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A.J. Sykes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-68
Scope and Contents

The A.J. Sykes papers, 1865-1888, and 1966, contain copies of letters of A.J. Sykes and his wife, Mrs. Georgia Sykes, from the Civil War and post Civil War period, a letter from James Murdock Sykes to Mrs. Georgia Sykes re: estate business, and letters from Eugene Sykes to his brother and mother while a student at Mississippi A & M College. Also included are genealogy charts and newspaper articles.

Dates: 1865-1888, 1966
Found in: Manuscripts

William E. Sykes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-279
Scope and Contents

76 letters (1859-1865) of William E. Sykes to his wife, chiefly from northeast Mississippi Civil War campaign sites; statements, accounts, receipts, and other business papers (1858-1864), chiefly from Aberdeen, Mississippi. Transcriptions available.

Dates: 1856 - 1865
Found in: Manuscripts

Isham W. Thomas Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-280
Scope and Contents

Nine letters (1862-1864) of Isham Weathersby Thomas of Stanford's Battery, Mississippi Light Artillery, from Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.

Dates: 1862 - 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

Thornton family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents Collection of the Solomon M. Thornton family of Georgia and Mississippi includes 2 legal papers, 9 Civil War letters, and other letters on family matters. Solomon M. Thornton (circa 1824-1864) served as a Captain in Co. B, 31st Mississippi Regiment in the Civil War, was wounded at Peachtree Creek, and probably killed at the Battle of Franklin. Included are six letters to his wife, Sarah F. Thornton (1829-1880), 1861-1864. Other Civil War letters include a long fragment of a letter from...
Dates: 1849-1895 and undated
Found in: Manuscripts

Mary Thornton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-432
Scope and Contents

Letters and military papers of Merry B. Harris, a Confederate officer who headed the Pettus Relief Company of Mississippi Volunteers during the Civil War. Included are the rules and regulations of the Pettus Relief and a letter dated December 22, 1860, which describes conditions in South Carolina following its secession from the U.S. Facsimiles and other copies.

Dates: 1860 - 1864
Found in: Manuscripts

United Confederate Veterans, Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311, Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-548
Scope and Content

Records of the United Confederate Veterans Oktibbeha Camp No. 1311 include checks, letters, a ledger and miscellaneous items documenting membership and finances, 1909-1919. Also includes a brochure about the Pension Laws of Mississippi in 1926.

Dates: 1909 - 1926
Found in: Manuscripts

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter (Starkville, Mississippi) Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-518
Scope and Content

Minutes, membership records, scrapbooks, photographs, programs, correspondence, publications and other materials documenting the activities of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Putnam Darden Chapter and the Regina Harrison Lee Chapter, Children of the Confederacy.

Dates: 1959 - 2011
Found in: Manuscripts

Thomas D. Wallace Civil War Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-142
Scope and Contents

Account written by Wallace, a Winston County, Mississippi, farmer who joined the Winston Guards at age 16 and travelled with the Confederate Army from Mississippi to Virginia. Included is a list of deaths, discharges, and desertions for the Guards. Collection includes two transcripts, one of which is heavily annotated.

Dates: 1861 - 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

John S. West Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-295
Scope and Contents

Letter of John S. West from Iuka, Mississippi, to his brother and sister, February 22, 1862. West, a 16-year old soldier, was killed 10 days later.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Manuscripts

West Point, Mississippi, Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-296
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous papers about West Point, Mississippi, collected in WPA days by Mrs. Ed Joiner. Contents: An account of Grierson's Raid; also interviews with ex-enslaved persons.

Dates: undated
Found in: Manuscripts

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Lee County (Miss.) 1
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Native American history and society 1
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Chicago Historical Society 1
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Duval, Mary Virginia, 1850-1930 1
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Erskine Theological Seminary 1
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