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Finding Aid For The Ann Rayburn Collection Of Paper Americana (Mum00380) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Ann Rayburn Collection Of Paper Americana (Mum00380)

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Ann Jefcoat Rayburn (1927-2012) was an avid collector of Americana. The collection contains materials collected by Rayburn, including postcards, pamphlets, advertisements, posters, sheet music, and various miscellaneous printed paper materials related to films based on Mississippi authors or filmed in Mississippi.


Finding Aid For The Race Relations Collection (Mum00377) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Race Relations Collection (Mum00377)

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Printed material and manuscripts that document race relations, civil rights, black power, white supremacist groups, and multiculturalism in the United States, particularly in Mississippi and at the University of Mississippi. Includes information about the enrollment of James Meredith at Ole Miss, as well as other documents related to the civil rights movement in Mississippi.


Finding Aid For The The Progressive Farmer Collection (Mum00375) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The The Progressive Farmer Collection (Mum00375)

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The collection chiefly contains works of fiction and nonfiction that have been published in The Progressive Farmer, a magazine about farming and agricultural issues. Also included are correspondence and miscellaneous other items.


Finding Aid For The Primitive Baptist Church Collection (Mum00374) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Primitive Baptist Church Collection (Mum00374)

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Pamphlets and newsletters, 1981-1988, issued by the Primitive Baptist Church of Thaxton, Miss.


Finding Aid For The Earnest A. Powell Collection (Mum00370) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Earnest A. Powell Collection (Mum00370)

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The collection contains business and personal papers related to Earnest A. Powell and the Powell Cooperage Company of Memphis, Tenn.


Finding Aid For The Sterling Plumpp Collection (Mum00368) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Sterling Plumpp Collection (Mum00368)

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Collection contains typed and handwritten manuscripts, poems, notebooks, prose and reviews, galleys, correspondence, journals and magazines, and several cataloged books related to the life and work of Sterling Plumpp. Items were created 1962-1986.


Finding Aid For The Piney Woods Country Life School Collection (Mum00366) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Piney Woods Country Life School Collection (Mum00366)

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The Piney Woods Country Life School is a historically African-American boarding school in Rankin County, Miss. The collection contains invitations, pamphlets, programs, broadsheets, and numerous articles related to the Piney Woods School. Items were created 1923-2003.


Finding Aid For The Walker Percy Periodicals (Mum00359) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Walker Percy Periodicals (Mum00359)

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The collection contains periodicals that contain works of author Walker Percy.


Finding Aid For The Ernest W. Pettis Collection (Mum00358) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Ernest W. Pettis Collection (Mum00358)

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Ernest Wardlaw Pettis of Mississippi, an expert in the field of geology, was active in the oil industry. The collection contains letters written by Ernest to his brother Charles, largely concerning the family's businesses.


Finding Aid For The Park Hotel In Amory Ledgers (Mum00354) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Park Hotel In Amory Ledgers (Mum00354)

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The collection contains ledgers detailing operations of the Park Hotel in Amory, Miss., 1933-1941.


Finding Aid For The Owens & Archibald Ledger (Mum00353) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Owens & Archibald Ledger (Mum00353)

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The collection contains a ledger, 1872-1873, of a drygoods store in Oxford, Miss.


Finding Aid For The Oxford Conference For The Book Collection (Mum00350) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Oxford Conference For The Book Collection (Mum00350)

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The collection contains programs and other promotional materials related to the Oxford (Mississippi) Conference for the Book.


Finding Aid For The Greg Trousdale Collection (Mum00345) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Greg Trousdale Collection (Mum00345)

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Record dealer catalogs, newsletters, news clippings, and ephemera related to the blues.


Finding Aid For The James D. Nunnally Collection (Mum00339) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The James D. Nunnally Collection (Mum00339)

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James D. Nunnally was a freelance journalist who wrote primarily about politics and outdoor activities, mainly hunting. The collection contains political correspondence, including letters from Presidents Nixon and Ford, senators and congressmen, as well as published and unpublished manuscripts by Nunnally.


Finding Aid For The Pauline Wright Nichols Collection (Mum00336) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Pauline Wright Nichols Collection (Mum00336)

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Pauline Wright Nichols (1889-1983) was born in Oxford, Mississippi and became a successful artist and art professor. The collection contains manuscripts and editorial notes for her book The Breath of God: Black Voices from the Thirties.


