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L.R. Cleveland Papers
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM91-5
Abstract
Research materials, including study of wood-feeding roach Cryptocercus.
Dates:
1950-1960
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Robert Hays Cleveland Collection
Collection
Identifier: M655
Abstract
The materials in the collection were organized in alphabetical order.
Dates:
1982-1990
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers
Collection
Identifier: M562
Abstract
The Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers consist of early twentieth-century documents, letters, and photographs that pertain to the Henry-Rowell-Waldrup and related families of Jasper County, Mississippi. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying traditional farming in Mississippi, World War I correspondence, women’s roles in the early twentieth century, William Carey University, University of Southern Mississippi, and local Hattiesburg history.
Dates:
1887; 1901-1902; 1907-1909; 1913-1918; 1921; 1925-1944; 1946; 1948; 1955; undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Sam & Gwen Clinton Papers
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM15-09
Abstract
Office files for Sam & Gwen Clinton.
Dates:
circa 2003-2009
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Elizabeth Coatsworth Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0199
Scope and Contents
The material in the collection pertains primarily to writings from the end of Coatsworth's lengthy career. There is a short autobiography, written about 1972, and photograph (undated); correspondence from Coatsworth to the de Grummond Collection, 1966-1973, identifying the donated material; and material relating to five works published between 1970 and 1973; and numerous miscellaneous short stories, poems, and pieces of prose. The biographical material and correspondence appear first in the...
Dates:
1927-1973; Majority of material found within [1970-1973]
Vicki Cobb Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0200
Scope and Contents
Cobb has written several how-to books featuring science experiments which both educate and entertain children. Chemically Active!; Science Experiments You Can Eat; More Science Experiments You Can Eat; and Magic...Naturally! are all documented in this collection. There is at least one typescript for every title. For Chemically Active! there are typescripts, galleys, proofs and blues. Science Experiments You Can Eat is represented with typescripts, proofs and blues. For More Science Experiments...
Dates:
1964-1997
Eleanor Coerr Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0201
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials for one book, and those materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. Sadako and the Thousand Cranes tells the story of a Japanese girl who contracts leukemia as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima. The collection holds one typescript for this title. Also included for this work is an origami crane.
Dates:
circa 1977
Daniel and Susan Cohen Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0203
Abstract
The Daniel and Susan Cohen Papers contain typescripts, production material, correspondence, and publications created and accumulated by Daniel Cohen between 1976 and 2001. Cohen's papers were created from his composition of 99 non-fiction books concerning paranormal creatures and other unusual phenomena, historical and current biographies, advice for teenagers, American history and politics, science and technology, animals and nature, urban legends, and entertainment and sports personalities....
Dates:
1976-2001
Miriam Cohen Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG1152
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an edited typescript, three proofs and a style sheet for one book, Robert and Dawn Marie 4ever. Robert and Dawn Marie 4ever tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy in Brooklyn who grows up in the foster care system. He discovers love and respect through his relationship with a parochial school girl, and with an eccentric couple who take him into their home.
Dates:
1986
Bonnie L. Cole Collection
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM04-71
Scope and Contents
Materials relating to the family of Ms. Bonnie L. Cole, Brookhaven, Mississippi.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1911; circa 1970s-1980s; 2010; undated
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
James C. Cole Letter
Collection
Identifier: M54
Abstract
Letter from Cole in New Orleans, Louisiana to Eula Ellis in Florence, Mississippi.
Dates:
April 3, 1907
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Martin Cole Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0206
Scope and Contents
This collection of correspondence includes letters written to and received from 302 authors of boys' books. All of the letters are either written by Martin Cole to an author, or are responses from the authors to Mr. Cole. The letters date from 1955 to 1983.Included are letters from Isaac Asimov, Patricia Beatty, Erick Berry, Ben Bova, Arthur C. Clarke, Elizabeth Coatsworth, Walter Farley, Henry Gregor Felsen, Jean Fritz, Doris Gates, Jean George, Robert Heinlein, Irene Hunt,...
Dates:
1955-1983
Henry Clay Collins Ledgers
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M113
Scope and Contents
Two ledgers of a Moselle, Mississippi merchant, donated by his grandson, Dr. Marice Brown. The ledgers cover the periods 1911-1914 and 1914-1917.
Dates:
1911-1917
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Hila Colman Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0210
Scope and Contents
The collection holds a galley proof, an edited typescript and correspondence for Sometimes I Don t Love My Mother. The correspondence includes an outline for the book and specific revisions suggested by the editor. Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother is an exploration of a troubled mother and daughter relationship. In this novel, seventeen year old Dallas must try to establish a new closeness with her mother after the sudden death of her beloved father. She must deal with her own grief and balance...
Dates:
1977
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 into...
Dates:
1933-1973
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Columbus Riflemen, Company "C", First Regiment Letter
Collection
Identifier: M62
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a letter from members of the Columbus Riflemen dated April 21, 1900. The letter is addressed to Miss Anna Banks and acknowledges that the United Daughters of the Confederacy have set aside April 27th as a special day to honor Confederate dead. Officers of the Columbus Riflemen are named on the letterhead and in the signature of the letter; they were G.Y. Banks, Captain; W.L. Gardner, First Lieutenant; and E.A. Passino, Second Lieutenant.The celebration will...
Dates:
April 32, 1900
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Community Theatre Programs and Playbills
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM19-26
Form of Material
Programs and playbills from Laurel, Mississippi area and beyond.
Dates:
1975-2018
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Molly Cone Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0212
Scope and Contents
The Molly Cone Papers have a variety of material including typescripts, galleys, proofs, correspondence and research notes. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title and within each title in the probable order in which they were created. The correspondence is arranged chronologically by title.Written between 1962 and 1982, the seven Mishmash stories are about a furry mutt named Mishmash that lives with a teacher named Miss Patch. One of her students, Pete, befriends the dog...
Dates:
1949-1980
Confederate States of America. Army. Board of Survey, Ruggles Command. Proceedings
Collection
Identifier: M236
Scope and Contents
This document, written on March 8, 1864, at Columbus, Mississippi, reports the proceedings of a Board of Survey convened in front of the Confederate Army headquarters in Columbus. The purpose of the board was to assess the value of the horses belonging to the Brigadier General and his staff. Board members were Captain John P. Hampton, Captain Thomas E. Young, and First Lieutenant T. R. Evans, all of the 43rd Mississippi Infantry.According to this document, the board valued the horse...
Dates:
March 8, 1864
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Confederate States of America. Army. Field Report of the Second Brigade
Collection
Identifier: M234
Abstract
List of men present for duty, August 3, 1862 near Comite River northeast of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Dates:
August 3, 1862
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Confederate States of America. Customs Form.
Collection
Identifier: M33
Abstract
One oversized customs form with the heading "Schedule of Free Goods introduced into the Confederate States of America."
Dates:
May 18, 1861
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Confederate States of America. Medical Records.
Collection
Identifier: M217
Abstract
Two journals and printed booklet relating to Confederate medical activities.
Dates:
November 10, 1861-June 17, 1865
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Confederate States of America. Port of Holly Springs, Mississippi customs form
Collection
Identifier: M56
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a single document, a customs form notarized by a local justice of the peace. The form originated on May 13, 1861, when whiskey was shipped via the Mississippi Central Railroad to J.P. Atkinson at Holly Springs, Mississippi. On May, 1861, the justice, J.R. Fariss, notarized the invoice and accompanying statement of J.P. Atkinson who declared that no other invoices existed, that the accounting on this invoice was accurate, and that he (Atkinson) would report any error, if...
Dates:
May 13 and May 21, 1861
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Peggy Jean Connor Papers
Collection
Identifier: M379
Scope and Contents
This collection should be of interest to students and researchers of the civil rights era circa 1960-1980; especially those interested in civil rights legal cases and the history of black legislators in Mississippi.
Dates:
circa 1960s-2001
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Pam Conrad Papers
Collection
Identifier: DG0214
Scope and Contents
This collection contains original materials from Ms. Conrad's first published book, I Don't Live Here! The story concerns a young girl's difficult adjustment to a new home, far away from her best friend. Correspondence, three typescripts, and a proof document the creation and publication of this title. Also included are a research article, author's notes, and reviews for the same book. The illustrations in the collection for I Don't Live Here! are photocopies of the originals.
Dates:
1981-1985
Fred Cook Collection
Collection
Identifier: M19
Form of Material
Commendation by Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives for USM student Fred Cook's outstanding accomplishments in intercollegiate athletics.
Dates:
March 25, 1974
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Joseph Anderson Cook Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: M209
Abstract
Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook was born on November 16, 1862 in Artesia (Lowndes County), Mississippi. He was a pioneer of education in Mississippi, who provided college educations for all of his children at the school of their choice. This multi-faceted collection consists of materials that encompass the entire Cook Family, but the principal subject is Joseph Anderson (Joe) Cook, first president of Mississippi Normal College at Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Dates:
1879-1991
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Robert Cecil Cook Papers
Collection
Identifier: M96
Abstract
While the bulk of the collection pertains primarily to Cook's activities after 1954, a moderate quantity of materials relate to his years at Southern, and also interspersed in the collection are a small number of items dating from about 1912-1944.A study of Cook's papers reveals him as a man of boundless energy, with excellent organizational skills, both of which served him well in his many activities. While much of his energy was directed toward fiscal success, a substantial amount...
Dates:
1912-1979; Majority of material found within 1955-1977
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Cookbook Publishers Collection
Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM18-61
Form of Material
Various information about publishing cookbooks.
Dates:
circa 1960s; 1980s
Found in:
Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
Patricia Coombs
Collection
Identifier: DG0220
Scope and Contents
The collection contains typescripts, illustrations with color separations, dummies and galleys for nine titles. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created.
Six of the books in the collection are from the "Dorrie" series, Dorrie and the Birthday Eggs (1971), Dorrie and the Blue Witch (1964), Dorrie and Witch Doctor (1967), Dorrie and the Witch's Imp (1975), Dorrie and the Wizard's Spell (1968),...
Dates:
1964-1977
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