Dunbar (William) and family papers [manuscript]

Online resources: Collection description Summary: This collection contains correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, journals, poetry, financial records, genealogical research, publications, newsclippings, and miscellaneous papers related to the William Dunbar family or allied families. Various Dunbar family members wrote most of the correspondence during the late nineteenth century. However, there is an 1839 letter from Dr. William Dunbar, Jr., to George T. Olmsted in Princeton, New Jersey, describing a large party at the Forest. Field Dunbar also wrote several letters from Princeton, New Jersey, to his father in Natchez describing his finances, his studies at the College of New Jersey, and his graduation in 1846. Other correspondents include Mary Dunbar, Virginia Dunbar McQueen, and Douglass McQueen, Sr. A copy of the will of Julia Dunbar Greene is attached to a 1920 letter to Mrs. Stewart McQueen concerning the settlement of Greene's estate.
Item type Current location Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Archival Reading Room Z/2147.000/Box 1 Box 1 Available B105737
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Archival Reading Room Z/2147.000/Box 2 Box 2 Available B105738
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Archival Reading Room Z/2147.000/Box 3 Box 3 Available B105739
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Archival Reading Room Z/2147.000/Box O/Z/3, folder 6 Box O/Z/3, folder 6 Available B113831
Archive Request Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Manuscript Collections Archival Reading Room Z/2147.000/Box O/Z/6, folder 13 Box O/Z/6, folder 13 Available B113867

This collection contains correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, journals, poetry, financial records, genealogical research, publications, newsclippings, and miscellaneous papers related to the William Dunbar family or allied families. Various Dunbar family members wrote most of the correspondence during the late nineteenth century. However, there is an 1839 letter from Dr. William Dunbar, Jr., to George T. Olmsted in Princeton, New Jersey, describing a large party at the Forest. Field Dunbar also wrote several letters from Princeton, New Jersey, to his father in Natchez describing his finances, his studies at the College of New Jersey, and his graduation in 1846. Other correspondents include Mary Dunbar, Virginia Dunbar McQueen, and Douglass McQueen, Sr. A copy of the will of Julia Dunbar Greene is attached to a 1920 letter to Mrs. Stewart McQueen concerning the settlement of Greene's estate.

Cite as: Z/2147.000: Dunbar (William) and Family Papers.