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Finding aid for the James J. Cooke Collection

MUM00087

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Cooke, James J.
Title
James J. Cooke Collection
ID
MUM00087
Date [inclusive]
1968-2001
General Physical Description note
10 boxes (5.34 linear feet)
Location:
General Special Collections
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence and drafts of essays and publications created by James J. Cooke, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi.

Preferred Citation

James J. Cooke Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Note

Dr. James J. Cooke, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi, wrote extensively about Modern European History, specifically about French Imperial in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served many years in the United States Army and participated military operations in Desert Storm. He retired from the Mississippi Army National Guard with the rank of Brigadier General in 1995 and retired from the University of Mississippi History Department in 1999.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of many different drafts of Cooke's essays and publications. Also included is an extensive collection of his correspondences, both personal and professional. The collection also contains a copy of a dissertation by Thomas M. Verich, former University Archivist at the University of Mississippi.

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Arrangement

This collection was received in five accretions and is arranged by accretion.

  1. Accretion 79-31: Various Manuscripts
  2. Accretion 93-99: Birth of the Rainbow;  100 Miles from Baghdad with the French in the Desert Storm;  Feeding the Force: Logistics in Sherman’s I864 Atlanta Campaign
  3. Accretion 97-9: Typed Manuscript “Pershing and his Generals”
  4. Accretion 97-103: The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1918
  5. Accretion 98-113: The All Americans At War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1919
  6. Accretion 99-71: Correspondence and Other Materials

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries 11 July 2012

Access Restrictions

The James J. Cooke 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

Donated by Dr. James J. Cooke in 1999

Processing Information

Collection processed by Joel Gillaspie, June 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, July 2012.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • French Colonial Historical Society
  • University of Mississippi. Dept. of History

Format(s)

  • correspondence
  • doctoral dissertations
  • manuscripts for publication

Geographic Name(s)

  • France -- History -- 19th century
  • France -- History -- 20th century

Personal Name(s)

  • Cooke, James J.

Subject(s)

  • Imperialism -- History -- 19th century

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Collection Inventory

Accretion 79-31: Various Manuscripts by James J. Cooke 

1.1 Publications 

1.2 The Army Archives at Vincennes: Archives for the Study of North African History in the Colonial Period 

1.3 Untitled manuscript on French Colonialism 

1.4 The American Periodical Press and Ahmed Ben Bella by James J. Cooke and Alf Andrew Heggoy 

1.5 Anglo-French Diplomacy and the Contraband Arms Trade in Colonial Africa, 1894-1897 

1.6 Madagascar and Zanzibar: A Case Study in African Colonial Friction, 1894-1897 

1.7 God, Glory, and Expansion: The English Missionary in East Africa 

1.8 The Modern University, the Student and Publication: A Defense 

1.9 PhD and No Job: The Winner is the Undergraduate 

1.10 Working manuscript of New French Imperialism: The Third Republic and Colonial Expansion 

2.1 Draft of a book review of the book The Tunisia of Ahmad Bey 1837-1855 

2.2 France and Morocco: the 1894 Origins of the Colonial Protectorate 

2.3 Insubordination in the French Colonial Army 

2.4 The Correspondence d’Eugene Etiennes 

2.5 Anti-Natives Expression in Algeria: Colon Ethnocentricism and Anti-Muslim Legislative Measures, 1880-1920 

2.6 Eugene Etienne and the Emergence of Colonial Dominance in Algeria, 1884-1905 

2.7 Eugene Etienne, the Imperialists, and the First Moroccan Crisis 

2.8 France Turns West: Origins of The French Acquisition of Morocco, 1884-1894 

2.9 A Dictionary of Modern French History 1789-1962 

3.1 Drafts of several essays 

3.2 James Cooke KKK References 

3.3 Cooke Articles on Algeria #5 

3.4 Cooke Article #2 

3.5 Cooke Article #3 

3.6 James Cook #4 (Reviews) 

3.7-3.11 Various article manuscripts 

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Accretion 93-99: Birth of the Rainbow;  100 Miles from Baghdad with the French in the Desert Storm;  Feeding the Force: Logistics in Sherman’s I864 Atlanta Campaign 

4.1 Feeding the Force: Logistics in Sherman’s I864 Atlanta Campaign 

4.2 Birth of the Rainbow 

4.3 100 Miles from Baghdad with the French in Desert Storm 

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Accretion 97-9: Typed Manuscript of Pershing and his Generals 

Box

Box 5 Pershing and His Generals, first draft 

5

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Accretion 97-103: The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1918 

Box

Box 6 Working manuscript: The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1918 

6

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Accretion 98-113: The All Americans At War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1919 

7.1-7.4 Typed manuscript in four parts: The All Americans At War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1919 

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Accretion 99-71: Correspondence and Other Materials 

8.1 Correspondence, 1968-1969 

8.2 Correspondence, 1969-1970 

8.3 Correspondence, 1969-1970 - Publications 

8.4 Personal letters, 1970-1971 

8.5 Correspondence, 1970-1971 – Arts-Rbs 

8.6 Correspondence, 1971-1972 – Books-Articles 

8.7 Personal letters, 1971-1972 

8.8 Correspondence, 1972-1973 

8.9 Correspondence, 1973-1974 

8.10 Correspondence, 1974-1975 

8.11 Correspondence, 1975-1976 

8.12 Correspondence, 1976-1977 

8.13 Correspondence, 1977-1978 

8.14 Correspondence, 1978-1979 

8.15 Correspondence, 1979-1980 

8.16 Correspondence, 1981-1982 

8.17 Correspondence, 1982-1983 

8.18 Correspondence, 1983-1984 

8.19 Correspondence, 1984-1985 

8.20 Correspondence, 1985-1986 

8.21 Correspondence, 1986-1987 

8.22 Correspondence, 1986-1987 

8.23 Correspondence, 1987-1988 

8.24 Correspondence, 1988-1989 

8.25 Correspondence, 1989-1990 

8.26 Correspondence, 1990-1991 

8.27 Correspondence, 1991-1992 

9.1 Correspondence, 1992-1993 

9.2 Correspondence, 1993-1994 

9.3 Correspondence, 1994-1995 

9.4 Correspondence, 1995-1996 

9.5 Correspondence, 1996-1997 

9.6 Correspondence, 1997-1998 

9.7 Correspondence, 1998-1999 

9.8 Correspondence, 1999-2000 

9.9 Correspondence, 2000-2001 

9.10 Budget Symposium, 1981 

9.11 "The Confederacy: The Old South in the Crucible of the War" conference 

9.12 Chancellor’s Symposium 

9.13 Publications of the faculty – 1969-1970, 1971-1972 

9.14 Convention D’Armistice du 11 Novembre 1918 

9.15 Research Diary – Paris, 1968 

9.16 Research Diary – Paris, 1979 

9.17 Howard Bahr – letter and manuscript, 1983 

9.18 Civil War Society – 1991 

9.19 Dissertation: The European Powers and the Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-1936: A Diplomatic Study by Thomas Verich, 1980 

10.1 French Colonial Historical Society Newsletter, 1975 

10.2 French Colonial Historical Society Program, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984 

10.3 French Colonial Historical Society - Annual Meeting, 1978 

10.4 French Colonial Historical Society, 1979 

10.5 French Colonial Historical Society, 1988 

10.6 Forum on The French Revolution, 1989 

10.7 French Colonial Historical Society – Letters 

10.8 French Colonial Historical Society – Response Letters 

10.9 French Colonial Historical Society – Letter of Acceptance 

10.10 French Colonial Historical Society Brochures 

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