Pullen-Carson Family Papers (Z/1431)
Dates: 1841-1960.
William H. Pullen, Jr., was a partner in the Nugent and Pullen insurance agency. After the death of Nugent (ca. 1918), Pullen became sole owner of the agency. He also served as president of the Jackson public school board and president of the Kiwanis Club of Jackson. Pullen married Catherine Carson of Natchez in August of 1919. She was active in the Girl Scouts and the owner of thoroughbred horses. Her father owned the Dixiana Stud Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
This collection contains the following materials:
Carson and Shields letterbook (indexed), December 26, 1876-August 10, 1875, (box 1).
Family correspondence, July 9, 1911-August 22, 1945 (box 2, folders 1-16).
Toward the Stars
Dixiana Stud Farm herd book recorded by Estelle Carson, July 24, 1897-May 1922 (box 3, folder 18).
Photographs and negatives of the Pullen family, Girl Scouts, and World War I soldiers (box 3, folder 19).
Bull-in-tins
Maps of French operations during World War I (originally in box 3, folder 21; currently in box 8).
List of members of the Matrons Luncheon Club, 1965-1966 (box 3, folder 22).
Copy of the poem "De Prodjekin" by Booth Lowry (box 3, folder 23).
Materials from the American Kennel Club (box 3, folder 24).
Gaited Horsemanship Standard
Pamphlet entitled Notes on Grenade Warfare compiled by the War Department, February 15, 1917 (box 3, folder 26).
Program of the Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State football game, November 29, 1947 (box 3, folder 27).
Various greeting cards (box 3, folder 28).
Newsclippings concerning the Pullen family (box 3, folders 29-30).
Miscellaneous materials (box 3, folder 31).
Two accounting journals of James Carson of Natchez, 1841-1862 (box 4).
Poems by Swanee B. Lawrence, 1958-1960 (box 5).
Flag of the United States
Altimeter, razors, and identification card of William H. Pullen, Jr. (box 6).
Picture postcards from France (box 6).
World War I orders, assignments, etc., belonging to William H. Pullen, Jr. (box 7).