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Finding Aid for the James J. Cooke Collection


Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00087/
Title: James J. Cooke Collection
Dates: 1968-2001
Collector: Cooke, James J.
Physical Extent: 10 boxes (5.34 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM00087
Location: General Special Collections

Language of Material: English
Abstract: The collection contains correspondence and drafts of essays and publications created
by James J. Cooke, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Dr. James J. Cooke in 1999

Processing Information

Collection processed by Joel Gillaspie, June 2012. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn
Michaelis, July 2012.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Cooke, James J.
University of Mississippi. Dept. of History
Imperialism — History — 19th century
France — History — 19th century
France — History — 20th century
French Colonial Historical Society


Formats

manuscripts for publication
correspondence
doctoral dissertations


Biographical Note

Dr. James J. Cooke, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Mississippi,
wrote extensively about Modern European History, specifically about French Imperial
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He served many years in the United States
Army and participated military operations in Desert Storm. He retired from the Mississippi
Army National Guard with the rank of Brigadier General in 1995 and retired from the
University of Mississippi History Department in 1999.


Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of many different drafts of Cooke’s essays and publications.
Also included is an extensive collection of his correspondences, both personal and
professional. The collection also contains a copy of a dissertation by Thomas M. Verich,
former University Archivist at the University of Mississippi.


User Information

Preferred Citation

James J. Cooke Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The James J. Cooke 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.


Arrangement

This collection was received in five accretions and is arranged by accretion.


Container List

Accretion 79-31: Various Manuscripts by James J. Cooke
1.1

Publications
1.2

The Army Archives at Vincennes: Archives for the Study of North African History in
the Colonial Period
1.3

Untitled manuscript on French Colonialism
1.4

The American Periodical Press and Ahmed Ben Bella by James J. Cooke and Alf Andrew Heggoy
1.5

Anglo-French Diplomacy and the Contraband Arms Trade in Colonial Africa, 1894-1897
1.6

Madagascar and Zanzibar: A Case Study in African Colonial Friction, 1894-1897
1.7

God, Glory, and Expansion: The English Missionary in East Africa
1.8

The Modern University, the Student and Publication: A Defense
1.9

PhD and No Job: The Winner is the Undergraduate
1.10

Working manuscript of New French Imperialism: The Third Republic and Colonial Expansion
2.1

Draft of a book review of the book The Tunisia of Ahmad Bey 1837-1855
2.2

France and Morocco: the 1894 Origins of the Colonial Protectorate
2.3

Insubordination in the French Colonial Army
2.4

The Correspondence d’Eugene Etiennes
2.5

Anti-Natives Expression in Algeria: Colon Ethnocentricism and Anti-Muslim Legislative
Measures, 1880-1920
2.6

Eugene Etienne and the Emergence of Colonial Dominance in Algeria, 1884-1905
2.7

Eugene Etienne, the Imperialists, and the First Moroccan Crisis
2.8

France Turns West: Origins of The French Acquisition of Morocco, 1884-1894
2.9

A Dictionary of Modern French History 1789-1962
3.1

Drafts of several essays
3.2

James Cooke KKK References
3.3

Cooke Articles on Algeria #5
3.4

Cooke Article #2
3.5

Cooke Article #3
3.6

James Cook #4 (Reviews)
3.7-3.11

Various article manuscripts
Accretion 93-99: Birth of the Rainbow; 100 Miles from Baghdad with the French in the Desert Storm; Feeding the Force: Logistics in Sherman’s I864 Atlanta Campaign
4.1

Feeding the Force: Logistics in Sherman’s I864 Atlanta Campaign
4.2

Birth of the Rainbow
4.3

100 Miles from Baghdad with the French in Desert Storm
Accretion 97-9: Typed Manuscript of Pershing and his Generals
Box 5

Pershing and His Generals, first draft
Accretion 97-103: The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1918
Box 6

Working manuscript: The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1918
Accretion 98-113: The All Americans At War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1919
7.1-7.4

Typed manuscript in four parts: The All Americans At War: The 82nd Division in the Great War, 1917-1919
Accretion 99-71: Correspondence and Other Materials
8.1

Correspondence, 1968-1969
8.2

Correspondence, 1969-1970
8.3

Correspondence, 1969-1970 – Publications
8.4

Personal letters, 1970-1971
8.5

Correspondence, 1970-1971 – Arts-Rbs
8.6

Correspondence, 1971-1972 – Books-Articles
8.7

Personal letters, 1971-1972
8.8

Correspondence, 1972-1973
8.9

Correspondence, 1973-1974
8.10

Correspondence, 1974-1975
8.11

Correspondence, 1975-1976
8.12

Correspondence, 1976-1977
8.13

Correspondence, 1977-1978
8.14

Correspondence, 1978-1979
8.15

Correspondence, 1979-1980
8.16

Correspondence, 1981-1982
8.17

Correspondence, 1982-1983
8.18

Correspondence, 1983-1984
8.19

Correspondence, 1984-1985
8.20

Correspondence, 1985-1986
8.21

Correspondence, 1986-1987
8.22

Correspondence, 1986-1987
8.23

Correspondence, 1987-1988
8.24

Correspondence, 1988-1989
8.25

Correspondence, 1989-1990
8.26

Correspondence, 1990-1991
8.27

Correspondence, 1991-1992
9.1

Correspondence, 1992-1993
9.2

Correspondence, 1993-1994
9.3

Correspondence, 1994-1995
9.4

Correspondence, 1995-1996
9.5

Correspondence, 1996-1997
9.6

Correspondence, 1997-1998
9.7

Correspondence, 1998-1999
9.8

Correspondence, 1999-2000
9.9

Correspondence, 2000-2001
9.10

Budget Symposium, 1981
9.11

“The Confederacy: The Old South in the Crucible of the War” conference
9.12

Chancellor’s Symposium
9.13

Publications of the faculty – 1969-1970, 1971-1972
9.14

Convention D’Armistice du 11 Novembre 1918
9.15

Research Diary – Paris, 1968
9.16

Research Diary – Paris, 1979
9.17

Howard Bahr – letter and manuscript, 1983
9.18

Civil War Society – 1991
9.19

Dissertation: The European Powers and the Italo-Ethiopian War 1935-1936: A Diplomatic Study by Thomas Verich, 1980
10.1

French Colonial Historical Society Newsletter, 1975
10.2

French Colonial Historical Society Program, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984
10.3

French Colonial Historical Society – Annual Meeting, 1978
10.4

French Colonial Historical Society, 1979
10.5

French Colonial Historical Society, 1988
10.6

Forum on The French Revolution, 1989
10.7

French Colonial Historical Society – Letters
10.8

French Colonial Historical Society – Response Letters
10.9

French Colonial Historical Society – Letter of Acceptance
10.10

French Colonial Historical Society Brochures


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