Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Belle Kearney Papers (Z/0778.001)
Creator/Collector: Belle Kearney; and others.
Date(s): 1915-1935; n.d.
Size: 0.10 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, October 1976.
Provenance: Transfer from MDAH Subject File on September 1976.
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: Belle Kearney Papers (Z/0778.001), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Belle Kearney

 Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note:

This addition contains the following:

  • introductory speech of Belle Kearney of Dunbar Rowland, November 10, 1915
  • letter from Clay Sharkey to Kearney, December 17, 1923
  • letter from Kearney to Dunbar Rowland, January 12, 1924
  • statement by Kearney concerning the disbanding of the Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League of Mississippi, October 10, 1935
  • writing entitled "Why Miss Belle Kearney Should be Elected to the U.S. Senate," n.d.
  • printed material concerning Kearney
  • biographical sketch of the Kearney family