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Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

North Mississippi Probate and Chancery Court Records Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-352
Scope and Content

Probate and Chancery Court records, tax receipts, estate expense reports, and other legal documents, most from Itawamba County, 1836-1911, as well as miscellaneous other material dating from 1911-1971. Pontotoc, Calhoun, and Tishomingo counties are also represented, and there is some material concerning Limestone County, Alabama. Finally, there is one photocopy of Civil War letter from Thomas Whitesides to James Bullard, 4/27/1861. Donated by Randy Sparks, 1980-81.

Dates: 1836 - 1971

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

Partial Emmitt Till Trial Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-802
Scope and Content

Fully legible copy of the typescript transcript of the second half of the trial for the murder of Emmitt Till. This material was collected by Bryan Maxwell Newman, who obtained the copy shortly after the trial concluded in 1955. Mr. Newman was employed near Greenwood, Mississippi where the trial took place.

Dates: 1955

Holt Edgar Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-43
Scope and Content Lawyer and representative for labor unions, of Mississippi and New Orleans. Correspondence, articles, poems and speeches by Ross (1897-1968), newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers, chiefly relating to Ross' efforts in behalf of the International Longshoremen's Association, International Hod Carriers', Building, and Common Laborers' Union, American Federation of Labor, and Congress of Industrial Organizations, together with material on Ross' trip to the Trade Union Congress,...
Dates: 1916 - 1966

Starkville Pride Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-794
Scope and Content

Newspaper clippings, legal correspondence, pins and brochures. Chiefly documents the LGBTQ+ community's organization of a Pride parade in Starkville, Mississippi, in 2018.

Dates: 2018

Louis Taunton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-666
Scope and Content

Collection includes ledgers of Winston County, Mississippi, records, including Circuit Court records, (1835-1899), Judgment Roll (1857-1879), Prescription Sale of Alcohol Records (1915-1916). Also included is one Choctaw County judgment roll, 1849-1856. Louis Taunton was a Winston County historian and author; he retrieved the ledgers from discard piles and designated them for donation to the MSU Libraries.

Dates: 1835 - 1916