Manuscripts
Eudora Welty Letter to Margaret Millar (Z/2345)
Biography:
Margaret Ellis Sturm Millar was born on February 5, 1915, in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The daughter of Henry William and Lavinia Ferrier Sturm, she had three siblings: Harold (b. 1907), Ross (b. 1909), and Dorothy (b. 1917). By the time of her birth, her father, Henry W. Sturm, had trained as a barber and was working at J. J. MacCallum’s News and Barbershop, which also included a billiard hall and lending library, in Kitchener, Ontario.
Newton Knight Company Muster Roll and Relief Bill (Z/2344)
Collection Details:
Collection Name and Number: Newton Knight Company Muster Roll and Relief Bill (Z/2344).
Creator/Collector: Newton Knight and others.
Date(s): 1863-1880.
Size: 0.67 cubic ft.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: Laura Heller, 2016.
Provenance: Gift of Dorothy Knight Marsh and Florence Knight Blaylock, of Soso, Mississippi, on April 21, 2016; Z/U/2016.013
John C. Satterfield Notebook (Z/2342)
Dates: 1923-1976.
Henry Thad Lyon and Family Papers (Z/2341)
Dates: 1898-1982.
J. Walton Lipscomb, III, Civil Rights Papers (Z/2340)
Biography:
J. Walton Lipscomb, III, was born in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on December 7, 1935, to Dr. James Walton Lipscomb, Jr. (August 10, 1904 – July 11, 1966) and Anne Elizabeth Dubard Lipscomb (February 19, 1912 – March 3, 1980). J. Walton Lipscomb III is the eldest of James and Anne’s four children including: Lewis D., William Beck, and Anne S. Lipscomb. J. Walton Lipscomb III was a 1953 graduate of Central High School, Jackson, Mississippi.
Franklin L. Riley and Family Papers (Z/2338)
Biography/History:
Franklin L. Riley was born in Hebron, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, on February 10, 1835 to Edward Miles Riley (b. August 18, 1796 – d. March 30, 1873) and Mary Nancy Shows Riley (b. September 11, 1798 – d. May 19, 1859). Franklin was the tenth of Edward and Mary’s thirteen children. Riley was educated in Lawrence County, Mississippi, schools until May 29, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate States of America.
Annie Z. Harrington Burch Notebook (Z/2337)
Dates: ca. 1928-1984.
Biography:
Annie Z. Harrington Burch
Joseph Canonici Civil Rights Papers (Z/2336)
Biography/History:
In the summer of 1964, several organizations embarked upon a collaborative effort known as Freedom Summer that served as a statewide initiative – with emphasis on the Mississippi Delta – for the purpose of raising awareness of the social injustices inflicted upon Mississippi’s black population. During this period, Shaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, was a point of convergence for several organizations engaged in the Civil Rights Movement.