Kimbrough Family Papers
Scope and Content
Microfilm: Varina (Mrs. Jefferson) Davis letters written to members of the A. M. Kimbrough family, 1888-1906; enclosures; pictures; will of Varina Ann Davis; deed to Beauvoir, Sarah A. Dorsey to Jefferson Davis, 1879; miscellaneous pieces; facsimile of Davis' bond; Joseph R. Ingram's book, 1863-1866, listing killed and wounded in the 1st Mississippi Infantry and including record of trip from Port Hudson to "Buck Snort" in Marshall County, Mississippi, and accounts. Addition in process: Papers of Judge A. Mc Kimbrough and Mary Hunter Southworth Kimbrough include family letters, organizational materials, publications and other materials documenting the family, their connection to Varina Howell Davis, Mrs. Kimbrough's work with organizations such as the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Mississippi Tuberculosis Association, the Red Cross, and other groups. Includes business papers of Judge Kimbrough and personal correspondence of the extended family of Gees, Morgans, Poindexters, as well as materials of authors Winnie Davis and Upton Sinclair.
Dates
- 1871 - 1961
Extent
1.33 Cubic Feet (Also includes 1 reel microfilm. )
Language of Materials
English
Processing Note
This finding aid is currently in progress. Please contact sp_coll@library.msstate.edu for more information.
- Title
- Kimbrough Family Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Shell created by Carrie P. Mastley.
- Date
- January 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository