Menus.

Form of Material

Menu for Officers Open Mess (Mississippi National Guard), Camp Shelby, Mississippi.

Form of Material

1. Christmas Dinner menu for Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Confederate Veterans Home (1942)

2. Jean’s Treasure Chest Menu for Good Little Boys and Girls, Weidman’s, Meridian, MS (1954)

3. Menu from The Dock, Vicksburg, MS (1988)

4. Brochure from Tuminello’s, Vicksburg, MS (undated)

5. Brochure from Four Seasons Restaurant, Vicksburg, MS (undated)

6. Menu from Original Sollie’s Hot Tamales, Vicksburg, MS (undated)

Form of Material

1. Menu from Fairchild’s Restaurant, Mississippi City, MS (circa 1950s)

2. Menu from Friendship House, between Biloxi and Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (undated)

Form of Material

1. Bellmont Restaurant in Natchez, Mississippi, cira 1950s

2. Bellmont Restaurant in Natchez, Mississippi, breakfast menu, cira 1950s

3. Delta Line, Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc. , Gulf Brazil River Plate Service, New Orleans, LA, at sea August 8, 1933

4. Lou's Diner & Rib Shack in Mobile, AL

Form of Material

Three menus from Mississippi Restaurants:

1. The Friendship House located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

2. Weidmann’s located in Meridian

3. The Rex Plaza located in Tupelo

Form of Material

1. Coop DeVille in Oxford, MS

2. The Shed in Gulfport, MS

Scope and Contents From the Unprocessed Collection:

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

Form of Material 1. Crab House. 3801 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg2. Floyd’s Grill. 4437 West 4th Street, Suite A, Hattiesburg3. Indian Delight. 163 Turtle Creed Drive, Suite 10, Hattiesburg4. Java Werks. 2902 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg5. Jimmy John’s. 3317 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg6. Landa’s Sweets Bakery. 543 Central Ave, Laurel, MS7. O.E.C. Japanese Express. 3317 Hardy Street, Suite #20, Hattiesburg8. Oishi Hibachi &...

Form of Material

Multi-page menu and placemat from the Gilmer Hotel Coffee Shop in Columbus, Mississippi. It contains a history of the hotel, various pages of specials (one dated June 4, 1955), and a placemat featuring examples of antebellum homes.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Riley

Form of Material

The collection includes:

Currency from the Philippines.

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad menu and train schedule.

Letter to Robert T. Brachear in New York, 1957.

Nigerian currency.

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.

Abstract

Materials from Cherry Burns’ world travels.

Abstract

Eugene V. Cameron served aboard the U.S.S. Biloxi during his tenure in the U.S. Navy during World War II. The U.S.S. Biloxi was commissioned in 1943 and served in the Pacific Ocean. The ship was decommissioned in 1946.

Abstract

This collection contains materials from Mississippi Normal College.

Abstract

DVD, photographs, ephemera, etc., related to Mississippi Central Railroad Company and the Bonhomie and Hattiesburg Southern Railroad.

Form of Material

Photographs, artifacts, and memorabilia from Hattiesburg area businesses and others.

Abstract

In 1995 Miss Oseola McCarty, an African American laundress, donated the bulk of her life’s savings, $150,000, to The University of Southern Mississippi to provide scholarships for deserving students. This collection documents her generous act and the multitude of honors and awards presented to her in the ensuing years.

Abstract

This collection contains information about The Merchants Café.

Form of Material

A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, letters, menus, and scrapbooks that will be in various collections.

Abstract

Menus from various eating establishments in Mississippi, primarily the Hattiesburg area.

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Records, correspondence, church newsletter, a photograph of Ruby Mulloy, menus of dinners served, and food budgets for church dinners served during the food rations of World War II which are all are related to the First-Trinity Presbyterian Church in Laurel, Mississippi.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains clippings, correspondence, memorabilia, menus, invitations, media, scrapbooks, photographs, speeches and planning materials for The Mystic Krewe of Zeus. The materials primarily date 1924-2020.

Scope and Contents

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

Abstract

Photographs, ship's newsletter, newspaper clippings, and a menu from the only U.S. Navy ship named for a Mississippi city.