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Winifred Bromhall Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG1107
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two pen and ink illustrations for Circus Surprise (1954). The materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created.
Dates:
1954
J.D. Brown Records
Collection
Identifier: M40
Dates:
1876-1878
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Judith Gwyn Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0122
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, materials related to twelve books illustrated by Judith Gwyn Brown, complete illustrations for a magazine story, and unidentified illustrations. Book-related materials have been arranged alphabetically by title, and within each title according to the probable order in which they were created.The correspondence consists of photocopies of three letters sent to the de Grummond Collection in 1981. These letters concern Brown's loan of materials to...
Dates:
1962-1981
Kate B. Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: M114
Scope and Contents
The Kate B. Brown collection consists of a photograph of Miss Brown, various newspaper articles, letters sent by Miss Brown as director of the Memorial Fund at Mississippi Normal College, journals and addresses from her trip to Europe with the Carnegie Foundation, the address given by her when elected as president of the Mississippi Education Association, a letter to Miss Brown, a telegram regarding her health, and a report of the Mississippi Works Progress Administration.The...
Dates:
1918-1939
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Katherine Brown Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: M402
Scope and Contents
The Katherine Brown collection is a fascinating group of documents that shed light on the “Bootstrap” program at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Dates:
circa 1950s-1990s
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Marcia Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0123
Scope and Contents
The collection contains photographs of Brown, programs from the 1972 University of Southern Mississippi's Children's Book Festival, original materials for 20 books published between 1947 and 1972, and one unidentified drawing. The materials in the collection cover 25 years of Brown's career and are representative of her interest in tales from other cultures as well as traditional European-based tales. The artwork demonstrates some of Brown's favorite techniques including linoleum and...
Dates:
1946-1972
Margaret Wise Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG1129
Abstract
The Margaret Wise Brown Papers contain a manuscript, typescripts, and printed material created and accumulated by Margaret Wise Brown between around 1937 and 1944. Her papers were created from her composition of two published books and one unpublished work. Brown is celebrated for the revolutionary quality of her picture books that were based on children's everyday experiences.
Dates:
circa 1937 - 1944
Sarah Jane Hickman Brown Diaries
Collection
Identifier: M79
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal diaries of Sarah Jane Hickman Brown for the period January 1, 1896, through August 4, 1902. The diaries were written in the Mississippi towns of Shoccoe, Fernwood, and Canton (Madison County). Mrs. Brown made specific notations concerning the dates of births, deaths, and marriages of family members and friends; therefore, her diaries may be of special interest to genealogical researchers. There are several pages at the end of folder 2 which list Mrs....
Dates:
1896-August 4, 1902
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Ashley Bryan Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG1118
Abstract
The Ashley Bryan Papers contain a poster, proofs, and note cards derived from three works published between 1980 and 2000. Bryan, whose drawings are inspired by African and West Indian spirituals and folktales, has authored or illustrated more than thirty books. He won a Coretta Scott King Book Award in 1980 for Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.
Dates:
circa 1980 - 2000
Mary and Conrad Buff Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0135
Scope and Contents
The "Alphabetical Files" contain a drawing of a young girl by Conrad Buff, a photograph of Mary and Conrad Buff, and three articles about the couple. The series also contains a folder of research materials relating to U.S. Navy training and operations. Another folder contains typescripts of articles about the Navy by authors other than the Buffs.
The "Books" series contains two galley sheets, and a book jacket proof for Kemi, An Indian Boy Before the White Man Came.
The "Books" series contains two galley sheets, and a book jacket proof for Kemi, An Indian Boy Before the White Man Came.
Dates:
1966
Clyde Robert Bulla Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0136
Scope and Contents
This collection contains material that reflects Bulla's diverse artistic interests and that conveys insight into the publication process. The deGrummond Collection holds several of Bulla's books in its closed stacks, including an autographed copy of The Moon Singer which Bulla gave to his friend Ezra Jack Keats (DG0001). The Bulla papers consist of correspondence from Bulla to Dr. Lena Y. deGrummond; manuscripts and galleys for five of Bulla's books; and original music scores on which Bulla...
Dates:
1965-1972
Judy Broadus Bullock Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG1113
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material for one book and those materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. In Uncle Wiley Whiskers Tells How the Catfish Got Its Name, a crafty old catfish tells a group of young fish how his breed got its name. Holdings for this title include eight typescripts, and several newspaper clippings about the book and its author.
Dates:
1992
Pat H. Bullock World War II Papers
Collection
Identifier: M278
Scope and Contents
The Pat Harrison Bullock World War II Papers consist of a variety of materials relating to Bullock's military service during World War II. Included are personal correspondence to family and friends, casualty reports for the Morotai and Mindanao Campaigns, the Dixie Division Photograph Album, rules and regulations for guard duty, newspaper articles, and a series of photographs.The collection spans the years from 1942 to 1946, with the majority of the material pertaining to the...
