Finding Aid for the Verner S. Holmes Collection
(MUM00571)
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Finding Aid for the Verner S. Holmes Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00571/ |
| Title: |
Verner S. Holmes Collection |
| Dates: |
1910-1990 (bulk 1956-1980) |
| Creator |
Holmes, Verner S. |
| Extent |
15 boxes (6.26 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00571 |
| Language: |
English |
| Abstract |
Material pertaining to higher education
in Mississippi and the 1962 integration crisis at The University of Mississippi
collected by Dr. Verner S. Holmes, a member of the Board of Trustees of State
Institutions of Higher Learning from 1956 to 1980. Includes minutes, scrapbooks,
printed material, newsclippings, and oral history transcripts.
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Administrative Information
Processing Information
The Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the digital encoding of this finding aid through a National Leadership
Grant for Libraries. Initial encoding by Laura Helton, 2006. Finding aid updated, 2009.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Higher education
Holmes, Verner S.
Mississippi. Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning
Sansing, David G.
Segregation in education -- Mississippi -- Oxford
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-
University of Mississippi -- History
Biographical & Historical Note
Dr. Verner Smith Holmes is a sixth generation Mississippian whose ancestors emigrated
from Ireland, by way of the Old Dominion to the new settlements in Georgia, and
thence to the Old Southwest when Mississippi was still a wilderness territory. His
forebears settled in Walthall County in 1806. He attended school in Lexie and earned
his bachelor's degree at Mississippi. Holmes then took the two year medical course
at the University of Mississippi before receiving his medical degree from Tulane
University. Dr. Holmes is an otolaryngologist.
During World War II Dr. Holmes served in a general hospital which was established
near Utah Beach after the Normandy invasion. When Dr. Holmes returned to Mississippi
after the war, he anticipated living the quiet life of a country doctor and enjoying
the solitude of his log cabin along the banks of the Bogue Chitto River. But that
was not to be. In 1956 he accepted the appointment to the Board of Trustees of State
Institutions of Higher Learning. In 1968 he was reappointed for a second twelve year
term. Dr. Holmes is the only individual in the Board's history to serve two terms
and was twice elected President of the Board.
In accepting the appointment to the college board, Dr. Holmes accepted the public
trust which that appointment entailed and few men in Mississippi history have
honored their trust with more fidelity or served it with more dignity. Although a
man of deep convictions, Holmes was always ruled by reason rather than passion, and
during a critical period in Mississippi's history, the civil rights movement and
James Meredith crisis, when wise and reasoned leadership was so needed, Dr. Holmes
provided that kind of leadership. Dr. Holmes' tenure on the Board of Trustees ended
in May 1980.
A recent study of higher education in Mississippi has recognized Dr. Holmes'
contributions to higher education in general and to medical education in particular.
That study cited Dr. Holmes as one of the most significant influences in shaping the
early years of the University of Mississippi Medical Center and for safeguarding the
academic integrity of that institution from political and other external
interference.
Scope and Content Note
In his long and distinguished career as a surgeon, and during his twenty-four year
tenure on the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning from 1956
to 1980, Dr. Holmes accumulated a wealth of written material bearing on the history
of Mississippi. These materials have been donated to the University of Mississippi
Department of Archives and Special Collections.
Among Dr. Holmes' papers are a complete set of minutes of the Board of Trustees of
State Institutions of Higher Learning from 1956 to 1980 and several interviews with
other board members and public officials which cover a wide range of issues bearing
on higher education in Mississippi since World War II. Also included in the Holmes
Collection is important material on the James Meredith crises and
integration of the University of Mississippi.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Verner S. Holmes Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Verner S. Holmes Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
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.
Separated Material
Photographs and framed items have been removed to Collection Photographs for preservation.
Container List
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Personal |
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Folder 1.1
| Verner Holmes, Personal, Correspondence, 1958-1984 |
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Folder 1.2
| Verner Holmes, Personal, Newsclippings, 1955-1980 |
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Folder 1.3
| Verner Holmes, Personal, Programs, 1961-1984 |
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Folder 1.4
| Verner Holmes, Personal, Miscellaneous, with some genealogical
information
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Folder 1.5
| Emma Holmes, Personal, Correspondence, Newsclippings,
Miscellaneous, Plus Sansing Interview w. Mrs. Holmes
(3/24/79), 1935-1985
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Folder 2.1
| Verner Holmes Collection, U. M. Archives |
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Folder 2.2
| Verner Holmes Learning Resource Center, University of Mississippi
Medical Center
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Folder 2.3
| Verner Holmes, B/W Photographs, (temp. undated) |
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Separated Material: Photographs have been removed to Collection Photographs for preservation
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Folder 2.4
| J. P. Coleman Gubernatorial Campaigns, 1955 and 1963 (cp) |
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Folder 2.5
| Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1956 |
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Folder 2.6
| Loose Scrapbook Pages |
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Folder 2.7
| Newspapers, McComb Enterprise
Journal, August 16 and 17, 1978
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Mississippi Higher Education |
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Folder 3.1
| Newsclippings, 1910's |
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Folder 3.2
| Newsclippings and some correspondence, re. Gov. T.
Bilbo
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Folder 3.3
| Newsclippings, 1930's, 1940's |
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Folder 3.4
| Newsclippings, 1950's |
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Folder 3.5
| Newsclippings, 1960-1964 |
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Folder 3.6
| Newsclippings, 1965-1969 |
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Folder 3.7
| Newsclippings, 1970-1974 |
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Folder 3.8
| Newsclippings, 1975-1979 |
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Folder 3.9
| Newsclippings, 1980-1984 |
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Folder 3.10
| Newsclippings, 1985-1989 |
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Folder 3.11
| Newsclippings, not dated |
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Folder 3.12
| Newsclippings and some correspondence, Gulf Coast Research
Lab
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Folder 3.13
| Newsclippings and some correspondence, Nursing School Move,
Natchez to Alcorn
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Box 7
| Bound Volume: Program Review: A Structure
for Mississippi's Public Universities, 1979
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Box 7
| Bound Volume: Report on Functions of State
Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi, 1933
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Box 7
| Bound Volume: Strengthening Mississippi's
Higher Education Through Diversity, Cooperation,
Coordination, 1966
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Box 7
| Bound Volume: Chronology of Events in
Mississippi Higher Education, 1950's-1970's |
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Folder 7.1
| Board of Trustees, Financial Matters, 1960-1987 |
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Box 7.2
| Board of Trustees, Miscellaneous Correspondence and
Reports, 1959-1985
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Folder 7.3
| Board of Trustees, Unbound Minutes, 1977-1978 |
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Folder 7.4
| Biographical - Board Members, Chancellors, University Presidents,
etc.
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Folder 7.5
| Medical School Misc. |
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Folder 7.6
| Sansing Correspondence, 1978-1985 |
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Folder 7.7-10
| Research Papers, students of Dr. Sansing |
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Integration in Higher Education |
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Folder 4.1
| Alumni Allegations Concerning UM Staff and Faculty, the charges
relate to communism and integration, 1952-1959
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Folder 4.2
| Clyde Kennard, photocopies of newsclippings and Mississippi State
Sovereignty Commission correspondence, 1958-1962
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Folder 4.3
| James Meredith and UM Integration, newsclippings |
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Folder 4.4
| James Meredith and UM Integration, national press
coverage
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Folder 4.5
| James Meredith and UM Integration, telegrams (from Attorney Gen.
