Finding Aid for the Beckwith / Yerger Collection (MUM00029)

Authors

Document Type

Finding Aid

Collection Date

1869-1930

Identifier

MUM00029

LCSH

Beckwith family; Yerger family; clippings (information artifacts); correspondence; Beckwith, Byron de la; Land speculation -- California; Plantations -- Mississippi -- Leflore County; Water resources development -- California

General Physical Description Note

7 boxes (2.919 linear feet)

Description

The Beckwith and Yerger families of California and Mississippi were land speculators, entrepreneurs, and planters. Susie Yerger married Byron de la Beckwith, Jr. in California in 1912, and after his death in 1926, she and their young son Byron de la Beckwith III returned to her hometown of Greenwood, Mississippi. The collection contains primarily family and business correspondence between members of the two families. Also included are clippings and miscellaneous items.

Recommended Citation

Beckwith / Yerger Collection (MUM00029), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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