Dates:
November 1942-November 1946
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Bunker Hill Baptist Church Records
Collection
Identifier: M600
Abstract
This collection consists of four church minute books for Bunker Hill Baptist Church in Columbia, Mississippi that date from 1882-1959. The books detail the church’s foundation, articles of faith, membership, and attendance at conferences. The collection would be of particular interest to researchers studying the Baptist Church in Mississippi and genealogy of Marion County families.
Dates:
circa 1882-1959
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Carl Burger Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0138
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of eleven pen and ink illustrations created sometime around 1950 and used in the serialization of "Cats of Destiny" in a publication called Bluebook. A later edition of this title (1955) was published in book form with illustrations by Paul Brown. The illustrations were separated from the Fairfax Downey Papers sometime after 1972.
Dates:
1950
Fleet C. Burkett Papers
Collection
Identifier: M607
Abstract
The Fleet C. Burkett Papers contain letters, newspaper clippings, and photographs pertaining to Burkett’s time at Mississippi Normal College and after. He was the oldest living alumni from the original class of Mississippi Normal College in 1912. This collection would be of interest to those studying about the beginning of Mississippi Normal College and student life at Mississippi Normal College.
Dates:
1912; 1985; 1996
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
John Burnet Certificate of Survey
Collection
Identifier: M166
Scope and Contents
A certificate of survey for a 130 acre tract of land in the Natchez District owned by John Burnet. The survey was conducted by William Vousdan in 1788 on land 45 miles north of the Fort of Natchez, and bordered in part by the Bayou Pierre (in what is now Claiborne County). A sketch of the land, scaled to an inch, is on the top part of the letter.
Dates:
1788
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
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 C.;...
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
Sarah E. Allen Burns Collection
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM10-59
Abstract
Collection from Mississippi Normal College student.
Dates:
circa late 1800s-1964
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Zed Houston Burns Collection
Collection
Identifier: M26
Scope and Contents
This collection consists chiefly of photocopies of the notes of M. James Stevens which Dr. Burns used to write his M.A. thesis at the University of Southern Mississippi. The thesis was later published as Ship Island and the Confederacy (Hattiesburg, 1971). Most of the Stevens notes are typed, although some are handwritten. These notes cover the history of Ship Island and its importance to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, from information concerning the area's native population and French...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1699-1968
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
John C. Burruss and A.G. Strain Universalist Collection
Collection
Identifier: M245
Abstract
Documents relating to Universalist Church in Mississippi.
Dates:
circa 1860 and July 15-20, 1907
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Olive W. Burt Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0141
Scope and Contents
The Olive Woolley Burt Papers consist of materials used in the publication of Burt's I Am An American, published in 1965 by the John Day Co. The collection contains a final typescript, corrected and marked for printing; an eleven page paste-up dummy; a marked set of galleys; and set of page proofs.
Dates:
1965
Jackie Yelverton Burton Papers
Collection
Identifier: M263
Abstract
Memorabilia of Demonstration School of Mississippi Southern College,
Dates:
1939-1955
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Andrew and Mary E. Burwell Letters
Collection
Identifier: M100
Abstract
Original and photocopies of letters predominately between Mary E. and Andrew Burwell. A handful of letters are to Andrew’s family. Also in the collection are a photocopy of a lock of hair and poems.
Dates:
September 1864-July 1865; Undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Business and Professional Women’s Club, Gulfport, Mississippi
Collection
Identifier: M527
Form of Material
Correspondence, copied newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to activates of the Business and Professional Women’s Club.
Dates:
1927-1934; undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Betsy Byars Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0143
Scope and Contents
The collection contains copy edited and master galleys for Goodbye Chicken Little (1979). Goodbye Chicken Little is the story of a young boy, who with the help of his family, overcomes his fears of tragedy and adversity at the sudden death of a loved one. The book was chosen as a New York Times Book of the Year.
Dates:
1979
Victoria E. Bynum Papers
Collection
Identifier: M541
Abstract
Research materials used by historian in her book The Free State of Jones.
Dates:
1993-2000
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Jesse M. Byrd Collection
Collection
Identifier: M330
Abstract
Letters, campaign material, speeches related to candidacy of Byrd for Governor of Mississippi.
Dates:
1947, 1951
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Randolph Caldecott Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0145
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, material for six titles, postcards, wallpaper samples, Caldecott's tombstone rubbing, and miscellaneous material. Titles are arranged alphabetically, with the material for each title arranged in the probable order in which it was created. All woodblocks are stored separately in Box 2.The correspondence consists of letters from Caldecott, from Elizabeth Billington at Frederick Warne to the de Grummond Collection, and from Justin...
Dates:
1878-1977
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