Collection Number:
5173
Collection Title: Ferris Family of Mississippi Papers, 1800s-2000s
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Size |
3 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2500 items) |
Abstract |
The collection is composed chiefly of genealogical information related to the Ferris
family of Mississippi and copies and transcriptions of the family's historical documents,
especially correspondence from the mid nineteenth century through the early twentieth
century. Also included are reminiscences, memoirs, and other narratives, many written
by Eugene Beverly Ferris (1873-1954), an agricultural scientist. Ferris wrote a historical
sketch of Mississippi Agriculture Experiment Stations where he worked, and in personal
narratives he wrote about life in rural Mississippi. In one, he describes the public
execution of an African American man, who was tried for murder in Starkville, Miss.,
discusses African American agricultural laborers, and alludes to the great migration
of African Americans to northern cities such as Chicago, Ill., at the turn of the
twentieth century. Acquired as part of the Southern Historical Collection.
|
Creator |
Ferris (Family : Mississippi) |
Curatorial Unit |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- This collection is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact
Research and Instructional Service staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options
for consulting this collection.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Ferris Family of Mississippi Papers #5173, Southern
Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
- Sensitive Materials Statement
- Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.
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This summary description was created in November 2017 to provide information about
unprocessed materials in Wilson Special Collections Library.
Encoded by: Laura Smith
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