Z 0837.000
BARKSDALE FAMILY PAPERS



Original scrapbooks are restricted; reference photocopies must be used instead.

Biography/History:

Dr. John Woodson Barksdale

John Woodson Barksdale, son of Charles Henry and Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, was born in Vaiden, Mississippi, on November 20, 1876. He attended the Birmingham Medical College (now the University of Alabama Medical School), graduating in 1899. Barksdale married Emily Meade Hawkins, daughter of Rhesa Read and Elizabeth Vaiden Herring Hawkins of Vaiden, on April 18, 1900. They had seven children: Elizabeth Vaiden (Mrs. William D. Lawson, Jr.); Emily Woodson (Mrs. William Guy Humphrey); Charlotte Milstead (Mrs. Thomas A. Turner, Jr.); Therese Hawkins (Mrs. George Vinsonhaler); John Woodson, Jr.; Henry Edward; and Battle Malone.

Dr. Barksdale began practicing medicine in Birmingham, Alabama, and then in Memphis, Tennessee, where he also served as an instructor in surgery at the Tennessee Medical College Hospital from 1905 to 1906. Barksdale later returned to Mississippi and became chief surgeon of the Winona Infirmary, Winona, a position he held from 1910 to 1922. During World War I, he served as a surgeon in the United States Army at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camp Grant, Illinois, and in France, and was discharged with the rank of colonel. He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1923 to become surgeon and chief of staff of the Jackson Infirmary (later St. Dominic Hospital). Barksdales surgical practice also included visits to the Mississippi State Charity Hospital and the Mississippi Tuberculosis Sanatorium. He was also division surgeon of the Illinois Central Railway Company and chief medical director of the Mississippi Life and Casualty Insurance Company.

The professional memberships of Dr. Barksdale included the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons (of which he was a fellow), the Southern Medical Association, the Southern Surgical Association, and the Mississippi Medical Association. Fraternal associations included the Masonic Order and the Elks Lodge. Social memberships included the Jackson Country Club and the University Club of Jackson. He was also a member of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Jackson until his death on May 9, 1953.

Emily Barksdale Humphrey

Emily Woodson Barksdale was born in Vaiden, Mississippi, on November 13, 1902, to physician and surgeon John Woodson Barksdale and his wife, Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale. Much of her early life was spent in Vaiden, Winona, Greenwood, and Jackson, Mississippi. She graduated from All Saints Episcopal School in Vicksburg, where she was salutatorian of the senior class. Barksdale attended Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and later graduated from Mississippi State College for Women. She married William Guy Humphrey of Greenwood on August 6, 1925. They had two daughters, Alice Woodson Humphrey Wasser Kent and Emily Hawkins Humphrey Davis. William Guy Humphrey died on March 8, 1957.

After separating from her husband, Humphrey worked as the personnel manager of Kenningtons Department Store in Jackson, Mississippi. She also worked for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History until her retirement in 1967. Humphrey was the author of a number of articles, essays, and short stories, which appeared in various publications, including Delta Scene, Jackson Magazine, and Mississippi Magazine. She also wrote a memoir entitled An Ever-Rolling Stream.

Humphrey avidly followed the distinguished careers of six of her nephews, the sons of her brother, John Woodson Barksdale, Jr., former senior vice president of Deposit Guaranty National Bank, and his wife, Mary Bryan Saunders Barksdale. Her nephews are Bryan Barksdale, a Jackson physician and cardiologist; Charles Claiborne Barksdale, a Jackson attorney; James Love Barksdale, former president and chief executive officer of Netscape Communications; John Woodson Barksdale III, a former executive with International Business Machines Corporation; Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; and Thomas Gaddis Barksdale, former banker and president and chief operating officer of Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corporation.

Emily Barksdale Humphrey died at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 31, 1998.

Scope and Content:

Dr. John Woodson Barksdales correspondence, photographs, speeches, and other papers and records document his medical career, including the establishment of the Winona Infirmary and his years as chief of staff of the Jackson Infirmary (now St. Dominic Hospital). His service in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War I is also well documented.

