Manuscripts

Dates: 1936; 1967-1976.

Size: 0.10 cubic ft.

Dates: 1905-1915; 1926.
Size: 0.33 cubic ft.

Dates: 1943-1944.
Size: 0.33 cubic ft.

Dates: 1944-1945.
Size: 0.33 cubic ft.

Dates: 1877-1888.
Size: 0.65 cubic ft.

Dates: 1936-1958; n.d.
Size: 0.57 cubic ft.

Biography:

James Furr Ferriss

James Furr Ferriss was born on April 1, 1918. He was adopted by Wilson Edwin Ferriss and Thelma Ferguson Ferriss on July 23, 1923. Wilson Ferriss was born August 10, 1885 in Anding, Yazoo County, Mississippi. He worked as a foreman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Thelma Ferguson was born August 6, 1896 in Hinds County, Mississippi. She worked as a licensed practical nurse.

Dates: 1847-1939; n.d.
Size: 2.97 cubic ft.

Biography:

Agnes Zipporah Carpenter

Dates: 1882 – 1960
Size: 1.0 cubic ft.

Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Greene Family Civil Rights Papers (Z/2360).
Creator/Collector: Greene family members; and others.
Date(s): 1960s; 2011-2013.
Size: 0.33 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, Laura Heller, 2018; 2024.
Provenance: Gift of Angela Greene Johnson of Lawrenceville, Georgia, on July 21, 2018; Z/U/2018.050.

Date: 1863.