Manuscripts
Eudora Welty Collection (Z/0301)
Collection Details:
Collection Name and Number: Eudora Welty Collection (Z/0301).
Creator/Collector: Eudora Welty; and others.
Date(s): circa 1882-2016; n.d.
Size: Size Size cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Provenance: Gift of Estate of Eudora Welty of Jackson, MS.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.
Manship Family Papers (Z/1129) - Box and Folder List
Series 1: Correspondence.
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W.H. Keys Papers (Z/0255)
Dates: 1866-1882
Biography:
W. H. Keys sold drugs, medicine, cigars, tobacco, and alcoholic beverages in Oxford, Mississippi.
Percy Family Papers (Z/0209.003) Box List
Subgroup 1: Leroy Percy Papers
Series 1. Correspondence. 1894-1930; n.d.
Box 1:
Folder 1: 02.23.1894-03.15.1905. 32 items.
Folder 2: 03.16.1905-05.13.1905. 31 items.
Folder 3: 05.15.1905-06.14.1905. 28 items.
Folder 4: 06.15.1905-07.14.1905. 21 items.
Folder 5: 07.17.1905-07.29.1905. 36 items.
Folder 6: 10.06.1905-11.14.1905. 28 items.
Folder 7: 11.20.1905-12.27.1905. 22 items.
Folder 8: 01.09.1906-04.13.1906. 50 items.
Folder 9: 04.18.1906-05.14.1906. 26 items.
John C. Pemberton, III Papers (Z/0149)
Dates: 1931 - 1937; 1942
These two volumes are the papers of John C. Pemberton III, the grandson of Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton who was in command of the Confederate forces at Vicksburg in 1863.
One volume is the manuscript (typewritten, carbon copy) of John C. Pemberton's Pemberton, Defender of Vicksburg (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1942, pp. xvi, 350). This volume contains 364 pages.
Journal of the Proceedings with the Choctaw Nation (Z/2343)
History:
This collection consists of a handwritten copy of the proceedings of treaty negotiations between the Choctaws and the United States commissioners from November 10 through November 16, 1826. The Choctaws were represented by thirteen leaders, including Chief Tapena Homa (General Hummingbird), James L. McDonald, Israel Folsom, and interpreter Major J. L. Pichlyn. The U. S. commissioners included Superintendent of Indian Affairs and former Missouri Governor William Clark and Generals John Coffee and Thomas Hinds.
The Natchez District: A Guide to Resources in the Manuscript Collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Celia A. Mortimer Adams Papers (Z/0007).
The papers of Celia A. Mortimer (Mrs. William) Adams, Lebanon, Ohio, consist of typewritten copies of nine letters, including one from M. Mortimer in Rodney, Jefferson County, and three from John Donning in Grand Gulf, Claiborne County, all dated 1835.
Marni von Wilpert Papers (Z/2417)
Collection Details:
Collection Name and Number: Marni von Wilpert Papers (Z/2417).
Creator/Collector: Marni von Wilpert; Mississippi Center for Justice; and others.
Date(s): 2011-2013.
Size: 0.33 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, Laura Heller, 2024.
Provenance: Gift of Marni von Wilpert of San Diego, California, on October 14, 2024; Z/U/2024.047.
Medgar Wiley and Myrlie Beasley Evers Papers (Z/2231) Box and Folder List (Series 2)
Subgroup 1: Medgar Evers, Mississippi Field Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Papers
Norma Sanders Bourdeaux Civil Rights Collection (Z/2313) Civil Rights Scrapbook Materials
Appendix 1: Box 5 list (restricted)
Newspapers present in MDAH microfilm holdings:
The Clarion-Ledger: