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James T. Carlisle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-596

Scope and Contents

Family papers of James T. Carlisle (1925-2003) contain materials documenting his life, including school records and letters of recommendation (1933-1943), and World War II letters from Air Force training camps in the United States and from Germany, including letters as a prisoner of war. Also included are materials documenting the teaching career of his mother, Annie Mae House Carlisle (1885-1927) in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, schools (1909-1912) and letters from her to her husband James Walter Carlisle and parents Thomas Allen House and Mary Alice Gordon House (1909-1925). Materials concerning Thomas Allen and Mary House include personal letters and business records (1909-1952). Other materials are House family obituaries and clippings, obituaries of friends and newspaper articles (1898-1953).

Miscellaneous materials include the Minutes of the Chickasaw County Baptist Association (1940), agricultural conservation materials (1947), and a publication of the National Surgical Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, undated and a map. Photographic materials include House family photos and scanned images of the James Carlisle World War II letters. Materials are photocopies of originals loaned for reproduction.

Dates

  • 1898 - 1953

Extent

.33 Cubic Feet (1 mss box; digital images)

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Loaned for reproduction by James Atkinson. Originals returned after digitization and photocopying.

Title
James T. Carlisle Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts Repository

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