Date: 1974.

Typescripts of lectures given in Natchez, Mississippi, during the summer of 1974, with an introduction by Mrs. Ryker. The following typescripts are contained:

  • "History of Wilkinson County to 1817," by Melvin Kellogg Bruss.
  • "The Early History of Wilkinson County," by Ernesto Caldeira.
  • "The Early Press," by Warren Koon.
  • "Architecture to 1817," by Ron Miller.
  • "Movement into the Area of Natchez," by Gene Cox.
  • "Intellectual History of Territorial Natchez," by William T. Blaine.
  • "Archeological Findings and Indian Culture," by R. Stuart Nitzell.
  • "History of Natchez," by Dr. Thomas Gandy.
  • "The Burr Conspiracy," by Dr. Robert Brent.
  • "Leading Personalities of 1817," by Bruce Davis.
  • "The Natchez Planter and Slavery," by William Scarborough.