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Materials generated and/or collected by former Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) staff member, Michael J. "Mike" Miller. Includes materials pertaining to SNCC's activities in Mississippi.

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Materials documenting Louella Gill Milner's years as a student at Mississippi Southern College and later the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Organizational records.

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Ephemera from the Mississippi Book Festival held at the Mississippi State Capital in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Script, VHS, book, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the major motion film, Mississippi Burning.

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Color photographs of Mississippi county courthouses.

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Two campaign posters from the newly formed Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, and letters about Mississippi.

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Maps, reports, etc. documenting the Mississippi Renewal Forum and efforts towards recovery, rebuilding and renewal of the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina.

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Certificate of election of John Tennyson as Justice of the Peace in District Four of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, dated November 29, 1851. John Whitfield was Governor.

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Court record of indictment and trial of W.M. McDonald, Jr., convicted of embezzlement while employed as a cashier at the Bank of Utica in Utica, Mississippi.

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Materials pertaining to the proposed Mississippi Superconducting Super Collider project.

Form of Material Packet titled "Featuring Twenty Noted Authors from the Cradle of Storytellers Mississippi Writers A Portfolio of Portraits". Contains two sets of twenty black and white portraits and a list of biographical facts of nineteen of the authors measuring 11x14 ½ inches. The packet is copyrighted by the University Press of Mississippi in 1981, ISBN 0-87805-145-7, and lists a cost of $10.00. The authors included:1. Sherwood Bonner2. Hodding Carter3. Ellen...

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Miscellaneous accounts, deeds, receipts, promissory notes, and letters of the Mitchell, Little, and Armstrong families in Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas.

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Research paper on lawsuit by Monaco regarding issuance of bonds.

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This collection contains the literary and academic manuscripts of Dr. Charles Moorman, as well as his personal correspondence with the members of the professional and academic organizations of which he was a part.

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Bo Morgan holds a Ph.D. in history from Memphis State University. He studies the history of the American South and is a leading expert on Mississippi history. He teaches courses on the South after Reconstruction, Mississippi, the theory and philosophy of history, and intellectual history. Dr. Morgan, the former chair of the Department of History at Delta State University, joined USM's Department of History in the fall of 2009.

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Materials in this collection span more than a century of activities relating to Jessie Morrison and her family. Most of the materials have been photocopied, due to water and insect damage.

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Willard McKinnon Murphy's 11-page autobiography and his University of Southern Mississippi class ring (Gold with red center stone)

Abstract The John Frederick Nau Papers is a collection of correspondence, newsletters, and other records relating to Dr. John Frederick Nau’s own articles and writings, and his involvement with the Mississippi Association for Retarded Children, M.A.R.C. Also included in this collection are manuscript histories of the U.S.M. Department of Philosophy and Religion, Danforth Chapel, and M.M. Roberts Stadium. This collection would be of interest to those studying the University of Southern Mississippi’s...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of eight printed reports which originated in committees of the United States Congress in the years 1823 to 1840. They concern the petition of the directors of the New England Mississippi Land Company to obtain, through Congressional redress, a portion of the money alloted for payment to the Georgia Mississippi.Three commissioners, Thomas Swann, Francis S. Key, and John Law, had been appointed by Congress in 1814 to settle Yazoo land claims. Their original...

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Written for the Newton County (Mississippi) Centennial.

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Collection of issues of primarily American newspapers, including commemorative editions of papers published in Mississippi, Northern and Southern papers covering the Civil War, the Camp Shelby "Reveille", and others.

Scope and Contents A letter dated January 20, 1883, from Ralph North in Natchez, Mississippi, to Sargent Prentiss Nutt. The letter concerns Nutt's request for confirmation of the capture of two coal boats in Natchez in the spring of 1863 by a Federal gunboat. The information was requested to support the Nutt family's claim against the U.S. government for reparations for damages to Longwood Plantation and other properties during the Civil War. North was unable to verify that incident, but he did recall the...

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This collection contains materials generated and/or collected by Perry County Citizens Against Nuclear Disposal, Inc. (PC-CAND). This collection should be of interest to those researching any aspect of nuclear waste disposal.

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Correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, genealogical materials.

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This collection contains materials related to Powell Ogletree.

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The majority of the collection centers around Jeremiah Joseph "Jerry" O'Keefe and his political career.

Other materials include: photo album & scrapbook of Mary Cahill O'Keefe; photo album of Teresa Slattery O'Keefe; Jerry O'Keefe Legislative scrapbook; Jerry O'Keefe Political Career scrapbooks (2); Collected newspapers re Biloxi Mayor Hart Chinn and John A. O'Keefe, his successor; various plaques, awards, and proclamations.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of information concerning David Owen's involvement in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project in 1964. Forms of material present include personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, and information concerning various civil rights organizations. Also included are a photograph of David Owen and several issues of The Southern Patriot. Of particular interest is a newspaper clipping detailing a physical attack against David Owen, Lawrence Spears, and Rabbi Arthur...

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This collection contains materials (correspondence, working papers, reports, publications) primarily concerned with educational surveys and evaluation of public school districts in Mississippi.