From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. A letter from Colonel H.K. Craig, Chief of Ordnance, to Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, dated 28 September 1853. Craig informs Davis about the death of Captain J.M. Morgan, commanding officer of the...
From the Davis (Jefferson) Letters collection. Letter from Jefferson Davis to Frank Moore, dated 13 June 1880. The letter is a response to a previous inquiry by Frank Moore relating to the Confederate Congress. This letter may have been written and...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter was once attached to a carbon copy of a letter from Drew Pearson to Robert Beech in which Pearson responds to a previous letter from Beech.
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This a copy of a letter from Drew Pearson to Robert Beech. Pearson responds to Beech's January 4, 1965, letter in which Beech contends that Pearson published inaccuracies in a column that appeared on...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. Irene [last name unknown] writes to Rabbi and Rebetzin Ben-Ami from San Francisco about her speaking engagements there and how she misses Hattiesburg.
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This letter from Robert Beech to Newton P. Cox is typed on National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America letterhead, which lists NCCC officers in the left margin. The letter...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection contains eleven handwritten letters, mostly exchanges between Dr. Joseph A. Schwartz and members of his immediate family, as well as a printed scientific article co-authored by Dr. Schwartz...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. A child-sized elephant dressed in one-piece pajamas lies on his stomach on the floor before a lit fireplace and next to a decorated Christmas tree. The elephant is writing a...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 24, 1981 with Mr. Dave L. Dunaway at his office in Greenville, Mississippi. Dunaway was born on January 2, 1927 near the Enon community in Walthall County, Mississippi. Following his discharge from the...
Letter to Hon. W. R. Smith form G. Tochman and correspondence. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 10 March 1863.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on July 8 and 23, 1980 with the Reverend Clay F. Lee at his study in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee was born on March 3, 1930 in Laurel, Mississippi. After graduating with his undergraduate degree from Millsaps...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on August 25, 1971 with Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987). Mr. Caldwell was a prominent American author whose works include Tobacco Road, (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933).
Oral history.; The Honorable Frank D. Barber was born on April 2, 1929, in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Barber attended the University of Mississippi for a year before volunteering for the U.S. Army which involved National Guard work in the U.S. and...
A message sent by George G. Garner, Assistant Adjutant-General of Bragg's Second Corps from Jackson, Tennessee, to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles at Corinth, Mississippi, dated 9 March 1862, ordering General John King Jackson to command the Third...
A dispatch sent by Brigadier General John C. Breckinridge to Colonel H. P. Brewster in Corinth, Mississippi, apparently in response to his request for information on Union troop movements in northeast Mississippi, and warning about a potential...
Letter from Lewis McNeely in Water Valley, Mississippi, to Rev. Eli F. Cooley of Trenton, New Jersey, dated 10 March 1849, requesting release from the New Brunswick Presbytery so that he can preach to two congregations in the Chickasaw Presbytery...
Letter from Samuel J. Gholson in Verona, Mississippi, to Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles in Columbus, Mississippi, recommending Captain J. F. White instead of Major Inge for command of troops in the First Military District. Gholson was a native of...
Field report of the Second Brigade, Second Division, commanded by Confederate Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, prepared on 3 August 1862, listing by rank and command the number of men present for duty in August 1862 in the area of the Comite River...
Letter, dated 29 November 1863, from Brigadier General Boggs in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Major General James B. McPherson, commander at Vicksburg, Mississippi, requesting assistance in helping the family of a Dr. Catlett travel from Kentucky to...
