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Box I:

1.1 Photocopies and Dr. McAlexander's notes from the Laws of Mississippi and the State of Mississippi Legislative Reports. 1 folder.
1.2 Undated through 1874. Various Holly Springs business receipts from the plantation Strawberry Plains and general business materials. Note: These materials were originally part of the folder entitled, "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." 1 folder.
1.3 Undated through 1960. Correspondence to Miss Martha Moseley. Note: These materials were originally part of the folder entitled, "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." 1 folder
1.4 Undated. Photocopy of an unattributed biographical sketch of General Robert E. Lee. Note: This sketch was originally part of the folder entitled, "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." 1 folder.
1.5 TMs. Undated. Original typed copy of the biographical sketch of General Robert E. Lee. Note: This sketch was originally part of the folder entitled, "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." 1 folder.
1.6 Newspaper clippings, c. 1907-1960. Clippings relate primarily to Strawberry Plains, the historic Marshall County residence of Miss Moseley. 1 folder. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." 1 folder.
1.7 Correspondence regarding Miss Martha Moseley and Strawberry Plains. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Strawberry Plains." 1 folder.
1.8 Miscellaneous genealogical materials regarding the Moseley and Davis families; typescript of text for Miss Martha Virginia Moseley's obituary; photographs of Miss Moseley. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Strawberry Plains." 1 folder.
1.9 Photocopied pages from Life and Labor in the Old South and Genealogy of the Greenlee Families, regarding the Davis and Greenlee families. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Strawberry Plains."
1.10 News clippings regarding the history of Strawberry Plains and the donation of the Finley house and Strawberry Plains to the Audubon Society in 1983. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Strawberry Plains." 1 folder.
1.11-1.12 Photocopies of 1936 legal case, "The Crawford Case." Holly Springs, Mississippi. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mamie Peel Crawford." 2 folders.
11.13 Photocopies and Dr. McAlexander's notes regarding Native Americans in Marshall County. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Indians-Treaties." 1 folder.
1.14 News clippings and photocopied documents relating to the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878 in Holly Springs. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Yellow Fever." 1 folder.
1.15 April 1, 1987. Interview with Mrs. L.A. Smith by Genie Bryan. Re: Mississippi Synodical College. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mississippi Synodical College." 1 folder.
1.16 April 1, 1987. Interview with Mrs. Fort Daniels by Genie Bryan. Re: Mississippi Synodical College. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mississippi Synodical College." 1 folder.
1.17 Photocopied images of Mississippi Synodical College, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mississippi Synodical College." 1 folder.
1.18 ALS. April 19 , [1987]. Photocopy of letter from Mrs. L.A. Smith to Genie Bryan. Re: Additional information added to her interview of April 1. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mississippi Synodical College." 1 folder.
1.19 Photocopy. 1897-98. Catalogue of North Mississippi Presbyterian College. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled, "Mississippi Synodical College." 1 folder.
1.20 Films of photographs taken from the 1895-96 catalogue of the North Mississippi Presbyterian College. Holly Springs, Mississippi. Note: Originally part of folder entitled, "North Mississippi Presbyterian College." 1 folder.
1.21 Newspaper clippings regarding the North Mississippi Presbyterian College. Holly Springs, MS. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "North Mississippi Presbyterian College." 1 folder.
1.22 Photocopy of A History of Belhaven College, 1894 to 1981 by James F. Gordon, Jr. Re: North Mississippi Presbyterian College. Note: Originally part of folder entitled, "North Mississippi Presbyterian College." 1 folder.
1.23 Commencement edition. June 1896. Taliaferric Journal. North Mississippi Presbyterian College. And: Photocopy of an undated program at the Maury Institute entitled "Maury Institute Closing Soiree." Note: Originally part of folder entitled, "North Mississippi Presbyterian College." 1 folder.
1.24 Miscellaneous materials from the collection. Includes: ALS. May 1, 1967. Edna Samuels Reams to the Garden Club, Holly Springs, MS.; Four Holly Springs postcards of historic homes, including White Pillars, the Mimosas, the Walter Place, and The Magnolias; and a short history of Christ Church, Holly Springs, MS by Charles N. Dean.

Box II:
Oversize
2.1-2.2 1936. History of Marshall County Mississippi by the Garden Club of Marshall County. 2 copies.
2.3 Photocopy. Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi by B.W.C. Waites. Published by E. Barksdale, State Printer, 1854. Pages 171-180. 1 folder.
2.4-2.6 Photocopies of newspaper clippings relating the Pilgrimage in Holly Springs, MS. 3 folders.

Also included: Five original newspapers dating from 1849-1929

Holly Springs Gazette. October 12, 1849.
Holly Springs Reporter. January 20, 1898.
Holly Springs Reporter. March 3, 1898.
South Reporter. November 25, 1914.
South Reporter. January 10, 1929.

Box III:
Photographs- Moved to Collections Photographs Box 33.

