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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
Henry Smith Adams diary
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: USGPL-HSA
Scope and Content
The Henry Smith Adams collection consist of his diary during the war, a diary of his life before the war, and a genealogical history of his family. The collection also contains a transcript of his diary, letters, and the family’s genealogical history. Inside his diary, Adams wrote about his daily life in the army, his thoughts on contemporary politics, his general health, daily events, his interactions with Union and Confederate soldiers, and his wounding at Champions Hill. The collection...
Dates:
1670 - 1926; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1864
Found in:
Ulysses S. Grant Collection
Lena Bell Clayton Anderson scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1, item: 1
Identifier: MPC-153
Scope and Content
The collection contains a historical and political scrapbook with political notes for Governor James K. Vardaman, Senator Leroy Percy, Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, Senator James Gordon, and other political figures. Subjects include state supreme court decisions, state and national senatorial elections, politics related to WWI, Mississippi political spats, state politics, the trial of Senator Hobbs, political corruption, political demagoguery, the Spanish-American War fund, and, poet James...
Dates:
1910 - 1917; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1914
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
John Bailey collection
Collection
Identifier: USGPL-BAI
Scope and Content
The John Bailey Collection is organized thematically into five series: Series 1: Clerk of the House, Series 2: Justice of the Peace, Series 3: Reform School of the District of Columbia, Series 4: Currency, and Additional Material. While the inclusive dates range from 1797-1925, the bulk of the material is from the 1850s-1880s. Due to the overlapping appointments of Bailey across his lifetime the collection is arranged thematically. The material included in this collection reflects Bailey’s...
Dates:
1797 - 1925; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1870
Found in:
Ulysses S. Grant Collection
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
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
Allen Eugene Cox Papers
Collection
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
Patricia Derian Papers
Collection
Identifier: MPC-130
Scope and Contents
The Patricia Derian papers contain primarily records of Derian’s activities from 1964 to 1976; the two largest groups document MAP and the Democratic Party. Among the types of materials included are correspondence, minutes, logs, reports, publications, legal materials, scrapbooks, artifacts and audio tapes.The first group of records is the Mississippi Action for Progress (MAP) series. It consists of materials relating to Derian’s tenure as the OEO oversight person within MAP and...
Dates:
1964 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1973
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
Chauncey I. Filley papers
Collection
Identifier: USGPL-CIF
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains the correspondence, receipts, newspaper articles, and general records of Chauncey Ives Filley and other prominent Missouri Republicans from 1879 to 1892. More specifically, the collection is primarily composed of the correspondence between Chauncey I. Filley and Republican party members who tried to whip up support for a third presidential term for Ulysses S. Grant. The correspondence also contains records of general Republican Party business. Predominantly,...
Dates:
1879 - 1891
Found in:
Ulysses S. Grant Collection
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