Records (Documents).

Form of Material

1. Letter, coupon and cookbook from Coca-Cola. 1981.

2. Two lists of cookbooks for sale by Books For Cooks Catalog in Columbia, MD. 1986.

Scope and Contents

Personal papers, writings, photographs, published materials relating to Freedom Summer and continuing civil rights pursuits throughout her lifetime.

Form of Material

Letters between two brothers (Richard Henry Day and William Marion Day) following the deaths of both their parents in 1936.

Form of Material

Legal papers from case in Amite County Circuit Court (Liberty, Mississippi) - Stephen Wilkinson vs. Jabez Butler, October 1839.

Form of Material

Press packet for feature film Ghosts of Mississippi. Includes photographs of filming, production information, cast list, crew list, reproductions of Medgar Evers & family, and contextual essay by Myrlie Evers.

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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.

Form of Material

Additional genealogy materials for his collection.

Abstract

Items documenting several generations of the Roe/Graham family of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Oklahoma from 1856 to the 1920s.

Form of Material

1. British and French letters.

2. Printed publication announcement, 1889.

3. Printed map of Newfoundland.

4. Miscellaneous other material.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Various financial documents, 1876-1883.

Booklet on Belize.

Miscellaneous other materials.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Envelopes postmarked on the U.S.S. Mississippi, 1934-1950.

Philippine revenue documents, 1850-1898.

Materials relating to Guam, 1970s.

Miscellaneous other materials.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Insurance and financial documents.

World War II items and booklets.

Railroad related items.

Miscellaneous other materials.

Form of Material Reprints and off-prints of articles and technical papers, journal and magazines (including foreign language publications), and technical reports authored by Seymour or containing items by Seymour (circa 1946-1986).Magazines, journals, and technical reports of interest to Dr. Seymour (circa 1977-1984).Conference papers, book drafts, correspondence, clippings, photocopies, and other items relating to Dr. Seymour and his work in chemisty and polymer science (circa...

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Land deeds.

Insurance and financial documents.

Photographs.

Materials related to India, Mexico.

Form of Material

Framed 1935 M.S. degree, publication catalogs, conference programs, technical papers and reports, copies of articles written by Seymour, newsnotes about Seymour, script and illustrations for the filmstrip "The Significance of Avogadro's Number", copies of books, plaques and awards given to Dr. Seymour.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Various European stampless envelopes, 1835-1862.

Official Precancel Catalog for Mississippi, 1951.

Mobil Post Office Selections, 1980.

Form of Material

Contains copes of books, articles (some foreign languages such as Spanish and Polish), technical reports, abstracts, and correspondence related to Dr. Seymour's polymer research and writing activities.

Also included are newspaper clippings and related materials which provide infromation about Dr. Seymour, his wife Frances, and their family.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Mississippi Southern College (now The University of Southern Mississippi) mechanical pencil, 1960.

Printed speech by Mississippi Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, 1931

Civil War orders.

Financial documents.

Mississippi postmarked letters, 1840s.

U.S.S. Mississippi postal cancellation, 1933.

Other miscellaneous materials.

Provenance

The collection includes:

Letter from Hazel Green in Wisconsin, 1850.

North Carolina and Alabama bank notes, 1860s.

Railroad ticket, 1873.

Copies of New York Herald newspaper, 1863.

German magazines from World War I.

Other miscellaneous materials.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Map of North Western of Uruguay Railway.

Pass to the 84th Congress signed by Mississipppi Senator James O. Eastland.

South Mississippi Charity Hospital (Laurel) bills.

Australian coupon.

Other miscellaneous materials.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Railroad company documents.

Post cards.

W.O. Chipman Lumber Co. agreement, 1926.

Philippine and other currency.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Hospital receipts, 1927.

American National Insurance Company pamphlet.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Book.

Agreement between the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and the Southern Railway Company, 1912.

Title abstract of E.G. Armstrong.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Korean Conflict training manual.

Petrified Forest pamphlet.

Post cards of Paris, France.

Souvenir folder of St. Augustine, Florida.

Post card of Japan.

Christmas cards with photos.

German documents dated 1741, 1809, 1831, 1868.

Ship billheads, etc., 1870.

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Post cards of tribal and rural life.

Financial documents.

Miscellaneous other materials.

Form of Material The collection includes:Stationers' School Reports for D.S. Hollinghurst.Fernwood, Columbia and Gulf Railroad booklets.Perry County, Mississippi tax receipt.Joint Report of Mississippi State Board of the Order of Railway Conductors.Train schedule, ca. 1940s.Kentucky and Tennesse Railroad Company certificate.Letter to M.P. Brown, Secretary, Hattiesburg Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, from Walker Wood,...

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Wells Fargo & Co. brochure.

Brown Palace (Denver, Colorado) wine list.

Barber & Bro. credit report, 1885.

John T. Hardie & Co. credit report, 1895.

Foreign post card.

Chilean currency.

License plate registration, 1947.

Miscellaneous other materials.

Form of Material The collection includes:Golden Gate Lodge No. 204 (San Francisco, California) stationery.Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad correspondence, 1957.Association of American Railroads map showing home distrcits for car ownerships, 1952.Fernwood, Columbia & Gulf Railroad local freigh tariff book, 1940.The Citizen, official journal of the Citizens' Councils of America.The Druggists'...

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The collection includes:

Greater Picayune Area Chamber of Commerce coin.

Stock certificates from various companies.

German bond, 1922.

Digests of game and fish laws.

German stamps.

Invitation to laying of corner stone of first building at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia?).

Other miscellaneous materials.

Form of Material

1 cubic foot of polymer periodicals including Polymer News; Chemical Business; Popular Plastics and Packaging; Journal of Coating Technology; and Revista de Plasticos Modernas.

2.50 cubic foot includes office files, transparencies; notes; books and articles (drafts); USM materials; meetings and agendas; award files; and other miscellaneous files.