Finding Aid for the Allen Cabaniss Collection
(MUM00059)
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Finding Aid for the Allen Cabaniss Collection
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Descriptive Summary
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| PURL: |
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00059/ |
| Title: |
Allen Cabaniss Collection |
| Dates: |
1865-1969 |
| Collector: |
Cabaniss, Allen, 1911- |
| Physical Extent: |
7 boxes (3.45 linear feet) |
| Repository: |
University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections.University, MS 38677, USA |
| Identification: |
MUM00059 |
| Language of Material: |
English |
| Abstract: |
Correspondence and manuscript materials related to Allen Cabaniss’ historical writings. |
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Collection donated by Allen Cabaniss.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Archives & Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, 11 December 2009.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
University of Mississippi — History
Presbyterianism — History
Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814
Oxford (Miss.) — History
Formats
correspondence
manuscripts (document genre)
photographs
Biographical Note
Historian and minister, Dr. James Allen Cabaniss received his B.D. from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and his
Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has written on church history and wrote A History of the University of Mississippi.
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts & correspondence related to Allen Cabaniss’ historical research, including work on A History of the University of Mississippi, History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi and Charlemagne’s Cousins. Collection also contains various Cabaniss photographs and manuscripts from other historians.
User Information
Prefered Citation
Allen Cabaniss Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Allen Cabaniss 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.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more resources on the University of Mississippi housed in the Archives & Special Collections, see the University of Mississippi subject guide.
Separated Material
Photographs from this collection have been removed to Collection Photographs Box 1 Folders 1-4 for preservation; however, photocopies are also available to view in the Special Collections reading room.
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| Folder 1.3
| ALS. W.E. Bingham, Tuscaloosa, to Professor Faser, 22 February 1927 |
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| Folder 1.4
| ALS. S.C. Caldwell, Hazelhurst, to “Dear Doctor,” 4 May 1927 Caldwell’s notes of history of Univ. MS. |
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| Folder 1.5
| TLS. Robert Burgess, Jr., to “Gentlemen.” 9 December 1936. |
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| Folder 1.6
| Letter UM Chancellor to Alumni, 15 June 1937. |
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| Folder 1.7
| TLS. Alfred Hume, Oxford, to Dr. P.L. Rainwater, 19 August 1937 |
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| Folder 1.8
| Correspondence |
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Scope: History of University of Mississippi
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| Folder 1.9
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Radio Broadcasts from UM
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| Folder 1.10
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Cabaniss Manuscript, 1952
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| Folder 1.11
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Death of Minnie Brady, Nurse at UM Hospital, 1927
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| Folder 1.12
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Y.M.C.A. at University of Mississippi
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| Folder 1.13
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Pan American Institute of Geography & History, 1961
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| Folder 1.14
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Bessie McInnis’ History of Ms. Towns, 1961
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| Folder 1.15
| Correspondence |
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Scope: Photograph of John Duncan, UM Board of Trustees, 1872
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| Folder 1.16
| Correspondence |
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Scope: The History of The University Museum, Undated
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| Folder 1.17
| Correspondence |
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Scope: University Greys, 1962
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| Folder 1.18
| “A History of the University of MS.” Program, Undated |
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| Folder 1.19
| Transcript of Article on University Greys, The Weekly Clarion, 27 September 1866.
