Subject Guide:
Politics & Government -- Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries
Aldrich Collection. (MUM00006). The Aldrich Collection contains the papers of a family which settled in the northeastern
Adelbert
Ames Speech.(MUM01465). This photocopy of a published speech entitled Message of Gov. Adelbert Ames to the Legislature of
William Atwood Reconstruction Documents. (MUM01103). This collection consists of official documents (and one handwritten letter) from 1869 issued by William Atwood, Acting Assistant General of Headquarters 4th Military District (Department of Mississippi), regarding the registration of voters for the upcoming election. Location: SMMSS 92-1 (1 folder).
Audubon Mississippi/Strawberry Plains Finley Collection. (MUM00694). Dating from circa 1830 to 1980, this collection consists of material related to several Marshall County, Mississippi families and includes civil war claims correspondence of Martha Greenlee Davis dating from 1896 through 1901 (Box 2, Folder 2) as well as an 1865 pardon for former confederate E.M. Davis signed by President Andrew Johnson (Box 3). Inventory available. Location: EE10-EE11 (32 boxes & 128 ledgers).
F.A.P. Barnard Collection. (MUM00519). F.A.P. Barnard was a professor at the University of Mississippi for two years prior to becoming president of the institution. Shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, he resigned his position to return to the North. Among his photocopied correspondence are several letters from Jacob Thompson, a Mississippi politician and original board member of the university [the originals are in the possession of the Columbia University Library and photocopies are not permitted without the permission of that institution]. The collection also includes a photocopy of Barnard's published Letter to the President of the United States by a Refugee (Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., 1863). Inventory available. Location: J-4 (2 boxes).
William T.S. Barry Letter. (MUM01021). William T.S. Barry represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851 & again in 1855 when he was Speaker of the House. In 1861, Barry was president of the Mississippi Secession Convention and a member of the Provisional Confederate Congress from 1861 to 1862. Dated
Lionel Baxter Collection. (MUM00027). This collection consists of books, prints, and manuscripts about American history, and the Civil War in particular, amassed by the donor Lionel Baxter. Box 1 contains original nineteenth-century documents including the following: an 1839 letter by Albert Sidney Johnston while he served in the War Department; a December 1860 letter from R.F. Crenshaw in Pontotoc, Mississippi discussing secession and the upcoming Mississippi convention; an 1887 letter from U.S. Representative William H. Forney of Alabama; an 1877 letter from U.S. Senator John Tyler Morgan of Alabama to President Ulysses S. Grant; an 1867 letter from General E.O.C. Ord, military commander of the 4th District with two attached 1867 telegrams to Ord from U.S. Grant and President Andrew Johnson; & a 1908 letter from U.S. Representative John Sharp Williams regarding the election of William Howard Taft. Box 4 contains a presidential pardon signed by Andrew Johnson for John Fleming who was convicted of robbery; an 1851 land grant signed by Virginia Governor John B. Floyd; and a partly printed 1855 War Department document signed by Jefferson Davis concerning a West Point Academy appointment. The collection also includes engraved portrait prints of politicians, as well as the Bureau of Printing & Engraving Series on the Presidents, Chief Justices, and
Bill for the Relief of Richard Tervin et al. (MUM00999).
Dated
Blanton-Smith Collection. (MUM00034). This collection contains the personal letters of Dr. Orville Martin Blanton and his wife Martha Rebecca Smith Blanton from Greenville, Mississippi. Among the correspondence is an 1865 letter discussing Andrew Johnson's administration; an 1896 letter from Mary Elizabeth Curry in Terry, Mississippi which discusses current national politics, the currency debate, & women's rights; and a 1908 letter from Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan to Dr. Blanton on their shared youth as well as Harlan's family and career. Transcriptions and inventory are available. Location: A8 (2 boxes & 2 binders).
Book of the Presidents. (MUM00993). Mrs. E.C. Walthall presented this scrapbook of clippings on
William S. Burny Letter.
Dated
Aaron Burr Essay. (MUM00951). This original essay by Judge George Adams (a personal friend of Henry Clay) is a contemporary character sketch of Vice President Aaron Burr. Transcript available. Location: SMMSS 79-1 (2 folders).
