Records and briefs.

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Miscellaneous Mississippi materials:

1. Newspapers from Hattiesburg, Hazlehurst, Greene County, and elsewhere in Mississippi, 1920s-1930s.

2. Legal briefs, reports, brochures, correspondence, 1916-1950.

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Arkansas court document involving the Tucker family of Jefferson County, Arkansas, which used slaves as collateral for a debt.

Scope and Contents The collection of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) records contains copies of legal papers from civil liberties cases handled in the Southern Regional Office of the ACLU during the late 1960's and 1970. Charles Morgan, Jr., Director of the Southern Regional Office, was involved in all these cases.Also included in the Collection is a report of the activities for the first five years (1964-1969) of the Southern Regional Office of the ACLU (Box 3, Folder 1) and a copy of Before...

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Records of estate in Northumberland County, England.

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A group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement and primarily the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission.

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This collection consists primarily of materials related to Gray’s law enforcement career in Mississippi.

Abstract Robert B. Helfrich was the prosecuting attorney in both the 1998 Sam Bowers trial and the 1999 Charles Noble trial that took place in Mississippi. Mr. Helfrich received his undergraduate degree from George Mason University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi in 1985. In January 2003 Mr. Helfrich began his appointment as Circuit Court Judge for the Twelfth Circuit Court District in Mississippi. The materials in this collection consist of the documentation...

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Court record of indictment and trial of W.M. McDonald, Jr., convicted of embezzlement while employed as a cashier at the Bank of Utica in Utica, Mississippi.

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

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

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Court records of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against a county registrar of voters for infringing the civil rights of black citizens by denying them the right to vote.