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Finding Aid for the Ray and Ellie Lum Collection

MUM00279

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http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00279/

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
Lum, Ellie
Creator
Lum, Ray, 1891-1976
Title
Ray and Ellie Lum Collection
ID
MUM00279
Date
1943-1963
Extent
6.0 Linear feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ray Lum owned a horse and mule trading business in Vicksburg, Miss. throughout most of the twentieth century. His wife, Ellie Lum, ran a real estate business in Vicksburg and founded Sky Farms, the city’s first subdivision. The Lums also owned an antique store and a funeral home. The collection chiefly contains the couple’s business records.

Preferred Citation

Ray and Ellie Lum Collection (MUM00279), Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Biographical Note

Ray Lum owned a horse and mule trading business in Vicksburg, Miss. throughout most of the twentieth century. Born in Rocky Springs, Miss. in 1891, Lum began his trading career at the age of 14. In 1920, he established a central sale barn in Fort Worth, Tex. in 1922. Lum continued in the trading business until his death in 1976. Ray Lum was also a storyteller.

Ellie Lum ran a real estate business in Vicksburg and founded Sky Farms, the city’s first subdivision.

The Lums also owned an antique store and a funeral home.

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Scope and Content

The collection chiefly contains the couple’s business records (i.e. invoices, bank statements, canceled checks, payroll and expense records). The collection, which consists of twelve boxes, is divided into Ray Lum’s records (Boxes 1-5) and Ellie Lum’s records (Box 6-12). There is very little personal material in the collection, roughly one folder per individual.

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Arrangement

The collection is divided into two series:

Series 1: Ray Lum Records

Series 2: Ellie Lum Records

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries March 2013

Access Restrictions

Some boxes in this collection contain restricted financial documents. Restrictions are indicated at the box level.

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.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid created by Kathryn Michaelis, March 2013.

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Related Materials

Related Materials at the University of Mississippi

"You Live and Learn, Then you Die and Forget it All" : Ray Lum's Tales of Horses, Mules, and Men. By William Ferris, with a foreword by Eudora Welty. Anchor Books (New York, NY), 1992. Call number: F216 .F47 1992.

Ray Lum, Mule Trader. Sound recording. Call number: Southern Folklore SF102-11-76.

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Controlled Access Headings

Family Name(s)

  • Lum family

Format(s)

  • bank statements
  • checks (bank checks)
  • floor plans
  • invoices
  • postcards

Geographic Name(s)

  • Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History

Occupation(s)

  • Real estate agents -- Mississippi

Subject(s)

  • Horse trading -- Mississippi

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Collection Inventory

Series 1: Ray Lum Records 

 Box 1 Bank Statements and Cancelled Checks, 1943-1957 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

Handbook of Accounting Methods, ed. J.K. Lasser 

Access Restrictions

Item is housed in Box 1, but it is unrestricted.

 Box 2 Cancelled Checks, 1941-1948 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

 3.1 Invoices, 1945 

 3.2 Invoices, 1947 

 3.3 Invoices, 1949 

 3.4 Invoices, 1954, 1956, 1958 

 3.5 Invoices, 1961-1963 

 3.6 Miscellaneous personal 

 3.7 Invoice book 

 Box 4 One Harness 

 Box 5 Expense Record Ledger Sheets, 1955-1961 

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Series 2: Ellie Lum Records 

 Box 6 Bank Statements from First National Bank and Trust Company, 1943-1958; miscellaneous bank and expense records 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

 Box 7 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1943-1945, 1950-1951 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

 Box 8 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1952-1956 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

 Box 9 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1957-1958 

Access Restrictions

Restricted

 10.1 Invoices, 1944 

 10.2 Invoices, 1945 

 10.3 Invoices, 1946 

 10.4 Invoices, 1947 

 10.5 Invoices, 1948 (1 of 2) 

 10.6 Invoices, 1948 (2 of 2) 

 10.7 1949 

 10.8 1950 

 10.9 1951 

 10.10 1952 

 10.11 1953 

 11.1 Invoices, 1954 

 11.2 Invoices, 1955 

 11.3 Invoices, 1956 

 11.4 Invoices, 1957 

 11.5 Invoices, 1958 

 11.6 Invoices, 1959 

 11.7 Invoices, 1962 

 11.8 Invoices, 1963 

 11.9 Lum Funeral Home Records 

 11.10 Sky Farm Subdivision Correspondence 

 11.11 Miscellaneous Personal 

 11.12 Raymond Lum Baby Book 

Unfoldered items: Photo Postcard of Lucretia Pearl Dudley, undated; Photo Postcard, 1945; Photo [Ellie Lum], undated; Office of Price Administration Gasoline Ration Tickets; Photo Postcard, 1910 

 Box 12 Floor plans 

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