The manuscript plays and short story of Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, mother of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, provide evidence of her literary aspirations. The essays, short stories, and memoir of her granddaughter, Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey, similarly document her literary activities. Humphreys memoir, An Ever-Rolling Stream, provides a poignant account of the experiences of a surgeons daughter growing up in Vaiden, Winona, Greenwood, and Jackson during the early twentieth century.

Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphreys correspondence reflects her relationships with various Barksdale family members and friends, including Charlotte Capers and Eudora Welty. Her correspondence, photographs, clippings, genealogical records, printed material, scrapbooks, and other papers also reflect a keen interest in the history and genealogy of the Barksdale and allied families.

Lieutenant Henry Edward Barksdales correspondence chronicles his service in the United States Navy in China during World War II. Colonel Battle Malone Barksdales correspondence chronicles his years as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in the 1930s and as an army officer during World War II. A memoir also recounts his service in the United States Army.

The Barksdale Family Papers also contain scattered papers and records of the Hawkins and Humphrey families. Included are letters of Confederate soldier Rhesa Read Hawkins of Vaiden, Mississippi, which document his service in Company K, Eleventh Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, and an 1883 pocket diary of Minnie Louisa Humphrey of South New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.

Series Identification:

Barksdale Family Papers

  1. Correspondence (Barksdale and Allied Families). 1848-1998. n.d. 108 folders.

    2. This series primarily consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Barksdale and allied families. The majority of the correspondence pertains to Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, his wife, Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale, and their children, Elizabeth Vaiden Barksdale Lawson, Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey, Charlotte Milstead Barksdale Turner, Therese Hawkins Barksdale Vinsonhaler, John Woodson Barksdale, Jr., Henry Edward Barksdale, and Battle Malone Barksdale. There is also scattered correspondence pertaining to various Hawkins family members, including Confederate soldier Rhesa Read Hawkins of Vaiden, Mississippi.

    Dr. John Woodson Barksdales correspondence primarily documents his service in the United States Army Medical Corps at Camp Doniphan, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Camp Grant, Illinois, and in the American Expeditionary Forces in France, during World War I. Of additional interest is Dr. Barksdales correspondence with Edward Frederick Lindley Wood (1881-1959), first earl of Halifax and British ambassador to the United States from 1941 to 1946. Dr. Barksdale, chairman of the Newcomen Society of Mississippi, was responsible for hosting a dinner honoring Lord Halifax at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi, on February 27, 1945.

    Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphreys correspondence mainly concerns the activities of members of her immediate family, especially her sister, Therese Hawkins Barksdale Vinsonhaler. There are many letters that she received from friends, including Charlotte Capers and Eudora Welty. She also received letters from Senator John C. Stennis, Senator Trent Lott, and Judge J. P. Coleman. Humphreys correspondence further reflects her literary pursuits and her interest in the history and genealogy of the Barksdale and allied families.

    Henry Edward Barksdales correspondence documents his service as a lieutenant in the United States Navy in China during World War II. Battle Malone Barksdales correspondence documents his years as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in the 1930s and as an officer during World War II.

    The letters of Confederate soldier Rhesa Read Hawkins of Vaiden, Mississippi, document his service in Company K, Eleventh Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. His letters were written from such locations as Ashland and Winchester, Virginia, and Fort Delaware, Delaware.

    Box 1, folders 1-88 (1848-1989)
    Box 2, folders 1-20 (1990-1998; n.d.)

