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Historical Society Of Vicksburg And Warren County. [Contact repository for more information].

Title: Historical Society Of Vicksburg And Warren County. [Contact repository for more information].

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Wailes, Benjamin L. C. (Benjamin Leonard Covington), 1797-1862. Papers, 1843-1862.

Title: Papers, 1843-1862.

Correspondence and diaries, chiefly during the years of Wailes' professorship at the University of Mississippi. Includes diaries (1852-1862) containing detailed accounts of Wailes' planting operations and his fossil collection and over a hundred letters from notable scientists, such as Louis Agassiz, John James Audubon, Peter Force, Robert W. Gibbes, John and Joseph LeConte, and Henry Wheatland. Other topics include Mississippi and southern politics in the ante-bellum period, economic conditions, railroads, agriculture, secession, and the Civil War until November, 1862.

ArchivalResource: 155 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20273418 View

Charles S. Sydnor Papers, and undated, 1729-1978

Title: Charles S. Sydnor Papers, and undated 1729-1978

ArchivalResource: Linear ft. of shelf space occupied: 14.8; Number of items: ca. 11,159

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Wailes, Benjamin L. C. (Benjamin Leonard Covington), 1797-1862. Benjamin L.C. Wailes diary excerpt, 1859.

Title: Benjamin L.C. Wailes diary excerpt, 1859.

Transcript of Wailes's diary entry (1859 July 25) describing a visit to Peter Force and their discussion of books and manuscripts relating to American and Mississippi history.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70981286 View

Brown, Andrew. Anonymous lumber company account book, 1841-1842.

Title: Anonymous lumber company account book, 1841-1842.

Daybook of an unidentified lumber dealer, possibly Andrew Brown in Natchez, Mississippi, of accounts of sales of lumber and shingles, giving kind of lumber, sizes, prices, and quantity sold. Prominent purchasers include Thomas Affleck, B.L.C. Wailes, John A. Quitman, Francis Surget, John Jenkins, Stephen Duncan, and Samuel Postelwaite.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 305: U.S. National Museum Accession Records.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 305: U.S. National Museum Accession Records.

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Sydnor, Charles S. (Charles Sackett), 1898-1954. Papers, 1729-1978 (bulk 1923-1954).

Title: Papers, 1729-1978 (bulk 1923-1954).

Correspondence, research notes, writings, printed materials, and clippings, chiefly relating to Sydnor's teaching career at Duke University, as well as at Harvard and Queen's College, Oxford. Also includes information about his involvement with various historical associations and committees, including the American Historical Association, Southern Historical Association, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, and the Advisory Committee of the Office of the Chief of Military History for the United States Army. There is background information pertaining to his various writings, including THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN SECTIONALISM (Volume V of the work A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH) (Baton Rouge, La., 1948), GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: POLITICAL PRACTICES IN WASHINGTON'S VIRGINIA (Chapel Hill, N.C. 1952), A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD NATCHEZ REGION: BENJAMIN L.C. WAILES (Durham, N.C. 1938), MISSISSIPPI HISTORY (New York, N.Y. 1930), and SLAVERY IN MISSISSIPPI (New York, N.Y. 1933). Contains notes and examinations for various history courses taught by Sydnor, student roll books, grade books, and papers. Additionally there are a few notebooks and papers of Sydnor's while he was a student.

ArchivalResource: 11, 100 items (14.8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28081387 View

Wailes, Benjamin L. C. (Benjamin Leonard Covington), 1797-1862. Benjamin L.C. Wailes notebook, 1849.

Title: Benjamin L.C. Wailes notebook, 1849.

List of minerals in the cabinet of Benjamin Wailes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244581072 View

Evans, Duncan. Duncan Evans receipt, 1853.

Title: Duncan Evans receipt, 1853.

This June 1853 receipt from Duncan Evans reads: "Received from B.L.C. Wailes, guardian of S.C. Covington, ten dollars for my services when in charge of the plantation of his said ward at the time of the decease of D.N. Harris the overseer."

ArchivalResource: 1 receipt.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/713036962 View

Duke University Libraries, Rare Book, Ms., & Spec. Coll. Lib. B. L. C. Wailes Papers.

Title: Duke University Libraries, Rare Book, Ms., & Spec. Coll. Lib. B. L. C. Wailes Papers.

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De Russy, René Edward, 1790-1865. R.E. DeRussy letter, 1838 Dec. 1.

Title: R.E. DeRussy letter, 1838 Dec. 1.

In his letter to Benjamin L. C. Wailes, Washington, Miss., DeRussy declines an offer of a position as a teacher of mathematics and civil engineering at Jefferson College.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves) ; 20 x 25 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86142723 View

Wiley & Putnam. Benjamin L.C. Wailes bill, 1843 Apr. 3.

Title: Benjamin L.C. Wailes bill, 1843 Apr. 3.

Bill from Wiley and Putman, New York, N. Y., addressed to Benjamin Wailes showing titles and subscription prices of periodicals sent to Jefferson College Library, Washington, Miss.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/268803160 View

Sydnor, Charles S. (Charles Sackett), 1898-1954. Papers, 1729-1978 and n.d. (bulk 1923-1954).

Title: Papers, 1729-1978 and n.d. (bulk 1923-1954).