Brent-Braidwood Letters. (MUM00958). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Department of State, wrote a
Roane Fleming Byrnes Collection. (MUM00057). Roane Fleming Byrnes was president of the Natchez Trace Association for over twenty-five years. At least half of the material in the collection dates from 1934 to 1970 and relates to her efforts to establish the
Josiah A.P. Campbell Letter. (MUM01024). Josiah A.P. Campbell served in the Mississippi legislature in 1851 and 1859 when he became Speaker of the House. Elected to the Provisional Confederate Congress, he served as president pro tempore of its senate. Campbell received an appointment to the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1876 and served as Chief Justice from 1891 to 1894. In 1878, the legislature appointed him to codify the state laws. In this letter dated
"Census of the State of Mississippi for 1850" Broadside. (MUM01559). Containing two tables for the northern and southern districts of
Chancellors' Collection: Robert Burwell Fulton. (MUM00532). Chancellor of the University of Mississippi from 1892 to 1906, Chancellor Robert Burwell Fulton's papers include files on the following subjects: Department of Public Education; Treasury Department; Board of Trustees; Naval Reserve Lands; correspondence with the Alabama State Geologist Eugene A. Smith; correspondence with U.S. Court of Claims Judge Charles B. Howry concerning Mississippi Governor James K. Vardaman; & other material related to Vardaman. In 1904, the university surveyed its alumni for an historical catalogue, and the form included a request for information on elective or appointed public positions. The respondents included numerous mayors, city & county attorneys, presidential electors, commission & board members, judges,
"Circular to the World" Broadsheet. (MUM01542). Hand addressed to U.S. Representative Hugh White, a Whig from
J.W. Clapp Collection. (MUM00892). J.W. Clapp resided in Holly Springs, Mississippi before the Civil War and afterwards moved to Memphis, Tennessee. Clapp served as a Representative of Marshall County in the 1855 Mississippi legislature; a delegate to the 1861 Mississippi secession convention; and as a Representative of the 1st Congressional District of Mississippi in the first Confederate Congress. The collection consists of a handwritten volume containing accounts of Clapp's travels between 1834 through 1892 and includes a description of a "grand Whig rally" in Cumberland Gap in 1840; a contested seat on the circuit court of Holly Springs in 1841; the 1855 Mississippi legislative session; reaction to the 1860 national election; the 1861 state secession convention; his service on the Confederate Congress from 1861 through 1865; service as senator in the Tennessee legislature in 1879; attendance at an American Public Health Association conference in 1879; representing the Kansas City Railroad Company to obtain a charter from the Mississippi legislature in 1886; representing Memphis cotton interests opposing a bill introduced by the U.S. Senate in 1888; representing the Kansas City Railroad Company with regards to a bill in the Tennessee legislature in 1889; and serving as a Tennessee delegate to the Executive Committee of the Mississippi River Improvement & Levee Convention in Washington, DC. The second half of the collection is a scrapbook of printed speeches delivered by Clapp between 1840 and 1869, including an 1841 eulogy for William Henry Harrison, an 1844 address before Whigs in Holly Springs on the candidacy of Henry Clay, an 1856 newspaper clipping account of debate in the Mississippi legislature on taxes, an 1858 discourse on John A. Quitman, an 1861 speech before the Mississippi State Convention on ratification of the constitution, an 1863 campaign speech, an 1864 address on the Confederate Congress, and a clipping showing the organization of committees in the first Confederate Congress. Location: SMMSS 78-11 (3 folders).
Clark-Freeman Papers. (MUM00738). These papers include correspondence and items related to Cary Freeman Clark, the widow of E.D. Clark (a former law partner of L.Q.C. Lamar). Among these is a photocopy of an undated handwritten letter from Varina Davis, the wife of Jefferson Davis, postmarked New York. Inventory available. Location: SMMSS 76-2 (1 folder).
Judge Alexander M. Clayton Letter. (MUM01019). Dated
Colbert Papers. (MUM00081). Included in this miscellaneous group of papers is a facsimile of a handwritten letter by statesman Henry Clay dated
Monroe F. Cockrell. (MUM00885). A typed manuscript by Monroe F. Cockrell dated
Confederate Government Documents.
This collection contains original documents printed by the government of the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865. They include documents from the Congress, the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Department of War, and the President. Inventory available. Location: GG7 (6 boxes).
Courier Broadside. Dated
Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty Broadside. In this
Daughters of the American Revolution (David Reese Chapter) Collection. (MUM00098). This collection contains the correspondence and records of the Oxford, Mississippi chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 1897 through 1974. Among the records are material related to legislative lobbying efforts on matters such as child labor and historic preservation. Inventory available. Location: G9 (1 oversized box) & GG20 (17 boxes).
