Finding Aid for the Ray and Ellie Lum Collection
MUM00279
Table of Contents
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00279/
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
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.
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.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two series:
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.
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.
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
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Ray Lum Records |
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Box 1 Bank Statements and Cancelled Checks, 1943-1957 Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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Handbook of Accounting Methods, ed. J.K. Lasser Access RestrictionsItem is housed in Box 1, but it is unrestricted. |
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Box 2 Cancelled Checks, 1941-1948 Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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3.1 Invoices, 1945 |
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3.2 Invoices, 1947 |
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3.3 Invoices, 1949 |
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3.4 Invoices, 1954, 1956, 1958 |
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3.5 Invoices, 1961-1963 |
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3.6 Miscellaneous personal |
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3.7 Invoice book |
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Box 4 One Harness |
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Box 5 Expense Record Ledger Sheets, 1955-1961 |
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Series 2: Ellie Lum Records |
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Box 6 Bank Statements from First National Bank and Trust Company, 1943-1958; miscellaneous bank and expense records Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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Box 7 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1943-1945, 1950-1951 Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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Box 8 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1952-1956 Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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Box 9 Bank Statements from Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, 1957-1958 Access RestrictionsRestricted |
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10.1 Invoices, 1944 |
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10.2 Invoices, 1945 |
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10.3 Invoices, 1946 |
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10.4 Invoices, 1947 |
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10.5 Invoices, 1948 (1 of 2) |
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10.6 Invoices, 1948 (2 of 2) |
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10.7 1949 |
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10.8 1950 |
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10.9 1951 |
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10.10 1952 |
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10.11 1953 |
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11.1 Invoices, 1954 |
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11.2 Invoices, 1955 |
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11.3 Invoices, 1956 |
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11.4 Invoices, 1957 |
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11.5 Invoices, 1958 |
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11.6 Invoices, 1959 |
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11.7 Invoices, 1962 |
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11.8 Invoices, 1963 |
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11.9 Lum Funeral Home Records |
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11.10 Sky Farm Subdivision Correspondence |
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11.11 Miscellaneous Personal |
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11.12 Raymond Lum Baby Book |
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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 |
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Box 12 Floor plans |
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