Madge Burney Papers

Collection

Identifier: M4

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the personal papers of Madge Burney, as well as material she collected from the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.), Children of the Confederacy (C. of C.), Wayne County Red Cross, The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).

The personal correspondence, covering the period 1926 and 1953 with the bulk of the material from 1948 to 1953, concerns Burney's membership in the U.D.C. and C. of C.; ledger books for the U.D.C. and C. of C.; Red Cross correspondence, a minute book, and pamphlets covering the years 1940 and 1944; DAR Yearbooks, 1936 to 1953; a W.C.T.U. Record Book, 1913 to 1914; and photographs.

Dates

Creation: 1913-1953

Creator

Burney, Madge, 1886-1953 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Noncirculating; available for research.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).

Biographical / Historical

Madge Burney was born in August 1886, to J.C. and Ophelia Durrett in Aberdeen, Mississippi. She married John Tackett Burney in 1905. They made their home in Waynesboro, Wayne County, Mississippi. Mrs. Burney was active in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, serving as Third Vice President General between 1927 and 1929. She was also a state organizer of the Children of the Confederacy. Between 1928 and 1932 and 1936 and 1940 she served as a member of the Board of the Jefferson Davis Soldiers Home at Beauvoir. Mrs. Burney was a member of the Pushmataha Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Meridian, Mississippi. During World War II, she was also active in the Wayne County Red Cross Chapter. Mrs. Burney died on April 22, 1953, and is buried at Waynesboro.

Extent

1.35 Cubic Feet : MC1/D1; HMPano

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Donated by Mrs. O.E. Saxon (Audrey H.) and the estate of Mr. and Mrs. John Tackett Burney, 1962.

Related Materials

M6, Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home Records

M204, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Nathan Bedford Forrest Chapter Records

Dimensions

For Digitized Materials from this collection, see: EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS link at bottom of page.

Photograph Log

M4-l Madge Burney Portrait. (Front view: head and shoulders.) Circa 1928. 4” x 6 1/2” • Photographed by Mason, Laurel; Mississippi.

M4-2 Ada Magruder Portrait. (Over the shoulder: head and shoulders.) Circa 1920. Oval 3” x 6 1/2". Photographed by Hodges, Bristol, Tennessee.

M4-3 Unidentified Adult Male, Approximately 20, Portrait. (Front view: head and shoulders). Circa 1900. Oval 3 1/2 x 5". Photographed by Benkozy(?) Staunton, Virginia.

M4-4 Unidentified Young Woman, Approximately 18, Portrait. (Front view: head and shoulders.) Circa 1900. Oval 3 1/2" x 5". Photographed by Hodges, Bristol, Tennessee.

M4-5 Unidentified Young Girl, Approximately 7, Portrait. (Front view: head and shoulders.) Circa 1900. Oval 3 1/2" x 5". Photographed by Hodges, Bristol, Tennessee.

M4-6 Unidentified Man, Approximately 50, Portrait. (Front view: head and shoulders.) Circa 1920. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4".

M4-7 Unidentified Child, Approximately 3, Portrait. (Standing, dressed for winter.) Circa 1890(?). 4” x 5 1/2". (Albumen print, cabinet mount?) Photographed by C.G. Bell, Greenville, Mississippi.

M4-8 Unidentified Young Woman, Approximately 17, Portrait. (Standing, waist up.) Circa 1900. 1 3/4” x 3 1/2". Photographed by Hodges, Bristol, Tennessee.

M4-9 Unidentified Boy, Approximately 10, Portrait. (Sitting, full front.) Circa 1895(?). 4 “ x 5 1/2". Photographed by Thuss, Nashville, Tennessee.

M4-10 Unidentified Man, Approximately 18, Portrait. (Standing, full front.) Circa 1895. 4" x 5 1/2".

M4-ll Sadie Mitchell and Ada Magruder. (Outside photograph. Standing by a tree in the snow.) Circa 1920. 3 1/4" X 3 1/4".

M4-12 Two Unidentified Girls. (Outside photograph, standing in the snow.) October 3, 1948. 2" x 3 1/4".

M4-13 Harriet and Daniel. (Standing outside of house.) Easter 1946. 3” X 5 1/2".

M4-14 Unidentified Man and Woman. (Standing in front of a building.) Circa 1960. 4 1/2” X 6 1/2 “.

M4-15 Unidentified Man and Woman. (Sitting in front of log cabin.) Circa 1890. 4" X 3 1/4”.

M4-16 Unidentified Child, Approximately 2. (Standing on a blanket on a lawn.) Circa 1910. 2 1/2" x 3 3/4”.

M4-17 Unidentified Man. (Standing with rifle and a string of rabbits in front of a cabin.) Circa 1940. 2 3/4" x 5".

M4-18 Unidentified Man and Woman. (Posing in front of a railroad terminal.) Circa 1910. 3 1/4" x 2 1/4".

