Jesse M. Byrd Collection

The contents are as follows:

Folder 1: "Campaign Platforms." This folder contains a copy of Byrd's 1947 platform, and a note indicating that the platform was well received by Dr. William D. McCain, who at the time was Director of the Mississippi DepartmenArchives and History. The folder also contains an undated campaign advertisement.

Folder 2: "Campaign materials." Folder 2 contains two undated fliers announcing political rallies; three copies of a 1951 campaign advertisement; a poem written for the 1951 campaign; a copy of The Restaurant Review of June, 1951, containing a Byrd advertisement; two undated campaign pamphlets, one undated campaign handbill; and three undated campaign posters.

Folder 3: "Speech of Judge Zelma Price." This folder contains a speech by Judge Zelma Price of Greenville, Mississippi, in favor of local option control of alcohol. It was used by Byrd in the 1951 campaign.

Folder 4: "Campaign Poem." Folder 4 contains the original text, and a handwritten copy of a poem written by Mrs. Otis E. Hart, Sr. of Hattiesburg on August 8, 1951.

Folder 5: "Letters from voters." This folder contains four letters expressing consolation to Byrd upon his loss of the 1951 campaign. Two of the letters are dated August 20, 1951, and are from H. Hinton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Marble. A third letter is from Charles G. Hamilton, and is dated August 13. The fourth document is dated August 24, and is from E.B. Taylor.

This collection would be of special interest to researchers interested in Mississippi politics.