Finding aid for the Jiggitts Collection
MUM00243
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PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00243/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Jiggitts, Louis M. (Louis Meredith), 1899-1945
- Title
- Jiggitts Collection
- ID
- MUM00243
- Date [inclusive]
- 1917-1925
- Extent
- 2 boxes
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and printed materials related to Louis M. Jiggitts, patricularly his tenure as a University of Mississippi student, staff member of The Mississippian, Rhodes scholar and Army Lieutenant.
Prefered Citation
Jiggitts Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
University of Mississippi alumnus and attorney, Louis M. Jiggitts studied at St. John's College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. Jiggitts served in the U.S. Army during World War I, stationed at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Scope and Content Note
Collection contains correspondence written during Jiggins' tenure as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. Box 2 contains copies of The Mississippian, on which Jiggitts worked.
For researchers investigating the homefront during World War I, the collection contains correspondence from 1917-1918 between Louis M. Jiggitts, writing from Camp Perry, Ohio, to his parents in Canton, Mississippi. It also contains a typed list of Aviation Examining Boards with Physical Examining Unit Attached, A Soldier's Handbook on the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C Arranged for the United States Rifle Model of 1917, and Lieutenant Louis M. Jiggitts' Book of Common Prayer.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries
Access Restrictions
The Jiggitts 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.
Related Materials
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more University of Mississippi archival collections, see the University of Mississippi subject guide.
For more archival collections concerning Mississippians at war, see the Wars (excluding the American Civil War) subject guide.
The full run of The Mississippian is available
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- University of Mississippi -- Students -- Periodicals
Format(s)
- books
- correspondence
- newspapers
- prayer books
- printed ephemera
- programs (documents)
- scrapbooks
Personal Name(s)
- Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
- Jiggitts, Louis M. (Louis Meredith), 1899-1945
- Wasson, Ben
Subject(s)
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
Collection Inventory
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Box 1, Folder 1: Miscellaneous correspondence, statements & memos |
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Postcard of the City Walls and River Dee, Chester, England. Blank, no postmark |
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Small pamphlet advertisement for Rumford Baking Powder, includes recipes. Undated |
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Programme of the University of Mississippi Orchestra and Male Quartette, Mrs. E.D. Beanland, Director. Undated (4 copies) |
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Canton Exchange Bank Account Statement for Mrs. M.P. Jiggitts. 1-30 September 1920. Canton, Mississippi |
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Receipt from Harter Market: Beef, Pork, Sausage, etc., for Mrs. Jiggetts. June 1, 1922 |
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TLS. 5 March 1923. Frank Aydelotte, American Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust to L.M. Jiggetts, St. John’s College, Oxford, England. No envelope. Scope and Contents notePassport bill in Congress |
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TL. 5 March 1923. No envelope. Alumni Association of American Rhodes Scholars, Office of the Secretary, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Scope and Contents noteResponsibilities of Rhodes Scholars abroad |
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Program. Encaenia, June 28, MCMXXII (Oxford) |
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Programme of Entertainment in aid of British & American Seamen's Charities, 25 September 1920 |
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Telegram. 15 November 1923 from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |
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Qualifications of Candidates. War Department Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Air Division |
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Course Roster. Military Law, Second Lieutenant Louis M. Jiggitts, Instructor |
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Typescript. Signed Moe (p.4 only) |
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Folder 1.2: Correspondence, 1917-1918 |
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Folder 1.3: Correspondence, 1919-1920 |
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Folder 1.4: Correspondence, 1921 |
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Folder 1.5: Correspondence, 1922-1923 |
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Folder 1.6: Assorted telegraphs, miscellaneous notes |
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Folder 1.7: Mrs. Mary Jiggitts: various statements |
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Folder 1.8: Annie Tupper Jiggitts: miscellaneous statements & correspondence |
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Folder 1.9: Handwritten manuscript entitled Real Property by L.M. Jiggitts, St. John's College (14p.) |
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Folder 1.10: Book of Common Prayers. New York, 1892. inscribed "Lieut Louis M. Jiggitts / United States Army / given by / Reverend [Doctor?] Smead / November 1918" |
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Folder 1.11: Boston University Law Review (vol. 2, no. 3). June 1922 |
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Folder 1.12 Illlustrated Guide of the Town of Turin. 1911 |
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Folder 1.13 Palaestra Logica. Oxford, 1919 |
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Folder 1.14: Soldier's Handbook of the Rifle and Score Book for Special Course C. Washington (G.P.O.), 1918 |
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Folder 1.15: Scrapbook of May 1925 boating disaster |
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Box 2 The Mississippian |
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24 September 1919 (clipped) (2 copies) |
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1 October 1919 (clipped) |
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8 October 1919 (clipped) |
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15 October 1919 (clipped) 15 October 1919 |
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29 October 1919, Ben Wasson short story (clipped) 29 October 1919 |
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5 November 1919 (clipped) |
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12 November 1919, W. Faulkner "Cathay" (clipped) |
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3 December 1919 (clipped) |
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10 December 1919, Jiggitts short story (clipped) |
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7 January 1920 |
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14 January 1920 (clipped) |
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28 January 1920, W. Faulkner "Une Balad Hedes..." (clipped) |
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4 February 1920, W. Faulkner "Naiad's song" (clipped) |
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25 February 1920, W. Faulkner "Fantouches a Paul Verlaine" (clipped) |
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3 March 1920, W. Faulkner "Claire de Lune" (clipped) |
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24 March 1920, nickname "Count" first used, first commentary |
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5 May 1920 |
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13 October 1920, Ben Wasson short story |
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27 October 1920 |
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5 January 1921, W. Faulkner, contributing editor |
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13 January 1921, review Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo" by W. Faulkner |
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10 February 1922 |
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20 October 1922 |
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