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Finding Aid for the Mississippi Politics Collection (MUM00316)

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Finding Aid for the Mississippi Politics Collection

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Descriptive Summary
PURL:	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00316/
Title:	Mississippi Politics Collection
Dates:	1908-2003
Collector:	University of Mississippi Libraries. Modern Political Archives
Physical Extent:	3 boxes (4 linear feet)
Repository:	University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification:	MUM00316
Location:	Library Annex H18
Language of Material:	English
Abstract:	Artificially created collection on individual Mississippi politicians and the state’s politics in general.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

This collection has been created by the Archives and Special Collections.

Processing Information

Political Papers Archivist Leigh McWhite revised the finding aid on 20 January 2009.

Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 12 May 2009.

Additions

Additions to this collection are acquired at irregular intervals.

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Subject Terms

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Politicians

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Formats

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Scope and Content Note

This artificially created collection contains a variety of material (including publications, speech transcripts, manuscripts, programs, campaign literature, and correspondence) on individual Mississippi politicians and the state’s politics in general. The archives continues to add material to the collection as the repository acquires individual items on these topics.

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User Information

Prefered Citation

Mississippi Politics Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

Open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

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.

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Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

Special Collections possesses a number of politically related collections that include additional material on politicians and parties documented in this collection. Please consult the Political Papers Archivist for assistance identifying relevant collections or use the subject guide for Politics & Government: Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries available online at http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/guides/politics18and19.html and the subject guide for Politics & Government: Twentieth & Twenty-First Centuries online at http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/guides/politics20and21.html.

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Separated Material

The following issues of the Mississippi Republican Party publication Eagle were removed for cataloging in Special Collections: Vol. 9, No. 12 (December 1971); Vol. 10, No. 1 (January 1972); Vol. 12, No. 9 (September 1974); Vol. 13, No. 2 (February 1975); Vol. 16, No. 4 (April 1978); Vol. 16, No. 10 (October 1978); and Vol. 16, No. 12 (December 1978). These and other issues are available in Special Collections with the call number JK2358 M7 E24.

Also removed was Council of Governments 1977-1978 (Tupelo, MS: Council of Governments, 1978) – now at the Special Collections call number HT393 M72 L44 1978; and the Institute of Politics in Mississippi newsletter …In the Public Interest Vol. 2, No. 1 (June 1972) and Vol. 2, No. 5 (February 1973) – now at the Special Collections call number JS451 M75 I57.

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Arrangement

Folders in the first two boxes are initially arranged alphabetically by the name of the individual politician, followed by more general categories at the end of the second box. The third box contains oversized material, such as campaign posters, which are organized alphabetically by politician. Thus, a researcher should check an individual’s name on both alphabetical lists.

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Container List

Box 1

Noal Akins

Campaign postcard. "…Another Empty Building." (circa 2003).

Campaign postcard. "Noal Akins is the kind of leader Lafayette County can count on!." (circa 2003).

Campaign postcard. "Noal with one good reason to make our schools better!" (circa 2003).

Campaign postcard. "Dear Friend: On November 4, I need your vote…" (circa 2003).

Campaign postcard. "Losing Physicians. Less Access to Healthcare." (circa 2003).

Circular letter from Internal Medicine Associates of Oxford to "Dear Patient," re: vote Pat Lamar for senator and Noal Akins for representative. Attached: "Internal Medicine Associates, A Notice from your Doctor."

Pamphlet. "Noal Akins Will Fight…"

Broadsheet. "Elect Noal Akins State Representative District 12."

William Baker

Broadsheet. "You are respectfully requested to support and vote for William Baker for Mayor of Oxford" [1973].

Haley Barbour

Campaign letter from Marsha Barbour in Yazoo City, Mississippi, re: Haley Barbour for Governor (2003).

Campaign Postcard. "Haley Barbour Has a Plan for Northeast Mississippi" (2003).

Campaign Postcard. "That’s Why Law Enforcement Supports Haley Barbour" (2003).

Campaign letter from Henry Hyde, re: Haley Barbour (2003).

Campaign Mailing. "Musgrove Claims He’s Created 56,000 Jobs…But Mississippi Knows Better" (2003).

Campaign Postcard. "Haley Barbour – Endorsed By" (2003).

Campaign letter from Donald E. Wildmon, re: Haley Barbour (2003).

