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Finding Aid For The Sam Lumpkin Collection (Mum00141) Jan 2022

Finding Aid For The Sam Lumpkin Collection (Mum00141)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Papers, photographs, and scrapbooks of Sam Lumpkin of Tupelo, Mississippi. He served as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1932 to 1942 and as Speaker of the House from 1940-1942. Lumpkin was Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952. During the 1952 presidential election, he led the faction of Democrats who supported Republican presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower.


Finding Aid For The Tyrone K. Yates/John F. Kennedy Collection (Mum01774) Jan 2022

Finding Aid For The Tyrone K. Yates/John F. Kennedy Collection (Mum01774)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

The Tyrone K. Yates/John F. Kennedy Collection consists largely of John F. Kennedy campaign material and memorabilia, as well as publications by and about the thirty-fifth president of the United States. It also includes a number of items related to other presidents and campaigns.


Finding Aid For The Jamie L. Whitten Collection (Mum00732) Jan 2022

Finding Aid For The Jamie L. Whitten Collection (Mum00732)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Jamie L. Whitten represented his Mississippi district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995 and chaired the powerful Committee on Appropriations from 1979 through 1992.


Finding Aid For The Allan Boyce Adams Collection (Mum00003) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Allan Boyce Adams Collection (Mum00003)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Allan Boyce Adams was a native of Coahoma County. A graduate of Mississippi College in Clinton, Adams served during World War I in the famed 42nd Rainbow Division. He was a first lieutenant under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur.


Finding Aid For The Juanita Brown Collection (Mum00048) Sep 2020

Finding Aid For The Juanita Brown Collection (Mum00048)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Collection contains extensive Civil War correspondence, most notably the letters of J.H. Buford to his sisters.


Finding Aid For The Katallagete / James Y. Holloway Collection (Mum00249) Apr 2020

Finding Aid For The Katallagete / James Y. Holloway Collection (Mum00249)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Manuscripts and correspondence related to Katallagete, the journal of the Committee of Southern Churchmen. Published from the 1960s to 1991, the journal was edited by James Y. Holloway, and boasted contributions by notable people such as Thomas Merton, Fannie Lou Hamer, Billy Graham, and Will Campbell, among many others. The collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, loose journal issues, and other materials relating to the creation and publication of Katallagete. Also contains materials that pertain to the career of James Holloway.


Finding Aid For The Wilson Collection (Charles Reagan Wilson Collection, Mum00774) Apr 2020

Finding Aid For The Wilson Collection (Charles Reagan Wilson Collection, Mum00774)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Materials relating to Dr. Charles R. Wilson’s publication, research, administrative work, and collection.


Finding Aid For The Ed Perry Collection (Mum01707) Apr 2020

Finding Aid For The Ed Perry Collection (Mum01707)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids

Collection of correspondence from various state leaders to Dr. William J. Hooper, Director of the Mississippi Law Research Institute, and materials related to the Mississippi Capitol Centennial Celebration in 2003.


Invisible Histories Project Comes To Mississippi, Joan Allison Nov 2019

Invisible Histories Project Comes To Mississippi, Joan Allison

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

The University of Mississippi is now partnering with Invisible Histories Project to create [a] collection of Mississippi LGBTQ ephemera to be housed on the Ole Miss campus, and later, at additional repositories throughout the state.


Pamphlet Proofs: Invisible Histories Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson Oct 2019

Pamphlet Proofs: Invisible Histories Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Color page proofs for a tri-fold brochure to introduce the Invisible History Project: Mississippi to collect both oral histories and archival materials.


Tupelo Pride 2019 Exhibit, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson, Maddie Shappley, David Hooper Schultz Oct 2019

Tupelo Pride 2019 Exhibit, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson, Maddie Shappley, David Hooper Schultz

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

The Invisible Histories Project-Mississippi launched during Tupelo Pride 2019's opening event at the Link Centre. IHP-MS had an information table with two pop-up exhibits: a selection of record covers from the collection of DJ Prince Charles (Charles Smith), now housed in the University of Mississippi Libraries Archives and Special Collections, and a selection of "ethno-poems", curated by graduate student oral history interviewers Maddie Shappley and Hooper Schultz.


Isom Fellowship Proposal: Queer Life Histories In Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson Feb 2019

Isom Fellowship Proposal: Queer Life Histories In Mississippi, Amy Mcdowell, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Research proposal submitted by Dr. Amy McDowell and Dr. Jessica Wilkerson for the Isom Fellows program, a two-year fellowship with the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies funded by the Office of Provost. Isom Fellows are asked to contribute to the Isom Center through research, teaching, and service. Five fellows are selected per cohort.


Syllabus For S St 560 Introduction To Oral History, Documenting Lgbtq Histories In Mississippi, Jessica Wilkerson Jan 2018

Syllabus For S St 560 Introduction To Oral History, Documenting Lgbtq Histories In Mississippi, Jessica Wilkerson

Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection)

Syllabus distributed to students in Southern Studies (S ST) 560 for the 2018 Spring semester at the University of Mississippi. It includes course description and objectives, a reading list of required texts, an explanation of assignments and course policies, and a detailed schedule for the 14-week course.


Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning State Of Mississippi, 5 June 1973, Author Unknown Jun 1973

Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning State Of Mississippi, 5 June 1973, Author Unknown

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Interdepartmental Communication, 1 September 1972, Porter L. Fortune Sep 1972

Interdepartmental Communication, 1 September 1972, Porter L. Fortune

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


To John [Crews], 9 December, Katharine Rea Dec 1971

To John [Crews], 9 December, Katharine Rea

Correspondence

Date is approximate


John Crews To Chancellor Fortune, 4 December 1970, John Crews Dec 1971

John Crews To Chancellor Fortune, 4 December 1970, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Dr. Love, 23 November 1971, John Crews Nov 1971

John Crews To Dr. Love, 23 November 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Miss West, 8 March 1971, John Crews Mar 1971

John Crews To Miss West, 8 March 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Miss Jones, 22 February 1971, John Crews Feb 1971

John Crews To Miss Jones, 22 February 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Watson A. Mundy To Mr. Crews, 2 February 1971, Watson A. Mundy Feb 1971

Watson A. Mundy To Mr. Crews, 2 February 1971, Watson A. Mundy

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Leonard Mccullough To Mr. Crews, 27 January 1971, Leonard Mccullough Jan 1971

Leonard Mccullough To Mr. Crews, 27 January 1971, Leonard Mccullough

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


Boyd Bosma To Mr. Crews, 26 January 1971, Boyd Bosma Jan 1971

Boyd Bosma To Mr. Crews, 26 January 1971, Boyd Bosma

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


David To Garvin, 25 January 1971, David R. Bowen Jan 1971

David To Garvin, 25 January 1971, David R. Bowen

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


David R. Bowen To Mr. Crews, 25 January 1971, David R. Bowen Jan 1971

David R. Bowen To Mr. Crews, 25 January 1971, David R. Bowen

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


G. H. Johnston To Dr. Crews, 20 January 1971, G. H. Johnston Jan 1971

G. H. Johnston To Dr. Crews, 20 January 1971, G. H. Johnston

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Dean Smith, 19 January 1971, John Crews Jan 1971

John Crews To Dean Smith, 19 January 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Dean Mahler, 19 January 1971, John Crews Jan 1971

John Crews To Dean Mahler, 19 January 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Sir, 19 January 1971, John Crews Jan 1971

John Crews To Sir, 19 January 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.


John Crews To Mr. Hall, 18 January 1971, John Crews Jan 1971

John Crews To Mr. Hall, 18 January 1971, John Crews

Correspondence

No abstract provided.