Collection: James Stewart McGehee Papers | Welcome to the Mississippi State University Libraries

Scope and Contents

Autobiography of McGehee, who was born in 1860 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, moved to Louisiana in 1865, was educated in Virginia, and worked with the West Feliciana Railroad and with W.L. Green Commission Company (grain dealers) in St. Louis. Among the subjects are family and friends in Mississippi and Louisiana, Reconstruction, race relations, and importation of labor into the South. McGehee's family home was in Woodville, Mississippi. Also photograph.

Dates

circa 1903-1904

Creator

McGehee, James Stewart (Creator, Person)

Access Restrictions

Open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.