Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Jefferson Davis Papers (Z/0735).
Creator/Collector: Jefferson Davis; and others.
Date(s): 1844-1889.
Size: 0.40 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, unknown year.
Provenance: Acquired and collected by Dunbar Rowland from various sources as early as 1908.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Reference photocopies must be used. Due to the high value and fragility of the original materials, they are stored separately from the reference photocopies. 

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 Davis Papers (Z/0735), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Jefferson Davis

Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Collection consists of letters, copies of letters, and photostats of letters written by Jefferson Davis; letters and copies of letters written to Jefferson Davis; copies of papers concerning Davis and telegrams addressed to Davis.