Jefferson Davis Address. (MUM00937). This address is the Confederate President Jefferson Davis's inaugural address in 1861. Location: SMMSS 78-15 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Broadside. (MUM00936). This 1865 broadside is entitled "Jeff Pettycoats." Location: SMMSS 78-15 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Broadside. (MUM01554). Copyrighted in 1863 by D.C. Johnston, the broadside "The House that Jeff Built" parodies Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy. Location: Oversized SMMSS 79-2 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Broadside. (MUM01599). Robert P. McHugh, editor of the Gulfport-Biloxi Daily Herald, is the author of this broadside entitled "Jefferson Davis: An American Patriot," which requests the addition of Jefferson Davis' name to the National Hall of Fame roster. James O. Eastland presented the text in the Senate on
Jefferson Davis Casement Pamphlet. (MUM01221). This early to mid-twentieth century tourism pamphlet by the Committee for the
Jefferson Davis Engraving. (MUM01586). This engraved portrait of Jefferson Davis is by William Sartain of Philadelphia from a Matthew Brady photograph circa 1859-60. Location: SMMSS 95-1 Oversize (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Letter. (MUM00799). This photocopied letter from former Confederate President Jefferson Davis to Captain William Delay is dated
Jefferson Davis Letter. (MUM01448). In this transcript of a letter dated
Jefferson Davis Letter. (MUM00861). This 1858 handwritten letter by Samuel C. Burr, Clerk of the Committee, invites the "Board of Directors" to accompany the mayor in meeting with Jefferson Davis during his visit to the [ Boston] harbor. Location: SMMSS 78-3 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Letter. In this 1888 letter to N.S. Walker of Staten Island, New York, Jefferson Davis discusses
Jefferson Davis Letter and Cabinet Photograph. (MUM01615). In this letter dated
Jefferson Davis Letters. (MUM00871). These photocopied letters and documents dating from 1866-68 concern the forthcoming federal trial of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis and includes official correspondence with the U.S. Attorney General. The originals are in the possession of the University of Chicago Library, and permission from that institution is required to make photocopies. Location: SMMSS 78-5 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Material. (MUM01166). This small collection contains two programs for unveilings of Jefferson Davis monuments (1940 in State Capitol in Montgomery,
Jefferson Davis Material. ( (MUM00238)). These letters are part of the Howry Family Collection and contain photocopies of correspondence written by Jefferson Davis and Varina Davis between 1863 and 1905. Location: A-14 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Memorial Ribbon. (MUM01332). This file contains a 1966 letter from J.C. Hathorn providing background information on Col. J.J. Williams, the author of the memorial ribbon's obituary text. Williams served in the Mississippi Legislature for at least one term during Reconstruction. The file also contains a copy of the ribbon. Location: SMMSS 96-1 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Poem. (MUM00939). This undated poem by DeWolfe is entitled "The Capture of Jefferson Davis." Location: SMMSS 78-15 (1 folder).
Jefferson Davis Speech. (MUM00938). This speech by
Jefferson Davis Speech. (MUM00943). This speech by
Joseph E. Davis Collection. (MUM00101). Joseph E. Davis was the brother of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Varina
Howell Davis Letter. (MUM00968). This handwritten letter dated
Varina
Howell Davis Letter. (MUM01058). This handwritten letter dated
Charles Dean Collection. (MUM00103). The papers of this Holly Springs, Mississippi family includes a copy of the 1854 Laws of the Corporation of the Town of Holly Springs (
Deupree Scrapbook. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings of articles and letters by J.G. Deupree on
Ora Iona Dilley Manuscript. (MUM01033). Dated 1984, Ora Iona Dilley's typed manuscript is entitled "Why President Abraham Lincoln Was Assassinated and What Became of John Wilkes Booth." The essay focuses on the possibility that John Wilkes actually escaped and died in Enid, Oklahoma in 1903. Location: SMMSS 85-1 (1 folder).
James E. Edmonds Collection. (MUM00118). James E. Edmonds of Rosedale, Mississippi attended the University of Mississippi between 1896 and 1900. His correspondence during this period include discussions of the 1896 national election as well as local reaction to the defeat of William Jennings Bryan and the onset of the Spanish-American War. Inventory available. Location: F12 (3 boxes).
Edmondson/Bray/Williams/Stidham Collection. (MUM00119).
This family collection includes the following: an 183[7] letter from R.W. Edmondson in Pontotoc, Mississippi discussing [Jacob] Thompson and federal court (Box 1, Folder 9); an 1850 letter from Sophia Bridges in Oxford, Mississippi discussing E.C. Walthall (Box 1, Folder 22); & an 1855 letter from M.L. Byee to her son, John Anderson in Austin, Texas, regarding Anderson's attempts to gain a veteran pension and land warrant (Box 1, Folder 27). Another 1855 letter to Anderson mentions Sam Houston and Anderson's land claim (
Evans Collection. (MUM00122). The Evans Collection contains early nineteenth-century documents related to the
Kinloch Falconer Collection. (MUM00124). Kinloch Falconer served as Adjutant General for the Army of Tennessee during the Civil War. A resident of Holly Springs, Falconer became Mississippi Secretary of State in 1878. Most of the collection consists of wartime correspondence and field dispatches, although the papers also include a few post-war letters and a certificate signed by Governor J.M. Stone appointing Falconer as Trustee of the Institute for the Blind. Inventory available. Location: F13 (2 boxes).
Winfield Scott Featherston Collection. (MUM00181). W.S. Featherston served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851. During the Civil War, he received a brigadier general commission in the Confederate Army. Featherston sat in the Mississippi House from 1876 to 1880, attended the 1880 Democratic National Convention as a delegate, and served as a member of the 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention. The collection dates from 1825 to 1952 with the bulk between the 1840s and 1880s. Although the papers contain a number of political items, none appears connected to Featherston's congressional service. Inventory available. Location: A9 (15 boxes) & G10 (3 oversized boxes).
