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Starkville (Miss.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 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

Blumenfeld and Fried papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-98
Scope and Contents

Business papers of the Bernhard Blumenfeld (1853-1923) and Simon Fried (1843-1912) families, including deeds, promissory notes, stock certificates, (including two from John M. Stone Cotton Mills) and letters from Mena Blumenfeld concerning life in New York, a World War I celebration, and other. Items added by Henry Meyer include photographs of family members and homes. Places documented include Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and New York City.

Dates: 1889 - 1955

Lucy Wellborn Cole Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-396
Scope and Contents

Recollections of Mrs. Cole: "Childhood Memories of the Starkville Methodist Church in the Early Decades of the Century", "Food Preparation in Starkville in the Early 1900's"," My Recollections of Starkville Public School".

Dates: 1983

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

Council on Community Resources Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-425
Scope and Contents

Minutes, correspondence, and other papers (1983-1985) concerning the Council on Community Resources, which was organized in 1983 in Starkville, Mississippi.

Dates: 1983 - 1985

Halbert Hotel (Starkville, Mississippi) Dairy Bill

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-206
Scope and Contents

Dairy bill of the Halbert Hotel in Starkville, Mississippi. Hotel stood where Eckford Clinic now stands and burned in 1913.

Dates: undated

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

Hilbun, Ben Papers

 Collection
Identifier: University Archives-PP-011

Humphrey, George Duke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: University Archives-PP-009

Wiley Norris Nash papers

 Collection
Identifier: CPRC-013
Scope and Contents This collection contains two boxes. Box 1 holds folders 1-29 and Box 2 holds folders 30-32. A new inventory was taken of the collection in 2015. During the new inventory, folders were labeled according to the first inventory's headings. A graduate student checked the folders to make sure the folders corresponded with the inventory.The collection contains Correspondence from family, friends, and clients in Mississippi, Alabama, and Washington State relating chiefly to legal...
Dates: 1872 - 1924