Correspondence, research notes, writings, printed materials, and clippings, chiefly relating to Sydnor's teaching career at Duke University, as well as at Harvard and Queen's College, Oxford. (11,110 items, 15 lin. ft.; dated 1729-1978) Also includes information about his involvement with various historical associations and committees, including the American Historical Association, Southern Historical Association, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, and the Advisory Committee of the Office of the Chief of Military History for the United States Army. There is background information pertaining to his various writings, including THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTHERN SECTIONALISM (Volume V of the work A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH) (Baton Rouge, La., 1948), GENTLEMAN FREEHOLDERS: POLITICAL PRACTICES IN WASHINGTON'S VIRGINIA (Chapel Hill, N.C. 1952), A GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD NATCHEZ REGION: BENJAMIN L. C. WAILES (Durham, N.C. 1938), MISSISSIPPI HISTORY (New York, N.Y. 1930), and SLAVERY IN MISSISSIPPI (New York, N.Y. 1933). Contains notes and examinations for various history courses taught by Sydnor, student roll books, grade books, and papers. Additionally there are a few notebooks and papers of Sydnor's while he was a student. Addition (02-051) (1 item, .1 lin. ft.; not dated) comprises a typescript of a manuscript chapter entitled "Charles S. Sydnor's Quest for a Suitable South." The chapter's author is unidentified. This addition is unprocessed and is not recorded in the finding aid.

ArchivalResource: 11,111 items (15.0 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122509902 View

Francois Mignon Papers,  , 1853-1980, 1939-1980

Title: Francois Mignon Papers,   1853-1980 1939-1980

Francois Mignon (given name Frank VerNooy Mineah) was born in 1899 in Cortland, N.Y. He was a journalist and curator of buildings, furnishings, and gardens at Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches, La. Melrose was a working cotton and pecan plantation, but it was best known in the period between the two World Wars as a writers' and artists' colony. Cammie Henry, who bought the plantation in 1899, restored its unique collection of African-inspired buildings. These structures sheltered such authors as Lyle Saxon, James Register, Harnett Kane, Alexander Woollcott, and Rachel Field. Mignon began writing his own weekly column for the Natchitoches in the 1950s. In addition to his writing, Mignon designed the gardens at Melrose and promoted the African American folk artist Clementine Hunter. Enterprise The collection includes Mignon's journal and correspondence from about 1939 to 1980. Also included are photographs, printed materials, newspapers clippings, writings and other materials collected by, written by, or relating to Mignon and his diverse interests. Mignon's journal began with his arrival at Melrose Plantation in 1939 and continued until February 1970, when the plantation was sold. Many of the ideas Mignon first expressed in his journal later appeared in his newspaper column, which dealt chiefly with Natchitoches, La., history and traditions. Persons significant in the collection include James Register; the Louisiana naturalist Caroline Dorman; the Louisiana filmmaker Caroline Ramsey; an African American soldier named King Solomon, who grew up at Melrose; Eleanor Roosevelt (2 items); Rachel Field; Harnett Thomas Kane; Lyle Saxon; and Alexander Woollcott. After 1970, the correspondence is chiefly from readers of Mignon's weekly newspaper column and his responses. In addition to these materials, the collection contains the original manuscript of B.L.C. Wailes's "Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi" (1854) and letters from Wailes's granddaughter to Mignon. Also included are 19th-century documents and genealogical information relating to the Metoyer family, which originally built the plantation later called Melrose.

ArchivalResource: 8400; 15.0

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Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 52: Assistant Secretary, Incoming Correspondenc.

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Charles S. Sydnor Papers, and undated, 1729-1978

Title: Charles S. Sydnor Papers, and undated 1729-1978

ArchivalResource: Linear ft. of shelf space occupied: 14.8; Number of items: ca. 11,159

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Weather Bureau

Title: Weather Bureau

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Francois Mignon Papers,  , 1853-1980, 1939-1980

Title: Francois Mignon Papers,   1853-1980 1939-1980

Francois Mignon (given name Frank VerNooy Mineah) was born in 1899 in Cortland, N.Y. He was a journalist and curator of buildings, furnishings, and gardens at Melrose Plantation, Natchitoches, La. Melrose was a working cotton and pecan plantation, but it was best known in the period between the two World Wars as a writers' and artists' colony. Cammie Henry, who bought the plantation in 1899, restored its unique collection of African-inspired buildings. These structures sheltered such authors as Lyle Saxon, James Register, Harnett Kane, Alexander Woollcott, and Rachel Field. Mignon began writing his own weekly column for the Natchitoches in the 1950s. In addition to his writing, Mignon designed the gardens at Melrose and promoted the African American folk artist Clementine Hunter. Enterprise The collection includes Mignon's journal and correspondence from about 1939 to 1980. Also included are photographs, printed materials, newspapers clippings, writings and other materials collected by, written by, or relating to Mignon and his diverse interests. Mignon's journal began with his arrival at Melrose Plantation in 1939 and continued until February 1970, when the plantation was sold. Many of the ideas Mignon first expressed in his journal later appeared in his newspaper column, which dealt chiefly with Natchitoches, La., history and traditions. Persons significant in the collection include James Register; the Louisiana naturalist Caroline Dorman; the Louisiana filmmaker Caroline Ramsey; an African American soldier named King Solomon, who grew up at Melrose; Eleanor Roosevelt (2 items); Rachel Field; Harnett Thomas Kane; Lyle Saxon; and Alexander Woollcott. After 1970, the correspondence is chiefly from readers of Mignon's weekly newspaper column and his responses. In addition to these materials, the collection contains the original manuscript of B.L.C. Wailes's "Report on the Agriculture and Geology of Mississippi" (1854) and letters from Wailes's granddaughter to Mignon. Also included are 19th-century documents and genealogical information relating to the Metoyer family, which originally built the plantation later called Melrose.

ArchivalResource: 8400; 15.0

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/Mignon,Francois.html View