Ford Family Collection. (MUM01121). The Ford Family Collection includes a sealed certificate dated 19 February 1877 signed by Mississippi Governor J.M. Stone and Secretary of State James Hill that assigns district attorneys to each judicial district in the state (including Thomas Swift Ford to the 7th Judicial District), and a biographical account of Ford who also became Attorney General of the state in 1885, and a composite photograph of the 1873 Mississippi House of Representatives that includes Ford, and an image of the statesman's grave in Columbia, Mississippi. Location: SMMSS 93-2 (3 folders) and Collection Photographs (CPB1F21 --CPB1F24).
Kate Walthall Freeman Collection. (MUM00743). Kate Walthall Freeman was the daughter of U.S. Senator E.C. Walthall of
Ray Fulton/Kemper County [ Mississippi] Collection. (MUM00870). Among the material related to Kemper County history are contemporary newspaper accounts of 1877 political assassinations in the county (Folders 2, 5, & 6). Location: SMMSS 78-5 (6 folders).
General Photograph Collection. Among this miscellaneous assortment of photographs are images related to Jacob Thompson, Choctaw Chief & Mississippi legislator Greenwood Leflore, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, John Fremont, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Zachary Taylor, John Van Buren, George Washington, & Daniel Webster. Location: Library Annex. Although photocopies of the images are readily available, patrons should provide notice at least two business days prior to prospective visits so that staff may transfer original photographs from the Library Annex (an off-site facility) to the Special Collection Reading Room. Please contact Special Collections at (662) 915-7408 to specify requested material.
Graduating Senior Theses Collection. (MUM00564). Dating from 1858 to 1938, the topics of the student papers in the
William Harris Hardy Manuscript. (MUM00894). This 1965 typed manuscript by Larry J. Hardy entitled "W.H. Hardy: 'A Dreamer Whose Dream Came True'" provides a biographical account of the
William Littleton Harris Letter. (MUM01022). William L. Harris served as circuit court judge in Mississippi's sixth judicial district from 1853-1858 when he joined the high court of errors and appeals where he remained until 1868. In 1856, the legislature appointed Harris to assist in codification of the state laws. President James Buchannan offered to appoint him to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1860, but Harris declined due to the approaching regional conflict. Dated
William Heath Letter. (MUM00909). Dated
J.D. Henderson Collection. (MUM00983). The collection dating from 1895 to 1926 contains miscellaneous documents of J.D. Henderson, Justice of the Peace in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Location: SMMSS 79-8 (3 folders).
John Henderson Letter. (MUM01364). A Whig,
E.W. Hilgard Collection. (MUM00569).
Eugene Hilgard received an appointment as Assistant State Geologist of Mississippi in 1855. He retained the position until 1866 when he became a professor of chemistry at the University of Mississippi. The Hilgard Collection contains photocopies and transcriptions of Hilgard's correspondence between 1856 and 1872 [The Bancroft Library at the
E.E. Holman Letter. (MUM00995). Dated
Holly Springs, Mississippi Biographies. (MUM01314). These undated biographical accounts include the following nineteenth-century statesmen: Winfield Scott Featherston (U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1847-1851; Mississippi Representative 1876-1880; Member of 1890 Mississippi Constitutional Convention); Christopher Haynes Mott (Mississippi Legislator in 1850; Judge of the Probate Court; U.S. Special Commissioner to investigate official conduct of federal officials in California and Oregon); Absolom Madden West (Mississippi Legislator 1847-1857; unsuccessful candidate for Mississippi Governor in 1863; elected to U.S. Congress in 1865 but refused a seat; National Party Vice Presidential nominee in 1880; Anti-Monopoly Party Vice Presidential nominee in 1884); Samuel Benton (Mississippi Legislator in 1852; member of the Mississippi Union Convention of 1855; member of the Mississippi Secession Convention of 1861); Edward Carey Walthall (District Attorney in 1856 & 1859; U.S. Senator 1885-1894, 1895-1898); & Alexander B. Bradford (Whig nominee for Mississippi Governor in 1847; member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy in 1861). Location: SMMSS 95-11 (1 folder).
Howry
Family Collection. (MUM00238). The Howry Family Collection contains family correspondence, photographs, and documents dating from 1838 to 1981. James M. Howry was elected Circuit Court Judge in 1841. His son, Charles B. Howry served as Assistant Attorney General during President Grover Cleveland's administration and became an associate justice of the U.S. Court of Claims. Sisters Elizabeth Butler Howry and Mary Harris Howry belonged to a number of civic groups in Washington, DC: Elizabeth organized the first entertainment circuit for World War I soldiers, served as president of both the Washington Humane Society the Washington Opera Society, and accepted an appointment from President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Committee on the
John L. Hudson Collection. (MUM00755). John L. Hudson, an alumnus of the University of Mississippi, served as a representative of Marshall County in the Mississippi Legislature from 1859 to 1861 before becoming a Confederate officer. These photocopies include a handwritten address entitled "Republicanism: The Spirit of the Age" delivered on behalf of the Phi Sigma Society at the 1849 University of Mississippi commencement and a printed, undated broadside "To the Voters of Benton County" in which Hudson campaigned to become a delegate to the state constitutional convention. Location: SMMSS 76-5 (1 folder).