  2. Photographs (Barksdale and Allied Families). ca. 1790-1986; n.d. 34 folders.

    3. This series consists of black-and-white and color photographs of various members of the Barksdale and allied families. They are arranged alphabetically by folder title as follows: Battle Malone Barksdale, n.d.; Dallam Barksdale, n.d.; Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale, n.d.; Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale and family, 1917; n.d.; Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, ca. 1895; Barksdale family (miscellaneous), ca. 1910-1912; n.d.; Barksdale family reunions, 1942; 1986; Barksdale family trip to England and Scotland, 1977; Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, 1909; n.d.; Dr. John Woodson Barksdale and Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale fiftieth wedding anniversary, 1950; John Woodson Barksdale, Jr., memorial presented by the Deposit Guaranty National Bank, n.d.; Henry Edward Barksdale, 1939-1935; Randolph Hunter Barksdale, n.d.; Boyd family, ca. 1790; Carroll County Court House, Vaiden, Mississippi, n.d.; Carson family, n.d.; Emily Hawkins Humphrey Davis, 1945; William Mercer Green, Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi, ca. 1880.; Elizabeth Vaiden Herring Hawkins, n.d.; Hawkins family, 1887-1986; n.d.; Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey, n.d.; Alice Woodson Humphrey Wasser Kent, ca. 1949; Elizabeth Vaiden Barksdale Lawson, 1923; Masonic Order, Vaiden, Mississippi, 1902; John Christopher Ratcliffe and Marcia Alexander Murley Ratcliffe wedding, St. Clement Danes Church, London, England, 1977; residences (Barksdale and allied families), 1970; n.d.; St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Jackson, Mississippi, boys choir, n.d.; St. Clements Episcopal Church, Vaiden, Mississippi, 1909-1970; n.d.; tombstones (Boyd and Hawkins families), n.d.; Cowles Mead Vaiden II (formerly Cowles Mead Herring), n.d.; Virginia Female Institute (Emily Meade Hawkins and classmates, as well as Mrs. J. E. B. Stuart, principal), ca. 1895-1896; Winona Infirmary, Winona, Mississippi, 1923; n.d.; Effie Phillips Wood and Barksdale family, 1906-1965; World War I (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, et al.), 1917; n.d.

    Box 3, folders 1-34

  3. Photographs (Panoramic). ca. 1918; n.d. 5 items (oversize).

    4. This series consists of one panoramic photograph of medical officers (including Dr. John Woodson Barksdale); two panoramic views of Camp Doniphan and Fort Sill, Oklahoma; and one panoramic photograph of medical officers (including Dr. John Woodson Barksdale) of Camp Grant, Illinois, during World War I. Also included is an undated panoramic photograph of Nantes, France. These items are housed in the flat-storage area for oversize manuscript collection materials.

  4. Diplomas, Commissions, and Certificates (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale). 1899; 1948-1949; 1958. 1 folder (oversize).

    5. This series consists of a March 27, 1899, parchment diploma (duplicate) awarded to Dr. John Woodson Barksdale by the University of Alabama Medical School; a United States Selective Service System commission dated September 29, 1948, appointing Dr. Barksdale as medical advisor of Mississippi Local Board No. 27; a Mississippi Medical Association certificate dated March 27, 1949, commending Dr. Barksdale for fifty years of service in the profession; and a United States Selective Service System certificate dated October 1, 1958, commending Dr. Barksdale for ten years of uncompensated service as a medical advisor.

    Box 11, folder 1

  5. Speeches (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale). [1899]; 1915; 1938; n.d. 4 folders.

    6. This series consists of speeches that Dr. John Woodson Barksdale delivered to the faculty and students of the Birmingham Medical College in 1899; the nursing school graduates of the Mississippi State Charity Hospital in 1915; and the medical school graduates of the University of Arkansas in 1938. There is also an undated speech entitled "The Surgeon-His Obligations."

    Box 4, folders 1-4

  6. Wedding Record (Barksdale-Hawkins). 1900. 1 bound volume.

    7. This series contains the wedding record of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale and Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale. They were married in St. Clements Episcopal Church, Vaiden, Mississippi, on April 18, 1900, by the Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi, Hugh Miller Thompson.

    Box 4, folder 5

  7. Lists of Subscribers (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale Ceremonial Sword). 1917. 1 folder.

    8. This series consists of lists of subscribers from Vaiden and Winona, Mississippi, who contributed money toward the purchase of a ceremonial sword to be presented to Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, major, United States Army Medical Corps, circa 1917. The amount each subscriber contributed is also included.

    Box 4, folder 6

  8. Genealogy (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale). 1928. 1 bound volume.

    9. This series consists of a genealogy of the family of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, son of Charles Henry and Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale. It was compiled by Charlotte Barksdale Milstead, sister of Dr. Barksdale, in December 1928.

    Box 4, folder 7

  9. Funeral Records (Dr. John Woodson Barksdale and Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale); 1953; 1965. 1 folder.

    10. This series contains the floral records provided to the family of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale and Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale by Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home, Jackson, Mississippi, in 1953 and 1965 respectively. Also included is the 1965 Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home register of Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale.

    Box 4, folder 8

  10. Memorial (American College of Surgeons). ca. 1953. 1 bound volume.

    11. This series contains a memorial presented to the family of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale by the American College of Surgeons at the time of his death in 1953. Barksdale was a fellow and former governor of the American College of Surgeons.

    Box 4, folder 9

  11. Memoir (Dr. James Purnell Ward). n.d. 1 folder.

    12. This series contains a memoir of Dr. James Purnell Ward entitled "My Initiation into Surgery" describing how, as high school senior, he accompanied Dr. John Woodson Barksdale from Winona to Kosciusko, Mississippi, in the spring of 1923 to perform surgery on a woman too ill to travel to a hospital.

    Box 4, folder 10

  12. Autograph Book (Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale). 1890s. 1 bound volume.

    13. This series contains the autograph book Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale, wife of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, while a student the Virginia Female Institute in the 1890s. Of interest is the autograph of Flora Stuart, widow of Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart. Mrs. Stuart was principal of the school.

    Box 4, folder 11

  13. Manuscripts (Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale). n.d. 4 folders.

    14. This series consists of undated manuscript plays and a short story written by Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, mother of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale. The plays are alternately titled "Bruised Hearts," "Healing Plasters," "His House-Keeper," or "The Master of Elmhurst"; "The Master of Elmhurst" or "Bruised Hearts and Healing Plasters"; and "The Forger" or "A Knight of the Anvil." The manuscript short story is entitled "The Rose of the World."

    Box 4, folders 12-14 (plays)Box 4, folder 15 (short story)

  14. Musical Scores [Manuscript] (Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale). n.d. 2 folders (oversize).

    15. This series consists of two undated manuscript musical scores by Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, mother of Dr. John Woodson Barksdale. They are entitled "Come Away, Love" and "The Old Folks Lament."

    Box 11, folders 2-3

  15. Manuscripts (Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey). ca. 1969; ca. 1972-1974; ca. 1976; n.d. 13 folders.

    16. This series consists of typewritten copies of essays and short stories written by Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey. They include: "Antiphony for Frightened Voices," [ca. 1973] (two copies); "A Battle Lost," n.d.; "Crazy Kate," n.d.; "Defeat in Summer," [ca. 1972]; "The Fine Print," [ca. 1969]; "In a Gold and Purple Season," n.d.; "Once Upon a Christmastime," n.d.; "Thou Sluggard," [ca. 1974]; "Thou Sluggard," n.d.; "A Wreath for Gabriella," n.d.; and an untitled manuscript, n.d. Also included are handwritten and typewritten copies of "An Informal History of St. Clements Episcopal Church, Vaiden, Mississippi, 1876-1976" by Humphrey.

    Box 4, folders 16-28

  16. Memoir (Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey). 1978. 1 folder.

    17. This series contains a bound copy of the memoir of Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey entitled "An Ever-Rolling Stream." In the memoir, Humphrey recounts her experiences as the daughter of a physician and surgeon growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, and Vaiden, Winona, Greenwood, and Jackson, Mississippi. The memoir also includes genealogical and historical material regarding the Barksdale and allied families.

