Scope and Contents This collection consists of one ledger of a brickmaking firm. The ledger includes entries primarily dated 1841-1848; however, there are brief entries for 1827, 1850, and 1851. The notes of 1850 and 1851 are records of accounts settled. The ledger includes entries made before and during the formation of a partnership between George Beatty, the original owner, and John Heimer. The formation of the partnership is dated March 13, 1843 and continued to 1848(?).Pages 100-104 contain an...

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Two ledgers of a Moselle, Mississippi merchant, donated by his grandson, Dr. Marice Brown. The ledgers cover the periods 1911-1914 and 1914-1917.

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T.L. Grace & Company and its cotton business affairs.

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This collection contains a ledger.

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The Edythe Evely Gandy Collection contains Gandy family materials, historical manuscript materials, photographs, films, and memorabilia.

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This journal (1931-1935) from Paul L. Gaston's Hattiesburg, Mississippi, insurance agency contains a monthly record for each insurance company Gaston represented. These records include the names of his clients, a description of the property insured, the amount of the insurance, and the premiums paid. Significantly, the descriptions sometimes include addresses of the insured property.

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Three record books and a check register of Mr. Duncan Sibley Harmon, covering the period 1893-1903. The records document his personal cash finances and also contain brief narratives of his activities.

Scope and Contents The primary purpose of both the Hattiesburg Area Chamber of Commerce and its predecessor, the Commercial Club of Hattiesburg, has been the economic and industrial development of Hattiesburg and the surrounding trade area. During the early part of the twentieth century the major concerns of the Commercial Club were: locating South Mississippi College (forerunner of William Carey College) and the State Normal School (which later became the University of Southern Mississippi) in Hattiesburg,...

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The Review Club was established as a literary and social club for women in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. From 1913-early 2020, it continued with much the same structure as established in 1913.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of monthly narrative program reports for the Hattiesburg (Mississippi), U.S.O. Club, dating from March 1942 to August 1946. The reports were written in a variety of ways, but generally used a format listing regular activities such as dances, special interest club meetings, instructional programs and special activities. Sometimes a dramatic approach was taken, like a conversation between two frequent members of the Club or an impersonal third party's view of the...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a financial journal of three sisters (S. Helen Hinckley, Mary E. Hinckley, and Caroline Hinckley Stanton) who jointly owned several farms (including a dairy) and two or more rental cottages near the village of Hinckley in Herkimer County, New York , as well as land in Iowa and in St. Paul, Minnesota. The collection also contains some miscellaneous receipts (most indicate the page number of the journal), a very few letters (pertaining to farm or financial matters),...

Scope and Contents The Alexander Melvorne Jackson papers contain correspondence and records pertaining to a wide variety of subjects. These include family concerns, Mississippi politics, the Mexican War, the New Mexico Territory, the Arizona Campaign of the Civil War and Texas Politics.A substantial portion of the collection consists of correspondence between Jackson family members. Dated between the years of 1846 and 1878 are 134 letters written by Alexander to his wife, Cordelia. The...

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This collection consists of records of the Jefferson Davis Soldiers' Home, located at Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi. The bulk of the material dates from 1944 to 1954. It documents the operation of the home and includes records of the home's board of directors and superintendents, as well as payroll and budget records, and inmate files.

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Business records and photographs of several stores owned by the Kerstine family in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

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Unidentified business ledger.

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Ledgers, journals, office files of the largest manufacturing company in early 20th century Mississippi.

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Farm or business journal and deeds of trust of a Copiah County, Mississippi farmer.

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Scrapbooks, ledgers, date books concerning the Hattiesburg YWCA and Mississippi Garden Center.

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Business records of a Hattiesburg, Mississippi department store.

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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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Business ledger from Natchez, Mississippi, ca. 1820-1827. The collection also includes letters and other material.

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This collection consists of thirteen volumes of journals and ledgers documenting the financial condition, accounts and related activities of the J. J. Newman Lumber Company which operated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi between approximately 1894 and 1943. It is not a complete set of the company's books, but some information is available for almost every year of the company's existence. The largest gaps for which no information is available are 1899-1902 and 1907-1908.

Form of Material Log book maintained by Hamer Ogden, Superintendent of Methodist Hospital, from 1921 to 1958. It contains a brief summary of the business of the hospital for each fiscal year beginning in 1922 and ending in 1958. Data includes gross earnings, operating expenses, cash receipts, cash disbursements, cash in bank, accounts payable, free/unpaid work, deaths, births, average daily patients, cost per patient per day, average stay per patient, total operations, students in training, as well as other...

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This collection includes records of Orpheus Club activities from 1926 to 1986.

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Organizational records of the Association of American Railroads; the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad; the Mississippi Central Railroad; and the Illinois Central.

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One (1) ledger marked (VOL) E, F.L.R.M. Co. F.M. Riley Mercantile Ledger.

Scope and Contents This collection contains the partial records of two related brick companies owned by Mr. Ira Gaston and Mr. William S. Morrison, the Riverside Brick and Manufacturing Company of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and the Hammond-Baton Rouge Brick Company of Baptist, Louisiana. Financial journals, production records and time books are available for both companies. The records of the Riverside Brick and Manufacturing Company document the company's activities between 1905 and 1927, while the records of...

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Business records of a mercantile business in south central Mississippi.

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Organizational records.

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Original ledger from a cotton gin in Newhebron, Mississippi, owned by Joe and Charlotte Sharp. Cotton was a cash crop that many local farmers depended on to finance their families. This cotton gin was used by most of the farmers in northern Lawrence County. The ledger documents the amount of each delivery as well as who delivered the bales.