Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Jefferson College Papers (Z/0059).
Creator/Collector: Jefferson College.
Date(s): 1803-1936.
Size: 11 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Jefferson College Papers (Z/0059), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

History:

Jefferson College

History to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Correspondence, receipts, records of land sales, resolutions, financial papers, journals and minutes of the Board of Trustees, account books, library records, student records, and miscellaneous records of Jefferson College, Washington, which was chartered by the General Assembly of the Mississippi Territory on May 13, 1802. 

The papers of the collection, which remain in the order as received from Jefferson College, are in two files: "Archives" and "Correspondence." 

The "Correspondence" file covers the period from March 1, 1805, to February 7, 1927, and contains 1,527 items. The letters are arranged alphabetically. 

The "Archives" file covers the period from March 31, 1804, to October 24, 1936, and contains 7,340 items. The papers are arranged chronologically. 

Among the correspondents whose letters are in the "Correspondence" file are the following, together with the number of their letters:

  • Thomas Affleck (4)
  • Jacob Ammen (14)
  • Richard T. Archer (5)
  • Dunston Banks (9)
  • Gerald C. Brandon (5)
  • W. R. Campbell (17)
  • Ferdinand L. Claiborne (12)
  • John F. H. Claiborne (7)
  • J. J. Critchlow (7)
  • Walter H. Drane (11)
  • Lyman C. Draper (2)
  • C. L. Dubuisson (23)
  • Joseph Dunbar (3)
  • Stephen Duncan (8)
  • William E. Ervin (9)
  • Lewis Evans (3)
  • E. D. Farrar (6)
  • Donald Fisher (7)
  • Thomas Freeman (5)
  • Samuel Foster (8)
  • L. D. Gale (11)
  • Richard T. Goodwyn (23)
  • Beverly R. Grayson (6)
  • A. Green (8)
  • John T. Griffith (9)
  • M. C. Harper (7)
  • Thomas Henderson (6)
  • David Holmes (1)
  • Felix Hughes (1)
  • Joseph Hough (5)
  • John C. Inge (12)
  • John G. Jones (2)
  • William Lattimore (2)
  • William M. Lewis (7)
  • Charles Lynch (1)
  • Morgan McAfee (7)
  • J. T. McMurran (8)
  • James McClure, Jr. (6)
  • A. G. McNutt (7)
  • Andrew Marschalk (1)
  • Cowles Mead (1)
  • W. Newton Mercer (4)
  • A. P. Merrill (8)
  • Orrick Metcalfe (7)
  • John W. Monette (3)
  • Alexander Montgomery (5)
  • J. K. Morrison (8)
  • J. P. Nelson (12)
  • A. N. Ogden (25)
  • Alden Patridge (11)
  • Jesse Perkins (10)
  • S. S. Prentiss (1)
  • John A. Quitman (9)
  • Christopher Rankin (1)
  • Thomas B. Reed (2)
  • Hiram G. Runnels (5)
  • James Sawyer (5)
  • Hiram Sims (5)
  • H. L. Street (5)
  • A. B. Thomas (11)
  • Gabriel Tichenor (5)
  • Edward Turner (9)
  • White Turpin (6)
  • William S. Vaux (6)
  • Benjamin L. C. Wailes (96)
  • Levin Wailes (88)
  • John C. Whitsitt (16)
  • and Thomas H. Williams (1).

The correspondence and archives are distributed by date as follows:

  • n.d., 364 items
  • 1804-1809, 17 items
  • 1810-1819, 234 items
  • 1820-1829, 300 items
  • 1830-1839, 1,570 items
  • 1840-1849, 1,132 items
  • 1850-1859, 851 items
  • 1860-1869, 298 items
  • 1870-1879, 1,041 items
  • 1880-1889, 845 items
  • 1890-1899, 1,570 items
  • 1900-1907, 632 items
  • 1911-1916, 10 items
  • 1927, 1 item
  • 1936, 2 items

The correspondence is filed in 79 folders, the archives are filed in 338 folders, and the entire collection is filed in 34 manuscript boxes. The 35 volumes are as follows:

  1. Journal of the Board of Trustees, January 3, 1803-May 15, 1819 (vol. 1), pp. 254, 19 x 31.5 cm.
  2. Journal of the Board of Trustees, November 13, 1830-October 1, 1836 (vol. 3), pp. 308, 19.5 x 32.5 cm.
  3. Journal of the Board of Trustees, October 25, 1836-July 23, 1842 (vol. 4), pp. 33, 19.5 x 31.5 cm.
  4. Minutes of the Board of Trustees, October 20, 1857-October 16, 1880 (vol. 6), pp. 521, 19.5 x 31.5 cm.
  5. minutes of the Board of Trustees, October 30, 1880-November 2, 1889 (vol. 7), pp. 586, 21 x 32 cm.
  6. Minutes of the Board of Trustees, January 13, 1890-September 15, 1900 (vol. 8), pp. 380, 27 x 33.5 cm.
  7. "Register of Donations made to Jefferson College," March 1, 1804-March 17, 1853, pp. 11, 19 x 30.5 cm.
  8. Receipt Book, January 11, 1837-February 10, 1845, pp. 112, 15 x 37.5 cm.
  9. "Day Book," Mar. 1, 1845,-Feb. 28, 1854, pp. 121, 15 x 37.5 cm.
  10. "Cash Book," January 1, 1877-January 14, 1886, pp. 165, 18 x 30 cm.
  11. "Day Book," January 1, 1882-September 12, 1888, pp. 225, 19 x 21 cm.
  12. Account Book, August 1, 1881-November 24, 1889, pp. 257, 19.5 x 31 cm.
  13. "Cash Book, "January 4, 1886-June 30, 1896, pp. 282, 19 x 21 cm.
  14. "Ledger B," January 4, 1887-December 20, 1906, pp. 163, 19 x 31 cm.
  15. "Day Book," January 20, 1898-December 31, 1907, pp. 175, 18.5 x 30 cm.
  16. "Cash Book," Dec. 2, 1895-Mar. 2, 1908, pp. 106, 19 x 31.5 cm.
  17. Check Book, November 18, 1896-July 7, 1898, pp. 49, 12 x 24 cm.
  18. "Notes and Bills Receivable," January 3, 1883-June 1908, pp. 22, 24.5 x 19 cm.
  19. "Register of Students," January 16, 1837-August 1, 1848, pp. 41, 20 x 25.5 cm.
  20. Student Record Book, 1889-1892, pp. 99, 19.5 x 32 cm.
  21. Student Record Book, 1891-1893, pp. 121, 19 x 31 cm.
  22. Student Record Book, 1892-1897, pp. 135, 21 x 34.5 cm.
  23. Student Record Book, 1896-1897, pp. 36, 18 x 29 cm.
  24. Student Record Book, 1897-1898, pp. 43, 20.5 x 34 cm.
  25. Student Record Book, 1898-1901, pp. 86, 19 x 31 cm.
  26. "Deportment Book," November 1, 1887-May 11, 1888, pp. 96, 18 x 30 cm.
  27. "Order Book," October 9, 1899-February 2, 1904, pp. 200, 19 x 23.5 cm.
  28. "Library Receipt" Book (printed forms), December 18, 1841-June 17, 1862, pp. 177, 19 x 24 cm.
  29. Catalog of Books in the Library, January 12, 1837, pp. 76, 19.5 x 24.5 cm.
  30. Catalog of Books in the Library (also contains "List of Books destroyed by fire on the 21 October 1841, or missing from the Library of Jefferson College"), January 1, 1843, pp. 72, 19 x 24 cm.
  31. Catalog of Books in the Library, n.d., pp. 63, 18.5 x 31 cm.
  32. Letter book of G. S. Raymond, March 4, 1891-December 7, 1892, pp. 240, 21 x 37 cm.
  33. "Instructor's Declaration" and "Librarian's Declaration" Book (printed forms; only one page filled out on February 14, 1837), pp. 84, 19 x 23.5 cm.
  34. "Student's Declaration" Book (printed forms; only six pages filled out on December 1, 1836, and March 20, 1844), pp. 184, 18 x 23.5 cm.
  35. Receipt Book (printed forms; only two pages filled out on March 12, 1861), pp. 132, 19 x 31.5 cm.