3.1 Image of a manual cotton press, circa 1900. 4"x5" black and white.
3.2 Image of a manual cotton press, circa 1900. 4"x5" black and white.
3.3 Unidentified young woman. 4"x5" black and white.
3.4 Unidentified young woman standing behind a chair. 8"x10" black and white.
3.5 Image of the Walter Place. Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.6 Image possibly of the Salem Street Estate of Dr. David Pointer, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.7 Image of the Craft-Fort-Daniel House, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.8 Image of the Crump Home, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.9 Image of Mabuhay, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.10 Image possibly of Austin Moore House, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.11 Image of the Walter Place, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.12 Image of the 1966 burning of the Old Colored Baptist College, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10" black and white.
3.13 Image of Pat McAlexander, Miss Martha Moseley, and Hubert McAlexander, December 1970. 3.5"x 3.5" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.14 Image of Felce Oliver and Miss Martha Moseley's dog, "Little Bit." 3.5"x4.9" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.15 Image of 104 E. Gilman. Madison, Wisconsin. 3.5"x3.5" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.16 Image of Felce Oliver Jr. in military uniform, circa 1981. Image was originally placed with a 1981 Graduation invitation for Rust College. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.17 Image of Jean Caldwell and Martha Moseley. October 1977. 3.5"x3.5" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.18 Image of the first $.40 cotton. The driver of the wagon in the image was named Christopher Columbus. 2.5"x3.5" black and white. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley." This image was taken at Strawberry Plains ca. 1920.
3.19 Image of Strawberry Plains, Marshall County, MS. 4"x6" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.20 Image of Strawberry Plains, Marshall County, MS. 4"x6" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.21 Image of Strawberry Plains, Marshall County, MS. 4"x6" color. Note: Originally part of the folder entitled "Letters to Miss Martha Moseley."
3.22 Image of the Maury Institute, Holly Springs, MS. 4"x7.5" black and white. Note: Originally held in "North Mississippi Presbyterian College" folder.
3.23 Image of the Maury Institute, Holly Springs, MS. 4"x7.5" black and white. Note: Originally held in "North Mississippi Presbyterian College" folder.
3.24 Image of unknown Marshall County African American family, circa 1890. Note: Originally housed in folder entitled "Negatives and Illustrations."
3.25 Image of the southside of Holly Springs Square in Harpers Weekly, January 10, 1863. 7.5"x9.5" black and white. Note: Originally housed in folder entitled "Negatives and Illustrations."
3.26 Photo of an image of an art class from the 1895/96 Brochure for the North Mississippi Presbyterian College. 8"x10" black and white. Note: Originally housed in folder entitled "Negatives and Illustrations."
3.27 Photo of image of people fleeing Holly Springs during the 1878 yellow fever epidemic, reproduced from Harpers Weekly. 4.5"x6" black and white. Note: Originally housed in folder entitled "Negatives and Illustrations."
3.28 Image of Sorghum Molasses Mill with title "Its Sorghum Time Down in Dixieland." 5.5"x11" black and white.
3.29 Image of newspaper article entitled, "Mules go 'round and 'round and sorghum comes out here as Dixie fills sweet tooth." 1936. 5.5"x11" black and white.
3.30 Folder of negatives of images from Holly Springs. Given to Elizabeth McAlexander by Samuel Orr, picture editor of Encyclopedia Britannica. Note: Originally housed in folder entitled "Negatives and Illustrations." 1 folder.
3.31 Vintage print of the Curl-King House, west of Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi, 19th century. Black and white, 8.5"x12".
3.32 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America. 1 folder.


Box IV:
Photographs- Moved to Collections Photographs Box 34.

4.1 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including:
Program. By-Laws of the Thursday Club. 1902-03; ADS. August 5, 1865. Loyalty
Oath of Mrs. A. McCorkle).
4.2 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including:
ALS. September 29, 1878. Letter to W.J.L. Holland regarding yellow fever and
hired gravediggers; Newspaper clipping. September 26, 1850. Newspaper
advertisement for Great Southern and Eastern Mail Route).
4.3 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including:
Images of banknotes from the Real Estate Banking Company of Holly Springs, c.1830's; Document. 1838. Regarding Benjamin Reynolds and the Chickasaw chiefs).
4.4 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including:
Program. August 6, 1878. Benefit for the public library, Masonic Hall/ Holly Springs; Newspaper article. 1878. Regarding the Yellow Fever epidemic in Holly Springs).
4.5 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including: Holly Springs Reporter 1878, regarding yellow fever; Newspaper article. September 20, 1878. Holly Springs Reporter regarding yellow fever).
4.6 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including: Newspaper article. September 13, 1878. Holly Springs Reporter, regarding yellow fever; Telegram. September 13, 1878 to H.W. Walter regarding yellow fever).
4.7 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America (Including: Program. 1902-03. The Thursday Club. Holly Springs, MS).
4.8 Negatives of Marshall County images used in the Annals of America.

