Series 2834: Higher Education Institution Receipts. 1819-1899.
Auditor (RG 29).

Series 2834: Higher Education Institution Receipts. 1819-1899.
Auditor (RG 29).

      Receipts and warrants for Mississippi’s higher education institutions in the 19th century. Most relate to salary payments for officials, and also appropriations made to various colleges and universities. The Seminary Fund was an effort to use public funds to locate and establish a state university (what later became the University of Mississippi). Items are arranged chronologically as listed below.

Alcorn A&M College, 1893-1899
Tougaloo University, 1883-1891
Holly Springs State Normal School, 1878-1887
Holly Springs State Normal School, 1889-1898
A&M College (Mississippi State), 1878-1889
A&M College (Mississippi State), 1890-1897
Peabody Normal School, 1896
Jefferson College, 1819-1820
Industrial Institute and College, 1885
Industrial Institute and College, 1885-1893
University of Mississippi, 1847-1859
University of Mississippi, 1860-1879
University of Mississippi, 1881-1898
Seminary Fund, 1820s
Seminary Fund, 1830s
Seminary Fund, 1840s
Seminary Fund, 1850s