RFK)
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Folder 4.6
| James Meredith and UM Integration, speeches |
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Folder 4.7
| James Meredith and UM Integration, miscellaneous |
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Folder 4.8
| James Meredith and UM Integration, W. H. Mounger meeting in
Jackson
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Folder 4.9
| Student Newspaper, UM, 1960's |
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Folder 4.10
| Rebel Underground, Southern Review, Bumper Stickers
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Folder 4.11
| Speaker Ban and Censorship Matters, newsclippings,
correspondence, legal papers, 1960's and 1970's
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Folder 4.12
| Ayer vs. Gov. Allain (class action suit regarding continued
discrimination in higher education), February 1990
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Interviews |
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Box 5
| Bound Volume |
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| Dr. Holmes/Dr. E. R. Jobe, 1956-1968 |
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| Dr. Holmes & Dr. Sansing/Dr. E. E. Thrash, 1968-1970 |
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Folder 5.1
| Sansing/Porter Fortune, University, 8/23/79 |
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Folder 5.1
| Sansing/Bobby Garraway, Lumberton, 6/12/80 |
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Folder 5.1
| Sansing/Charles Jacobs, Cleveland, 8/11/80 |
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Folder 5.2
| Sansing/Dr. Reece McLendon, Senatobia, 9/21/81 |
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Folder 5.2
| Sansing/Dr. Marston, 3/18/82 |
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Folder 5.2
| Sansing & Lucy Bridgeforth/Dr. Norman Nelson, 9/12/80 |
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Folder 5.3
| Sansing/Travis Parker, Drew, 8/11/80 |
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Folder 5.3
| Sansing/J. L. Scott, Jackson, 2/6/80 |
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Folder 5.3
| Sansing/Miriam Simmons, Hattiesburg, 6/12/80 |
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Folder 5.4
| Sansing/Mike Sturdivant, Glendora, 8/11/80 |
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Folder 5.4
| Sansing/E. E. Thrash, Jackson, 10/24/78 |
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Folder 5.4
| Sansing/George Watson, Pass Christian, 6/11/80 |
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Folder 5.4
| Sansing/Gov. William Winter, Jackson, 9/26/80 |
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Box 6
| Bound Volume |
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| Sansing & Lucy Bridgeforth/Dr. William Giles,
Starkville, 30 May 1979
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| Sansing/Charles Capps, Cleveland, 5 July 1979 |
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| Sansing/Dr. David Pankratz, Oxford, 25 May 1979 |
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| Sansing/Dean Robert Farley, Oxford, 15 May 1979 |
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| Sansing/McCain, Sansing/McCain Sansing/W. H. Mounger,
Jackson, 21 September 1978
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| Sansing/Walter, Sansing/ Walter Sansing/Dr. Harold House,
Ocean Springs, 29 January 1979
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| Sansing /Gov. Paul Johnson, Hattiesburg, 29 October 1978 |
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| Sansing/Lt. Gov. Bidwell Adam, 22 August 1978 |
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Box 6
| Bound Volume |
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| Sansing/S. R. Evans, Vaiden, 13 October 1978 |
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| Sansing/Thomas Tubb, West Point, 18 September 1978 |
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| Sansing/M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, 23 September 1978 |
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| Sansing/William Stone, Jackson, 20 September 1978 |
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| Sansing/Charles Fair, Louisville, 18 September 1978 |
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| Sansing/Mrs. Harry Carpenter, Rolling Fork, 12 December 1978 |
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| Sansing/Tally Riddell, Quitman, 10 June 1980 |
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| Sansing/Bobby Chain, Hattiesburg, 10 June 1980 |
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| Sansing/Mrs. Miriam Simmons, Hattiesburg, 12 June 1980 |
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Box 6
| Bound Volume |
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| Sansing/J. P. Coleman, Oxford, 16 June 1979 |
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Galley, Graphic Materials |
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Folder 8.1
| Making Haste Slowly, Uncorrected
Long Galley
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Folder 8.2
| Framed "Resolution of Appreciation to Dr. Verner
Holmes"
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Folder 8.3-8
| Framed
of the Board of Trustees
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Board Minutes & Reports |
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Box 9
| Bound Volumes: Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1956-1964 |
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Box 10
| Bound Volumes: Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1964-1970 |
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Box 11
| Bound Volumes: Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1971-1975 |
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Box 12
| Bound Volumes: |
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| Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1976-1980 |
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| Synopsis of Board Minutes, 1930-1979 |
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| Board of Trustees, Annual Report, 1976/77 |
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Scrapbooks and Miscellaneous |
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Box 13
| Scrapbook: James Meredith and UM Integration, mostly
newsclippings
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Box 13
| Scrapbook: J. P. Coleman, newsclippings |
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Box 13
| Magazine: Look Magazine, "How A
Secret Deal Prevented A Massacre at Ole Miss", 31 December 1962
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Box 13
| Broadside: J.P. Coleman Printed Broadside: "The Handshake that
Sealed the Bargain"
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Box 14
| Scrapbook: Verner Holmes Day (McComb, Mississippi), 16 August 1978 |
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Box 14
| Scrapbook: General with some newsclippings pertaining to Meredith
and Coleman
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Newspapers |
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Box 15
| J. P. Coleman Gubernatorial Campaign, July/August 1963 |
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Box 15
| J. P. Coleman Campaign Literature "The Statesman" |
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