Manuscripts

Dates: 1972-1984; n.d.

Biography/History:

Biography:

Maude C. (Newton) Simmons

Maude C. (Newton) Simmons was born in Arkansas around 1885. She was the daughter of Minnie A. Newton of Mississippi. The Simmons family was living in Drew, Sunflower County, Mississippi, after 1903. Maude Newton Simmons was a widow and again living with her mother by 1920. Minnie A. Newton was also widowed by that time, and her son, Wallace D. Newton, was farming near Drew.

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NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH (FOXWORTH, MARION COUNTY, MISS.) RECORDS

The New Hope Baptist Church is located in Foxworth, Marion County, Mississippi. The church became a member of the Pearl River Baptist Association in 1872, and it later became a member of the Marion County Baptist Association in 1920. The New Hope Baptist Church had 419 members in 1949, and it was still in existence in 2001.

Scope and Content:

Dates: 1904-1952.

History:

Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company

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SOMERVILLE (ANNIE KEITH FRAZIER) GENEALOGICAL COLLECTION

Annie Keith Frazier, daughter of Tennessee governor and United States senator James Beriah Frazier and Louise Douglas Keith Frazier, was born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, on May 14, 1887. She married Robert Nugent Somerville on November 20, 1912.

Dates: 1869-1970.

Biography/History:

Francis Blair Hull

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UNIDENTIFIED MERCANTILE LEDGER (CANTON, MISS.)

The creator of this mercantile ledger is unknown. However, the headings at the top of each page place the owner in Canton, Madison County, Mississippi. A name penciled on the inside back cover suggests that the ledger may have once belonged to John G. Powell. Local government records indicate there was a John G. Powell who owned and operated a plantation in Madison County between 1855 and 1860.

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LITTLE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB (MERIDIAN, MISS.) RECORDS

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DOWNS (JAMES TICKELL) AND FAMILY PAPERS

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COLLEGE DIPLOMAS COLLECTION

None available.

This collection contains four diplomas, one certificate of deportment, and one commencement program.