    Box 4, folder 29

  17. Poetry (Miscellaneous). 1923-1983; n.d. 2 folders.

    18. This series consists of miscellaneous poetry. Of interest are two poems written for Emily Barksdale Humphrey by Charlotte Capers (1967; 1982) and one poem written for Capers by Humphrey (1983).

    Box 4, folder 30-31

  18. Military Records. 1924-1968; n.d. 1 folder.

    19. This series consists of various types of military records pertaining to Confederate soldier Rhesa Read Hawkins, private, Company K, Eleventh Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; World War I officer Dr. John Woodson Barksdale, colonel, United States Army Medical Corps; career military officer Battle Malone Barksdale, colonel, United States Army; and Vietnam War officer Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, first lieutenant, armor, C Troop, First Squadron, First Cavalry, United States Army.

    Box 4, folder 32

  19. Speech (Battle Malone Barksdale). 1933. 1 folder.

    20. This series consists of a valedictory speech that Battle Malone Barksdale delivered to the 1933 graduating class of Central High School, Jackson, Mississippi.

    Box 4, folder 33

  20. Memoirs (Battle Malone Barksdale). 1999; n.d. 2 folders.

    21. This series contains a photocopy of a memoir entitled "I Was Bombed at Pearl Harbor" that was penned by Colonel Battle Malone Barksdale under the canine persona, "J. E. B. Stuart, Cocker Spaniel." J. E. B. Stuart was a family pet belonging to Barksdale and his wife, Grace. The memoir recounts from a canine perspective the military career of Barksdale from 1940 to 1954, the actual life span of the Barksdales cocker spaniel, J. E. B. Stuart. Included are descriptions of military tours of duty at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Roberts, California, Fort Hood, Texas, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Fort Breckenridge and Fort Leavenworth, Kentucky, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Monroe, Virginia, as well as tours of duty in France and Germany. Also included is a photocopy of an untitled memoir written by Barksdale in 1999. It chronicles Barksdales early life in Jackson, Mississippi, his years as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, his army career, his subsequent career as a Merrill Lynch stockbroker, and his retirement years in Jackson.

    Box 4, folders 34-35

  21. Memoir (William David Lawson, Jr.). 1959. 1 bound volume.

    22. This series contains a bound copy of the memoir of William David Lawson, Jr. (1896-1970) that was written in 1959, but obviously published after his death in 1970. Lawson, a Yazoo City, Mississippi, native, was the husband of Elizabeth Vaiden Barksdale Lawson. The memoir details his childhood experiences, high school and college education, married life, the cotton business, and military service in World Wars I and II.

    Box 4, folder 36

  22. Barksdale Family Reunion File. 1985-1986. 1 folder.

    23. This series consists of a file of materials used in planning the Barksdale family reunion held in Jackson, Mississippi, on May 2-4, 1986. Included are correspondence, charts, itineraries, reports, and rosters.

    Box 4, folder 37

  23. Genealogical Records (Barksdale and Allied Families). Scattered dates. 24 folders.

    24. This series contains various genealogical records pertaining to the Barksdale family and the allied families of Boyd, Davis, Edmunds, Embra, Field, Harris, Hawkins, Herring, Humphrey, Llewellyn, Martian, Mead, Morton, Osborne, Parsons, Prince, Reade, Swepson, Vaiden, Wasser, Woodson, and Worsham. For additional genealogical records on microfilm, see Barksdale Family Papers (MF Roll # 4938).

    Box 4, folders 38-61

  24. Poster (Cape Henry and Jamestown, Virginia). 1937. 1 folder (oversize).

    25. This series consists of a poster containing coats-of-arms of those English and Welsh colonists who settled at Cape Henry and Jamestown, Virginia, between 1607 and 1619. It also contains inset maps of England and Virginia and scenes of early colonial life in Virginia. The poster was designed and published by Edith Tunnell in 1937, with drawings by Albert T. Reid.

