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 |
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| 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.