Personal papers, letters, genealogical data, recollections and miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and pamphlets of Henrietta Mitchell Henry (Mrs. Robert H.), Jackson, daughter of Dr. T. J. Mitchell, superintendent of the Mississippi State Hospital for the Insane and granddaughter of Governor William McWillie, of Kirkwood, Madison County, who was the first Democratic national committeewoman from Mississippi, and long prominent in Jackson and Natchez social and political circles. Among the correspondents whose letters are in the collection, and the dates of their letters, are:

  • John Sharp Williams, February 2, November 10 and 29, 1917, January 4 and 29, June 25, September 4 and 18, 1918, and May 25, 1924
  • Pat Harrison, February 11 and October 22, 1921, October 9, 1922
  • J. H. McGrath, December 22, 1947
  • John E. Rankin, March 9, 1943
  • Henry Whitfield, March 27, 1924
  • Hugh White, September 15, 1936
  • Fielding Wright, September 7, 1949
  • J. P. Coleman, November 2, 1956
  • Dennis Murphree, November 12, 1942.

Other correspondence includes letters from Fred Sullens and Mitchell Robinson, and correspondence with the National Democratic Committee members. Photographs are of buildings, interiors and furnishings of the early 20th century, family pictures and miscellaneous portraits collected by Mrs. Henry. Included are pictures of James K. Vardaman, Walter Sillers, Jr., John Sharp Williams, Governor J. M. Stone, Richard Green, Governor William McWillie, McWillie Robinson, and Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Henry.