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Madge Burney Papers

Collection

Identifier: M4

Scope and Contents This collection contains the personal papers of Madge Burney, as well as material she collected from the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.), Children of the Confederacy (C. of C.), Wayne County Red Cross, The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).The personal correspondence, covering the period 1926 and 1953 with the bulk of the material from 1948 to 1953, concerns Burney's membership in the U.D.C. and C. of...

Dates: 1913-1953

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

Asha Burgess Everett Collection

Collection

Identifier: M443

Abstract

This collection contains materials from Mississippi Normal College.

Dates: 1913-1916

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Gregory E. Favre Collection

Collection

Identifier: M503

Abstract

The Gregory E. Favre Collection contains family materials, speeches, photographs, articles, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1935-2016

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

The Hattiesburg Review Club

Collection

Identifier: M449

Abstract

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.

Dates: 1913-2013

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

J. Brackin Kirkland Papers

Collection

Identifier: M15

Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, clippings, photographs, genealogical materials relating to Mississippi-born educator in New York and Alabama and with the Boys Clubs of America.

Dates: 1886-1983

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Fannie Kyker Collection

Collection

Identifier: M518

Abstract

Post cards, correspondence, printed items, photos, and other memorabilia collected by this long time Hattiesburg resident.

Dates: circa 1910-2010

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Mrs. O.B. Loper Papers

Unprocessed Collection

Identifier: AM94-7

Abstract

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

Dates: 1932-1978

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Mississippi Education Association Records

Collection

Identifier: M128

Abstract

Organizational records.

Dates: 1966-1974

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Jessie Morrison Collection

Collection

Identifier: M422

Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1864-1990

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs

Mystic Krewe of Zeus of Hattiesburg Records Collection

Collection

Identifier: M553

Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, menus, invitations, media, scrapbooks, photographs, speeches and planning materials for The Mystic Krewe of Zeus. The materials primarily date 1924-2020.

Dates: circa 1920s-2020

Found in: Historical Manuscripts and Photographs