John F. Johnson Collection. (MUM00244). Dating from 1849 through 1920, the Johnson Collection contains diaries, account records, and correspondence. John Forsyth Johnson was a farmer, tax assessor and postmaster in Greensboro, Webster County, Mississippi. He kept diaries from 1857 to 1912, and his brief entries covered a wide array of topics, including politics. The collection also contains a 1909 letter from U.S. Senator H.D. Money to Johnson and 1886-1887 minutes of the Ebenezer Agricultural Relief No. 102 in Webster County. Inventory available. Location: G-14 (4 boxes).
"Know Your State" Scrapbooks. (MUM01102). These two scrapbooks contain clippings of Ray M. Thompson's column "Know Your State" which appeared in Mississippi newspapers throughout the 1960s and featured profiles of Mississippi locales, history and culture. Political topics include J.Z. George, John A. Quitman, Winthrop Sargent, A.J. McLaurin & the capital case of Will Purvis, Dorothy Painter Crawford ( Mississippi's first female mayor), Pat Harrison, Jacob Thompson, Charles Granville Hamilton, Robert J. Walker, Woodrow Wilson vacationing at Pass Christian, Jefferson Davis, L.Q.C. Lamar, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos (Spanish Governor of the Natchez District), Henry Stuart Foote, John J. McRae, Andrew Jackson's Mississippi plantation in Coahoma County, W.C.C. Claiborne, J.F.H. Claiborne, James L. Alcorn, Aaron Burr's trial in Mississippi, Zachary Taylor & his Mississippi connections, Theodore G. Bilbo, Stephen D. Lee, E.C. Walthall, Homestead Exemption Law in Mississippi, the Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Mississippi's Old Capitol & New Capitol, Benjamin G. Humphreys, & Mississippi property rights for women. Location: Oversized SMMSS 92-2.
Felix LaBauve Collection.
Felix LaBauve immigrated to Mississippi from
Felix LaBauve Portrait. Location: On display in the Pat Harrison Room of the J.D. Williams Library.
Cuthbert M. Lagrone Radio Address. (MUM01224). This undated, typed document is the transcript for the
L.Q.C. Lamar Collection. (MUM01174). Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar represented
L.Q.C. Lamar Letter & Loyalty Oath. (MUM01450). In this photocopy of a letter dated
L.Q.C. Lamar Material. This collection contains a small number of twentieth-century items regarding L.Q.C. Lamar, the former U.S. Congressman and Supreme Court Justice. Location: SMMSS 94-4 (1 folder).
L.Q.C. Lamar Pamphlet. (MUM01477). A twentieth-century brochure published by the Mississippi Power & Light Company, L.Q.C. Lamar by Clayton Rand provides a brief biographical sketch of the statesman and relates the story behind Lamar's 1874 eulogy of Radical Republican Senator Charles Sumner. Location: SMMSS 2005-1 (1 folder).
L.Q.C. Lamar Society Collection. (MUM01071). This collection contains clippings, correspondence, records, a photograph, and publications of the L.Q.C. Lamar Society founded in 1969. Named after the former Mississippi statesman, the nonpartisan, nonpolitical group espoused a commitment to capitalize on the talents of future leaders by finding practical solutions for the South's problems. Location: SMMSS 89-2 (4 folders) & CPB1F53.
Leflore County, Mississippi Ledger. (MUM01573). This ledger contains entries assessing land values in Leflore County, Mississippi in 1889. Location: Oversized SMMSS 94-1 (1 folder).
William & Marjorie Lewis Collection. (MUM00266). Donated by descendants of Jacob Thompson, the William & Marjorie Lewis Collection contains genealogical research as well as original financial documents, correspondents, and carte de visite dating from 1822 to 1890. Jacob Thompson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1839 to 1851 and chaired the Committee on Indian Affairs. President James Buchannan appointed him Secretary of the Interior in 1857. Thompson resigned in 1861 and during the Civil War served as Inspector General of the Confederate Army and as a confidential agent of the Confederacy to
William Lockwood Letters. (MUM00742). The Lockwood collection consists of photocopies of three 1885 letters between William Lockwood, secretary to Secretary of the Interior L.Q.C. Lamar; E.C. Walthall; E.D. Clark, prospective Assistant Secretary of the Interior before his untimely death; & Cary Freeman Clark, Clark's widow. Location: SMMSS 76-2 (1 folder).
Longstreet-Hinton Collection. (MUM00276). The Longstreet-Hinton Collection contains two 1892 letters from L.Q.C. Lamar to his niece Linda during his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court as well as some clippings on the statesman. Lamar was the son-in-law of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Inventory available. Location: E15 (3 boxes).
Augustus Baldwyn Longstreet Letter. (MUM01451). In this photocopy of a letter dated
W.J.B. Lonsdale Letter. (MUM00969). In this circa 1875 letter by W.J.B. Lonsdale, Assistant Commissioner of Immigration in West Tennessee, writes to E.G. Wall, Commissioner of Immigration in Mississippi, regarding their shared professional interest. Location: SMMSS 79-7 (1 folder).
Duncan McCall Collection. (MUM00935). The Duncan McCall Collection contains photocopies of three certificates of appointment for McCall: First Lieutenant of the
Samuel McCorkle Collection. (MUM00760). The McCorkle Collection includes a photocopy of Laws of the Incorporation of the Town of Holly Springs: Passed by the President and Selectmen, August, 1854 (Holly Springs, Democratic Banner Office, 1854). Location: SMMSS 79-5 (1 folder).
Reverend A.C. McDonald Sermon. (MUM01466). This photocopy of a published speech entitled Mississippi and its Future: A Sermon for the Times, Delivered on the Day of General Thanksgiving in the Hall of Representatives April 21, 1870 by Rev. A.C. McDonald, A.M. offers a Radical Republican perspective on the war's outcome and the state's future. Location: SMMSS 2003-1 (1 folder).
W.P. Meriwether Pardon.
(MUM00973). President Andrew Johnson signed this photocopied 1865 pardon for former Confederate W.P. Meriwether of
Miller Family Collection. (MUM00297). The Miller Family lived in northern Mississippi. Among their correspondence is an 1857 letter from Alexander M. Clayton (Mississippi Supreme Court between 1842 and 1851, a consul to Cuba in 1853, a delegate to Mississippi's secession convention, a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy, and a Confederate judge). The collection also contains an 1839 Republican Whig electoral ticket. Inventory available. Location: A8 (2 boxes) & G2 (1 oversized box).
Miscellaneous Nineteenth-Century Broadsides. (MUM01641). The four nineteenth century broadsides in this collection include two local electoral tickets: one for "Johnson & the Constitution" which includes Jas. C. White for mayor along with candidates for other local offices and another for "National Union Ticket, Jackson Ward" which touts James Williamson for mayor along with candidates for other city positions. A third broadside prints the resolution of the Norristown, Pennsylvania Union League praising the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln. Entitled "To the Conservative Republicans of Iowa," the fourth broadside proposes the establishment of a National Union Party to counter the dominance of radicals in the Republican Party after the Civil War. Location: Oversized SMMSS Broadsheets & Broadsides (1 folder).
Mississippi Constitutional Convention Album. (MUM00845). This album contains over 100 autographs of delegates to the 1890 Mississippi constitutional convention which essentially disfranchised blacks. Among the album's signers was Isaiah Montgomery, the founder of the exclusively African American town of Mound Bayou. The original owner was Col. James R. Binford of Duck Hill, a Mississippi Senator and member of the 1890 convention. Location: 78-1 (1 folder).
Mississippi Constitutional Convention Document. (MUM01306). This 1868 publication entitled Constitutional Convention. Report of Committee on County Boundaries. Number 46. calls for the creation of four new counties: Crawford, Columbia, Culpepper, and Clay. Location: SMMSS 95-10 (1 folder).
Mississippi Native Americans Material. This small collection includes copies of handwritten letters dating from the 1830s from John L. Allen, "Sub Agent for the Chickasaws" in Mississippi, to the U.S. Secretary of War. The originals are in the National Archives. Location: SMMSS 94-6 (1 folder).
Mississippi State Penitentiary Lease. (MUM01106). Dated
Mississippi Territory Documents. This collection contains nineteen documents printed by the Mississippi Territory government between 1800 and 1817. Topics include the administration of Governor Winthrop Sargent, statehood, land claims, the appointment of a judge for Madison County, lack of legislative representation for Washington County, and a marriage license. Inventory available. Location: SMMSS 79-9 (19 folders).
Mississippian Broadside. (MUM01602). Dated
Monroe County,
Thomas Vaughan Noland Letter. (MUM00920). In this typed copy of a letter his daughter Julie Noland, T.V. Noland describes his experiences in law and politics. A Democrat, the voters of Wilkinson
Noxubee County, Mississippi Petition. (MUM01321). Circa 1863, this signed petition of
Oxford Mississippi Ridicule. (MUM01684). This
William C. Nelson Collection. This collection contains papers related to the life of William C. Nelson, a
I.M. Patridge Collection. (MUM00957).
This collection contains a
Poll Tax Receipt. (MUM00997). Dated
Pre-Civil War Scrapbook. (MUM01278). The newspaper clippings in this scrapbook date from 1860 to July 1861 and focus primarily on the period's regional crisis in politics. Several of the clippings are from or about Mississippi. Location: SMMSS 95-7 (1 folder).
