Finding Aid for the Aldrich Collection (MUM00006)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1798-1972 (bulk, 1840-1940)

Identifier

MUM00006

LCSH

Benton County (Miss.) -- History; Marshall County (Miss.) -- History; Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Aldrich, Eliza Allison Treadwell, 1864-1932;Aldrich, Jeremiah Marvin, 1864-1935;Aldrich, Ransom E., 1894-1950;Aldridge family;Treadwell family;Treadwell, Arthur Barlow, b. ca. 1833;Treadwell, Eliza Allison, 1804-1848;Treadwell, Timmons Louis, 1800-1870;Treadwell, William Loundes, 1828-1908;Withers, E. Q. (Emile Quarles), 1845-1926;Withers, Lucy Long Treadwell, 1859-1949;Agricultural exhibitions -- Mississippi -- Benton County;Agriculture -- Mississippi -- Benton County;Cattle -- Breeding -- Mississippi -- Benton County;Cotton -- Mississippi -- Benton County;Domestic relations -- Mississippi;Military pensions -- United States -- Revolution, 1775-1783;Railroads;Real estate investment;Schools -- Southern States;Slaves -- Mississippi -- Marshall County;Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence;Universities and colleges -- Southern States;World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American

Link to Digitized Collection

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aldrich/

Description

Includes Aldrich and Treadwell family correspondence, personal & business papers, slave lists & valuations, genealogical materials and miscellanea. Topics include raising cotton and cattle, slaves, politics, the Civil War, investments in real estate and railroads, land transactions, secondary schools and universities throughout the South, the Benton County Free Fair, Revolutionary War pensions and World War I.

Recommended Citation

Aldrich Collection (MUM00006), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi