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Descriptive Summary

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Collection History

Container List

Descriptive Summary

PURL:

http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00103/

Creator:

Dean Family

Title:

Charles Nunnally Dean, Jr. Memorial Collection .

Inclusive Dates:

1837-1930

Materials in:

English

Abstract:

Collection consists of correspondence, various legal documents, photographs, and ephemera related to the Dean family created from 1837-1930.

Quantity:

32 boxes.

Number:

MUM00103

Location:

II16 - II19.

Repository :

The University of Mississippi
J.D. Williams Library
Department of Archives and Special Collections
P.O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677-1848, USA
Phone: 662.915.7408
Fax: 662.915.5734
E-Mail: archive@olemiss.edu
URL: http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/archives/

Cite as:

Charles Nunnally Dean, Jr. Memorial Collection (MUM00103). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.

Scope and Contents Note

Collection consists of correspondence, various legal documents, photographs, and ephemera related to the Dean family in Mississippi. Materials were created from 1837-1930.

The collection contains a family portrait, over 500 photographs, over 200 letters dating from the 1830s through the 1880s, material related to the civil rights era in Mississipi, a substantial collection of of late 19th century Mississippi tax receipts, nearly a score of indentures dating from 1801 through 1896, bills of sale for slaves, and platation records that include ledgers, account books, and cotton receipts.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Collection History

Source of Collection

Collection was donated in 1997 by Phoebe Moss Dean Copeland in memory of Charles Nunnally Dean, Jr.

Container List

BOX I, FOLDER 1

ALS. 4/18/1837. Letter from Susan McPherson to her parents. 2pgs.

FOLDER 2

Undated envelopes to Sallie McPherson (22)

FOLDER 3

ALS. 5/21/1838. From Malcomb McPherson. 3pgs.

ADS. 6/22/1840. Malcomb McPherson's license to perform marriages in Marshall Co., Mississippi.

FOLDER 4

ALS. 6/24/1846. Letter to the "Pupils of the Select Class" from
Mary Reichel. 1pg.

FOLDER 5

ADS. 1/6/1855. Slave bill of sale.

FOLDER 6

ALS. 7/5/1856. Letter from William Wall. 2pgs.

ALS. 12/15/1856. Letter from William Wall. 2pgs.

FOLDER 7

ADS. 9/27/1859. Three-share certificate in Mississippi Central R.R. issued to William Wall. (photocopy).

ADS. 1/1/1862. Possibly a dividend note worth one dollar from the Mississippi Central R.R. (photocopy)

FOLDER 8

ALS. 6/27/1859. Correspondence to "Puss" Brooks from Oran (Rives). (photocopy) 1pg.

L. Undated. To "Puss" Brooks from "Chickasaw" 2pgs. (Photocopy) Would have to have been written around April 1861 as the letter celebrates Virginia's recent secession.

ALS. 1/23/1861. To "Puss" Brooks from Oran. 3pgs. (Photocopy)

ALS. 1/6/1861. To "Puss" Brooks from Oran. 2pgs. (Photocopy)

FOLDER 9

ALS. July, 1861. To "Miss P?" from James Robinson. 1pg. (Photocopy)

ALS. 7/14/1861. To James Robinson from "Puss" Brooks. 2pgs.
(Photocopy)

Letter. 4/23/1862. Partial letter to "Darling Wife" recounting battles at Shiloh and Corinth. 4pgs. (Photocopy)

ALS. 6/2/1862. James Robinson to his wife. 3pgs. (Photocopy)

ALS. 10/7/1862. James Robinson to wife; mentions conscription by the Confederate Government. 2pgs. (Photocopy)

ALS. 7/24/1864. James Robinson to wife. Touches on seige of Richmond, defense of Atlanta, troop movements around Holly Springs, camp religious revivals among the soldiers. (Photocopy)

FOLDER 10

5/26/1863. Front and second page of the Jackson Daily Mississippian

FOLDER 11

ALS. 12/16/1863. Letter to Sam Carey from P.A. Willis. 2pgs.

FOLDER 12

ALS. 8/31/1864. Correspondence from A. Peterson. 3pgs.

FOLDER 13

ALS. 4/28/1865. Letter which explains the following 4 page letter
from Jim Robinson to his wife. (Photocopy)

3/19/1955. Material from Reader's Digest concerning the surrender at Appomattox as well as some hand- written notes on that event. Photographs of Grant, Lee, and the McLean House. 4pgs. (Photocopies)

Undated. Article on Robert E. Lee. 1pg. (Photocopy)

Undated. Misc. typed notes about a few Civil War events. 1pg.

