Russell (Irwin) memorial collection [manuscript]
Online resources: Collection description Summary: Copies of original papers in the Irwin Russell Memorial, Harriette Person Memorial Library, Port Gibson, Mississippi. Included is a letter dated October 4, 1878, from Russell to Samuel Bridges giving instructions for a yellow fever treatment. There are also copies from Scribner's Magazine, 1877-1879, in which were printed the first poems of Irwin Russell; a letter from James W. Wilson and an article by him entitled "Irwin Russell's Position in Southern Literature"; and an article from the Texas Review, October 1916, by Alfred Allan Kern, "Biographical Notes on Irwin Russell." Three drawings by Mrs. Irwin Russell and her daughter, Mary; and a letter and two brochures from Port Gibson Collegiate Academy are in the collection, as well as negative photostats of pictures of several of Russell's Thespian Association members, friends and relatives.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Archive Request | Mississippi Department of Archives and History | Manuscript Collections | Archival Reading Room | Z/1193.000/S/Box 1 | Available | B99614 |
Copies of original papers in the Irwin Russell Memorial, Harriette Person Memorial Library, Port Gibson, Mississippi. Included is a letter dated October 4, 1878, from Russell to Samuel Bridges giving instructions for a yellow fever treatment. There are also copies from Scribner's Magazine, 1877-1879, in which were printed the first poems of Irwin Russell; a letter from James W. Wilson and an article by him entitled "Irwin Russell's Position in Southern Literature"; and an article from the Texas Review, October 1916, by Alfred Allan Kern, "Biographical Notes on Irwin Russell." Three drawings by Mrs. Irwin Russell and her daughter, Mary; and a letter and two brochures from Port Gibson Collegiate Academy are in the collection, as well as negative photostats of pictures of several of Russell's Thespian Association members, friends and relatives.
Cite as: Z/1193.000: Russell (Irwin) Memorial Collection.