Military orders.

Scope and Contents This collection contains papers, photographs, and physical materials of the 103d Infantry Division during World War II (1942-1945). This collection follows the soldiers of the 103d division as they train and deploy to Europe during WWII. It contains Morning Reports that give daily updates of the soldiers in the 103d, 328th, 383d, 384th, 803d, 928th, 1089th, 409th, 410th, 411th units. Narratives of the 103d, 409th, and 410th headquarters explain the journey the soldiers undertook once they...

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Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".

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The collection includes:

Mississippi Southern College (now The University of Southern Mississippi) mechanical pencil, 1960.

Printed speech by Mississippi Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, 1931

Civil War orders.

Financial documents.

Mississippi postmarked letters, 1840s.

U.S.S. Mississippi postal cancellation, 1933.

Other miscellaneous materials.

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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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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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Materials from the 103d Infantry Division during WWII, reunion materials and Harold Branton's book, 103rd Infantry Division: "the trail of the cactus".

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This collection contains materials related to Lionel Dyck, Jr.

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The John “Jack” Eckert Scrapbook collection contains materials that relate to Col. John Eckert’s military service in World War I, World War II, and Korea, as well as information on other members of the Eckert family. This collection is particularly of interest to researchers studying American military history in the twentieth century.

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The collection contains materials pertaining to the Vietnam War. These materials include medals, photographs, photocopies of books, reports, correspondence, and oversized maps.

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This collection consists of materials relating to the Crash Boat Base in Ocean Springs, Mississippi during WWII.

Scope and Contents This item relates to the command of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Dated March 9, 1862, this message is from Assistant Adjutant-General George G. Garner, of General Braxton Bragg's Second Corps of the Army of the Mississippi. The note was sent from Bragg's headquarters at Jackson, Tennessee, to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles, commander of the First Division located at Corinth, Mississippi. It appears to order Brigadier General John King Jackson to command the Third (?)...

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This collection contains materials related to Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Sr. and Arthur Lavonne Gilmore, Jr.

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Correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, clippings, photographs, genealogical materials relating to Mississippi-born educator in New York and Alabama and with the Boys Clubs of America.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of General Order No. 14, issued by General Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, on February 3, 1864. He states how pleased he is with the units of the Army of the Tennessee that have re-enlisted in the Confederate Army and wishes that their action will inspire other "soldiers of the South." The units identified in the letter are Hart's South Carolina Battery, Battle's Alabama Brigade, Dole's Georgia Brigade, Ramseur's North Carolina Brigage,...

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Bound originals and copies of documents for several heritage organizations in which Dr. McCain was a member and/or officer.

Scope and Contents The Family and Personal Papers Series is divided into four subseries: Personal papers, Estate papers, Records of Holly Pine Farm and earlier land acquisitions, and Travel files.Personal PapersThe Personal papers subseries contains a variety of items of both J. Brackin and Eleanor George Kirkland. Perhaps most noteworthy are the speeches and debate notes Kirkland assembled into one notebook, chiefly from his student years at the Southern Industrial Institute and...

Scope and Contents This collection contains three original American Civil War military commissions for William G. Smith. The first, dated May 2, 1862, promotes Smith to Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, in the service of the United States. The promotion is effective from April 14, 1862. Interestingly, even though the certificate carries the seal and imprint of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the commission promotes Smith in the Ninth West Virginia Infantry, a regiment...

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Correspondence, video, other materials documenting the life and early death in the Vietnam War of this Congressional Medal of Honor winner.