Manuscripts

Biography/History:

Dates: 1950-1951; 1996.

Biography:

Reverend Dwyn M. Mounger

Dates: 1991-2007; n.d.

Biography:

Alice Rae Varnado Harden

Dates: 1860-1864; 1918; n.d.

Biography:

William Gilliam was born on September 14, 1837, the third of six children and oldest son of Henry Gilliam and Elizabeth Wilson Gilliam. His older sisters were Mary Caroline and Susan E. Gilliam. The Gilliams lived near Emory, Mississippi, on the border of Holmes and Carroll Counties. Henry Gilliam was a farmer with $5,500 worth of real estate in 1860.

Biography/History:

Elijah Fleming was born near Camden, Madison County, Mississippi, on June 4, 1839. He was the second of eight children of Robert Boyd Walker Fleming, a planter, and Armadilla Ross Fleming. Robert Fleming owned a plantation in northern Madison County, in the area that would later become known as Cameron, a few miles northwest of Camden. In 1860, he owned $24,750 worth of real estate.

Scope and Content:

This collection consists of correspondence; newspaper and magazine articles; biographical information; sheet music; concert programs and flyers; promotional posters, brochures, and announcements; music sales information; album covers; and other miscellaneous materials related to the career of African-American classical composer William Grant Still, who was born in Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi.

Dates: 1967-2011 (bulk 1967-1972 and 1988-1989).
Original newsclippings in box 5 are restricted; photocopies in box 3 or microfilm holdings must be used instead.

Biography:

Norma Sanders Bourdeaux

Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Thomas Foner Freedom Summer Papers (Z/2312).
Creator/Collector: Name Name.
Date(s): 1964-1965; n.d..
Size: 0.34 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, Tyson Koenig, 2012.
Provenance: Gift of Eric Foner of New York, NY, on September 30, 2009; Z/U/2009.042.

Dates: 1854-1855; 1857-1859.

Z 2310.000 S
FITTS (CHARLES MIDDLETON, JR.) PAPERS