TLS. 9/7/1979. Letter to Charles Dean from Henry Woods explaining that the enclosed copy of the 19th Mississippi's Roster did not xerox well. 7pgs. (Photocopy)

TLS. 9/7/1979. A second copy of the above letter and roster (Photocopy)

FOLDER 14

ALS. 5/14/1867. Letter to Jim Robinson from a Mr.? Walker. 2pgs.
(Photocopy)

ALS. 3/19/1879. To "Darling Babie" from J.C. Robinson. 2pgs. (Photocopy)

ALS. 3/30/1885. To "Darling Babie" signed "Papa" 1pg. (Photocopy)

D. 5/14/1867. Funeral notice for J.C. Robinson's wife, Louanne
(Photocopy)

D. 5/16/1903. Funeral notice for J.C. Robinson. (2 copies) with a typed copy of the obituary by Ella Lucas. 4pgs. (Photocopy)

1901. Photograph of "The Terrace", the James Robinson home. Handwritten description of the people in the photograph. (Photocopy).

Undated. Series of photographs (copies). 1. Window of J.C. Levy's store which has a manaquin wearing "grandmother's" wedding dress, 2. photograph of J.C. Robinson, 3. photograph of Louanne B. Robinson,
4. photograph of an envelope from 1860 addressed to Louanne. 1pg.

Undated. Xerox copy of newspaper clipping on Mullins-Robinson wedding, photograph of Mrs. Robinson in 1936, photograph of Mrs. Robinson and Laura Leigh Jones in 1936. (Photocopies). 1pg.

ALS. Undated. 3rd. page of a letter from J.C. Robinson to his wife. (Photocopy).

D. Undated photocopies of Alfred Brooks' death notice-9/18/1888, and of Mrs. Lyda Brooks-7/20/1889. 1pg.

FOLDER 15

TL. 5/10/1916. Letter to H.C. Anderson from D.J. Brumley explaining that the following pages by J.C.
Robinson on the history of the Mississippi Central Railroad is some of the better information on that
particular line. 1pg. Followed by Robinson's typed history dated 4/1/1897. 9pgs. (Photocopies)

FOLDER 16

ADS. 5/12/1865. Sgt. J.E. McPherson's parole from the 4th Mississippi Cavalry and his oath of allegience- 10/2/1865. 1pg. (Photocopies)

FOLDER 17
(Edwin and Sallie Randall Letters,1861-1872)

ALS. 7/14/1861. Edwin to Sallie. 3pgs. Envelope.

ALS. Undated. Love poem by Edwin. 1pg.

ALS. 1/3/1868. From Edwin. 2pg.

ASL. 1/29/1869. From Edwin. 2pg.

ALS. 4/4/1869. From Edwin. 3pgs.

ALS. 5/11/1869. From Edwin. 4pgs.

ALS. 5/22/1869. From Edwin. 3pgs.

ALS. 6/27/1869. From Edwin. 3pgs.

ALS. 7/8/1869. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 8/15/1869. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 8/18/1869. From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS. 8/16/1869. From Edwin. 1pg.

ALS. 11/14/1869. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 1/9/1870. From Edwin. 3pgs. On Paris Female College stationary.

ALS. 187?. From Edwin. 2pgs. On Paris Female College stationary.

ALS. 9/2/1870. From Edwin. 2pgs. P.F.C. stationary

ALS. 10/1/1870. From Edwin. 3pgs.

ALS. 10/5/1870. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 8/26/1871. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 9/1/1871. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 9/6/1871. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 1/2/1872. From Edwin. 2pgs. Unfinished, on P.F.C. stationary.

ALS. 1/21/1872. From Edwin. 3pgs.

ALS. 1/26/1872. From Edwin. 3pgs.

FOLDER 18

ALS. 7/19/1874. From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS. 7/24/1874 From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS. 7/26/1874 From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS 8/3/1874 From Edwin 1pg.

ALS 8/5/1874 From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS 8/9/1874 From Edwin 3pgs.

ALS 8/14/1874 From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS 8/16/1874 From Edwin 2pgs.

ALS 1876 From Edwin 2pgs. on McKenzie Male and Female College Stationery

ALS. 8/7/1876. From Edwin. 2pgs. on Mckenzie Male and Female
College Stationary.

ALS. 9/9/1876. From Edwin. 2pgs. signed, "Lonesome Husband"

ALS. 8/10/1876. From Edwin. 2pgs.

ALS. 8/16/1876. From Edwin. 1pg.

ALS. 8/26/2876. From Edwin. 2pg.

ALS. 7/5/1877. From Edwin.

Accretion I to the Charles Dean Collection
Control #2002-140

Box 1 of at least 12. Unprocessed collection.

Boxes 1 and 2: Ruth Burns Scrapbook circa 1909

Box 1 of 1 (previous description)

Scrapbook. 1870-1890. Contains clippings about Holly Springs, Mississippi; the 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic; and various poetry and stories. Note: Fragile and heavily damaged.

Accretion II to the Charles Dean Collection
Control 2005-64
Physical Location II-17

Box 1 Folder 1: Correspondence
Folder 2: Public Office-Alderman Certificates and Mayoral Correspondence
Folder 3: Bank Drafts and Statement
Folder 4: Program-Musical Recital
Folder 5: High School Diploma-Holly Springs High School 1945
Folder 6: Commemorative Binder-Holly Springs High School Class of 1945
Folder 7: North Mississippi Oil Mills Blank Statements
Folder 8: Executive Office Letterhead-Mayor Charles Dean
Folder 9: RESTRICTED-Social Security Card