John Sharp Williams Collection, 1862-1943 (bulk 1898-1932).

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John Sharp Williams Collection, 1862-1943 (bulk 1898-1932).

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This collection contains research material accumulated by historian George Coleman Osborn while researching his biographies John Sharp Williams: Planter-Statesman of the Deep South (1943) and James Kimble Vardaman: Southern Commoner (1981). These research files include transcripts of both Williams and Vardaman correspondence; typed excerpts from the Congressional Record and various newspapers; photographs; as well as broadsheets, clippings, and other printed material.

11 boxes (9 linear feet)

University of Mississippi

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SNAC Resource ID: 7513823

University of Mississippi

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United States. Congress. House

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...

Vardaman, James Kimble, 1861-1930

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Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932

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Osborn, George Coleman, 1904-1982

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