Manuscripts

Z 2101.000
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.

Z 2100.000
LITTLE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB (MERIDIAN, MISS.) RECORDS

Z 2099.000
DOWNS (JAMES TICKELL) AND FAMILY PAPERS

Z 2098.000 S
COLLEGE DIPLOMAS COLLECTION

None available.

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

Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of seven bound, paginated volumes containing abstracts of marriage records primarily from Hinds County, Mississippi. All of the entries are listed alphabetically by the maiden name of the bride. The seven volumes span an approximately chronological period from around 1930 to 1977, with some overlapping of dates.

Z 2096.000 S
HAMMETT (ELIZABETH PARROTT REYNOLDS) PAPERS

Dates: ca. 1700s-1900s

Scope and Content Note:

This collection is composed of a genealogy, photocopies of genealogical research materials and family trees, and a manuscript Civil War map.

Series Identification:

Series 1: Genealogy. 1959. 1 folder.

Biography:

Louise Clarke Manship

Dates: 1861-1865.
Access by permission of manuscript curator only.

Date: 1967.

Biography:

Ross A. Collins