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Cain (Cyril Edward and Annie Gray) papers
MSS. 467. 1785 (1908-1965). 11 cubic
feet.
Correspondence, literacy manuscripts, class notes and school records,
genealogical
and historical research materials, publications, photographs, and
other materials
documenting the education, career, organizational, research and
publication
activities, and the personal affairs of Cyril and Annie Cain. Cyril
Cain (1883-1969)
was a high school teacher, principal, Mississippi State University
faculty member,
genealogist, and writer. His wife, Annie Gray Cain (b. 1889) taught
in schools
around Mississippi, including the Starkville Municipal Separate
School District, and
assisted her husband with his research and writing.
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Calhoun-Kincannon-Orr family papers
MSS. 23. 1837-1959. 0.66 cubic
feet.
Correspondence, estate papers, deeds, genealogical material,
clippings, and
memorabilia, of the related families of Calhoun, Kincannon, and Orr
in Lee,
Pontotoc, Lafayette, and Lowndes Counties, Mississippi. Includes
claim by Mrs. Jane
Stuart Orr Calhoun against the government for war confiscations and
letter from U.S.
Ambassador James L. Orr in St. Petersburg, Russia, to his brother
Jehu. Contains
article "The Caucasian and the Negro", by William P. Calhoun,
Greenville, South
Carolina.
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Carter (Hodding II and Betty Werlein) papers
MSS. 127. 1872-2000 (Bulk Dates:
1918-2000). 88.25
cubic feet.
Correspondence, personal papers, literary manuscripts, and
publications concerning
the Carters and their careers. Hodding Carter (1907-1972) was born
in Louisiana and
attended Bowdoin College and the Columbia University School of
Journalism. He began
his career in journalism in the 1920's as a reporter in Jackson,
Mississippi, and
New Orleans, Louisiana. Carter and Betty Werlein of New Orleans were
married in
1931, and soon after started their own newspaper, the Hammond
(Louisiana)
Courier. With Hodding as editor and Betty as business
manager, the
Courier consistently opposed the rule of Huey Long. Hodding
Carter ran for
the House of Representatives in 1935 after Long's death, but was
defeated. In 1936,
at the invitation of William Alexander Percy, the Carters moved to
Greenville,
Mississippi and set up the Delta Star. Two years later the
Star
was merged to form the Delta Democrat-Times. Carter was
best known after
World War II for his editorials, magazine articles, books, and
speeches advocating
racial justice in the south. Carter's 1946 series urging racial
tolerance earned him
the Pulitzer Prize. In 1954, the Mississippi House of
Representatives voted him a
"liar" for his articles on the Citizens' Councils. The Carter papers
document the
important events and social movements to which the Carters were
witnesses or
participants, such as the political careers of Huey Long and
Theodore Bilbo, World
War II, the Office of War Information, the rise of the Citizen's
Councils in the
1950's, the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962,
and changes in
race relations throughout the country. Hodding Carter (1907-1972)
was the owner of
the Hammond (La.) Courier and the Delta Star (Greenville, Miss.),
which later became
the Delta Democrat-Times. Among other important social and political
events of the
time, the Carter papers document the rise of the Citizen's Councils
in the 1950s,
the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962, and
changes in race
relations throughout the country.
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Catledge (Turner) papers
MSS. 116. 1873-1985. circa 132 cubic
feet and
microfilm.
The collection consists of the personal and business papers of
William Turner
Catledge (1901-1983), graduate of Mississippi A&M College,
journalist, and
editor of The New York Times. The bulk of the files date
from 1945 to 1968,
the period during which Catledge served as assistant managing
editor, executive
managing editor, managing editor, and executive editor of the
Times.
Included are correspondence, memoranda, clippings, reports,
photographs, tapes,
phonograph records, memorabilia, and publications. The collection is
divided into
two series: 1 - papers transferred to MSU from the Catledge home in
New Orleans;
and, 2 - office files transferred to MSU from the Times
office in New York.
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Columbus Brick Company records
MSS. 378. 1912-1959. 0.66 cubic
feet.
Consists primarily of the tax records (1912-1945) of the Columbus
Brick Company, in
which W. N. Puckett and W. S. Lindamood were partners. Included are
tax returns,
correspondence, business papers, account ledger (1914-1959), U.S.
War Production
Board pamphlet, and book on brick manufacturing.
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Crigler (Tom White) papers
MSS. 182. 1848-1945 and undated. 0.40
cubic
feet.
Papers of Tom White Crigler (1897-1986), Navy veteran and long-time
postmaster of
Macon, Mississippi. Includes letters and greeting cards (1848-1895),
service records
of Troop H, Second Squadron, Mississippi Cavalry, 1917, 28 World War
II letters and
cards, 11 World War II posters, armed forces newspapers and
publications.
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Crossley (Gen. Bill) collection
MSS. 711.
1992-2004. 2 cubic
ft.
Collection consists of two books (The Air Force Wife and The Army
Wife) and several
military
uniforms.
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