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Louis Ball Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-157
Scope and Contents
Letters and cards from 2 servicemen in Europe to the Ball family, 1944-1945.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Found in:
Manuscripts
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
Hightower, Montgomery, Perkins, Castles, and Stiles families papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS.-537
Scope and Contents
The Hightower, Montgomery, Perkins, Castles, and Stiles families papers contain the papers of the members of five Mississippi families related by marriage. Much of the material concerns three families: the Perkins, Hightower and Montgomery families. The papers include family correspondence, a small number of business and legal documents, and a variety of other documents that record predominantly the lives of the female members of the families. The collection includes a number of...
Dates:
1848 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1960
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
G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery papers, World War II and Pre-Congressional correspondence
Series
Identifier: CPRC-GVM-WWII
Scope and Content
The World War II Correspondence Series of the G. V. "Sonny" Montgomery papers contains letters home from Congressman Montgomery to his mother and step-father from 1943 to 1946. It also includes Montgomery's military records and other military correspondence from 1947 to 1967. The correspondence is arranged chronologically and also contains copies of Orders, brochures and pamphlets, and other items he sent home. The series chronicles his service in the European Theater of the war, where...
Dates:
1943 - 1967
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
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
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
E. D. Osband Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSS-236
Scope and Contents
Copy of December 14, 1863, letter of Colonel Embury D. Osband, 1st Mississippi Cavalry (Black Soldiers Regiment), to General James B. McPherson.
Dates:
1863
Found in:
Manuscripts
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
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Manuscripts
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