Campaign Broadside. "Haley Barbour for Governor Volunteer Card" (2003).

Campaign Postcard. "Haley Barbour Will Work Closely with President Bush and Our Congressional Team, and We Will Get More Done for Mississippi than Ever Before!" (2003).

Ross Barnett

Speech Transcript with handwritten notations. "We have heard much here of late with reference to the rights of states being sacrificed…," re: states rights, segregation. (14p.)

Program for Inaugural Ceremonies (1960).

Pamphlet. "Dynamic Leadership to Keep Segregation and Improve Our Standard of Living, Ross Barnett, Mississippi’s Next Governor."

Theodore Bilbo

Campaign Card. "Your Support Will Be Appreciated. Theo. G. Bilbo of Pearl River County, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi."

Broadside. "Bilbo, The Donor" by Lee Jones of Aberdeen, Mississippi (1947).

Newspaper Clipping. Valerie Oliver, "Murky Pool All that’s Left of Bilbo’s House" Jackson Clarion-Ledger (21 April 1986), p. 1B.

Magazine Clipping. Jerome Beatly, "Mississippi Pearl," American Magazine (February 1935).

Roy Clark

Broadside. "’YOU’ Can Help Improve County Law Enforcement, Elect Roy-Clark for Sheriff."

Kay Cobb

Campaign Postcard. "Kay Cobb Standing up for Our Interests" (1995).

Thad Cochran

Campaign Mailing. "Senator Thad Cochran Taking a Stand for Mississippi" (2008).

James P. Coleman

Carbon typed letter dated 27 January 1972 from Mary Neill Duvall, Administrative Assistant to the University of Mississippi Chancellor, to Coleman, re: 1931 postcard from Coleman. Attached: typed letter dated 29 January 1972 from Coleman to Duvall, re: background on postcard.

Typed memorandum dated 31 January 1956 from Coleman to the Mississippi Legislature, re: school segregation. Attached: copy typed U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision dated 1 December 1955 on North Carolina segregation.

Typed memorandum dated 10 October 1956 from D.H. Waits, Chair of Legislative Tax Study Committee, to Coleman, Lieutenant Governor Carroll Gartin, and the Mississippi Legislature, re: tax study committee.

Pamphlet. "Statement by Gov. J.P Coleman of Mississippi to the Platform Committee, Chicago, August 11, 1956 (In Response to Charges Made the Previous Day by Roy Wilkins)," re: civil rights, voting, Democratic National Party.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Statement of Governor J.P. Coleman, April 22, 1957," re: state constitutional convention.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Statement of Governor J.P. Coleman, April 23, 1957, with Reference to Welfare Fund Situation."

Copy typed letter dated 28 June 1957 from Coleman to "Members of the Legislature," re: expenditure funds for the Building Commission. Attached: copy typed manuscript "Mississippi State Building Commission, Jackson, Mississippi, Statement of Allocations from Funds Appropriated by House Bill 1003, Laws of 1956, June 30, 1957."

Press release dated 24 September 1957, re: Coleman’s gall bladder operation.

Broadside. "Mississippi Executive Department, Jackson, A Public Proclamation of the Governor Convening the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in Extraordinary Session," re: constitutional convention (1957).

Copy typed letter dated 14 April 1958 from Coleman to "House of Representatives," re: voter registration.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "An Answer to an Editorial Entitled ‘Munich Day in Mississippi," re: segregation of veterans hospital in Jackson.

Copy typed letter dated 17 April 1957 from Grady L. Ditsworth & Guy M. Thorpe of Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Coleman, re: mistreatment in traffic stop. Attached: copy typed letter dated 13 April 1957 from W.D. Haynes in Jackson, Mississippi to Coleman, re: mistreatment during a traffic stop; copy typed letter dated 28 February 1957 from Mrs. A.E. Stewart & Mrs. J.R. Shumate in Meridian, Mississippi, to Commission of Public Safety Tom Scarbrough, re: mistreatment during traffic stop.

Jay Eads

Campaign Mailing. "Jay Eads Understands Education," (2003)

Campaign Mailing. "Jay Eads Respects and Fights for Our Senior Citizens," ( 2003).

Campaign Mailing. "There’s No Comparison," (2003).

Campaign letter dated 24 October 2003 from Jay Eads, re: reelection as state representative for district 12.