M4-19 Two Unidentified Men and Two Unidentified Women. (Posing in front of a railroad terminal.) Circa 1910. 3 1/4" x 2 1/4".

M4-20 Unidentified Couple, Approximately 60. (Posing in front of a hedge row.) Circa 1890. 3 1/4" x 4 1/4".

M4-21 Unidentified Family Portrait. (Seven people sitting in front of a house.) Circa 1910. 3" x 4".

M4-22 Madge Burney and an Unidentified Woman. (Sitting and standing by a yard swing.) Circa 1940. 2 1/2" x 4".

M4-23 Madge Burney and an Unidentified Woman. (Sitting on a yard swing.) Circa 1940. 2 1/2" x 4".

M4-24 Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Burney. (Standing in a garden.) Circa 1950. 9 1/2" 7 1/2".

M4-25 Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Burney's Horne. (Part of house and garden.) Circa 1950. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2".

M4-26 Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Burney's Horne. (Part of house and garden.) Circa 1950. 9 1/2" X 7 1/2".

M4-27 Group Picture of Representatives at the 36th Reunion of the Missis sippi Division of the United Confederate Veterans, September 1926. (In front of a school building in Corinth, Mississippi.) September 1926. 9 1/2” x 7 1/2”.

M4-28 Chairman and Pages to the General Convention of the U.D.C., 1931. (In front of the Mayflower Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida.) November 19, 1931. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photographed by Esner.

M4-29 Chairman and Pages to the General Convention of the U.D.C., 1931. (In front of the George Washington Hotel, Jacksonville, Florida.) November 20, 1931. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photographed by Esner.

M4-30 Pages to U.D.C. Convention, 1935. (In front of Hotel Hot Springs, Arkansas.) 1935. 6 1/2" x 4 3/4". Photographed by Eckler, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

M4-31 Mississippi U.D.C. Convention Dinner, 1949. (Dining room at the Buena Vista Hotel, Biloxi, Mississippi.) May 5, 1949. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photograph by Bill Dennis, Biloxi, Mississippi.

M4-32 General Officers of the U.D.C., 1952. (Group picture.) November 9, 1952. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photograph by Bill Dennis, Biloxi, Mississippi.

M4-33 U.D.C. Officers. (Standing behind a banquet table.) Circa 1950. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photographed by Royce Photography, Savannah, Georgia.

M4-34 U.D.C. Convention Group Photograph. (Standing around dinner tables.) Circa 1950. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2". Photographed by Royce Photography, Savannah, Georgia.

M4-35 James McKenzie Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy. (Grouped in front of a house.) Circa 1925. 7" x 5".

M4-36 Monument to Confederate Soldiers. (Natchez, Mississippi.) Circa January 1950. 4" x 3".

M4-37 Entrance to Battlefield. (Prairie Grove Battlefield, Arkansas.) Circa 1930. 4 1/2" x 2 1/2".

M4-38 Unidentified Man, Approximately 20. (Picture of a man outdoors on a tin type.) Circa 1890. 2 1/4" x 3".

M4-39 Yucca Plant. (Outdoor scene.) Circa 1940. 3" x 4".

M4-40 Battleship Nebraska. (On the Mississippi River.) Circa 1910. 5 1/4" X 3 1/4".

M4-41 Unidentified Group Portrait Taken at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Circa 1919. 57" X 5 1/2". [HM Panorama Box]

M4-42 Photograph of a Sculptor's Model of a Jefferson Davis Statue, 1940. 5 1/4" x 9 1/2". Photographed by Frederick C. Hibbard.

M4-43 Photograph of a Sculptor's Model of a Jefferson Davis Statue, 1940. 5" x 8 1/2". Photographed by Frederick C. Hibbard.

M4-44 Photograph of a Sculptor's Model of a Jefferson Davis Statue, 1940. 5" x 8". Photograph by Frederick C. Hibbard.

M4-45 Photograph of a Sculptor's Model of a Jefferson Davis Statue, 1940. 5" x 8 1/2". Photographed by Frederick C. Hibbard.

M4-46 Group Photograph of the 37th Annual Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. (Standing on the hotel steps in Asheville, North Carolina.) November 16-22, 1930. 15 1/2" x 6 1/2". Photographed by Boll and Sciage. [Located in oversize folder.]

M4-47 Group Photograph of the Callie Harrison Sykes Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy. (Columbus, Mississippi.) Circa 1930. 10" x 8” • Photographed by Pruitt.

M4-48 Group photograph of the 30th (?) Annual Convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. (Oakland, California) 1930. 31" x 8". [Located in oversize folder.]

M4-49 Unidentified group photograph (Confederate Memorial Day?) (Public gathering and ceremony in front of a building) Circa, 1925. 51" x 91/2 • [HM Panorama Box]