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Finding aid for the Allen Cabaniss Collection

MUM00059

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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00059/

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Cabaniss, Allen, 1911-
Title
Allen Cabaniss Collection
ID
MUM00059
Date
1865-1969
General Physical Description note
7 boxes (3.45 linear feet)
Abstract:
Correspondence and manuscript materials related to Allen Cabaniss' historical writings.

Prefered Citation

Allen Cabaniss Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Note

Historian and minister, Dr. James Allen Cabaniss received his B.D. from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has written on church history and wrote A History of the University of Mississippi.

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Scope and Content Note

Manuscripts & correspondence related to Allen Cabaniss' historical research, including work on A History of the University of Mississippi,  History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi and  Charlemagne's Cousins. Collection also contains various Cabaniss photographs and manuscripts from other historians.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries

Access Restrictions

The Allen Cabaniss Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Allen Cabaniss.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives & Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 11 December 2009.

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

For more resources on the University of Mississippi housed in the Archives & Special Collections, see the University of Mississippi subject guide.

Separated Material

Photographs from this collection have been removed to Collection Photographs Box 1 Folders 1-4 for preservation; however, photocopies are also available to view in the Special Collections reading room.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • University of Mississippi -- History

Format(s)

  • correspondence
  • manuscripts (document genre)
  • photographs

Geographic Name(s)

  • Oxford (Miss.) -- History

Personal Name(s)

  • Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814

Subject(s)

  • Presbyterianism -- History

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 

1.1-1.2 Missing 

1.3 ALS. W.E. Bingham, Tuscaloosa, to Professor Faser, 22 February 1927 

1.4 ALS. S.C. Caldwell, Hazelhurst, to "Dear Doctor," 4 May 1927 Caldwell's notes of history of Univ. MS. 

1.5 TLS. Robert Burgess, Jr., to "Gentlemen." 9 December 1936. 

1.6 Letter UM Chancellor to Alumni, 15 June 1937. 

1.7 TLS. Alfred Hume, Oxford, to Dr. P.L. Rainwater, 19 August 1937 

1.8 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

History of University of Mississippi

1.9 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Radio Broadcasts from UM

1.10 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Cabaniss Manuscript, 1952

1.11 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Death of Minnie Brady, Nurse at UM Hospital, 1927

1.12 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Y.M.C.A. at University of Mississippi

1.13 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Pan American Institute of Geography & History, 1961

1.14 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Bessie McInnis' History of Ms. Towns, 1961

1.15 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

Photograph of John Duncan, UM Board of Trustees, 1872

1.16 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

The History of The University Museum, Undated

1.17 Correspondence 

Scope and Contents note

University Greys, 1962

1.18 "A History of the University of MS." Program, Undated 

1.19 Transcript of Article on University Greys, The Weekly Clarion, 27 September 1866. 

1.20 Announcement for Creation of Dept. of Student Personnel from Chancellor A.B. Butts, September 1937 (2 copies) 

1.21 Sketch of UM, circa.1865-1868, by Dr. C.W. Gratton 

1.22 The Ole Miss Alumni Review March 1944 

1.23 The Ole Miss Alumni Review October 1947 

1.24 "Laws of the University of MS." Undated 

1.25 Essay on the Master's Degree in Mississippi, by Mrs. Calvin Brown, Undated 

1.26 Bookmarks w/ scenes of sculptures & relief figures from Charitres Cathedral 

1.27 "National Gallery of Art," Pamphlet, Undated 

1.28 "Washington Guidebook by pictures" Undated 

1.29 Article. "The Church of the Reedemer, Biloxi, MS," in Holland's: The Magazine of the South, May 1952 

1.30 Postcards-National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 

1.31 Material re: Radio Broadcasts from UM. 

1.32 WSM Radio College Program Broadcast Tour, Undated 

1.33 Miscellaneous 

Box 2 

2.1 TLS. J.D. Williams, UM, to Dr. W.H. Anderson, 10 May 1967 & Anderson's, "A two year Hitch in Ole Miss" 

2.2 Address "Dr. J.J. Wheat, "An Appreciation," Undated 

2.3 Constitution of The National Assoc. of State Universities, 9 July 1896 

2.4 List of La Bauve Scholars, 1889-1918 

2.5 Sketch of UM prepared for Study of MS's Program of Higher Education, 1944-1945 

2.6 History of Oxford & List of Landmarks, Undated 

2.7 Handwritten manuscript, by Cabaniss, Undated (1 of 4) 

2.8 Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated (2 of 4) 

2.9 Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated (3 of 4) 

2.10 Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated(4 of 4) 

2.11 Legal Document, 1841 

2.12 Miscellaneous Correspondence 

Box 3 

3.1 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 1-12 

3.2 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 13-23 

3.3 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 24-34 

3.4 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 35-39 

3.5 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) CH 40-41 

3.6 History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 42-50 

3.7 Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated (Typescript) Trans. By Cabaniss pg 1-204 

3.8 Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated (Typescript) Trans. By Cabaniss pg 205-342 

3.9 Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated Trans. By Cabaniss (Handwritten Manuscript) 

3.10 Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated Trans. By Cabaniss (Handwritten Manuscript) 

3.11 Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated Contemporary Lives of Adalard and Wala, Trans. By Cabaniss 

Box 4 

4.1 Cabaniss, A History of The University of Mississippi Gallery Sheets (1949 

4.2 The Life of Saint Aldalard, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated (Typescript) 

4.3 The Life of Wala or  An Epitaph for Arsenius, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated Pg 1-259 

4.4 The Life of Wala or  An Epitaph for Arsenius, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated Pg. 260-364 

4.5 Notes for Cabaniss manuscript 

4.6 Index to Cabaniss manuscript 

4.7 Notebooks typescript-- Geograhical Geology by William Clifford Morse (Part I (x2) & II), 1946 

Box 5 

5.1 "Vita Walla" - Composition Notebook 

5.2 Charlemagne's Cousin (Composition Notebooks 1-9) 

5.3 Vita Adal - Spiral Notebook 

Box 6 

6.1 Photo Reporductions 

6.2 Coptica I Notebook 

6.3 Coptica II Notebook 

6.4 Coptica III Notebook 

6.5 "The Lady of Dogwood Town" 1958 

6.6 "A Source of Faulkner's Fable" Undated 

6.7 "Auewia: A World and It's Effect." 1964 

6.8 "A Jewish Provenience of The Advent Antiphons," Undated 

6.9 "The Young Charlemagne," Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Spring 1969 

6.10 "The Martyrs of MS," Religion in the Making, November 1942 

Box 7 (oversize) 

7.1 Photographs -- Removed to Collection photographs 

7.2 Photo Reproductions 

7.3 Photo Reproductions 

7.4 Galley Sheets, Folio Cut Charlemagne's Cousins, Undated 

7.5 Clippings 

7.6 Galley Sheets, Folio Cut, Sarah Isom by Maud Brown