Government publications.

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Materials relating to her life-time of civil rights and human rights activities.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

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Soil survey of Forrest County, Mississippi by Rex E. Davis and Kenneth H. Byers.

Also available: Brooks Reading Room Mississippiana S599.M5 D38 1979

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Materials pertaining to the Mississippi River Flood of 1912 and Lieutenant George W. Danforth, U.S.Navy.

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This collection is a compilation of various materials relating to the Civil Rights Movement in the South.

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...

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Materials documenting activities of African-American political activist in Hattiesburg,

Scope and Contents This collection contains two acts of the English Parliament which were passed in 1653. Both printed acts appear to be leaves from a published collection of parliamentary legislation. "An Act for Setling the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty" and "An Act for Redress of Delays and Mischiefs Arising by Writs of Error and Writs of False Judgement in Several Cases" are apparently from A Collection of Several Acts of Parliament for 1653. Henry Scobell, Clerk of the Parliament, periodically...

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Booklet of photos and description for stacking lumber for proper air seasoning.

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Case files, correspondence, reports, other relating to her work with the Emergency Relief Administration, Works Progress Administration in Mississippi.

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Research collection of historian Charles Sullivan for his book "Hurricanes of the Gulf Coast."

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Petition of 91 Mississippi residents to the U.S. House of Representatives that a tribunal investigate land claims in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit area.

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This collection contains documents and photographs.

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The collection contains Department of Agriculture Special Report, number 3, prepared by A. B. Hurt, on the climate in Mississippi, ideal for agriculture.

Scope and Contents The Natchez Trace Research Collection consists of photocopies of research materials collected and prepared by historians of the Natchez Trace Parkway and stored at Parkway headquarters in Tupelo, Mississippi. Materials in the collection were obtained from United States government agencies/departments such as the War Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs; from research collections at Louisiana State University, Tennessee Historical Society Archives, Mississippi Department of Archives and...

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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This collection contains materials generated and/or collected by Perry County Citizens Against Nuclear Disposal, Inc. (PC-CAND). This collection should be of interest to those researching any aspect of nuclear waste disposal.

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This collection contains historical materials, children’s books, and various magazines.

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Organizational records of the Association of American Railroads; the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad; the Mississippi Central Railroad; and the Illinois Central.

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Letters, speeches, publications of Mississippi Congressman Rankin.

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Large collection of books, printed material, and memorabilia related to Mississippi and other subjects.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes photocopies of five scrapbooks that contained newspaper reports published during Winstead’s membership in the United States’ House of Representatives (boxes 1-5). Materials that have been removed from the scrapbooks (box 6) include photographs, proposed legislation, and correspondence. In box 7 are a bound copy of a debate on Civil Rights in 1956 and Winstead’s personal copy of Cannon’s Procedure. A plaque granted to Winstead’s wife in 1990...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes photocopies of five scrapbooks that contained newspaper reports published during Winstead’s membership in the United States’ House of Representatives (boxes 1-5). Materials that have been removed from the scrapbooks (box 6) include photographs, proposed legislation, and correspondence. In box 7 are a bound copy of a debate on Civil Rights in 1956 and Winstead’s personal copy of Cannon’s Procedure. A plaque granted to Winstead’s wife in 1990...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes photocopies of five scrapbooks that contained newspaper reports published during Winstead’s membership in the United States’ House of Representatives (boxes 1-5). Materials that have been removed from the scrapbooks (box 6) include photographs, proposed legislation, and correspondence. In box 7 are a bound copy of a debate on Civil Rights in 1956 and Winstead’s personal copy of Cannon’s Procedure. A plaque granted to Winstead’s wife in 1990...

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This collection is comprised of materials that document various aspects of Ronnie Shows' service as a United States Congressman from Mississippi's Fourth District (1998-2002). This collection should be of interest to anyone researching government at the national level.

Form of Material One three ring binder of materials that trace the Alfred Burton Stuart Family from the early 1900s to 1997. The family was originally from Mississippi and Louisiana, but relocated to New York. Included in the collection are photocopies of correspondence, census records, newspaper clippings, and death certificates, plus digital scans of photographic images.The materials were assembled by Renee Adrienne Smith, a descendant of Alfred Burton Stuart, who was elected Miss Delaware USA...

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The Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection contains a vast array of materials from during and after the [Lorenzi] Sojourner’s time in Holmes County, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964. This collection would be of interest to researchers studying the Civil Rights Movement, Mississippi history, and Freedom Summer.

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The Stovall Family Association records and research material.