James O. Eastland

Campaign Poster. "Keep Jim on the Job in Washington" (1954).

Cliff Finch

Broadside. "Finch Is in the Fight, Vote Gov. Cliff Finch, Former Governor of Mississippi Democratic Candidate for President" (1980).

Copy campaign letter dated 10 March 1980 from Finch, re: campaign for Democratic presidential nominee.

Tim Ford

Broadside. Re: African American support for Tim Ford’s election as Speaker of the House (1994).

Kirk Fordice

Campaign Mailing. "An Important Reminder from Governor Kirk Fordice: You and Your Family DO Have a Stake in This Election!" (1995).

Campaign letter circa 1995 from Donald E. Wildmon, re: reelection of Governor Kirk Fordice.

Broadside. "Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Jr., Governor of Mississippi, Inauguration 1996." (2 copies)

Evelyn Gandy

Campaign Card. "Elect Evelyn Gandy Lieutenant Governor."

Bill Hawks

Campaign letter dated 6 July 1999 from Don E. Wildmon, re: electing Bill Hawks Lieutenant Governor.

Richard Howorth

Campaign Card. "Vote in the May 1 Democratic Primary for Richard Howorth Mayor of Oxford" (2001).

Campaign Stickers. "Elect Howorth for Mayor."

Pamphlet. "On June 5, Vote for Richard Howorth, Mayor of Oxford" (2001).

Bumper Sticker. "Howorth for Mayor" (2001). (2 copies)

The Lafayette Alarm Vol. 1 (June 2001), re: mayoral contest between Howorth and Pat Lamar. (6 copies)

decorated with Howorth stickers (2001).

Benjamin G. Humprheys

Pamphlet. Clayton Rand, "Benjamin G. Humprheys" (Mississippi Power & Light Company).

Paul B. Johnson, Jr.

Press Release dated 21 January 1964, "Inaugural Address Governor Paul B. Johnson, January 21, 1964."

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Message to the Legislature, Governor Paul B. Johnson, January 5, 1966," re: State of the State speech.

Coleman press release dated 20 October 1965, re: Mississippi Research & Development Council. (2 copies)

Copy Typed Manuscript. "’The Death of Mediocrity – The Pursuit of Excellence’: An Address by Governor Paul B. Johnson to Joint Session of the Legislature, January 28, 1964," re: economic development.

Celeste Jordan

Campaign Card. "Please Elect Celeste Jordan Lafayette County Tax Assessor Tax Collector, Republican Candidate" (1995).

John L. Kennedy

Note: John L. Kennedy donated some of his state legislative records to the University of Mississippi, hence some of the material is more generally related to the Mississippi Legislature

Telegram circa 1956 from John E. Gregg, Executive Vice President of Mississippi Manufacturers Association, to Kennedy, re: tour of Gulf Coast Industrial facilities.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Why a Vote for Kennedy Is Always a Vote for Your!" (2copies)

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Mississippi’s Marriage Market by John L. Kennedy, State Representative, Marshall County."

Typed letter dated 24 August 1955 from Sam Thompson, Chair of the Mississippi Water Resources Policy Commission, to "Members of the Legislature," re: meetings to discuss Mississippi Water law.

Copy draft state bill, re: Pearl River Water Supply District (1958).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "A Short Summary of Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Act."

Copy Typed Manuscript. Re: Port of Gulfport (8 January 1958).

Copy typed letter from General Legislative Investigating Committee to Mississippi governor and Mississippi legislature, re: East Mississippi Hospital at Meridian.

Typed letter dated 15 January 1958 from Lester Alvis, Chair of Board of Trustees of Mississippi Hospital School for Cerebral Palsy, to "Dear Friend," re: open house for new quarters.

Typed letter dated 14 January 1958 from C.C. Whittington, President of Mississippi Association of Hospital Governing Boards, to Kennedy, re: recent hospital study and proposed legislation.

Typed letter dated 7 January 1958 from David B. Wilson, President of Mississippi Hospital Association, to Kennedy, re: indigent care program proposed by Hospital Study Committee.

Typed letter dated 13 January 1958 from Mrs. Gerry R. Wells, Superintendent of Golden Age Nursing Home and Hospital in Greenwood, to Kennedy, re: legislative appropriation to improve facilities.

