Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John J. Henry Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-33
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, including letters relating to the John J. Henry-Theodore G. Bilbo 1911 affair and other letters from prominent Mississippians. The bulk of the correspondence documents the response of friends, business associates, and prominent politicians to Henry's public physical assault of Bilbo, after Bilbo spoke about Henry's family in slanderous terms. The responses document a broad and general dislike of Bilbo, and support for Henry.Also includes broadside, newspaper...
Dates:
1904 - 1968
Found in:
Manuscripts
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John J. Henry Papers
Sam Wilhite papers
Collection
Identifier: CPRC-137
Scope and Content
The collection documents the activities of Sam Wilhite (1919-1998), who served as executive assistant to Mississippi Governor Hugh White in his second term (1952-1956) and was deeply involved in Democratic political work on the state, regional, and national levels during the late 1940s and 1950s. Among the candidates for whom he campaigned were Adlai Stevenson, John C. Stennis, and Hugh White. Wilhite also worked with the chambers of commerce in Florence, Alabama, and in West Point and...
Dates:
1871 - 1976; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1976
Found in:
Mississippi Political Collections
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Sam Wilhite papers
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- Mississippi State University. 1
- Okinawa 1
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- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Ala. and Miss.) 1
- U.S.S. Concord 1
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- West Point (Miss.) 1
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