Records (Documents).

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

These records document the activities of the Vickers Plant Farms, which were based in Hattiesburg and located in the surrounding area.

The collection is unprocessed and unorganized.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes:

Hershey Chocolate Company documents, circa 1920s.

Dalrymple Hall & Cafe Company letters of allotment, 1880.

Various financial papers from England, circa 1860-1929.

Wolviston (County of Durham) mortgage, 1877.

Letter to Alexander Stoddart from Robert Lyon, 1901.

Form of Material

Records from two Presidents of the Hattiesburg Rotary Club: 1. Mr. C.C. Sullivan, President, 1952-1979. 2. Mr. Garland Sullivan, President, 1993-1994.

Form of Material

1. Issues of the "Spokes" newsletter, 1988-1996.

2. Programs of the Golden Anniversary (1968) and the Diamond Anniversary (1993).

3. Lists of officers, honorary members, district governors and their dates of service.

4. Scrapbook kept by President Dr. R.G. Bigelow, 1953.

Form of Material

Newsletters, financial reports, correspondence, and district conference materials.

Form of Material

Sixteen color slides showing Dr. Raymond Seymour in New York, where he was presented The Soiety of Plastics Engineers 1989 International Award, a newspaper clipping documenting presentation of the SPE Award, and a list of Dr. Seymour's publications from 1993 forward.

Form of Material

Fourteen stampless covers of price notations and business circulars. All are postmarked New Orleans, Louisiana.

Form of Material

1. Folder entitled "Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, 97-98".

2. Folder entitled "Rotary Fellowship Committee, 98-99".

3. Issue of "Spokes", 1944.

4. List of members of board of directors, 1998-1999.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Papers of Dr. John D.W. Guice, University of Southern Mississippi Professor Emeritus of History.

Form of Material

Materials related to Rotary programs, the Rotary Foundation, the Rotary International convention, publicity, etc.

Provenance

Mr. Garland Sullivan

Abstract

The collection contains one item, a list of persons who had obtained a tavern license for the 1824 term in Amite County.

Form of Material

3 handwritten & typewritten preliminary copies of published serial Annual Report of Southern Railway Company in Mississippi, 1916-1918; and 2 paperbound, handwritten "Corporate" copies of selected pages of Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States, the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year ending ..., 1918-1919.

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Manuscripts of novels and related papers by Mississippi author.

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Files related to Col. Ashley’s time as Director of Cook Library at the University of Southern Mississippi.

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This collection contains photographs, slides, postcards, and memoirs of Mississippi.

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The Frank D. Barber Papers consist of campaign materials from Barber’s bid for the Mississippi State Senate in 1959, six issues of Southern Exposure from 1952-1953, and materials relating to the conferring university status on Mississippi Southern College in 1962. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying Mississippi politicians and the history of the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Documents written by and at the command of General Beauregard in Charleston, South Carolina.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two documents issued at the command of or in the hand of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard in Charleston, South Carolina. The first document is Special Order No. 239, written on December 1, 1862, in Charleston, South Carolina, headquarters of the Department of South Carolina and Georgia. It was issued by command of General Beauregard, but the author's signature is illegible. This document has five sections clearly identified by roman numerals. Section one assigns...

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Research collection about Union soldier Charles Dana Miller, including the diary of Union Captain R.S. Chamberlain.

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The David C. Berry, Jr. Papers include the correspondence, drafted writings, and publications of USM professor and poet David C. Berry. This collection would be of particular interest to researchers focusing on the writing process or studying university professorships and family life in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Topics in Berry’s poetry include the Vietnam War, marriage, divorce, and religion.

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This collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia relating to the life and career of Dr. John Calvin Berry, the first African American faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi.

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Musical instruments, record albums, trophies, photographs, manuscript and published musical scores, composing notes of noted Southern bandsman and USM professor.

Form of Material

Genealogical materials of the Bethea family, at least partially from Hattiesburg. It consists of notebooks, folders and miscellaneous documents.

Scope and Contents The Theodore G. Bilbo Papers document the activities of the former Mississippi governor and United States Senator from approximately 1905-1947.This collection provides insight into the government of the state of Mississippi in the early decades of the twentieth century, as well as American culture, political climate, and governmental activities during the Great Depression and World War II. It paints a definitive portrait of one of Mississippi's most colorful and controversial...

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This collection consists of information on Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of World War II.

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The Blumenthal papers are a relatively small, but diverse collection of materials; the papers are divided into two series.

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This collection contains Boney Family materials.

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This collection consists of a biography of W.T. Booth's life, including his service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The booklet was written by Booth's great grandson, Glover Roberts.

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Office files of Boy Scout Troop 007, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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In 1971, William Brannon donated materials to the University of Southern Mississippi Archives. The collection largely consists of magazines, manuscripts, and correspondence related to the writer’s career as both a staff and freelance writer whose work appeared in many publications.