Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on June 18, 1992 and March 9, 1993 with Mr. C.B. "Buddie" Newman at his home in Valley Park, Mississippi. Newman was born on May 8, 1921 in Valley Park, Mississippi. In 1942, he left his job with the Southern...
A Bill: Continuing in pay all discharged soldiers by reason of wounds and injuries received in the service. By Mr. Read; Read first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs,and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 5, 1995 with Mr. Rims Barber (born 1936). In 1964, he was a twenty-seven-year-old Presbyterian minister in Davenport, Iowa. He came to Mississippi in response to a request for volunteers to help with...
A Bill: To provide for raising two hundred thousand Negro troops. By Mr. Oldham; Read first and second times, referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to by printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of America on 10 February...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States." By Mr. Royster; Read first and second times, referred to Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate...
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.
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to provide additional compensation for the soldiers of the army of the Confederate States, and for the families of those who die in the service." By Mr. Sexton; Read first and second times, referred to the Committee...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on November 20, 1998 with Jason York, marketing manager for Silver Star Resort and Casino. Born in Philadelphia, Mississippi, York describes his experience of Choctaw culture in the context of American society.
Oral history.; An interview conducted on October 21, 1998 with Kenneth York (born 1948) in Neshoba County, Mississippi. York is an educator and advocate for Choctaw cultural heritage.
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on May 21, 1974 and January 26, 1976 with the Honorable Mildred Wells Norris. Norris was born in Ovett, Mississippi. She studied for one year at Mississippi State College for Women. Norris started working...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on...
Resolutions: Resolved, That, under the Constitution, Congress alone has the power to declare war, and the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the power to make a treaty of peace. By Mr. Miles; Referred to Committee on...
Resolution: Of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina in relation to the pay of disabled soldiers. By Mr Graham; Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed by the Congress of the Confederate States of...