Typed letter dated 22 January 1958 from Lester Alvis, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Mississippi Hospital School for Cerebral Palsy, to "Dear Friend," re: urge visit.

Broadsheet. "For Your Information," re: Supreme Court decision on segregation, State Democratic Convention.

Typed letter from A.E. Gatlin, Assistant Director of Mississippi Agricultural & Industrial Board, to "All State Legislators," re: enclosed booklet. Attached: Karl Wiesenburg, Let’s Look at Our Legislature (Pascagoula, MS: Advertiser Printing, 1958).

Typed memorandum dated 6 February 1958 from W.E. Walker, Chair of Mississippi Economic Council Organization Services Committee, to "Members of the Legislature," re: urban planning assistance for municipalities.

Copy typed letter from Rodney E. Defenbaugh of Greneda, MS to Fred Schmidt, Chair of Mississippi Economic Council Usury Committee, re: legislation on small loan brokers and borrowers.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Proposed Amendments to Existing Laws to Qualify Women as Jurors" (circa 1956).

Typed letter dated 31 July 1957 from J.D. Carmichael, Managing Director of Mississippi Retail Merchants Association, to state legislature, re: shoplifting.

Typed letter dated 1 October 1957 from James A. Eggar, President of Mississippi Retail Merchants Association, re: state sales tax, shoplifting, bad checks.

Typed Manuscript. "Fact Sheet on Amendments to Present Mississippi State Sales Tax Laws Which Would Allow 2% Compensation to Retailers for Collecting and Reporting Same" (Mississippi Retail Merchants Association).

Typed letter dated 16 January 1958 from James A. Egger, President of Mississippi Retail Merchants Association, to Mississippi House of Representatives, re: shoplifting, bad checks.

Typed letter from James A. Egger, President of Mississippi Retail Merchants Association, to Kennedy, re: sales tax law.

Typed letter dated 10 April 1958 from Barron Drewry, Alcorn County Member of House of Representatives, to "All American Legion Posts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veteran Service Officers," re: right of physically disabled war veterans to vote.

Typed letter dated 7 January 1958 from Kennedy to "Dear Friends," re: marriage bill.

Typed memorandum from Representative Fran Shanahan, re: absentee ballots by service men.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "In Re: House Bill 269, Regular Session 1958 (from State Times Thursday, 2/27/58) Saving Lives, Dollars, August Inspection Bill Seeks Big Economy for Mississippi by Robert Webb."

Typed letter dated 3 April 1958 from John T. Armstrong & W.S. Henley of the Mississippi State Bar to "Member of the Legislature," re: bill to increase salaries of the chancery and circuit judges, county judges, and supreme court justices.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Your Vote in 1956 Could Have Prevented This," re: abolish sale of fireworks.

Copy typed letter dated 7 February 1958 from R.H. Boteler in Laurel, MS to "Dear Sir," re: conservation of minerals and natural resources.

Typed letter dated 22 May 1958 from George A. Huth, President of Jackson Chamber of Commerce, to Mississippi Legislature, re: thank you for legislative work.

Typed Manuscript. "Report of Recess Port Study Committee, April 11, 1957, to the Members of the Mississippi Legislature," re: state ownership of ports at Gulfport and Pascagoula.

Typed Manuscript. "A Report to the Mississippi State Legislation by the General Legislative Investigation Committee, January 1956."

Typed memorandum from General Legislative Investigating Committee to Mississippi Governor and Legislature, re: Simpson County Superintendent of Education (1954-1955).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Itinerary for Members of the Legislature Attending the Sixth Annual Convention and Free Enterprise Celebration Mississippi Manufacturers Association and Tours of the Port and Industrial Facilities of the Mississippi Gulf Coast" (1957).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Statements by Walter Sillers, Speaker of House of Representatives, Giving the Intention, Purposes and Necessity for House Concurrent Resolution Number 13," re: school segregation.

Typed Manuscript. "Bill #1587," re: education.

Typed letter dated 9 January 1958 from R.L. Moss, President of Mississippi Association of Supervisors, to Mississippi Legislature, re: legislative program.

Typed letter dated 8 February 1958 from R.H. Busby, Chair of Mississippi Manufacturers Association Labor Committee, to Kennedy, re: enclosed article on state income tax effect on industry.

