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A variety of scrapbooks, newspapers, periodicals, brochures relating to Henry Clinton “Clint” Dellinger (circa 1920-2015).

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The Judy Delton Papers contain a typescript for My Mom Hates Me in January (1977). Delton, whose writing often dealt with the emotional problems and questions of childhood while retaining a lighthearted tone, was best known for her Kitty, Angel, and Pee Wee Scouts series.

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Photographs, a football jacket, newspaper clippings, postcards, etc. from the Demonstration High School on the USM Hattiesburg campus in the late 1940s.

Scope and Contents The collection contains drawings from three books by Denslow published between 1900 and 1904, each of which includes his famous seahorse trademark. These drawings are grouped alphabetically by title and for each title, the illustrations are arranged as they appear in the published work.There are six mounted original pen and ink drawings from Denslow's 1903 picture book, Jack and the Bean-stalk. Also included in the collection is a printer's proof of a pen and ink drawing from...

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Items relating to Dent family, also includes surnames Gunn, McLeod, and Pickering. Contains a selection of very early 1900 postcards, mostly of Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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The Justin Francis Denzel Papers contain a typescript, letters received, and publications created and accumulated by Justin Francis Denzel between 1955 and 1994. Denzel's papers were created from his composition of one book and eighteen short stories. Over his career, Denzel published more than one hundred short stories and fourteen fiction and non-fiction books for eight- to twelve-year old readers.

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The Tomie dePaola Papers contain two illustrations and a poster created and accumulated by the author-illustrator for two books published in 1980 and 1991. A prolific artist, dePaola has illustrated more than two hundred children's books, more than one hundred of which he also has authored. His efforts have been rewarded with numerous awards, including a Caldecott Honor Medal for Strega Nona (1976) and Newbery Honor Medal for 26 Fairmount Avenue (2000).

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The collection includes materials used or received by Derek Anderson which contain an original sketch and poster from the illustrator.

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The August Derleth Papers contains typescripts and correspondence related to short stories and poetry composed by August Derleth.

The collection is arranged into one series (Writings) that includes typescripts of two short stories and one single poem. A correspondence related to one of the short stories is also included. Each item in the series is contained in an individual folder. All of the items have been signed by the author in ink.

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Dissertation notes of Reid S. Derr

Abstract The Gene DeWeese Papers contain typescripts, composition notes, printed material, and correspondence created and accumulated by Gene DeWeese between 1967 and 2002. DeWeese's papers were created from his composition of 38 published books and three pieces of short fiction and prose, his proposal for a novelette, and his rewriting of Probe, a Star Trek series novel written originally by Margaret Wander Bonanno. DeWeese wrote more than 40 works of both adult and juvenile fiction drawing on...

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Photocopies and transcripts of 8 letters written by a soldier in Company "C" of the 16th Mississippi Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

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Letter from Cathron Disney requesting wills of the Buxton family addressed to the Registrant of Wills, Norwich, England. A typed transcript is included.

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Photographs, news clippings, programs, uniforms, and memorabilia related to The Dixie Darlings Alumnae Association.

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The Austin Dobson Papers consist of a letter from Dobson to an unnamed correspondent discussing a volume of love lyrics to be illustrated by Kate Greenaway. Dobson proposed eight to twelve chrome-lithographs designed especially for the same number of lyrics.

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This collection consists of a wide variety of materials gathered by Anne Louise D'Olive.

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence to and from the de Grummond Collection, materials related to ten of Domanska's published books, and design materials and printed copies of original greeting cards. The correspondence is arranged chronologically, whereas the books are arranged alphabetically by title, and materials within each title are arranged according to the probable order in which they were created.Domanska's first published work is represented in the collection by the...

Form of Material Files related to Professor Emeritus Dr. Gary A. Stringer’s work on The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne. He was the General Editor from 1981-2014.The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne (8 vols. in 11 parts), a collaborative edition drawing on the labors of over 30 scholars from the United States and abroad. The project was organized in 1980 and has enjoyed support from the National Endowment for the...

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The collection includes materials used or received by Dorothy K. Aldis that includes the galley proofs of Dumb Stupid David, a bookmark from Quick as a Wink, and a photo of Dorothy K. Aldis from circa 1940s.

Scope and Contents The collection contains material for five books. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. And It Came to Pass uses carols to retell the story of Christmas. Horsemanship for Beginners is a detailed explanation of the skills and equipments needed to train a horse. The other three books in theis collection are fictional stories about young girls and their relationships with their horses....

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Esther Morris Douty was an English professor and children's author, as well as a member of Washington D.C.'s Children's Book Guild. The collection includes manuscripts.

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Collage photograph of the Drew High School Senior Class of 1957 in Drew, Mississippi.

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The collection contains the valedictory speech of William Duke (1875-1940), entitled “Learning and Labor,” from his high school graduation at Lake Como, Mississippi, in 1892.

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Items used by former Forrest County Prosecutor James K. Dukes for a USM University Forum presentation on August 29, 2000.

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The collection consists of thirty-one photocopied pages from a scrapbook documenting the career of William F. “Bill” Dukes with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1964-1967; undated). Mr. Dukes retained the original scrapbook.

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949 single-panel original editorial cartoons.

Scope and Contents A letter dated December 15, 1863, from John Duncan in Jackson, Mississippi, to Confederate Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles, Commander of the Confederate Army in Columbus, Mississippi. The letter concerns two women, Mrs. Newman and Miss Byers, whom Duncan and his niece helped to cross into Federal territory in Mississippi. Duncan also writes of the possibility of Ruggles moving to Jackson. General Joseph E. Johnston, C.S.A., General William Canby, C.S.A. and Governor Charles Clark of...

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, awards, Christmas cards (some with original illustrations), and material for twelve books illustrated by Duvoisin and published between 1949 and 1960. The titles are arranged alphabetically; material within each title is arranged in the probable order in which it was created.The correspondence includes letters from Duvoisin to the de Grummond Collection, 1966 to 1979, in which he comments on the value of original materials, the color...

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This collection contains materials related to Lionel Dyck, Jr.