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Latino Suicide: Does Religious Contextual Influence Vary Between Latino Men And Latino Women?, Sierra L. Nelson
Latino Suicide: Does Religious Contextual Influence Vary Between Latino Men And Latino Women?, Sierra L. Nelson
Theses and Dissertations
Researchers have examined aggregate associations between religious contexts and suicide rates among religious denominations. Most early research examined this relationship among white Christians; more current research has examined black Christians. Though this research tradition was established by Emile Durkheim long ago, religious context’s relationship with suicide rates remains understudied among U.S. Latinos. Few studies examine suicide among this group; those that do compare U.S.-born and foreign-born Latinos (see Barranco 2016; Barranco and Harris 2019). Nevertheless, these studies overlook how the religious context—suicide rate relationship differs between U.S. Latino men and women. This study fills this gap by applying two competing …
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Tax Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Tax Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 438. 1848-1870. 1 reel microfilm. Personal and real property rolls, land rolls, for Chickasaw County, Palo Alto, and Houston, Mississippi.
Tippah County (Mississippi) Legal Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Tippah County (Mississippi) Legal Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 102. 1866-1868. 0.02 cubic feet. Contains indictment, summons, order for transcript.
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 377. 1858-1861. 0.08 cubic feet. Photocopies from the Lowndes County Courthouse of the estate papers of Joseph B. Cobb, humorist and author of Mississippi Scenes. Among the topics are a rebellion on one of Cobb's plantations and the hiring of dogs to catch run-away Cobb slaves. Cobb was a Unionist and a Whig.
Leake County (Mississippi) Justice Of The Peace Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Leake County (Mississippi) Justice Of The Peace Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 220. 1896-1902. 0.12 cubic feet. Records of Justice of the Peace W. P. White of Leake County, Mississippi, including receipts, correspondence regarding debts, summons and advertising materials.
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Board Of Police Minutes, Mississippi State University Libraries
Chickasaw County (Mississippi) Board Of Police Minutes, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 437. 1863-1865. 1 reel microfilm. Records of the Chickasaw County Board of Police concern road construction and other county jurisdictional matters.
Winston County (Mississippi) Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Winston County (Mississippi) Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 133. 1838-1907. 0.04 cubic feet. Circuit Court minutes, 1838-1841; "Enumeration of Confederate Soldiers and Widows," 1907, which lists name, state of enlistments, company, regiment, age, year of enlistment, and category (soldier, widow, servant). Photocopies.
North Mississippi Probate And Chancery Court Records Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
North Mississippi Probate And Chancery Court Records Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 352. 1836-1971 (Bulk dates: 1836-1911). 0.66 cubic feet. Probate and Chancery Court records, tax receipts, estate expense reports, and other legal documents, most from Itawamba County, 1836-1911, as well as miscellaneous other material dating from 1911-1971. Pontotoc, Calhoun, and Tishomingo counties are also represented, and there is some material concerning Limestone County, Alabama. Finally, there is one photocopy of Civil War letter from Thomas Whitesides to James Bullard, 4/27/1861. Donated by Randy Sparks, 1980-81.
Ross (Holt Edgar) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Ross (Holt Edgar) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 43. 1916-1966. 1 cubic foot. Lawyer and representative for labor unions, of Mississippi and New Orleans. Correspondence, articles, poems and speeches by Ross (1897-1968), newspaper clippings, photos, and other papers, chiefly relating to Ross' efforts in behalf of the International Longshoremen's Association, International Hod Carriers', Building, and Common Laborers' Union, American Federation of Labor, and Congress of Industrial Organizations, together with material on Ross' trip to the Trade Union Congress, Blackpool, Britain, 1944, and a trip to Puerto Rico to review labor problems. Correspondents include Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alfred A. Force, Robert S. Green, William Green, Joseph V. Moreschi, …
Lowndes County (Miss.) Courthouse Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Lowndes County (Miss.) Courthouse Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 72. 1821-1929. 5 reels microfilm. Court records microfilmed from the Lowndes County Court house. Poll books, 1876-1902; record of slaves brought into Lowndes County, 1837-1845; Record of apprentices, bonds, indentures, 1866-1870.
Nelson (L. E.) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Nelson (L. E.) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 66. 1836-1943. 1 reel microfilm. Collection of L. E. Nelson, clergyman and lawyer of Jackson, Mississippi. Includes deeds, tax receipts, and other business and legal papers (1839-1938) of George A. Smythe, Arthur W. Smythe, and Ella V. (Smythe) Hipple; ledger (1836-1865) of the firm Daly and McKee, Jackson; other items many dealing with the antebellum, Civil War, and reconstruction period in Jackson. These papers mostly concern George A. Smythe, an Englishman who obtained U.S. citizenship in 1859 and settled in Jackson; and correspondence (1892-1943) of Ella V. Hipple and other family members.
Pontotoc County (Mississippi) Land Roll, Mississippi State University Libraries
Pontotoc County (Mississippi) Land Roll, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 409. 1889. 1 reel microfilm. Law
Atkinson Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Atkinson Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 30. 1838-1925. 2.66 cubic feet. Correspondence (1861-1906) and legal papers (1838-1917) of the Martin and Bates law firm, relating to civil cases in Chickasaw and Calhoun Counties, Mississippi, 11 volumes (1851-1908) of court dockets from Chickasaw and Pontotoc Counties, Mississippi, account book (1903), printed material, and Bates family genealogical material. Includes 40 letters (1877-1901) from Georgia Supreme Court Justice, William A. Little, pertaining to sale or rental of his Chickasaw County property. Persons represented include Thomas Nelson Martin (1807-1886), senior partner, newspaper editor, and Mississippi State senator, and William Stowt Bates (1830-1928), junior partner, probate judge of Pontotoc County, …
Toward The Implementation Of Preventive Law In Community College Administration, Michael Joseph Heindl
Toward The Implementation Of Preventive Law In Community College Administration, Michael Joseph Heindl
Theses and Dissertations
As more students cross the threshold of higher education in Mississippi community and junior colleges, an increase in legal disputes inevitably will occur. Two important skills can help college administrators anticipate legal issues that may occur on their own campuses. The first is the ability of administrators to scan the broad legal environment. The second is their growing awareness of legal issues in all aspects of their own enterprise. In order to prevent causes of action from being initiated in a complaint, proceeding to discovery, and then possibly leading to trial, college administrators must recognize the importance of knowing what …
Seed Legislation, H. Esbo, H. A. Al-Jibouri, James C. Delouche, H. C. Potts, J. R. Thomson
Seed Legislation, H. Esbo, H. A. Al-Jibouri, James C. Delouche, H. C. Potts, J. R. Thomson
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