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Theodore G. Bilbo Papers
Collection
Identifier: M2
Scope and Contents
The Theodore G. Bilbo Papers document the activities of the former Mississippi governor and United States Senator from approximately 1905-1947.This collection provides insight into the government of the state of Mississippi in the early decades of the twentieth century, as well as American culture, political climate, and governmental activities during the Great Depression and World War II. It paints a definitive portrait of one of Mississippi's most colorful and controversial...
Dates:
1905-1947
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Cherry Burns Collection
Collection
Identifier: M597
Abstract
Materials from Cherry Burns’ world travels.
Dates:
1926- circa 2005
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Claude E. Fike World War II Diary
Collection
Identifier: M275
Abstract
Diary, ship's log, memoirs, correspondence, memorabilia concerning his service in the U.S. Navy with the Seventh Fleet near New Guinea.
Dates:
June 1941-August 1993
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
S. G. Thigpen Sr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: M446
Abstract
S. G. Thigpen, Sr. of Picayune, Mississippi, was an area entrepreneur, historian, and writer who operated from his hardware store from 1919 to his death in 1981. The collection contains financial records, personal papers, essays, photographs, scrapbooks, sound recordings and newspaper articles of Thigpen's life and the Pearl River County, Mississippi area.
Dates:
1899-1996; undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs