Mississippi -- History -- 19th century.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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."

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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.

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Reconstruction Era memoir.

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

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...

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Two original handwritten letters regarding slavery in Mississippi.

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Secretary's record book of Board of Directors minutes.

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

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

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For 40 acres of land in Covington County, Mississippi.

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Patents for land in Alabama and Mississippi.

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Letters addressed to Lotterhos in Clarksville, Tennessee.

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...

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

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...

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Written for the Newton County (Mississippi) Centennial.

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Letters from a Confederate soldier with the Mississippi Volunteers.

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

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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.

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Letter regarding sale of land.