James Leonard Cooper Papers (Z/0388)
Dates: September 2, 1873; 1942
Copy (pp. 5) of "An Act to Incorporate the Spring Hill Male and Female Institute in Lauderdale County," September 2, 1873. The board of trustees was composed of J. L., J. J., R. B., T. J., W. A., and A. C. Cooper. Two (typewritten, 5 pages in each) sketches of Dr. James Leonard Cooper (November 24, 1830–January 1, 1915), a school teacher and planter who lived in Lauderdale and Coahoma counties, by Judge R. E. Milling.