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Oktibbeha County (Miss.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Ames and Hogan families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2
Scope and Contents

The Ames and Hogan families papers document the history of the family from 1816-1910. The papers consist of correspondence, legal documents, speeches and essays, business receipts, an autograph album, and other items. Among the business receipts are those relating to Hogan’s business with James Nealley, documenting their trips from Ditto’s Landing to New Orleans, along with their cargo and business partners.

Dates: 1816 - 1910
Found in: Manuscripts / Ames and Hogan families papers

Dorothy Bishop Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-660
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers, audio visual material, and awards belonging to Dorothy Bishop from the 1960s(approximate date) to 2009. The papers include personal papers, articles regarding Dorothy Bishop's civil rights activism and community involvement, legal transcripts and paperwork regarding desegregation, NAACP educational and promotional materials, NAACP conference materials, NAACP membership materials, newspaper articles, a cassette, a DVD, a VHS tape, funeral programs, protest...
Dates: 1969 - 2009
Found in: Manuscripts / Dorothy Bishop Papers

Thomas Battle Carroll Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-169
Scope and Contents

Information used in Carroll's Historical Sketches of Oktibbeha County (Mississippi).

Dates: undated (circa 1930)
Found in: Manuscripts / Thomas Battle Carroll Notebook

Douglas Conner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-179
Scope and Contents Box 1 contains political materials from Conner’s personal campaigns and the state and national Democratic Party, including literature from the Democratic National Convention of 1972, a sample ballot for the 1980 election, maps and other information about Oktibbeha County election districts from 1968-1983, tickets to the 1984 National Convention, a program from the 1992 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner (autographed inside by keynote speaker Hillary Clinton), and an invitation to the inauguration...
Dates: 1937 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1995
Found in: Manuscripts / Douglas Conner Papers

Kenneth Drake Embry papers

 Collection
Identifier: MPC-036
Scope and Content

The papers of Kenneth Drake Embry consist of genealogical records of the Embry family, partial maps of Oktibbeha County, various photographs, and a congressional record of the speech of John E. Rankin on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Inland Waterway. The content spans from1786-1954 with the bulk falling in the 1870s and 1950s.

Dates: 1786 - 1954; Majority of material found within Bulk Dates
Found in: Mississippi Political Collections / Kenneth Drake Embry papers

Embry (Kenneth Drake) Papers

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: CPRC-036
Dates: 1786 - 1954; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1950
Found in: Mississippi Political Collections

Hightower, Montgomery, Perkins, Castles, and Stiles families papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.-537
Scope and Contents The Hightower, Montgomery, Perkins, Castles, and Stiles families papers contain the papers of the members of five Mississippi families related by marriage. Much of the material concerns three families: the Perkins, Hightower and Montgomery families. The papers include family correspondence, a small number of business and legal documents, and a variety of other documents that record predominantly the lives of the female members of the families. The collection includes a number of...
Dates: 1848 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1960
Found in: Manuscripts / Hightower, Montgomery, Perkins, Castles, and Stiles families papers

Allye Morgan Landrum. "The History of Morgantown"

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-138
Scope and Contents

Writing by Allye Morgan Landrum concerns the history of Morgantown, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.

Dates: 1976
Found in: Manuscripts / Allye Morgan Landrum. "The History of Morgantown"

Masonic records from Oktibbeha County (Mississippi)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-75
Scope and Contents

Notebook of masonic records includes membership lists and some biographical material.

Dates: undated
Found in: Manuscripts / Masonic records from Oktibbeha County (Mississippi)

McReynolds family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-54
Scope and Contents

Papers of McReynolds family of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, include statements of accounts, tax receipts, exemptions, pieces relating to tanning business, loyalty oath, military pass, teacher's agreement, report card. Photocopies.

Dates: 1859 - 1916
Found in: Manuscripts / McReynolds family papers

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