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Victoria Gray Adams Papers

Collection

Identifier: M345

Abstract

Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.

Dates: circa 1938-2000

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

Circus, Minstrel and Traveling Show Collection

Collection

Identifier: M329

Abstract

Posters, route cards and book, annual, magazine, program of several circuses that performed in Mississippi.

Dates: 1894-1953

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Scope and Contents The vast majority of the William M. Colmer Papers encompass his forty-year career as a United States Congressman from Mississippi (1933-1972). However, it also contains a significant amount of material regarding his activities prior to his election to Congress, and a limited amount of materials generated after his retirement in 1972. The original arrangement of the materials has been preserved as closely as possible. Inclusive dates are approximately 1906–1980. The collection divided...

Dates: 1933-1973

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Edythe Evelyn Gandy Personal Collection

Collection

Identifier: M509

Abstract

The Edythe Evelyn Gandy Personal Collection contains Gandy family materials, historical manuscript materials, photographs, and correspondence.

Dates: circa early 1920s-1995

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Sr. and Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Jr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: M660

Abstract

This collection contains materials related to Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Sr. and Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Jr.

Dates: 1912-2010

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Dr. Altra Howse Hamman Papers

Unprocessed Collection

Identifier: AM15-06

Abstract

Files from Dr. Hamman’s involvement with the Mississippi Council on Family Relations as well as being a faculty member in the Home Economics Department at USM.

Dates: circa 1950s-1990s

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Hattiesburg Historical Collection

Unprocessed Collection

Identifier: AM06-29

Form of Material

Photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia from Hattiesburg area businesses and others.

Dates: 1926-1956, 1976, 2006-2014 and undated

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection

Collection

Identifier: M419

Abstract

Photographs, brochures, news clippings, and mementos pertaining to the State Teachers College Band's participation in the "Know Mississippi Better" tours of the U.S. by train.

Dates: 1922-1930

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs