Mary Evelyn Starr Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-696
Scope and Content
Transcription of diary (1886-1889) of John Parrott (1845-1920) by Eloise Taylor of Sledge, Mississippi concerns his logging and daily activities around his camp, Mosquitoville, Mastodon Panola County, Mississippi. Also included are 4 digital files comprising Mary Evelyn’s research concerning Parrott and his family, and versions of her manuscript "Logging Out the Delta: From Mosquitoville to the Sardis & Delta Railroad" (University of Mississippi Press, 2015) and "Mr. Carrier's Line: Logging out the Delta, 1900-1929."
Dates
- 1886 - 2015
Extent
.3 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Processing Note
This finding aid is currently in progress. Please contact sp_coll@library.msstate.edu for more information.
- Title
- Mary Evelyn Collection
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Shell by Carrie P. Mastley.
- Date
- February 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
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