Copy telegram dated 9 January 1958 from N.D. Stringer in Pascagoula, MS to Representative Christian Fraser, Jr., re: consumer credit corporation and tax collection.

Copy typed letter circa 1958 from Hayden Campbell and Earl Evans to "Fellow Members of the Mississippi Legislature," re: creation of Agricultural & Industrial Board.

Pat Lamar

Bumpersticker. "Pat Lamar for Mayor" [Oxford, MS].

Trent Lott

Print-out of online article "Sen. Lott Defended School’s Race Policy" by John Solomon on Salon.com (12 December 2002).

Print-out of online article "Trent Lott’s Segregationist College Days" by Karen Tumulty on www.time.com/time/nation/printout/o,8816,399310,00.html (12 December 2002).

Newsweek (23 December 2002), re: Lott on the cover.

T. J. Lowry

Pamphlet. "T.J. Lowry for Re-election Highway Commissioner Northern District."

John R. Lynch

Postcard. "John R. Lynch, Congressman from Mississippi, 43rd, 44th, 47th Congress – 6 years, Negroes in American History" (Los Angeles, CA: Hugh Havilon Gordon Cultural Center).

Dick Molpus

Campaign Mailing. "Molpus – A Model for Success in North Mississippi," re: gubernatorial election (1995).

Sonny Montgomery

Christmas Card postmarked 7 December 1972 from Montgomery to Joyce Taylor at the University of Mississippi.

Rook Moore

Campaign Broadsheet. "Judge Rook Moore, Court of Appeals" (circa 2000).

Typed letter from Donald E. Wildmon to "Dear Friend," re: reelection of Rook Moore to Mississippi Court of Appeals.

Dennis Murphree

Broadside. "All Right, Old Lying Fred, You Asked for It," re: reprint of letter to the editor, Fred Sullens, of the Jackson Daily News from Murphree (1942).

Ronnie Musgrove

Campaign Mailing. "If 4 Years of Musgrove Was Bad…" (Mississippi Republican Party, 2003).

Campaign Postcard. "What Has Ronnie Musgrove Done?" (Mississippi Republican Party, 2003).

E.F. Noel

Campaign Button. "E.F. Noel" [elected governor in 1908].

Bob Perry

Campaign Card. "Elect Bob Perry Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi."

Robert S. Phifer Jr.

Copy Pamphlet. "An Address to the People by Robert S. Phifer, Jr. Announcing His Candidacy for Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi" (circa 1915).

Copy handwritten letter dated 20 May 1923 from Robert S. Phifer to Dr. E.H. Anderson, Director of the New York Public Library, re: platform for mayoral campaign in 1915.

Bramlett Roberts

Pamphlet. "Vote for Bramlett Roberts for Chancery Judge 18th Chancery District of Mississippi, Election August 26, 1958."

Box 2

Charles Scott

Postcard. "Chas. Scott the Farmer’s Candidate for Governor of Mississippi, on His Horse-back Ride through the State" (Milwaukee: E.C. Kropp Co.). Postmarked 1907.

William T. Sloan

Pamphlet. "William T. Sloan, for County Attorney on August 5, 1975," re: Lafayette County.

John C. Stennis

Campaign letter dated 29 October 1947 from Zelma W. Price, re: Stennis election to U.S. Senate.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Excerpts from Radio Broadcast of United States Senator John Stennis of Mississippi, Washington, D.C., January 27, 1956," re: agriculture, economic aid.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Excerpts from Radio Broadcast of United States Senator John Stennis of Mississippi, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1956," re: Supreme Court, Farm Bill, military preparedness, veterans’ benefits, foreign aid.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "A Report from Washington from United States Senator John Stennis, April 9, 1957," re: small business tax deductions, agriculture & forestry, civil rights, fire ants, foreign aid.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "A Report from Washington from United States Senator John Stennis, October 3, 1958," re: trip behind the Iron Curtain.

Newsletters. Washington Report from U.S. Senator John Stennis. (20 September 1963; 3 April 1964; 31 May 1971; 26 July 1972; 21 August 1972; 3 October 1972; 2 April 1973; 5 April 1974; 5 June 1974).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Address by U.S. Senator John Stennis Mississippi State Bar Convention" (30 May 1958).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Baccalauerate Address by U.S. Senator John Stennis, Mississippi State College for Women" (1 June 1958).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Address of U.S. Senator John Stennis, First Annual Meeting – Rivers & Harbors Association of Mississippi" (3 June 1958).

