Finding Aid for the Falkner Family Collection
(MUM00125)
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Finding Aid for the Falkner Family Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00125/ |
| Title: |
Falkner Family Collection |
| Dates: |
1887-1902 |
| Collector: |
Faulkner family |
| Physical Extent: |
3 boxes (1.251 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00125 |
| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
Collection of Colonel W.C. Falkner's
railroad records at the turn of the twentieth-century.
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Administrative Information
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 19 May 2009.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Railroads
Railroad companies -- United States
Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham
Railroad Company
Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis
Railroad Company
Southern Express Company
Formats
telegrams
correspondence
receipts (financial records)
Biographical Note
Colonel W.C. Falkner, great-grandfather to William Faulkner, was born 6 July 1826 in
Knox County, Tennessee. He arrived in Mississippi at Seventeen and settled in
Ripley, where he married Holland Pearce, who died shortly after.
After serving in the Mexican War and the Civil War, where he formed the Magnolia
Rifles Company as part of the Second Mississippi Infantry and attained the rank of
Colonel.
During Reconstruction, Falkner formed the Ship Island, Ripley, and Kentucky Railroad
Company. He was shot 5 November 1889 by R.J. Thurmond, a former business parter, and
died the following day.
Citation:
Hagood, Taylor. MWP: William Clark Falkner (1826-1889). https://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/falkner_william_clark/index.html. June 2003. accessed 19 May 2009.
Scope and Content Note
Collection of Colonel W.C. Falkner's railroad records at the turn of the
twentieth-century
User Information
Prefered Citation
Falkner Family Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D.
Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Falkner Family Collection is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
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Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For a description of the William Faulkner archival collections housed at the University of Mississippi, please view our William Faulkner Subject Guide
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| Folder 1.1
| Inventory of the collection as received |
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Note: Collection no longer organized according to original inventory; however, this
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| Folder 1.2
| Western Union Telegrams, 1889 |
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| Folder 1.3
| Western Union Telegrams, 1890 |
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| Folder 1.4
| Western Union Telegrams, 1899 |
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| Folder 1.5
| Western Union Telegrams, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.6
| Western Union Telegrams, Undated |
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| Folder 1.7
| Western Union Night Messages, 1890-1902 |
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| Folder 1.8
| Alabama, Mississippi & Tennessee Company Message, 1890 |
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| Folder 1.9
| Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Telegraph Message, Undated |
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| Folder 1.10
| Records of Business Transactions Adams Express Company, Ohio, 1899-1900 |
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| Folder 1.11
| Records of Business Transactions with Clyde Steamship Company, New
York, 1899
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| Folder 1.12
| Records of Business Transactions with Gulf & Chicago Railroad
Company, 1898-1900
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| Folder 1.13
| Records of Business Transactions with H.J. Franks & Company,
Tailors, 1899
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| Folder 1.14
| Records of Business Transactions with Illinois Central Railroad
Company, 1899-1900
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| Folder 1.15
| Flyer for Kansas City Railroad International Conference Epworth
League, 1895
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| Folder 1.16
| Kansas City Railroad Excursion Ticket, 1891 |
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| Folder 1.17
| Kansas City Railroad Agent's Stub, 1890s |
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| Folder 1.18
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1891 |
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| Folder 1.19
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.20
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.21
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.22
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.23
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.24
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.25
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.26
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.27
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.28
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.29
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Train Orders, 1902 |
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| Folder 1.30
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Freight Bills, 1897-1898 |
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| Folder 1.31
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Cotton Bills, 1899 |
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| Folder 1.32
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Claims, 1896 |
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| Folder 1.33
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Claims, April-June 1898 |
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| Folder 1.34
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Claims, July-September 1898 |
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| Folder 1.35
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Claims, October-December 1898 |
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| Folder 1.36
| Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad Receipts, 1887 |
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| Folder 1.37
| Business Correspondence with Kansas City, Fort Scott, Memphis
Railroad Company, 1898-1899
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| Folder 1.38
| Business Correspondence with Kansas City, Fort Scott, Memphis
Railroad Company, January-March 1900
