World War, 1914-1918

Scope and Contents Papers of James William (J. W.) Carter of Kemper County, Mississippi (circa 1860-1949), including letters from his son J. D. Carter during J. D.’s military service in France during World War I; broadsides and pamphlets concerning the Farmers’ Alliance and the Democratic Party; newspapers; obituaries; photographs; invitations; list of state and county officials; miscellany. The collection also includes a ledger containing the minutes of the meetings of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of...

Scope and Content Note This collection contains photographs, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera from scrapbooks made by Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, Jesse R. Grant, Chapman Grant, and their friends and family. This collection also includes the twenty-three family scrapbooks, with items ranging from the second half of the nineteenth century to the 1970s. Items of interest include military documents, memoranda, and correspondence from Chapman Grant’s service in the United States Army and his professional...

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Consists of letters and telegrams from Robert Donald Sharp who was stationed in army camps in Mississippi and Louisiana to his father, R.W. Sharp of Grenada, Mississippi.

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This collection includes World War I correspondence, photographs, 1900’s postcards from Mississippi and Arkansas, and certificates and event programs. These items document the marriage and life Sarah Holder Stewart and her second husband, Dr. Nolan Stewart, an Army physician who conducted clandestine activities, and whose posts included a base hospital in Arkansas. The collection also includes letters from Sarah Stewart’s son, A.B. Holder, Jr., who served in the Army during World War I.

Scope and Content World War I letters written by Cleveland Turner (1884-1952) of Belzoni, Mississippi, from the 154th Field Hospital, Virton, Belgium, including: "Dad's Day" Christmas letter to his father, James Harvey Turner (1918); French Christmas postcard to his niece, Jeanette Marsh (1918); and letter to his sister Lucile (1919). Cleveland Turner attended Mississippi A&M College in 1904. Subjects include the activities and locations of the unit, the Spanish flu and names of persons who died or are...

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Liberty Bond materials, including "The atrocities of Germany: buy Liberty Bonds and end them forever", by Newell Dwight Hillis (circa 1918); "A Liberty Loan Primer" by Porter Emerson Brown (1918); Third Liberty Loan doorhangers (circa 1917-1918); two Liberty Bond broadsides (1917).

Scope and Content Papers of Earl Southworth Williford (1895-1932), native of Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi, and Mississippi State University graduate, 1920. Collection relates to Williford's academic career and his World War I service as a lieutenant in Company H, 34th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, United States Army. Included are correspondence, including letters to his family, 1918-1919, military records, artifacts, publications and photographs, 1904-1999 and undated. Williford's experience...