Reprint. "Proposed Civil Rights Legislation: A Grab for Power: Speech of Hon. John Stennis of Mississippi in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, July 11, 1963" Congressional Record.

Reprint. "The Civil Rights Bill – A $100 Billion Blackjack?: Excerpts of Speech of Hon. John Stennis of Mississippi in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, April 7, 1964" Congressional Record.

John H. Stennis

Pamphlet. "Candidate for Hinds County Representative Mississippi State Legislature, Special Election July 15, 1969, John H. Stennis."

Mary Sue Stevens

Pamphlet. "Re-Elect Mary Sue Stevens Circuit Court Clerk Yalobusha County" (1991).

Gray Tollison

Campaign letter from Tollison, re: reelection as state senator. Attached: broadsheet "Reelect Gray Tollison State Senator."

Campaign Mailing. "Six years ago, the Mississippi Legislature voted itself a pay raise. Senator Gray Tollison voted against it."

Campaign Mailing. "A Champion for Education."

Campaign Mailing. "Who Is Kay Cobb Really Working For?" (Gray Tollison for Senate Campaign).

Herschel Turner

Broadside. "Friend to Friend, Elect Herschel R. Turner Chancery Clerk," re: Lafayette County.

James K. Vardaman

Pamphlet. Clayton Rand, "James K. Vardaman" (Mississippi Power & Light).

Prentiss Walker

Typed letter Walker to "My Fellow Mississippian," re: thank you for permitting him to serve in Congress. Attached: Walker Christmas Card.

Newsletter. Your Congressman Prentiss Walker, Nos. 9, 11, 12.

William Waller

Program. "Inaugural Ceremonies of Governor William Lowe Waller" (1972).

Helping Build Mississippi (Mississippi Power and Light), (Spring 1972), re: issue devoted to Waller.

Doorknob Hanger. "Elect Bill Waller Governor."

Lena Wiley

Pamphlet. "Vote Lena W. Wiley Justice Court Judge Northern District, Republican Candidate, 1995."

Hugh White

Invitation & Program for Governor Hugh White inaugural ceremonies (1952).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Inaugural Message of the Honorable Hugh White, Governor of Mississippi, Delivered before the Joint Session of the Mississippi Legislature, One Hundred Seventeenth Session, at Jackson January 22, 1952."

Jamie Whitten

Anne Millet, Jamie L. Whitten, Democratic Representative from Mississippi (Ralph Nader Congress Project, 1972).

Copy typed letter dated 30 September 1966 from John E. Kinney in Ann Arbor, MI to Whitten, re: Whitten’s book That We May Live.

Reprint. "Speech of Honorable Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi" Congressional Record (6 June 1974), re: flood control by Soil Conservation Service.

Reprint. "Public Works – A Sound Investment: Speech of Hon. Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, June 22, 1965" Congressional Record.

Reprint. "House of Representatives Public Works Appropriations Act: Speech of Hon. Jamie L. Whitten of Mississippi" Congressional Record (30 July 1973). (2 copies)

Copy Typed Manuscript. "National Rural Electrical Cooperative Association Presentation by Congressman Jamie Whitten at the N.R.E.C.A. 1978 Annual Meeting, 3rd General Session, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 8, 1978."

Church Program. First Presbyterian Church in Charleston, MS (12 September 1995), re: Whitten funeral service.

Roger Wicker

Campaign Mailing. "Roger Wicker. Putting Money into Our Infrastructure Improves Our Health, Safety, and Economy" (2008).

Campaign Mailing. "Jobs and the Economy, Taxes, Gas

Prices and Health Care. Our Issues. Our Concerns" (2008).

Campaign Mailing. "Roger Wicker Is Fighting to Protect Our 2nd Amendment Rights!" (2008).

Campaign Mailing. "You’re Doing Your Part. Times Are Tough in America Right Now…and Tough Times Call for TOUGH Leadership" (2008).

Campaign letter dated October 2008 from Gayle Wicker to "Dear Friend and Fellow Mississippian."

John Bell Williams

Invitation for inaugural ceremonies of Governor John Bell Williams (1968).

