Manuscripts

Dates: 1836-1863.

History:

The Red Lick School was established in Red Lick, Jefferson County, Mississippi, in January of 1836. This town is located about five miles southeast of Lorman. A total of fifty-eight students attended the school in 1859, and it continued to operate through at least 1863.

Dates: 1830-1833; 1845-1847; 1854-1855.

Biography:

Peter Quin, Jr.

Z 2155.000 S
CHICAGO MILL AND LUMBER COMPANY RECORDS, ACCRETION

Dates: 1824-1938; 1943; 1944; 1954; 1989.

Original Harvey family correspondence is restricted; reference photocopies must be used instead.

Biography:

Edward Ferris

Z 2153.000 S
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY RECORDS

Biography/History:

The Illinois Central Railroad Company was chartered in the state of Illinois on February 10, 1851. Its purpose was to build a rail line in Illinois connecting Cairo, located at the fork of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and Galena, located at the extreme northwestern corner of the state. The company completed additional rail lines between Centralia, Illinois, and Dubuque, Iowa, on September 27, 1856.

Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Edwin William Ford Ministerial Record (Z/2152).
Creator/Collector: Edwin William Ford.
Date(s): 1887-1920.
Size: 0.30 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

Z 2150.000 S
BOUTON-GIBSON FAMILY PAPERS

Daniel Bouton lived in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, between at least 1772 and 1820. He had a number of children, including Aaron, Augustus, Jared (b. ca. 1780), and Peter M. Bouton.

Dates: 1922-1989; n.d.

Biography:

William Wyatt Simmons

Dates: 1896-1927.

Biography:

John George Quekemeyer

Z 2147.000 S
DUNBAR (WILLIAM) AND FAMILY PAPERS