 1909-1919. Also includes a brochure about the Pension Laws of Mississippi in 1926.
Dates:
1909 - 1926
Found in:
Manuscripts
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter (Starkville, Mississippi) Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-518
Scope and Content
Minutes, membership records, scrapbooks, photographs, programs, correspondence, publications and other materials documenting the activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter and the Regina Harrison Lee Chapter, Children of the Confederacy.
Dates:
1959 - 2011
Found in:
Manuscripts
Bernhardt Wall Correspondence Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: FVW-BW
Scope and Contents
Bernhardt Wall was an American artist and noted historian who lived from 1872-1955. Wall was born in New York. Throughout his life, Wall also lived in California and Texas. Wall was a veteran of the Spanish American War. Wall was a student at the Buffalo Art League during the late 1800s. By 1915, Wall set out to become an artist full time. Wall authored The Odysssey of the Etcher of Book in 1945. Wall died in California in 1956.This collection includes works, correspondences and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1929 - 1948
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
John S. West Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-295
Scope and Contents
Letter of John S. West from Iuka, Mississippi, to his brother and sister, February 22, 1862. West, a 16-year old soldier, was killed 10 days later.
Dates:
1862
Found in:
Manuscripts
West Point, Mississippi, Miscellaneous Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-296
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous papers about West Point, Mississippi, collected in WPA days by Mrs. Ed Joiner. Contents: An account of Grierson's Raid; also interviews with ex-enslaved persons.
Dates:
undated
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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- Brigance, Roy Shelby, 1927-2014 1
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- Buchanan, Margaret Ray , 1915-1995 1
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- Bultema, James A. 1
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