    Box 11, folder 4

  25. Printed Material (Barksdale and Allied Families). 1895-1996; n.d. 30 folders.

    26. This series consists of printed material pertaining to members of the Barksdale and allied families. It is arranged alphabetically by folder title and thereunder chronologically as follows: John Maury Allin, D.D.; Battle Malone Barksdale; Dr. Bryan Barksdale; Charles Claiborne Barksdale; Barksdale family; James Love Barksdale; Dr. John Woodson Barksdale; John Woodson Barksdale, Jr.; John Woodson Barksdale III; Mary Bryan Saunders Barksdale; Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale; Boyd family; Eleventh Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; Emmanuel Church, Staunton, Virginia; Katherine Agnes Forrester; Gaineswood, Demopolis, Alabama; Hawkins family; Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey; Mary Woodson Jarvis; The Lyrics (music club), Winona, Mississippi; Otha McDonald; Emily Hawkins Barksdale Moore; Clarence A. Pierce; Ratcliffe-Murley wedding; St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Jackson, Mississippi; St. Clements Episcopal Church, Vaiden, Mississippi; Charlotte Milstead Barksdale Turner; George Vinsonhaler; and Therese Hawkins Barksdale Vinsonhaler.

    Box 4, folders 62-91

  26. Clippings (Barksdale and Allied Families). 1877-2000. 37 folders.

    27. This series consists of clippings pertaining to members of the Barksdale and allied families. It is arranged alphabetically by folder title and thereunder chronologically as follows: Battle Malone Barksdale, Dr. Bryan Barksdale, Charles Claiborne Barksdale, Emily Meade Hawkins Barksdale, Emily St. Albans Woodson Barksdale, Henry Edward Barksdale, James Love Barksdale, Dr. John Woodson Barksdale John Woodson Barksdale, Jr., John Woodson Barksdale III, Marian Bourdeaux Barksdale, Mary Bryan Saunders Barksdale, Melanie Barksdale, Randolph Hunter Barksdale, Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Thomas Gaddis Barksdale, Boyd family, Emily Hawkins Humphrey Davis, Forrester family, Hawkins family, Rhesa Read Hawkins, Herring family, Emily Woodson Barksdale Humphrey, Humphrey family, William Guy Humphrey, Lawson family, Mary Louise Barksdale McIntire, Charlotte Barksdale Milstead, Read family, Turner family, and Cowles Mead Vaiden, Vaiden, Mississippi, Vinsonhaler family, Wasser family, Whitehead family, and Woodson family.

    Box 5, folders 1-37

  27. Scrapbooks (Barksdale and Allied Families). Restricted. ca. 1900s-1950s. 2 bound volumes (oversize).

    28. This series contains two scrapbooks of clippings and photographs pertaining to activities of various members of the Barksdale and allied families dating from the 1900s to the 1950s. The original scrapbooks are restricted; reference photocopies must be used.

    Box 7, folder 1 (original)
    Box 8, folder 1 (original)
    Box 9, folders 1-2 (reference photocopies)

  28. Social Papers. 1896-1989; n.d. 1 folder.

    29. This series consists of various cards, invitations, and funeral notices pertaining to the varied social activities of members of the Barksdale and allied families dating between 1896 and 1989.

    Box 6, folder 1

  29. Investiture File (Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit). 1990. 1 folder.

    30. This series contains invitations, programs, and speeches associated with the investiture of Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale as judge, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, at the James O. Eastland United States Courthouse, Jackson, Mississippi, on June 1, 1990. Judge Barksdale was appointed to the court by President George Bush.

    Box 6, folder 2

  30. Barksdale-Isom Bed-and-Breakfast (Oxford, Mississippi) File. 1996. 1 folder.

    31. This series consists of a mock-up of a forthcoming publication entitled The History of Isom Place and a related brochure produced by Susan Barksdale, proprietor of the Barksdale-Isom Bed-and-Breakfast, Oxford, Mississippi, in 1996.

    Box 6, folder 3

  31. Financial Records. 1850-1981; n.d. 1 folder.

    32. This series consists of scattered financial records pertaining to the Barksdale and allied families dating between 1850 and 1981. Included are invoices, receipts, stock certificates, and bankbooks.