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| Folder 1.39
| Business Correspondence with Kansas City, Fort Scott, Memphis
Railroad Company, April-June 1900
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| Folder 1.40
| Business Correspondence with Kentucky & Columbia Cotton
Presses, 1897
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| Folder 1.41
| Louisiana Lottery Company Ticket, 1894 |
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| Folder 1.42
| Louisiana & Nashville Railroad Company, 1898-1900 |
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| Folder 2.1
| Business Correspondence with Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, 1900 |
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| Folder 2.2
| Business Correspondence with New Albany Compress Company, 1899 |
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| Folder 2.3
| Postcard to Southern Express Night Agent, 28 January 1900 |
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| Folder 2.4
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, March 1899 |
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| Folder 2.5
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, April 1899 |
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| Folder 2.6
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, May 1899 |
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| Folder 2.7
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, June 1899 |
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| Folder 2.8
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, July 1899 |
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| Folder 2.9
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, September 1899 |
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| Folder 2.10
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, October 1899 |
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| Folder 2.11
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, December 1899 |
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| Folder 2.12
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, January 1900 |
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| Folder 2.13
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, February 1900 |
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| Folder 2.14
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, March 1900 |
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| Folder 2.15
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, November 1900 |
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| Folder 2.16
| Business Correspondence with Southern Railway Company, 1899 |
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| Folder 2.17
| Business Correspondence with Strauss Brothers Wholesale Tailors, 1900 |
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| Folder 2.18
| Business Correspondence with W.A. Whittington, Dry Goods Dealer, 1899 |
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| Folder 2.19
| Correspondence Regarding Claim Number 110298 |
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| Folder 2.20
| Correspondence from Assistant General Freight Agent's Office, 1899 |
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| Folder 2.21
| Regular Round Trip Tickets, Agent's Stubs, 1891 |
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| Folder 2.22
| Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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| Folder 2.23
| Miscellaneous |
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| Folder 2.24
| E.K. Voorhees Correspondence with R.N. Dalton, 1899 |
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Note: Regarding Cotton Rates
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| Folder 2.25
| Business Correspondence with American Express Company, 1899-1900 |
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| Folder 2.26
| Correspondence with Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad, |
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Note: Regarding Claim Number 049942
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| Folder 2.27
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, 1898-1899 |
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| Folder 2.28
| Business Correspondence with Georgia Railroad; South Carolina and
Georgia Railroad, 1898-1900
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| Folder 2.29
| Correspondence with J.L. Henderson, Pontotoc, Mississippi, 1899 |
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Note: Regarding Claim against Southern Express Company
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| Folder 2.30
| Business Correspondence with Meletta & Stoddart, New Orleans, 1897 |
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| Folder 2.31
| Business Correspondence with Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham
Railroad, 1897
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| Folder 2.32
| Cotton Inspection Reports, New Orleans, 1897 |
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| Folder 2.33
| Xerox Copies of Correspondence in Falkner Collection |
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| Folder 2.34
| Photocopy of Telegram on Shooting of Colonel Falkner, Undated |
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| Folder 2.35
| Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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| Folder 2.36
| Business Correspondence with Dixie Tailoring Company, 1890 |
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| Folder 2.37
| Business Correspondence with Adams Express Company, Ohio, 1899 |
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| Folder 2.38
| Business Correspondence with Southern Express Company, December 1899 |
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| Folder 3.1
| Metal Tags from Mobile & Ohio Railroad and M.S.&B.
Railroad
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| Folder 3.2
| Inventory and Xerox Article on Colonel Falkner, Undated |
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| Folder 3.3
| Correspondence, 1900 |
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Note: Regarding A.A. Graham Claim against gulf & Chicago Railroad
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| Folder 3.4
| Southern Railway Company Way-Bill, 1899 |
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| Folder 3.5
| Southern Express Company Ledger Sheets |
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| Folder 3.6
| Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad Way-Bills, 1897 |
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| Folder 3.7
| Gulf & Chicago Railroad Way Bills, 1890-1899 |
