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Mississippi -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

AM06-41, 1898, circa 1920s

 Accession — Box 1 SAFE
Form of Material

Three black and white photographs taken in Mississippi.

Dates: 1898; circa 1920s

AM09-17-1, 1823-1976

 Accession — Box 1 SAFE
Form of Material

Photographs and periodicals about Mississippi.

Dates: 1823-1976

AM10-17, unknown

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

Sixteen black and white photographs taken in Mississippi, all have some identification.

Dates: unknown

AM10-123, 1902

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

DVD with the digital image of N.O. & N.E. R.R. at a Meridian, Mississippi, stop on March 8, 1902. The original photograph has writing on front and back:

Front:

N.O. & N.E. R.R. Stops

Meridian, Miss.

March 8, 1902

Back:

In memory of my grandfather

Leonard Jackson Caldwell, Sr.

Machinist N.O. & N.E.

R.R. by Richard Forte,

Hattiesburg, Ms

Dates: 1902

AM19-74, March 11, 1969

 Accession — Box 2 SAFE
Form of Material

Daily Herald special anniversary insert “270th Anniversary of the Founding of Biloxi.” March 11, 1969

Dates: March 11, 1969

Ray L. Bellande Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M540
Abstract

Copies of this Ocean Springs Record columnist's "Sous Les Chenes", "Images Under the Oaks" and “Vintage Village Vues” columns, and related research materials.

Dates: circa 1992-2009

Edmond A. Boudreaux, Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M628
Abstract

Six articles written by Edmond Boudreaux, Mississippi Gulf Coast historian.

Dates: various

Victoria E. Bynum Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M541
Abstract

Research materials used by historian in her book The Free State of Jones.

Dates: 1993-2000

Major Thomas Cushing Letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: M297
Abstract

Early settler of South Mississippi and Alabama.

Dates: April 1799-May 1800

Dr. John E. Gonzales Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M665
Abstract

This collection contains historical materials and various publications.

Dates: 1914-1996

Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M419
Abstract

Photographs, brochures, news clippings, and mementos pertaining to the State Teachers College Band's participation in the "Know Mississippi Better" tours of the U.S. by train.

Dates: 1922-1930

Mississippi County Courthouse Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: M641
Abstract

Color photographs of Mississippi county courthouses.

Dates: circa 1976-1977

Mississippi Historical Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M587
Scope and Contents

A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, and letters about Mississippi.

Dates: 1823-1976

Abner & Ida Chambers Polk Family Papers

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM03-43
Form of Material

A collection of correspondence, estate documents, certificates, newsletters, genealogical materials and other items pertaining to the families of Abner Polk and his wife, Ida Chambers Polk. Abner Polk was born in Lawrence County, Mississippi in 1860, and Ida Chambers was born in Washington County, Alabama in 1867. Abner and Ida were married on February 13, 1890, and lived in Marion County, Mississippi until approximately 1898, when they moved to Hattiesburg.

Dates: circa 1841-1998

Jonathan Puckett Research Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM20-040
Form of Materials

Genealogy research materials.

Dates: circa 1931-2020

James A. Riley Collection of Mississippi Documents, Newspapers, and Letters

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: M23
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1646-to date

John Leroy "Lee" Robinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M301
Abstract

Letters from a Confederate soldier with the Mississippi Volunteers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1861-1864, 1875, 1882

Dr. William K. Scarborough Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M487
Abstract

Dr. William K. Scarborough is the author of several publications. These include The Overseer: Plantation Management in the Old South, The Diary of Edmund Ruffin, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-Nineteenth Century South, and The Allston’s of Chicora Wood: Wealth, Honor, and Gentility in the South Carolina Low Country.

Dates: 1963-2010

Donald Clyde Simmons Jr., Ph.D. Collection

 Unprocessed Collection
Identifier: AM2000-40
Abstract

Political memorabilia, research collections, personal and family materials of a historian and student of state, national, and international politics.

Dates: circa 1864-2001

John Ray Skates / History of the Mississippi Supreme Court Research Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M130
Abstract

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

Dates: 1817-1973

Ray M. Thompson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M8
Abstract

Literary manuscripts, publications files, photographs, news clippings of this popular Gulf Coast newspaper columnist.

Dates: circa 1837-1972