Manuscripts
Z 2270.000 Ku Klux Klan Kloran
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KU KLUX KLAN KLORAN
Biography/History:
The Original Knights of Louisiana, an independent klan organization, established a klavern (chapter) in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, around October 1962. The Natchez klavern split from the Original Knights of Louisiana and assumed the name of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi in February 1964. The organization elected Samuel Holloway Bowers as imperial wizard in April 1964, and he served for five years.
Confederate Memorial Association (Natchez, Miss.) Minute Book (Z/2269)
Dates: 1887-1923.
Original newsclippings in folder 4 are restricted; reference photocopies in folder 1 must be used instead.
Ferrell Family Papers (Z/2268)
Dates: 1900-1905; ca. 1917-1919; n.d.
Witt Family Papers (Z/2267)
Dates: 1904-1910; 1928; 1951-1954; n.d.
Biography:
Clarence D. Witt and Helen A. Moyse
Clarence D. Witt and Helen A. Moyse were married in Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, on April 7, 1904. They resided in Greenville where at various times Clarence Witt worked as a clerk, a cotton factor, and as a salesman for Bloom and Goldstein, Memphis Paper Company, and Southland Paper Company. The Witts had two daughters: Leona Flora and Sadie Louise.
Z 2266.000 Bachman (William Henry) Manuscript
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BACHMAN (WILLIAM HENRY) MANUSCRIPT
Biography/History:
Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church Session Book (Z/2265)
Dates: 1863-1897.
History:
Pine Grove Community and Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The community of Pine Grove, Mississippi, was settled in 1852. It is located between Ashland and Hickory Flat, in what was then on the border of Marshall and Tippah counties, and is now Benton County, Mississippi. It may be the community where Pine Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church was located. The church was active as early as 1863.
Z 2264.000 McNeill (John P.) Estate Papers
Z 2264.000 S
MCNEILL (JOHN P.) ESTATE PAPERS
Biography/History:
Hubert A. Stevens Civil War Letters (Z/2263)
Dates: 1863-1864.
Biography:
Hubert A. Stevens
Sara Emma McAlister Papers (Z/2262)
Biography:
Sara Emma McAlister
Sara Emma McAlister, daughter of W. A. and Emma Smith McAlister, was born in Tippah County, Mississippi, on September 24, 1912. She was a music teacher in the Tchula public schools of Holmes County, Mississippi, from around 1935 to at least 1945. McAlister later moved to Ripley, Tippah County, where she taught piano until 1982. She was also a member of the Ripley United Methodist Church. McAlister died on April 30, 1985, and was interred at Pinecrest Cemetery in Tchula.
Z 2261.000 Wheeler (Peter Stevens) Papers
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WHEELER (PETER STEVENS) PAPERS
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