Dates: 1829 - 1870; 1916 - 1970.

Biography:

Dr. William Henry "Wick" Anderson (18861969) was a prominent doctor, editor and civil leader of Booneville, Mississippi. Dr. Anderson was born at Dumas, Tippah County, and later attended Mississippi College, University of Mississippi, and Tulane University, where he studied under the noted surgeon, Dr. Rudolph Matas.

For many years Dr. Anderson was editor of The Mississippi Doctor, a monthly medical magazine, the Booneville Independent, and for a short while he was editor of Progressive Hospitals.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Included in this collection are correspondence and papers, undated, 19161970; speeches and articles by Dr. Anderson; newspaper clippings; and miscellaneous printed matter. Also there are papers concerning the Rotary Club, Blue Mountain College, Mid-South Post-Graduate Medical Assembly, personal financial records, and The Mississippi Doctor.

There are letters from Dr. Rudolph Matas, July 3, 1946, and April 15, 1935; B. G. Lowery, January 21, 1942, and January 27, 1942; Senator Pat Harrison, May 29, 1937; Senator John C. Stennis, December 7, 1950, September 5, 1952, November 30, 1960, April 6, 1964, and May 29, 1968; and Representative Jamie L. Whitten, February 25, 1970. Also there are letters from J. P. Coleman, Fielding A. Wright, Hugh White, Hayden Campbell, and Perrin Holmes Lowery. Four items of William W. Newhouse, 18281868, and one letter of W. P. Bullard to Thos. Bullard, February 11, 1863, are also included.

Arrangement:
  • Box 1
    • Unclassified correspondence folders 13
    • Anderson Family Correspondence folders 45
    • W. H. Anderson's Business Correspondence and Papers folders 617
    • W. H. Anderson's Personal Correspondence and Papers folders 1825
  • Box 2
    • Mildred (Mrs. W. H.) Anderson, Business Correspondence and Papers folders 2628
    • Mildred (Mrs. W. H) Anderson Personal Correspondence and Papers folders 2931
    • Correspondence to both Dr. and Mrs. Anderson folders 3233
    • Correspondence to Rudolph Matas folder 34
    • W. H. Anderson tax receipts folder 35
    • W. H. Anderson fiscal papers folder 36
    • W. H. Anderson deeds and contracts folders 3738
  • Box 3
    • J. L. Anderson House, correspondence and papers folders 3956
  • Box 4 (Special classifications)
    • Baptist Church, correspondence, speeches and articles folders 5758
    • Blue Mountain CollegeCorrespondence folder 59
    • Minutes and Fiscal Papers folder 60
    • Speech folder 61
    • Programs folder 62
    • Mid-South Post-Graduate Medical AssemblyCorrespondence folder 63
    • Speeches and Articles folder 64
    • Programs and Invitations folder 65
    • The Rotary ClubMemorabilia folder 66
    • Correspondence folder 67
    • Governor's monthly letters folder 68
    • Speeches and Articles folder 69
    • Speeches and Articles folder 70
    • Speeches and Articles folder 71
    • Speeches and Articles folder 72
    • Membership information folder 73
    • Programs folder 74
    • Memorabilia folder 75
  • Box 5 (The Mississippi Doctor)
    • Correspondence folder 76
    • Fiscal papers folder 77
    • Background folder 78
    • Speeches and Articles folder 79
    • Biographical and Autobiographical material folders 8082
    • Editorials folder 83
  • Box 6
    • Speeches and Articles folders 8493
  • Box 7 (Printed Matter )
    • Official Documents folders 9495
    • Postcards folder 96
    • Legislative Reports folder 97
    • Newsletters folders 98100
    • Programs folders 101103
    • Invitations folder 104
    • Advertisements folder 105
  • Box 8
    • Newspaper clippings folders 106109
  • Box 9
    • Photographs folders 110114
    • Memorabilia folders 115117
    • Blank letterheads folder 118