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Box I:
1.1 Photocopies and Dr. McAlexander's notes on the Baptist Church in Marshall County. 1 folder.
1.2 Photocopies of court documents relating to the Catherine McGowan Civil War Claim, c.1878. 1 folder.
1.3 Photocopies and Dr. McAlexander's notes on the era of Reconstruction in Marshall County. 1 folder.
1.4 Photocopies and Dr. McAlexander's notes on the Iron Foundry located in Holly Springs, Mississippi. 1 folder.
1.5 Research notes and photocopied materials by or about Judge Alexander Clayton of Holly Springs, Mississippi. 1 folder.
1.6 Research notes and photocopies regarding the history of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Native Americans in Oklahoma. 1 folder.
1.7 Brochures advertising the Holly Springs Pilgrimage before 1960. 1 folder.
1.8 Brochures advertising the Holly Springs Pilgrimage after 1960. 1 folder.
1.9 Photocopy of the record book of the Baptist Church, Holly Springs, Mississippi. 1883-1909. 1 folder.
1.10 Research notes and photocopied material about the Watson Family of Marshall County. 1 folder.
1.11 Typescript of the first record book of the Red Banks Baptist Church, 1848-1906. 1 folder.
1.12 ADS. [Post 1925]. Map of selected sites of [Holly Springs?]. Notes property owned by Doxey, Cochran, Miller, Rather, Anderson, and Dancy. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.13 ADS. Undated. Copy of inventory files in the Probate Court at Houston, Mississippi. "Inventory of goods & chattel, rights & credits of Richard W. Anderson which came into the hands of John Anderson, Administrator." 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.14 ADS. January 5, 1889. Land Deed. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.15 ADS. March 19, 1879. Receipt for payment of $229 from John M. Anderson to B.W. Walthall and [J.B.?] Walthall. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.16 ADS. Undated. Unidentified statement of accounts from the sale of lands by Walthall to John M. Anderson, [Rosenfield?] & Co., and [illegible first name] Edmondson. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.17 ADS. May 27, 1878. Document recording the transfer of the property of Charles F. Smith into a trust monitored by Arthur Fant to secure indebtedness to John M. Anderson and the company Anderson & Fant. 2pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.18 ADS. January-December 1859. Statement of the account of John M. Anderson with Walker & Co. 4 pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.19 ADS. Undated. Accounting document of the estate of R.W. Anderson. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.20 ADS. March 8, 1857. Deed conveying the sale of land in Marshall County by Edward W. Ward to John M. Anderson. 3pp. Note: The document has been altered and the original buyer's name, William L. Richmond, has been crossed through. Another later annotation notes that this section of land became the depot lot. Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.21 ADS. Undated. Accounting document "John M. Anderson son of [Tom?] Anderson and Administrator of R.W. Anderson & Eleanor Tabor in act with C.W. Anderson." 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.22 ADS. May 1, 1877. Copy of estate accounting of Eleanor Tabor administered by John M. Anderson. 2pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.23 ADS. December 28, 1883. Deed documenting the sale of land in Water Valley, Mississippi by R.L.D. Stephens to John M. Anderson. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.24 ADS. September 1, 1859. Deed documenting the sale of land in Marshall County by John Trousdale to John M. Anderson. 2pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.25 ADS. December 20, 1856. Deed documenting the sale of the late Roger Barton's land by John Trousdale to John M. Anderson. 3pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.26 ADS. May 1, 1877. Copy of estate accounting of Richard W. Anderson administered by John M. Anderson. 2pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.27 ADS. March 15, 1879. Deed conveying the land of James Hall to John M. Anderson, Marshall County, Mississippi. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.28 PDS. May 26, 1845. Deed selling Hamilton Thornton plot #11 in the Holly Springs, MS. cemetery. 1p. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.29 ADS. May 31, 1851. Land deed conveying land tracts in Marshall County, MS from Stephen W. Chamblefs [sic.], John Carlock, Laura M. Chamblefs [sic.], Frances J. Carlock to Hamilton Thornton. 3pp. Note: Part of a series of documents originally housed together in a court docket folder.
1.30 Miscellaneous materials
1.31 Postcards of Holly Springs images: 1) Southside of courthouse, c. 1900; 2) Walter Place, c. 1900; 3) Cotton on the square, c.1900.

Box II:
2.1 Folder of newspaper clippings about the Marshall County Historical Society and Museum.
2.2 Folder of newspaper clippings about the Holly Springs Pilgrimage, post 1960.
2.3 Folder of newspaper clippings about the paintings of Kate Freeman Clark. Note: Seven photographs of selected paintings were originally located in this folder. These images have been removed to "Collections Photographs" (CPB34Folder 12).
2.4 Folder of newspaper clippings regarding the history of Slayden, Mississippi.

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Photographs: CPB34, Folders 9-12
Includes:
Image of the "Strickland Place." 4"x5", b&w.
Image of unidentified political rally [Marshall County, MS.]. Undated. 5"x7" b&w.
Image of the Malone House. Undated. 8"x10" b&w.
Seven images of selected paintings by Kate Freeman Clark located in the Kate Walthall Freeman Gallery, Holly Springs, MS. 8"x10", color.

Box 1 Folder 1: Diary of Harriet Pegues, c.1848-1849
Folder 2: Genealogical materials on the Pegues Family.
Folder 3: Transcription of the Pegues diary.