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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
Paul B. Johnson Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M191
Abstract
This collection has immense research value. In its coverage of Paul B. Johnson's terms as lieutenant governor and governor of Mississippi, it documents one of the most critical periods in the state's history -- the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The State Sovereignty Commission records, along with the Highway Patrol records paint a graphic portrait of efforts to thwart civil rights activities in the state, and to preserve the separation of the races. Additionally, it documents (through...
Dates:
circa 1910-1973
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Neil R. McMillen Collection
Collection
Identifier: M606
Abstract
The Neil R. McMillen Collection consists of correspondence and research relating to Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow (1989), as well as documents pertaining to the Shelby Thames administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying Mississippi in the Jim Crow era, racialized political groups like the American Nazi Party in the twentieth century, and the University of...
Dates:
1935; 1963, 1970, 1977-1999, 2003-2004, undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
John Elliott Rankin Collection
Collection
Identifier: M333
Abstract
Letters, speeches, publications of Mississippi Congressman Rankin.
Dates:
1932-1964
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
William Arthur Winstead Papers
Collection
Identifier: M564
Form of Material
The William Arthur Winstead Papers include scrapbooks, newspaper reports, proposed legislation, and other miscellaneous records concerning Rep. William Arthur Winstead, who served in the United States’ House of Representatives from 1943-1965. This collection would be of particular interest to researchers studying twentieth-century political history, Mississippi politicians, University of Southern Mississippi alumnae, and the Civil Rights Movement.
Dates:
1935-1990
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
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- Politicians -- Mississippi. 4
- Records (Documents). 4
- Speech. 4
- Periodicals. 3
- Photographs. 3
- Political campaigns. 3
- Albums (Books). 2
- Awards. 2
- Broadsides. 2
- Business records. 2
- Financial documents. 2
- Fliers (Ephemera). 2
- Government publications. 2
- Governors -- Mississippi. 2
- Lieutenant governors -- Mississippi. 2
- Manuscript. 2
- Memorabilia. 2 + ∧ less
- Names
- Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, Governor, 1877-1947 2
- American Nazi Party. ANP (1959-) 1
- Colmer, William Meyers, Congressman, 1890-1980 1
- Johnson, Dorothy (Dot) Power 1
- Johnson, Paul B., Jr., Governor (Paul Burney), 1916-1985 1
- Johnson, Paul B., Sr., Governor (Paul Burney), 1880-1943 1
- McMillen, Neil R., Dr., 1939- 1
- Paul B. Johnson Family 1
- Rankin, John E., Congressman (John Elliott), 1882-1960 1
- Stennis, John C., Senator (John Cornelius), 1901-1995 1
- Thames, Shelby Freeland, 8th President and Professor Emeritus of Polymer Science and Engineering 1
- Winstead, W. Arthur, Mississippi Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (William Arthur), 1904-1995 1 + ∧ less
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