Zoe Posey scrapbooks
Scope and Contents
Clippings related to Mississippi and Louisiana history, especially Confederate and 20th century, and Louisiana recipes. Posey was the daughter of Confederate captain Benjamin Lane Posey. The scrapbooks are indexed.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Posey, Zoe (Compiler, 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.
Extent
0.75 Cubic Feet (: 12 vols.)
Language of Materials
English
Index
Volume 1
Brown, Albert G., 41
Confederate troops:
13th Miss. Reg., 27, 167, 170-71
Provine, Capt. R.N. (29th Miss. Reg.), 175
Thomas, James A. (5th Miss Reg.), 175
Corinth, battle, 44-45, 56
Davis, Jefferson & Mrs., 28-29, 31-34, 40, 61, 88, 128
Gordon, James, 45, 154-55
Lee, S.D., 43, 52-53, 75
Meridian, 55, 79
Vicksburg, 36, 87
Volume 2
Adams County, 67
Biographies:
Allen, John, 3
Ames, Adelbert, 78
Bass, Capt. Ivan E., 107
Bilbo, T.G., 11, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 47, 55
Burr, Aaron, 57
Bratton, Bishop,18
Brewer, Earl Leroy, 99
Crosby, L. O., 48, 79
Deavours, Steve, 31
Dinkins, James, 71, 109
Dooley, James, 80
Gore, Thomas, 24
Harrison, Pat, 81-82
Jones, Casey, 88
Lowry, Robert, 2
Magruder, Thomas Pickett, 37
Marshall, Carl, 29, 31-33, 49-51, 96
McCrady, John, 62
McLaurin, A.J., 24, 115
Parker, Capt. Alton, 99
Purvis, Will, 60, 109
Quitman, John, 22
Read, C.W., 61
Russell, Irwin, 13, 15
Stone, Alf, 105
Sullivan, Wild Bill, 45
Thompson, Bishop Hugh Miller, 1
Trout, Rev. Irenaeus, 9
Williams, John Sharp, 17, 91
Caves, 36
Cities and Towns:
Columbus, 9
Hot Coffee, 47
Natchez—Goat house murder, 104
Picayune, 79
Port Gibson, 65
Churches:
Catholic missionaries, 84-85
Church of the Redeemer, Biloxi, 106-107
Methodist Unification, 12
Dean Case, 69-70
Dickson, Harris, 7, 21
Duels, 19
Flood of 1927, 48
Guyton, David, 7, 48, 80
Honey Island, 44
Indians, Choctaw, 59-60
Jones, Free state of, 45
Mississippi Counties, 5
Mississippi Constitutional Conventions, 8
M.S.C.W, 10
Natchez Trace, 108-109, 111
Prohibition, 113-116
U.S.S. Mississippi silver service, 73-76
Volume 3
Biographies:
Davis, Jefferson, 21
Ferguson, Samuel Wragg, 14
Hardin, John Wesley, 25
Leflore, Greenwood, 26
Lindsay, Vachel, 17
McCall, Dan, 20
Pushmataha, 4
Taylor, Zachary, 34
Boxing in Mississippi, 3, 21
Churches: Catholic Church, St. James, 35
Churches: Episcopal Church, Trinity, 32
Cities and Towns:
Bay St. Louis: Festival, 52
Bay St. Louis: Home, 3, 182
Brandon, 28-29
Deer Island & Biloxi, 23
Gautier, 22
Mississippi City, 19
Pascagoula, 34
Pass Christian, 7, 15, 16, 22, 32
Duels, 27
Gulf Coast: 1889, 102
Gulf Coast: Railroads, 27, 34
Henderson Family, 12
Hurricane (1893), 13
Memorial Day, 34
Trees, historic, 7
Trees, Mississippi, 6
U.S. Navy invaded Mississippi, 9
Vicksburg gamblers, 12
War Capitals, 31
Volume 4
Beauvoir, 21, 31, 39, 49, 53
Biography:
Carter, Hodding, 1-2, 33, 45
Catledge, Turner, 31
Davis, Jefferson, 21, 40-41, 47-48, 50
Faulkner, William, 23-29, 31
Brierfield, 50
Cities and Towns:
Biloxi Cemetery, 39
Pass Christian, 57
Vicksburg, 53
Confederate troops: 14th Miss. Reg., 6
Mississippi River, 9
Roads, 15
Trees, Mississippi, 13
Volume 5
Annandale, 32
Authors:
Carter, Hodding, 17, 31, 46
Dickson, Harris, 49
Faulkner, William, 13
Kimbrough, Edward, 39
Welty, Eudora, 2, 20, 51
Beauvoir, 12, 33-35
Biography:
Bailey, Thomas L., 3
Bilbo, Theodore G., 14, 17, 24-25, 37-39, 42
Bratton, Bishop T.D., 1, 31
Briscoe, Adm. Robert P., 5, 7
Carter, Hodding, 17
Davis, Jefferson, 53-54, 59, 60-61
Fontaine, Lamar, 19
Hanson, Jack G. (Cong. Medal of Honor), 1
Lamar, L.Q.C., 1
Lee, Gen. S.D., 36
Levings, Nelson T., 38
Lindsey, Jake W. (Cong. Medal of Honor), 5, 6
McCain, Admiral John S., 7-9, 17, 19
Merrill, Rear Adm. A.S., 10-11
Choctaw Indians, 23A-24
Cities and Towns:
Biloxi, 22, 36, 50
Guntown, 31
Haney, 21
Natchez, 26-29
Pascagoula, 45, 48
Tryus, 51
Vicksburg, 47
West Point, 31
Wiggins, 40
Confederate veterans in 1946, 43
Displaced persons, 22
Jones County,18
Mississippi 150th Anniversary, 14
Oakland College, 26
Yazoo River, 3
U.S.S. Mississippi, 4, 11, 14, 16, 17, 50
Volume 6
(Volume is chiefly Confederate history)
Battle (re-enactment) of Corinth and Baldwyn, 51-52
Currency
Dixie
Authors:
Carter, Hodding, 54
Young, Stark, 67
Biography:
Davis, Jefferson, 45-47
Forrest, N.B., 3
Williams, John Sharp, 57
Volume 7
Mississippi Agricultural & Mechanical College, 50-A
Annandale, 41, 42
Art, 37
Authors:
Cohn, David, 17
Davis, Reuben, 48
Faulkner, William, 57
Guyton, David E., 42
O’Donnell, E.P., 55
Perry, James Robert, 84
Perry, W.A., 31
Russell, Irwin, 40
Rylee, Robert, 9-A
Street, James, 13
Ward, William, 53
Aviation: Key, Fred & Al, 3, 3-A, 4, 5
Aviation: Merrill, Dick, 74-A
Baptist Church, 83
Biography:
Bilbo, T.G., 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 29, 52, 53-A, 62-A, 64-A, 67-A, 75, 92, 93
Bratton, Bishop T.D., 43
Bondurant, A.L., 62
Dale, Sam, 6, 53, 70-A
Gardiner, Mrs. George, 2-A
Gibson, Tobias, 20-A
Harrison, Pat, 8, 47, 73
Jacobs, Margaret Flint, 23
Johnston, Rev. James S., 18
Jones, Casey, 27
Lamar, L.Q.C., 87
Long, Jane W., 60, 60-A
McLean, George, 57, 61, 62
North, James Floyd, 52
Porter, O.A., 55
Purvis, Will, 15, 55, 70
Robert, Rear Adm. W. P., 9
Rogers, Jimmie, 6-A
Stone, Gen. David L., 4-A
White, Hugh, 26, 28
Wilson, Edgar S., 26
Boxing, 98
Catholic Church, 74, 79
Caves, 6
Choctaw Indians, 20-A, 79
Cities and Towns:
Columbus, 62
Crystal Springs, 50
Grenada, 39
Gulfport, 37
Hattiesburg, 46
Holly Springs, 1
Natchez, 0, 4-A, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 20, 23, 42, 44, 58, 61, 61-A, 64, 64-A, 68-69-A, 83, 90, 97-A
Purvis, 32
Vicksburg, 30, 30-A
Constitution of 1817, 0
Copeland gang, 97
Cotton Picking Machine, 53, 53-A, 54, 54-A, 55
Elizabeth College, 38
Gulf Coast, 66-A
Leake County, 67-A, 90
Lynching, 14
Map, historical, 98
Map, literary, 87-A
Mississippi Chitlin’ Eaters Association, 1
Mississippi Overview in 1937, 95, 96
Mississippi River, 63
Murder trials: Dean, Sarah Ruth, 5-A, 6
Murder trials: Keeton, Ouida, 47, 49, 52, 65-A, 66-A, 67
Natchez Trace, 65, 65-A, 88, 94, 94-A
Plantations: Calidonia, 1-A
Plantations: Providence, 79
Repudiation of Bonds, 96-96-A
Roads, 9, 10, 47, 59, 61-A
State buildings: War Memorial, 100
Sullivan’s Hollow, 63-A
Tung, 49, 66
Whitworth College, 70-A, 96-A
Yellow fever, 39
Volume 8
Atlantic fleet, world voyage, 24-30
Bilbo, T.G., 31-32
Corinth, 33
Hotel Bentley, Alexandria, La., 7-8
Jefferson Davis, 2
Letter: Blanche L. Young to Miss Mary Jane, 1911 April 26.
Volume 9
Louisiana cookery: recipes, menus, restaurant postcards, letter, 1940-1959.
Volume 10
Louisiana:
Lakes to the Gulf Waterway Convention, New Orleans, 1908-1909
Sanders, Governor J.Y., 1908
McEnery, Senator Samuel D., death, 1910
O’Shanahan, Rev. John, 1910
Delgado Memorial Hospital, 1908
Postcard: Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, NC
“Autobiography of Jefferson Davis”
Confederate Veteran Reunion, Birmingham, Ala., Louisville & Nashville Railroad pamphlet, 1908
Loose clippings, 1910-1914: re: Theodore Roosevelt, Sister Agnes
Picture of Miss Catharine Hayes
Volume 11
Recipes, cookbooks, nutrition, homemaking, undated
Envelope: interior decorating clippings, 1927.
Volume 12
Clippings, mostly related to Jefferson Davis, 1906-1950
Letter: W.M Drake, Jefferson College, to Zoe Posey, 1955
Creator
- Posey, Zoe (Compiler, Person)
- Title
- Zoe Posey scrapbooks
- Date
- June 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository