Finding Aid for the Martha Alice Stewart: Time on Parchman Farm Collection (MUM01772)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1895-1939

Identifier

MUM01772

LCSH

Agriculture -- Mississippi; Mississippi State Penitentiary; Parchman (Miss.); Bilbo, Theodore Gilmore, 1877-1947; Conner, Martin Sennett, 1891-1950; White, Hugh L. (Hugh Lawson), 1881-1965; Black-and-white photography -- Mississippi; Cotton growing -- Mississippi; Prison nurses

General Physical Description Note

0.834 Linear feet (2 boxes and 1 oversize item)

Link to Digitized Collection

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/parchman/

Description

Martha Alice Stewart was head nurse at Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman Farm, in the 1930s. The collection contains documents related to the prison as well as personal and professional documents of Stewart, and 210 black-and-white photographs taken during Stewart's tenure at the prison.

Recommended Citation

Martha Alice Stewart: Time on Parchman Farm Collection (MUM01772), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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