Marion (Miss.); Women; Civil war; United States; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864; Jones family; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906; Teachers
Black-bordered letter from J. M. Jones in Marion, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with news about mutual friends and the weather. She writes about women in Marion working to help maimed soldiers and describes one...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Selma (Ala.); Clergy; Religious gatherings; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Campbell, John P., 1801-1868; Cowan, Samuel Montgomery, 1801-1881; Chadick, William Davidson, 1817-1878; Borah, Jacob T.,...
Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...
Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Humphreys County (Miss.); Outlaw, J.G.--Family.
J. G. Outlaw family farm; multiple views. Farm of 840 acres located southeast of Silver City on the banks of the Yazoo River. Humphreys Co. agent Elmo Hill assisted with selection of farm family.
Letter to Hannah from her daughter "Lulu" and "Aunt Mat," who Lulu is staying with in Fairforest, South Carolina, 1860. "Mossgiel" must be the name of the house or plantation. A later note identifies Lulu as Martha Louisa Starr, grandmother of...
Seventh, eighth and ninth graders from West Side Junior High School learn what goes on behind the scenes at the Gulfport-Carnegie-Harrison County Library, 1955. Right to left standing: Miss Maria Person, Librarian; Nickie Christovich, Robert...
College students--Mississippi--History.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.; Du Maurier, George, 1834-1896. Trilby.; Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873.
Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother Mims Williams, who was attending Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Most of the letter is about books and authors.
College students--Mississippi--History.; Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Adam Bede.; Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.; Women--Suffrage--United States--History--19th century.; Mormons--Mississippi--History.; Elections--Mississippi--History.; Millsaps College...
Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding books he has read, political matters, his opposition to women's suffrage, and a Natchez pastor found out to be homosexual.
College students--Mississippi--History.; Millsaps College--History.; Davis-Ellis Co. (Terry, Miss.)
Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, who was attending Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. Written on stationery from the college's Lamar Literary Society.
Actress and author Victoria Rowell spoke to students, staff and faculty on her memoir, *The Women Who Raised Me.* MSU Libraries' Stephen Cunetto welcomes those in attendance to the event.