William Winter

Invitation to Governor William Winter Inauguration (1980).

Program for Governor William Winter Inauguration (1980).

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Governor William Winter’s Message to a Joint Session of the Mississippi Legislature, 4 January 1984," re: review of Winter’s term in office.

General -- Mississippi Legislature

Copy Typed Manuscript. Re: Mississippi legislature membership list, 1948-1952.

Copy Typed Manuscript. Re: Mississippi legislature membership list, 1957 extra session.

General – Mississippi Constitution

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Suffrage and Elections, Constitutional Provisions (Miss.), Article 12 Franchise." (2 copies.

Copy Typed Manuscript. "The Legislature: Mississippi, Organization: Constitution."

Copy Typed Manuscript. "The Governor: Mississippi (Constitutional provisions)."

General – Mississippi Democratic Party

Copy Typed Manuscript. "Democratic Party of the State of Mississippi Executive Committee 1976-1980."

Unpledged Mississippi Democratic Electors (1960).

General – Mississippi First Inc.

Typed letter from Mike Mills, Chairman of Mississippi First, Inc., to "Dear Friend," re: elect quality legislators.

General – Mississippi Republican Party

Program. "The Freedom of Choice Dinner Honoring 1963 Republican Candidates, June 7, 1963" (Biloxi, MS).

General – Mississippians for States Rights

Broadside. "Mississippians for States Rights: Its Plan and Purpose."

General – Miscellaneous

Absentee Ballots for Greenwood, Mississippi (1951, 1953, & 1954).

Pamphlet. "Vote – Your Duty" (American Legion, Department of Mississippi, 1941).

Pamphlet. "The Date ‘Washington Comes to Mississippi’" (1953).

Oversized Box 1

R. Jess Brown

Campaign Poster. "Vote R. Jess Brown. House of Representatives. Dist. 31F." (17" x 11")

Gil Carmichael

Campaign Poster. "It’s Time. Carmichael." (17" x 12")

Mary H. Coleman

Campaign Poster. "Elect Mary H. Coleman Chancery Clerk." (14" x 11")

Maurice Dantin

Campaign Poster. "Elect Maurice Dantin Governor of Mississippi." (14" x 22")

Kenneth Dean

Campaign Poster. "Kenneth Dean for Congress. Tuesday, June 4th Mississippi Democratic Primary." (13 1/4" x 19 3/4")

James O. Eastland

Campaign Poster. "Re-elect Senator Jim Eastland." (22 1/2" x 13 1/2")

John Arthur Eaves

Campaign Poster. "John Arthur Eaves for Governor. A Man of Courage. The Peoples Man." (13 1/2" x 20")

Charles Evers

Campaign Poster. "Vote Charles Evers for Governor in ‘71. Evers for Governor Committee, Jackson, Mississippi." (21 1/2" x 14")

Campaign Poster. "Don’t vote for a black man. Or a white man. Vote for the best man. Evers for Governor. Tuesday, November 2nd, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM." (24" x 18")

Campaign Poster. "Evers for Everybody. Nov. 2. 7A.M.-6P.M." (24" x 18")

Cliff Finch

Campaign Poster. "FINCH." (12 1/2" x 19")

Campaign Poster. "Cliff Finch for Governor. Working With You to Build Mississippi." (21" x 12")

Portrait Print. Cliff Finch with state seal and flag behind him. (18 1/4" x 13")

Jim Herring

Campaign Poster. "Elect Jim Herring Lieutenant Governor." (22" x 14")

Jobie Martin

Campaign Poster. "Elect Jobie Martin to the House of Representatives District 2 Post 3." (14" x 11")

Charles Sullivan

Campaign Poster. "Charles Sullivan for Governor." (22" x 14")

Newspaper Supplement for Madison County Herald. "Charles Sullivan for Governor."

Newspaper Supplement for Oxford Eagle. "Charles Sullivan for Governor."

William Waller

Campaign Poster. "Waller Was Here." (21 1/2" x 14)

William Winter

Campaign Poster. "Elect William Winter Governor. He’s for Real." (20" x 14")

Campaign Poster. "Elect Winter. He’s for Real." (20" x 13 3/4")

General – Miscellaneous

Broadside. "Sample Ballot, State of Mississippi, First Primary Election, Democratic Party, August 8, 1967, Sunflower County, District Four."