Manuscripts
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:
Richard and Noel Batdorff Letters (Z/2405)
Collection Details:
Collection Name and Number: Richard and Noel Batdorff Letters (Z/2405).
Creator/Collector: Richard and Noel Batdorff.
Date(s): June 7 & 19, 1965.
Size: 0.30 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH intern Anastasia Taylor, 2024.
Provenance: Gift of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland of Arlington, Virginia, on June 12, 2018; Z/U/2018.040.
Rick Sheviakov Parchman Letters (Z/2404)
Religion in Mississippi History: A Guide to Resources in the Manuscript Collection of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
The following list of archival collections held at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History may have materials pertaining to religious history in Mississippi. Some examples include church ledgers, meeting minutes, typescript histories, a variety of church record books. In many cases, the collection is entirely on microfilm because in the 1970s churches loaned to MDAH their historical materials for microfilming and then those materials were returned to the church.
Oktibbeha County School Composites (Z/2403)
Collection Details:
Collection Name and Number: Oktibbeha County School Composites (Z/2403).
Creator/Collector: Education Association of East Oktibbeha County Schools.
Date(s): 1953-2015.
Size: Size Size cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, Laura Heller, 2024.