Crutcher-Shannon family papers [manuscript]
Online resources: Collection description Summary: Letters, business and personal account books, canceled checks, statements of the Warren County jail and the "Whig" office, paintings, cards, invitations, compositions, prescriptions, recipes, newspaper clippings, theater programs, broadsides, pamphlets and pictures of the Crutcher and Shannon families of Vicksburg, Warren County. Among the items of particular interest are letters of Emma and Anne from St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, (1857-1858); genealogical information on the Morris, Crutcher, Shannon and Stockton families (1875 and 1894); Dabney T. Marshall's letters on prison conditions in Mississippi (1895, 1896, 1898); and a typed copy of a letter to Emma Shannon, begun by Anne and finished by Grace or Alice, during the siege of Vicksburg (1863). The collection is distributed by dates as follows: n.d., 671 items; 1826-1857, 148 items; 1858-1860, 255 items; 1860-1866, 470 items; 1866-1873, 294 items; 1873-1879, 143 items; 1897-1927, 276 items.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 1 | Box 1 | Available | B92832 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 2 | Box 2 | Available | B92833 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 3 | Box 3 | Available | B92834 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 4 | Box 4 | Available | B92835 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 5 | Box 5 | Available | B92836 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 6 | Box 6 | Available | B92837 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 7 | Box 7 | Available | B92838 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 8 | Box 8 | Available | B92839 | |
| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/0091.000/S/Box 9 | Box 9 | Available | B92840 |
Letters, business and personal account books, canceled checks, statements of the Warren County jail and the "Whig" office, paintings, cards, invitations, compositions, prescriptions, recipes, newspaper clippings, theater programs, broadsides, pamphlets and pictures of the Crutcher and Shannon families of Vicksburg, Warren County. Among the items of particular interest are letters of Emma and Anne from St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, (1857-1858); genealogical information on the Morris, Crutcher, Shannon and Stockton families (1875 and 1894); Dabney T. Marshall's letters on prison conditions in Mississippi (1895, 1896, 1898); and a typed copy of a letter to Emma Shannon, begun by Anne and finished by Grace or Alice, during the siege of Vicksburg (1863). The collection is distributed by dates as follows: n.d., 671 items; 1826-1857, 148 items; 1858-1860, 255 items; 1860-1866, 470 items; 1866-1873, 294 items; 1873-1879, 143 items; 1897-1927, 276 items.
Cite as: Z/0091.000: Crutcher-Shannon Family Papers.