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Size | 4.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 350 items) |
Abstract | Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) was a Columbus, Miss., lawyer, judge, and Confederate congressman. Papers of Jehu Amaziah Orr, scattered in dates and subjects, are chiefly legal and personal in nature. There is some very dispersed correspondence pertaining to state and national politics, but not to secession or the Confederate Congress. The greatest concentrations of papers are 1847-1859 and 1898-1910, with the later group containing some items concerning the University of Mississippi during the administration of Governor James K. Vardeman but consisting primarily of letters among female family members discussing marriages, deaths, and social news. |
Creator | Orr, Jehu A. (Jehu Amaziah), 1828-1921. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, September 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) was a Columbus, Miss., lawyer, judge, and Confederate congressman.
Back to TopThe papers of Jehu Amaziah Orr, scattered in dates and subjects, are chiefly legal and personal in nature. There is some very dispersed correspondence pertaining to state and national politics, but not to secession or the Confederate Congress. The greatest concentrations of papers are 1847-1859 and 1898-1910, with the later group containing some items concerning the University of Mississippi during the administration of Governor James K. Vardeman but consisting primarily of letters among female family members discussing marriages, deaths, and social news.
Back to TopVolumes 1-39 are pocket diaries and cash account books for Jehu A. Orr. Volume 40 is a pocket account book for Pauline Orr, 1881-1882. Volume 41 is a copy of The Apocrypha with notes added consisting of family records of the Orr and Gates familes, 1751-1762. Volumes 42-46 are scrapbooks and brief books containing poems, anecdotes, clippings, and case information.