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Mississippi -- History -- 19th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

AM10-17, unknown

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

Sixteen black and white photographs taken in Mississippi, all have some identification.

Dates: unknown

AM19-53

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

Two stereoviews, Sullivan and Killrain Fight, 1898 and Picking cotton on MS plantation, 189u.

Dates: 1823-1976

AM20-054, December 14, 1866

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

Four page letter and transcript from Sid Nesmith (1833-1877) to his mother Mrs. Geo. W. Nesmith (1799-1885) while he was serving as Special Agent of the Treasury Department in Mississippi. Of particular importance is the early written reference to the game of Base Ball. Written in ink, very legible and retains the stamped envelope.

Dates: December 14, 1866

AM21-043, August 1, 1865

 Accession — Box 6 SAFE
Abstract

An innocuous telegram documenting President Andrew Johnson's deliberations regarding the path Reconstruction would soon take throughout the South.

Dates: August 1, 1865

AM21-044, circa 1876

 Accession — Box 6 SAFE
Form of Material

14-page legal opinion regarding a court case (J.F. Hicks v. G.W. Truehart) regarding a disastrous Mississippi riverboat fire aboard the steamer Mary Belle while at Vicksburg. Undated, written by J. Sneed.

Dates: circa 1876

AM21-070, 1895, 1935

 Accession — Box 5 SAFE
Form of Material

Two newspapers containing lynching: Burlington Weekly Free Press, Vol. 69, No. 61 January 10, 1895 - "A Desperate Negro Lynched"; The Macon Telegraph, Vol. 19 No. 182 July 16, 1935 - "Negroes Lynched in Attack Case."

Dates: 1895; 1935

AM21-073, October 10, 1881

 Accession — Box 6 SAFE
Form of Material

Letter written on New Orleans & North-Eastern Railroad, Engineer Department letterhead from Poplarville, Mississippi, by G.B. Nicholson. The envelope is addressed to Mrs. Matilda Nicholson in Covington, Kentucky. The 2-page letter describes Poplarville and his experiences living there.

Dates: October 10, 1881

AM21-078, circa 1950-circa 1990s; circa 2020

 Accession
Abstract

Reconstruction Era memoir.

Dates: circa 1950-circa 1990s; circa 2020

Ray L. Bellande Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M540
Abstract

Copies of this Ocean Springs Record columnist's "Sous Les Chenes", "Images Under the Oaks" and “Vintage Village Vues” columns, and related research materials.

Dates: circa 1992-2009

M. Blake Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M148
Scope and Contents A letter from M. Blake to William P. Montgomery regarding the sale of Blake's land in Washington County near the present town of Greenville, Mississippi. Montgomery had written Blake on December 4, 1836, offering to buy the tracts totaling 1925 90/100 acres. Blake authorizes John T. McMurran of Natchez to act as his attorney and expects equal annual payments from Montgomery on March 1, 1837, 1838, and 1839. He includes a letter to McMurran stating the locations of the tracts and provides a...
Dates: January 2, 1837

Charles C. Bolton Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M672
Abstract

This collection consists of Dr. Charles C. Bolton’s research materials for his scholarly works.

Dates: Circa 1990s

Thomas C. Charles and Ellen McRaven Charles Letters

 Collection
Identifier: M120
Abstract

Family letters, genealogy, and history of Clinton, Mississippi.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1851-1967, 1875-1876

Choctaw Indian Land Transfer

 Collection
Identifier: M201
Abstract

Certificate transferring title to 320 acres of land originally acquired by a Choctaw Indian Land Grant to five individuals.

Dates: July 26, 1897

Dale Sallis Fleming Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M356
Abstract

This collection contains a comprehensive and objective look at the Civil War in Mississippi. Anyone researching this time period in Mississippi's history would find ample information. Students of history and journalism would benefit from the writings of Mr. Fleming.

Dates: circa 1932-1995

Harry R. Godman Letters

 Collection
Identifier: M112
Abstract

Letters to Godman in Terry, Mississippi regarding Civil War and Reconstruction.

Dates: September 15, 1863-January 29, 1873

Max L. Grivno Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M507
Abstract

Two original handwritten letters regarding slavery in Mississippi.

Dates: 1838; 1860

Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: M284
Abstract

Secretary's record book of Board of Directors minutes.

Dates: March 4, 1887-March 6, 1907

Jones S. Hamilton Pamphlet

 Collection
Identifier: M306
Abstract

Pamphlet printed by Jones regarding communication from friends during his trial for murder resulting from a duel.

Dates: 1887-1888

Orville F. Howe Letter

 Collection
Identifier: M150
Abstract

Letter from Howe in response to request of Harper's Weekly for sketches of the War of 1812.

Dates: June 23, 1882

United States....Land Patent-Mississippi, 1841

 Collection
Identifier: M164
Abstract

For 40 acres of land in Covington County, Mississippi.

Dates: January 5, 1841

United States...Land Patents-Alabama, 1837; Mississippi, 1841

 Collection
Identifier: M143
Abstract

Patents for land in Alabama and Mississippi.

Dates: Majority of material found within March 20, 1837; March 30, 1837; and January 5, 1841

P.A. "Gustus" Lotterhos Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: M304
Abstract

Letters addressed to Lotterhos in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Dates: October 28, 1897-February 8, 1901

Neil R. McMillen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M606
Abstract The Neil R. McMillen Collection consists of correspondence and research relating to Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow (1989), as well as documents pertaining to the Shelby Thames administration at the University of Southern Mississippi. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying Mississippi in the Jim Crow era, racialized political groups like the American Nazi Party in the twentieth century, and the University of...
Dates: 1935; 1963, 1970, 1977-1999, 2003-2004, undated

McNeill Family Archive

 Collection
Identifier: M685
Abstract

This collection features letters and documents from 1813 to 1850 that relate to the McNeill family and their plantation holdings. The majority of documents refer to the business and family dealings of Malcom McNeill.

Dates: 1813-1850

Mississippi Historical Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M587
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, and letters about Mississippi.

Dates: 1823-1976

New England Mississippi Land Company, Reports in Congress

 Collection
Identifier: M230
Scope and Contents This collection consists of eight printed reports which originated in committees of the United States Congress in the years 1823 to 1840. They concern the petition of the directors of the New England Mississippi Land Company to obtain, through Congressional redress, a portion of the money alloted for payment to the Georgia Mississippi.Three commissioners, Thomas Swann, Francis S. Key, and John Law, had been appointed by Congress in 1814 to settle Yazoo land claims. Their original...
Dates: February 11, 1823-May 18, 1840

Stella B. Newsome Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M129
Abstract

Written for the Newton County (Mississippi) Centennial.

Dates: 1936

John Leroy "Lee" Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M301
Abstract

Letters from a Confederate soldier with the Mississippi Volunteers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1861-1864, 1875, 1882

John Ray Skates / History of the Mississippi Supreme Court Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M130
Abstract

Research for his book, A History of the Mississippi Supreme Court, 1817-1948.

Dates: 1817-1973

Sullivan-Kilrain Fight Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M271
Abstract

This collection should be of interest to students of history, as well as local history buffs. While accounts of the fight differ on minor points such as the color of the fighters' trunks, what they ate for breakfast, and what they drank between rounds, they are in agreement on such major issues as events leading up to the fight, length of the fight, round by round descriptions, and of course, the outcome -- the Great John L. remained heavyweight champion of the world.

Dates: circa 1938-1990