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| Folder 1.20
| Announcement for Creation of Dept. of Student Personnel from Chancellor A.B. Butts, September 1937 (2 copies) |
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| Folder 1.21
| Sketch of UM, circa.1865-1868, by Dr. C.W. Gratton |
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| Folder 1.22
| The Ole Miss Alumni Review March 1944
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| Folder 1.23
| The Ole Miss Alumni Review October 1947
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| Folder 1.24
| “Laws of the University of MS.” Undated |
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| Folder 1.25
| Essay on the Master’s Degree in Mississippi, by Mrs. Calvin Brown, Undated |
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| Folder 1.26
| Bookmarks w/ scenes of sculptures & relief figures from Charitres Cathedral |
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| Folder 1.27
| “National Gallery of Art,” Pamphlet, Undated |
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| Folder 1.28
| “Washington Guidebook by pictures” Undated |
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| Folder 1.29
| Article. “The Church of the Reedemer, Biloxi, MS,” in Holland’s: The Magazine of the South, May 1952
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| Folder 1.30
| Postcards-National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
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| Folder 1.31
| Material re: Radio Broadcasts from UM. |
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| Folder 1.32
| WSM Radio College Program Broadcast Tour, Undated |
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| Folder 1.33
| Miscellaneous |
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| Folder 2.1
| TLS. J.D. Williams, UM, to Dr. W.H. Anderson, 10 May 1967 & Anderson’s, “A two year Hitch in Ole Miss” |
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| Folder 2.2
| Address “Dr. J.J. Wheat, “An Appreciation,” Undated |
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| Folder 2.3
| Constitution of The National Assoc. of State Universities, 9 July 1896 |
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| Folder 2.4
| List of La Bauve Scholars, 1889-1918 |
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| Folder 2.5
| Sketch of UM prepared for Study of MS’s Program of Higher Education, 1944-1945 |
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| Folder 2.6
| History of Oxford & List of Landmarks, Undated |
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| Folder 2.7
| Handwritten manuscript, by Cabaniss, Undated (1 of 4) |
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| Folder 2.8
| Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated (2 of 4) |
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| Folder 2.9
| Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated (3 of 4) |
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| Folder 2.10
| Handwritten manuscript by Cabaniss, Undated(4 of 4) |
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| Folder 2.11
| Legal Document, 1841 |
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| Folder 2.12
| Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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| Folder 3.1
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 1-12
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| Folder 3.2
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 13-23
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| Folder 3.3
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 24-34
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| Folder 3.4
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 35-39
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| Folder 3.5
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) CH 40-41
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| Folder 3.6
| History of Presbyterianism in Mississippi by Cabaniss, Undated (Typescript) Ch 42-50
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| Folder 3.7
| Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated (Typescript) Trans. By Cabaniss pg 1-204
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| Folder 3.8
| Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated (Typescript) Trans. By Cabaniss pg 205-342
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| Folder 3.9
| Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated Trans. By Cabaniss (Handwritten Manuscript)
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| Folder 3.10
| Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated Trans. By Cabaniss (Handwritten Manuscript)
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| Folder 3.11
| Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated Contemporary Lives of Adalard and Wala, Trans. By Cabaniss
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| Folder 4.1
| Cabaniss, A History of The University of Mississippi Gallery Sheets (1949
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| Folder 4.2
| The Life of Saint Aldalard, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated (Typescript)
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| Folder 4.3
| The Life of Wala or An Epitaph for Arsenius, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated Pg 1-259
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| Folder 4.4
| The Life of Wala or An Epitaph for Arsenius, by Paschasius Radbertus, Undated Pg. 260-364
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| Folder 4.5
| Notes for Cabaniss manuscript |
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| Folder 4.6
| Index to Cabaniss manuscript |
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| Box 4
| Notebooks typescript– Geograhical Geology by William Clifford Morse (Part I (x2) & II), 1946
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| Box 5
| “Vita Walla” – Composition Notebook |
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| Box 5
| Charlemagne’s Cousin (Composition Notebooks 1-9)
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| Box 5
| Vita Adal – Spiral Notebook
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| Folder 6.1
| Photo Reporductions |
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| Folder 6.2
| Coptica I Notebook |
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| Folder 6.3
| Coptica II Notebook |
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| Folder 6.4
| Coptica III Notebook |
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| Folder 6.5
| “The Lady of Dogwood Town” 1958 |
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| Folder 6.6
| “A Source of Faulkner’s Fable” Undated |
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| Folder 6.7
| “Auewia: A World and It’s Effect.” 1964 |
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| Folder 6.8
| “A Jewish Provenience of The Advent Antiphons,” Undated |
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| Folder 6.9
| “The Young Charlemagne,” Phi Kappa Phi Journal, Spring 1969
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| Folder 6.10
| “The Martyrs of MS,” Religion in the Making, November 1942 |
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| OVRS 7.1
| Photographs — Removed to Collection photographs |
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| OVRS 7.2
| Photo Reproductions |
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| OVRS 7.3
| Photo Reproductions |
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| OVRS 7.4
| Galley Sheets, Folio Cut Charlemagne’s Cousins, Undated
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| OVRS 7.6
| Galley Sheets, Folio Cut, Sarah Isom by Maud Brown
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