Eugene B. Ferris Collection
MUM00183
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PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00183/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Title
- Eugene B. Ferris Collection
- ID
- MUM00183
- Date
- 1826-1984
- Extent
- 2.0 Linear feet (4 boxes)
- General Physical Description note
- 4 boxes
- Abstract
- Collection consists of genealogies, memoirs, correspondence and ephemera related to the life and work of Eugene B. Ferris. Items were created 1826-1984.
Preferred Citation
Eugene B. Ferris Collection (MUM00183). The Department of Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
Biographical Note
A native of Trinity, Alabama, Eugene Beverly Ferris was associated with Agricultural Extension work in Mississippi for more than fifty years. Ferris was a graduate of Mississippi A and M College, now Mississippi State, and was appointed the first superintendent of the first branch experiment station located in McNeil, in south Mississippi. He would later become an agronomist for the Mississippi Extension Service, and in 1937 was appointed the superintendent of the Holly Springs Experiment Station. A landowner in his own right, Ferris has been the subject of features in the The Progressive Farmer, Southern Agriculturalist , and Country Life. Additionally, Ferris was also the author of a History of the Experiment Stations of Mississippi as well as a number of articles over the course of his career.
Scope and Contents Note
Collection consists of genealogies, memoirs, correspondence and ephemera related to the life and work of Eugene B. Ferris. Items were created 1826-1984.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries September 2005
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restriction
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.
Accruals
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Collection Inventory
Box 1: Correspondence |
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Folder 1: Micou Letters. 1826-1882 |
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Folder 2: E.B. Ferris to John and Jane Reynolds Harvey. 1839-1872 |
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Folders 3-4: Miscellaneous Family Letters. 1840-1971 |
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Folder 5: E.B. Ferris to Mattie Ferris. 1905—1920 |
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Folders 6-7: Letters to E.B. Ferris Relating to Family Genealogy. 1919--1939 |
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Folders 8-12: E.B. Ferris to daughter, Frances Ferris. 1921-1954 |
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Folder 13: E.B. Ferris to sisters, Mildred and Dooley. 1924-1953 |
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Folder 14: Trinity, Alabama associates to E.B. Ferris. 1928-1951 |
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Folder 15: Business Correspondence. 1931—1954 |
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Folder 16: E.B. Ferris to W.R. Perkins. 1935-1938 |
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Folder 17: Dooley Ferris to Frances Ferris Hall. 1957-1972 |
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Folder 18: Miscellaneous Correspondence. |
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Folder 19-20: Speeches and Articles. Scope and Content"Some Perception on the Negro Question" by E.B. Ferris |
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Box 2: Genealogy and Memoirs |
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Folder 1: Blackford Genealogy. |
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Folders 2-3: Ferris Genealogy. |
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Folder 4: Micou Genealogy. |
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Folder 5: Minor Genealogy. |
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Folder 6: Reynolds and Ferris Family Tree. |
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Folder 7: Washington Genealogy. |
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Folders 8-9: E.B. Ferris Memoirs. |
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Folder 10: E.B. Ferris Memories of South Mississippi. |
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Folder 11: Eugene Beverly Ferris/His Ancestor's by Frances Ferris Hall. |
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Folder 12-13: E.B. Ferris Travel Memoirs. |
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Folder 14: Reminiscences of the Civil War. |
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Folder 15: Reminiscences of Frances Ferris Hall's Life. |
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Folder 16: Reminiscences of Henry Minor Faser. |
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Folder 17: Duplicate Copies of articles by E.B. Ferris. |
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Folders 18-19: Biographies written by E.B. Ferris. |
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Folder 20: A History of Experiment Stations in Mississippi. |
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Box 3: Manuscripts |
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Folders 1-8: "E.B. Ferris and Agricultural Science in the Lower South" by Roy V. Scott. Scope and ContentMultiple Drafts |
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Box 4: Reports and Notes |
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Folder 1: "A Historical Sketch-The Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Stations," by E.B. Ferris 1895 |
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Folder 2: "A Historical Sketch of the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station," by John Wendell Bailey 1923 |
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Folders 3-6: Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletins 1899-1945 |
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Folder 7: A Course of Study for Mississippi's Agricultural High School 1908-1925 |
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Folder 8: Mississippi Extension Annual Reports 1916-1967 |
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Folder 9: A History of Taft County, Georgia 1948 |
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Folder 10: "The Organization of the Agricultural Sciences," by Margaret W. Rossiter. 1979 |
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Folder 11: "Chemical Regulation in Mississippi," by Walter Pittman |
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Folder 12: Farm Notes by E.B. Ferris, Popularville Free Press 1903-1923 |
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Folder 13: Agricultural Reports by E.B. Ferris and Charles Brand. 1903-1938 |
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Folder 14: The Holly Springs South Reporter 1937-1944 |
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Folder 15: "Some Ancient Literature and History of Horticulture," by W.S. Anderson 1983 |
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Folder 16. "Trade Secrets," Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service. 1984 |
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Folder 17: Mississippi Newsletter and Mindscape. 1984 |
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Folder 18: Cotton Growers in Mississippi, Sociology Research Report Series. 1984-1985 |
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Folder 19: Notes on E.B. Ferris: The Early Life. |
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Folder 20: Notes on the Ferris Family. |
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Folder 21: Notes on the McNeill Years. |
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Folders 22-23: Notes on Extension Work in Popularville. |
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Folders 24-25: Notes on Agricultural Conditions in Mississippi. |
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Folder 26: Notes on Mississippi Soil Condition. |
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Folder 27: Notes on Mississippi Extension Work. |
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Folder 28: Notes on TVA |
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Folders 29-31: Notes on Dissertation |
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