Scope and Content Note:

Membership rolls, correspondence, and papers pertaining to the finances and membership of the Mississippi Historical Society for the period from 1910 to 1937. The membership rolls cover the period from 1910 to 1937, and the file of correspondence and papers covers the period from May 13, 1916, to July 17, 1936, during which time Dunbar Rowland was secretary-treasurer. Filed alphabetically. Also included is a manuscript (typewritten, printer's copy) of the Mississippi Historical Society, Publications (Jackson, 1925, pp. xi, 407), pp. 589.