Finding Aid for the John Sharp Williams Collection (MUM00480)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1862-1943 (bulk 1898-1932)

Identifier

MUM00480

LCSH

Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932; Vardaman, James Kimble, 1861-1930; Osborn, George Coleman, 1904-; Banks, Robert Webb, 1843-; Legislation -- United States; Political campaigns -- Mississippi; Politicians -- Mississippi; Mississippi -- Politics and government -– 1865-1950; United States. Congress. House; United States. Congress. Senate; United States -– Politics and government -– 19th century; United States -– Politics and government -– 20th century

General Physical Description Note

11 boxes (9 linear feet)

Description

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.

Recommended Citation

"Finding Aid for the John Sharp Williams Collection (MUM00480)" (2020). Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids. 230.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/230