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W.C. Graham Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-203
Scope and Contents

Muster roll of W.C. Graham's Company, April-May 1865; payroll and discharge, May 16, 1865; graduation diploma, Baptist Female Seminary, Pontotoc, Mississippi, and valedictory address of Jennie L. Gaulding, 1873.

Dates: 1865, 1873
Found in: Manuscripts

Hugh R. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-35
Scope and Contents

A small quantity of letters written to Judge Hugh R. Miller of Pontotoc, Mississippi, on a variety of topics, mostly about matters of real estate or probate. Notable pieces include two very long letters from a widow named Eliza Merritt detailing the harassment of herself, her family and her enslaved persons by a man named Green Merritt (possibly one of her in-laws) and his enslaved persons.

Dates: 1834 - 1879
Found in: Manuscripts

Wiley Norris Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: CPRC-013
Scope and Contents This collection contains two boxes. Box 1 holds folders 1-29 and Box 2 holds folders 30-32. A new inventory was taken of the collection in 2015. During the new inventory, folders were labeled according to the first inventory's headings. A graduate student checked the folders to make sure the folders corresponded with the inventory.The collection contains Correspondence from family, friends, and clients in Mississippi, Alabama, and Washington State relating chiefly to legal...
Dates: 1872 - 1924

Parker family Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-238
Scope and Contents

Letters of W.O. McCall of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment; Edward Jones from Lowry Station, Georgia; Philip G. Hilderbrand of the 46th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Company E., and others.

Dates: 1863 - 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

Patterson Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-239
Scope and Contents

Letter from Martha Gamewell of Jackson, Tennessee, informing Lt. Patterson of the death and burial of his brother, 1863; letter describing farming and everyday life.

Dates: 1855 - 1892
Found in: Manuscripts

Pridmore family Civil War letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-253
Scope and Contents

Letters of Sgt. F. Pridmore, 41st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, Co. K., Buckner's Division, describe troop movements, army conditions, etc., in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Virginia. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

M. A. Ryan: Experience of a Confederate Soldier

 Collection — Box: Misc. MSS Box 3
Identifier: MSS-261
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a single reminscence by M. A. Ryan entitled “Experience of a Confederate Soldier in Camp and Prison in the Civil War."

Dates: 1861 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

William E. Sykes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-279
Scope and Contents

76 letters (1859-1865) of William E. Sykes to his wife, chiefly from northeast Mississippi Civil War campaign sites; statements, accounts, receipts, and other business papers (1858-1864), chiefly from Aberdeen, Mississippi. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1856 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

William Humphreys Young letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-309
Scope and Contents

27 typescript letters of Lieutenant William H. Young of the 5th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company B, to his wife in Carroll County, Mississippi, from Grenada, Greenwood, North Mississippi, and Camp Chase, Ohio, 1862-1865. Young died in prison in 1865.

Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

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