Finding Aid For The News-Scimtar Subscription Ledger For Oxford (Mum00331) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The News-Scimtar Subscription Ledger For Oxford (Mum00331)

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The collection is a ledger, circa 1910, containing information on Oxford, Miss. subscribers to the Memphis News-Scimitar newspaper.


Finding Aid For The Natchez Library Institute Accounts (Mum00328) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Natchez Library Institute Accounts (Mum00328)

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The collection contains an account book, 1842 and 1870s, of the Natchez (Miss.) Library Institute.


Finding Aid For The Mamie And Ellis Nassour Arts & Entertainment Collection (Mum00327) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Mamie And Ellis Nassour Arts & Entertainment Collection (Mum00327)

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Collection of theatre and film memorabilia donated by journalist, author, and playwright Ellis Nassour.


Finding Aid For The Willie Morris Periodicals (Mum00322) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Willie Morris Periodicals (Mum00322)

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Contains periodicals with articles related to author Willie Morris.


Finding Aid For The Mississippi Education Collection (Mum00305) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Mississippi Education Collection (Mum00305)

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The collection contains articles, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents related to education in Mississippi. Items were created 1924-2000.


Finding Aid For The James Howard Meredith Collection (Mum00293) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The James Howard Meredith Collection (Mum00293)

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Materials documenting the family, educational, and professional life of James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. Includes a variety of materials relating to Meredith's enrollment process at Ole Miss and his time as a student there, as well as materials from his military service, family, later civil rights activities, and professional endeavors.


Finding Aid For The Mcalexander / Marshall County Collection (Mum00287) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Mcalexander / Marshall County Collection (Mum00287)

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Contains documents related to the history of Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. Subjects include genealogies of families, town histories, American Indians, and the Civil War.


Finding Aid For The Lealon E. Martin Collection (Mum00286) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Lealon E. Martin Collection (Mum00286)

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The collection chiefly contains writings of editor and science writer Lealon E. Martin.


Finding Aid For The W.T. Marshall Collection (Mum00285) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The W.T. Marshall Collection (Mum00285)

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Correspondence, illustrations, artifacts, publications, and other documents related to Presidents of the United States from 1899 to 1938.


Finding Aid For The C.L. Marquette Collection (Mum00284) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The C.L. Marquette Collection (Mum00284)

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The C.L. Marquette Collection consists of numerous letters and newspaper clippings, thesis research materials, miscellaneous items, photographs, and memorabilia related to his days as a history professor at the University of Mississippi. Professor Marquette kept daily journals from 1942 to 2004; they are also included in the collection.


Finding Aid For The Ray And Ellie Lum Collection (Mum00279) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Ray And Ellie Lum Collection (Mum00279)

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Ray Lum owned a horse and mule trading business in Vicksburg, Miss. throughout most of the twentieth century. His wife, Ellie Lum, ran a real estate business in Vicksburg and founded Sky Farms, the city’s first subdivision. The Lums also owned an antique store and a funeral home. The collection chiefly contains the couple’s business records.


Finding Aid For The Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger (Mum00275) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Locust Grove Plantation Slave Ledger (Mum00275)

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The collection is a ledger, 1825-1845, containing the names, marriages, births, and deaths of slaves on the Locust Grove Plantation in Jefferson County, Miss. The ledger also contains cotton harvest data for each slave.


Finding Aid For The Mary Clay Lloyd Collection (Mum00273) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Mary Clay Lloyd Collection (Mum00273)

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The collection contains items related to the Clay Family of Demopolis, Ala., and surrounding areas. Included are newspaper articles, writings by Mary Clay Lloyd, genealogical materials, and other items.


Finding Aid For The John Guy Lofton Collection (Mum00272) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The John Guy Lofton Collection (Mum00272)

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Twenty-eight letters, from 1860-1863, arranged chronologically in one box. Mainly correspondence from Mississippian John Guy Lofton, serving with Confederate forces in Virginia, to his wife and family back in Mississippi.


Finding Aid For The Leavell Family Collection (Mum00262) Nov 2020

Finding Aid For The Leavell Family Collection (Mum00262)

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Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings and scrapbooks related to the Leavell Family.