    Box 6, folder 4

  32. Address (The Reverend T. L. Haman). 1885. 1 folder.

    33. This series consists of an address (typescript) of the Reverend T. L. Haman to the congregation of the Shongalo Presbyterian Church, Vaiden, Mississippi, in commemoration of the semicentennial of the church in 1885. Page one of the address is missing. The original draft of the address was brought to the centennial celebration of the church in 1935.

    Box 6, folder 5

  33. Recipes (United Daughters of the Confederacy). 1911. 1 folder.

    34. This series consists of a typewritten copy of selected recipes from a United Daughters of the Confederacy cookbook first published in 1911.

    Box 6, folder 6

  34. Report (Boy Scouts of America, Camp Kickapoo, Clinton, Mississippi). 1930. 1 folder.

    35. This series consists of a report on Boy Scouts of America troop activities at Camp Kickapoo, Clinton, Mississippi, from June 9-30, 1930.

    Box 6, folder 7

Hawkins Family Papers

  1. Diploma (Rhesa Read Hawkins). 1866. 1 folder (oversize).

    2. This series consists of a diploma awarded to Rhesa Read Hawkins by the Baltimore Commercial College, Baltimore, Maryland, on October 8, 1866.

    Box 11, folder 5

  2. Scrapbook (Elizabeth Vaiden Herring Hawkins). Restricted. ca. 1870s. 1 bound volume (oversize).

    3. This series consists of a scrapbook of clippings of Elizabeth Vaiden Herring Hawkins of Vaiden, Mississippi, dating from the 1870s. The original scrapbook is restricted; reference photocopy must be used.

    Box 9, folder 3 (reference photocopy)
    Box 10 (original)

  3. Opinion (Mississippi Supreme Court). October Term, 1881. 1 bound volume.

    4. This series consists of the published opinion of James Z. George in the case of M. J. Vaiden, et al. v. Rhesa R. Hawkins, Ex., et al., the devisees, legatees, and alleged heirs of Dr. C. M. Vaiden, Mississippi Supreme Court, October Term, 1881.

    Box 6, folder 8

  4. Oration (John D. Hawkins). 1906. 1 folder.

    5. This series consists of printed and typescript copies of An Oration Commemorative of Col. Philemon Hawkins, Senior, Deceased, Born on the 28th of September, 1717, and which Was Delivered on the 28th Day of September 1829, at his Late Residence in the County of Warren, North Carolina, by John D. Hawkins, Esq., that was first published in 1829. The printed and typescript copies of the oration were created by Dr. A. B. Hawkins, Raleigh, North Carolina, on February 22, 1906, and intended for private circulation.

    Box 6, folder 9

Humphrey Family Papers

  1. Scrapbook (Unidentified). ca. 1850s-1860s. 1 bound volume.

    2. This series consists of a leather-bound scrapbook kept by an unidentified cobbler living in New York State in the 1850s and 1860s. It contains clippings that are consistent with the views of a "Copperhead," a northern Democrat with southern sympathies who would have opposed the domestic policies of the Lincoln administration during the Civil War. There are also accounts pertaining to George Humphrey and S. P. Humphrey of New York State.

    Box 6, folder 10

  2. Pocket Diary (Minnie Louisa Humphrey). 1883. 1 bound volume.

    3. This series contains the pocket diary of Minnie Louisa Humphrey Buell, an aunt of William Guy Humphrey. It describes her experiences on a farm near South New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, in 1883. The diary also includes miscellaneous accounts for 1883.

    Box 6, folder 11

  3. Wedding Record (Humphrey-Godfrey). 1894. 1 bound volume.

    4. This series consists of the wedding record of Lewis E. Humphrey and Alice M. Godfrey Humphrey. They were married at Sherburne, Chenango County, New York, on April 7, 1894, by the Reverend H. A. Williams.

    Box 6, folder 12