Presidential Pardon. (MUM01609). Andrew Johnson signed this original presidential pardon for [A.] L. Sharkey on
Zenos Preston Diary Transcript. (MUM01446). Zenos Preston was a Natchez, Mississippi and Louisiana planter. The transcript of his diary from 1844 to 1847 includes many entries on politics and descriptions of local political events, speeches, and debates. Location: SMMSS 2001-2 (1 folder).
Public Land Sale Document. Dated
Public Land Sale Documents. (MUM01543). This small collection contains five original certificates signed by
Ann Rayburn Collection. (MUM00380). Among the items donated by Ann Rayburn is a small collection of material related to Evan J. Shelby, a student at the University of Mississippi prior to the Civil War who wrote an 1860 speech entitled "North-South Relations" and an essay on Aaron Burr. The collection also contains a carte de visite of Jefferson Davis (CPB36F27). Inventory available. Location: H13 -- H14 (60 boxes & 35 binders) & CPB36.
Mrs. John Robert Rayburn Collection. (MUM00768). This Rayburn Collection includes photocopies of correspondence between Rayburn & other Oxford residents with Wirt Armistead Cate, the biographer of L.Q.C. Lamar. Location: SMMSS 76-7 (1 folder).
T.H. Rayburn Collection. (MUM00382). The T.H. Rayburn Collection consists of twentieth-century philatelic envelopes whose stamps honor Civil War and Old West images, including a number of
Thomas Reber Collection. (MUM00384).
Born in 1843 in Sandusky, Ohio, Thomas Reber served as a Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the 88th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteers I during the Civil War. Afterwards, he spent time in
Records of Walthall's Brigade Broadside. (MUM01344). E.A. Smith announces the completion of his 1904 book on the Civil War Brigade led by E.C. Walthall. Location: SMMSS 97-1 (1 folder).
Ruth E. Reynolds & K. Eva Shepherd Elmore Scrapbooks. (MUM00388). These scrapbooks include contemporary clippings on President William McKinley's assassination, U.S. Court of Claims Judge Charles B. Howry,
John C. Rietti Scrapbook. (MUM00390). John C. Rietti was a Mississippi newspaperman and created a scrapbook of clippings during the Reconstruction period of the late 1860s and early 1870s which reflected his professional interests as well as his interest in fire companies. Among the clippings is an obituary for Judge William Yerger, a lengthy account of a Democratic-Conservative procession in Jackson, and a description of a meeting between citizens of Hinds and adjoining counties with Governor Adelbert Ames on the militia. Location: II3 (1 box).
Winthrop
Sargent Collection. (MUM00764).
Photocopies of information on Winthrop Sargent, governor of the
Scrapbook of Miscellaneous Political Greenback Statistics. (MUM01521). Dating from 1874-1876, this scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from an assortment of national newspapers on a variety of topics, particularly agriculture, the economy, politics and the currency debate. According to the label on the cover, Edward N. Fuller of Salt Lake, Utah created the album. Location: A4 (1 box).
Scrapbook with Black Cover. This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from the 1880s, among whose topics are national and Mississippi politics and includes a letter to the editor of the Jackson Clarion Ledger on female suffrage. Location: SMMSS 78-8.
Scrapbook with Green Cover. This scrapbook kept by a resident of Ripley,
Sheet Music Collection. (MUM00409). Among the sheet music that comprises this small collection is an 1858 copy of "General Quitman's Grand March" whose cover consists of a portrait of this antebellum Mississippi governor and a 1930 copy of "Mississippi that Grand Old State of Mine" with a cover portrait of Mississippi Governor Dennis Murphree. Inventory available. Location: G12 (1 box).
Thomas Upton Sisson Notes. (MUM01242). Thomas Upton Sisson represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1923. The handwritten notes on a congressional envelope with Sisson's frank are for a speech on the South, cotton, and the
Calvin R. Simmons Collection. (MUM00412). Dating from 1840 to 1992, this collection contains correspondence, documents, and photographs related to the Simmons family of Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Among the items are a signed certificate by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in memory of John Douglas Simmons III who died in military service during World War II and several pieces of correspondence with Florence Sillers Ogden, sister of Mississippi Speaker of the House Walter Sillers Jr. Inventory available. Location: A9 (23 boxes ) & G10 (1 oversized box).
Skipwith Revolutionary War Letters. Dating from 1776 to 1824, the Skipwith Collection consists primarily of letters received by Major General Nathaniel Greene from such noted individuals as John Hancock, George Washington, Henry Lee, Anthony Wayne, David Ramsay and Robert R. Livingston, as well as documents related to Greene's military service during the American Revolution. Also in the collection are signed engraved portraits of Greene and the correspondents. Inventory and transcripts available. Location: SMMSS 77-4.
Darwin A. Smalley Letterbook. (MUM00413). The Darwin A. Smalley Letterbook is a scrapbook maintained by Smalley, a resident of Vermont who settled in Meridian, Mississippi after his service in the Union Army. Smalley received an appointment in 1867 to serve on Lauderdale County's three-member Board of Registration which enrolled qualified voters. The contents of the letterbook contain official material primarily relevant to his service in this Reconstruction office dating between 1867 and 1868, although a few letter to Smalley's parents date as late as 1870. Inventory available. Location: A7 (1 box).
Society of Cincinnati Certificate. (MUM01541). Dated
Spanish Land Conveyance. Dated
State & Federal Documents Related to the State of Mississippi. Dating from 1818 to 1890, these 114 state and federal documents cover a wide array of topics, including private bills; the military; improvement of roads, rails, & rivers; Native Americans; slavery; bankruptcy & tariff laws; schools; land claims; postal system; and adulterated medicines. Inventory available. Location: SMMSS 79-10 & SMMSS 79-11.
M.D.L. Stephens Papers. (MUM00818). M.D.L. Stephens served as a delegate to the 1860 Mississippi Secession Convention and was elected to the state legislature in 1863 and again in 1865. In 1866, he represented Yalobusha and Calhoun counties in the Mississippi Senate. Stephens was elected to the legislature again in 1880 and held several municipal offices in Water Valley. The Stephens Papers consist of photocopies of his biographical sketch as well as a story and civil war account copied from a scrapbook. Location: SMMSS 77-3 (1 folder).
Alfred H. Stone Collection. (MUM00777). Alfred H. Stone served in the Mississippi Legislature from 1916 to 1923. In 1932, he was named Tax Commissioner and chairman of the State Tax Commission, a post he held until his death in 1955. Stone served as president of the Mississippi Historical Society in 1912-13 and wrote a number of articles on race. The collection includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century newspaper clippings concerning African Americans & politics (
Alfred H. Stone Papers. The Alfred H. Stone Papers contain a number of typed manuscripts on historical topics including "The Political Affects of the [Civil] War" (Folder 11). Location: SMMSS 76-8 (13 folders).
James S. Terry Diary Transcript. (MUM01452). James S. Terry's family moved to Tippah County, Mississippi near the community of
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. (MUM01478). In this sealed, printed proclamation, Mississippi Governor Anselm J. McLaurin designates
J. Thompson Letter. (MUM00903). This photocopied typescript of a
Jacob Thompson Collection. (MUM01455). This small collection contains photocopies of Jacob Thompson material dating from 1846 to 1879 acquired by Dr. John Crews while conducting research. Inventory available. Location: SMMSS 2002-1 (18 folders).
Jacob Thompson Speech. (MUM01212). This printed work is Speech of Jacob Thompson, of
Tupelo Journal Supplement. (MUM01627). This four-page supplement of the Tupelo newspaper contains the complete text of the 1890 Mississippi Constitution and the ordinances passed by the state convention. Location: Oversized SMMSS (1 folder).
Union Republican State Executive Committee Records. (MUM01468). These handwritten minutes of the Union Republican State Executive Committee in Vicksburg, Mississippi date from
University Archives Photograph Collection. (MUM00693). This assortment of photographs related to the university contains images of L.Q.C. Lamar, James Gordon, James Howry, Jacob Thompson, J.M. Stone, & the Board of Trustees. Location: Library Annex. Although photocopies of the images are readily available, patrons should provide notice at least two business days prior to prospective visits so that staff may transfer original photographs from the Library Annex (an off-site facility) to the Special Collection Reading Room. Please contact Special Collections at (662) 915-7408 to specify requested material.
H.W. Walters Papers. (MUM00758). The H.W. Walters Papers include a photocopy of the Democratic-Conservative State Ticket for Mississippi state offices printed in The Republican on
E.C. Walthall Family Collection. (MUM00462). Edward Carey Walthall received the appointment to fill the seat in the U.S. Senate vacated by L.Q.C. Lamar in 1885. He won election to the post in his own right and remained until 1894 when he resigned for ill health. Reelected in 1895, Walthall served until 1898. He chaired both the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. The collection contains material dating from 1837 to 1898, and only a few of the items date from Walthall's congressional tenure. Inventory available. Location: G14 (1 box).
E.C. Walthall Clippings. These nineteenth-century newspaper clippings on E.C. Walthall include others on Jefferson Davis, L.Q.C. Lamar, and S.S. Prentiss, as well as obituary notices of Walthall family members. Location: Oversized SMMSS 79-2 (1 folder).
E.C. Walthall Etching. (MUM01624). Chat B. Hall of New York etched this portrait of E.C. Walthall in his Confederate uniform. Walthall appears to have signed his name below the portrait. Location: Oversized SMMSS (1 folder).
James Wilkinson Letter. (MUM01110). Dated
John Sharp Williams Collection. (MUM00480). John Sharp Williams represented
William Wordsworth Letter. (MUM00843). This folder contains a typed copy of a letter dated
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