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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
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
William M. Colmer Papers
Collection
Identifier: M24
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 Collection
Collection
Identifier: M367
Abstract
The Edythe Evely Gandy Collection contains Gandy family materials, historical manuscript materials, photographs, films, and memorabilia.
Dates:
1910-2011
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
J.B. George Papers
Collection
Identifier: M310
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of .25 cubic feet of materials pertaining to the personal and professional activities of Dr. Jennings Burton George between approximately 1918 and 1943. Items in the collection include biographical documents, correspondence, U.S. Army records, Masters and Ph.D degrees, speeches, certificates, and miscellaneous materials. It is worth noting that several important documents in the collection contain variations in the spelling of Dr. George's name. His U.S. Army records...
Dates:
circa 1918-1943
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Marie Louise Hoffmann Papers
Collection
Identifier: M287
Abstract
Case files, correspondence, reports, other relating to her work with the Emergency Relief Administration, Works Progress Administration in Mississippi.
Dates:
1933-1942
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
Luigi Zaninelli Collection
Collection
Identifier: M346
Abstract
Scores and other material created by noted American composer and USM professor of music.
Dates:
circa 1945-2016
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs