Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 16, 1977 with George Rogers (born 1927). Mr. Rogers, a Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served for more than twenty years. He became well known for his...
Oral history.; Four interviews conducted on October 1, 2, and 23 of 1975, and July 1, 1976 with Mr. Hugh Clegg at his home in Anguilla, Mississippi. Clegg was born on July 17, 1898 in Mathiston, Mississippi. Clegg graduated from Millsaps...
Oral history.; Mr. Alton G. Bankston was born outside of Laurel, Mississippi on June 5, 1941. Mr. Bankston majored in political science and history at Jones County Junior College and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1963 he...
Oral history. Interview conducted on March 4, 1972 with Associate Justice Thomas Pickens Brady, of the Supreme Court of Mississippi in his chambers in Jackson, Mississippi. Brady was born on August 6, 1903, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of an article addressed to the Scott County Times by Erle Johnston, Jr., also labeled as "Chapter 7, Reminiscing: How a Senator was Born." According to this document, James O. Eastland was appointed...
Letter from Senator David Holmes of Mississippi to the Secretary of the Navy, dated 29 December 1822. The letter endorses the recommendation made by Judge Thurston Speaks of Missouri that Hamilton E. V. Robinson, also of Missouri, be appointed as a...
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt, to J.M. Bullack, Secretary of State of Kentucky, dated 20 June 1838.
Letter from John Anthony Quitman, governor of Mississippi to the governor of Connecticut, Thomas Hart Seymour (unnamed in the document), dated 10 June 1850. Two copies of the laws passed in the last Mississippi legislative session were being...
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt to Ralph North, probate clerk of Natchez, Mississippi, dated 1 August 1840, concerning appointments made by Governor McNutt.
From the McNutt (Alexander G.) Letters. Letter from Mississippi Governor Alexander G. McNutt to Ralph North, probate clerk of Natchez, Mississippi, dated 7 August 1840, concerning appointments made by Governor McNutt.
From the Kitson (John) Letters. Letter to John Kitson from Charlotte Safford of London, seeking Kitson's assistance in securing a position with the hospital. The reverse contains a printed list of the General Committee of Governors and Guardians of...
From the Talmadge (Eugene) Pamphlets Collection. Campaign pamplet for Eugene Talmadge in his 1942 race for re-election as governor of Georgia. In "Non-Partisan Picture of Race Mixing in South," Talmadge berates Ellis Arnall, his opponent, for...
From the Map Collection. Map of Mississippi showing counties and Indian territories. To the left, right and bottom of the map are columns of text discussing different aspects of the state. Topic headings are "Situation, Boundaries, and Extent",...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
From the Robert C. Waller Photographs. Photograph (positive image of a negative) of newspaper editor Mary D. Cain campaigning for governor of Mississippi in the 1951 election. Cain, a Democrat, was the first woman to run for governor of...
