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MUM01707

Finding Aid for the Ed Perry Collection
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The Ed Perry Collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site
facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and
Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

Finding Aid for the Ed Perry Collection


Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01707/
Title: Ed Perry Collection
Dates: 2003-2005
Collector: Hooper, William J.
Physical Extent: 1 box (.417 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM01707
Location: Modern Political Archives
Language of Material: English
Abstract: Collection of correspondence from various state leaders to Dr. William J. Hooper,
Director of the Mississippi Law Research Institute, and materials related to the Mississippi
Capitol Centennial Celebration in 2003.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Dr. William J. Hooper donated the Ed Perry Collection to the Archives and Special
Collections in February 2006. Hooper added six photographs to the collection in June
2007.

Processing Information

Leigh McWhite completed processing the collection, 15 February 2006. Finding aid encoded
by Jason Kovari, 7 July 2009. Description revised by Leigh McWhite, August 2010. EAD-encoded
finding aid updated by Kathryn Michaelis, September 2011.

In 2010-2011, a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services enabled the
archive to preserve and digitize all the recordings in the Ed Perry Collection. Any
views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed as part of this project
do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Perry, Ed, 1942-
Mississippi — Capital and capitol
Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives


Formats

correspondence
DVDs
programs
photographs


Biographical Note

Ed Perry represented the Oxford district in the Mississippi House of Representatives
from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. During his tenure, he served as chairman
of numerous committee, including Appropriations, Constitution, Municipalities, Judiciary
“A,” and Judiciary En Banc. Members of the House elected Perry “Clerk of the House”
in 2000.

Born in San Diego, CA, Perry graduated from University High School in Oxford, MS
and the University of Mississippi. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Mississippi
Law School and entered the legislative campaign that summer. Acclaimed as a powerful
orator, Perry recited Judge N.S. “Soggy” Sweat’s famous “Whiskey Speech” at the Mississippi
State Capitol Centennial Celebration in 2003.


Scope and Content Note

The Ed Perry Collection contains DVD recordings and a program from the Capitol Centennial
Celebration in 2003. It also consists of eight pieces of correspondence from various
state leaders to Dr. William J. Hooper, Director of the Mississippi Law Research Institute,
who solicited tributes statements about Perry.


User Information

Preferred Citation

Ed Perry Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Ed Perry Collection is open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site
facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.

The one recording from this collection is available on DVD in the archives and as
the Ed Perry Digital Collection at https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/perry. However, copyright concerns restrict access to onsite computer terminals in the
J.D. Williams Library.

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.


Separated Material

Mississippi State Capitol: A Centennial Celebration June 3, 2003 (Mississippi State Capitol Centennial Committee, 2003). Lists Perry on the program.
Cataloged: F349.J13 M56 2003

DVD recording of the Capitol Centennial Celebration with Perry’s reenactment of Judge
N.S. “Soggy” Sweat’s famous “Whiskey Speech.” Cataloged: F349.J13 M587 2003. Also available at https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/perry, although copyright concerns restrict access to onsite computer terminals in the
J.D. Williams Library.

Original photographs are located in Modern Political Archives Photographs Box 1, Folder
15. Stored in an off-site cold facility, the original images require two business
days advance notice to acclimate and transfer to Special Collections. Scans of the
original photographs are available online at https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/perry.


Container List

Folder 1

Typed letter signed dated 24 October 2005 from Tim Ford of Balch & Bingham in
Jackson, MS to Hooper
Folder 2

Typed letter signed dated 8 November 2004 from Randy Hendrix, Executive Director
of Mississippi Department of Mental Health, to Hooper (2 pages)
Folder 3

Printed e-mail dated 19 November 2004 from Robert Khayat, Chancellor of the University
of Mississippi, to Hooper
Folder 4

Typed letter signed dated 17 November 2004 from Aubrey K. Lucas, President Emeritus
of the University of Southern Mississippi, to Hooper. Attached: typed manuscript
by Hooper dated November 2004 entitled “A Tribute to Ed Perry” (2 pages)
Folder 5

Typed letter signed dated 19 November 2004 from Norman C. Nelson, Vice Chancellor
Emeritus for Health Affairs & Dean Emeritus of the School of Medicine of the University
of Mississippi Medical Center, to Hooper. Attached: fax copy dated 17 December 2004,
re: Nelson statement about Perry
Folder 6

Typed letter signed dated 22 November 2004 from Frank Ready, Executive Director
of PERS (Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi), to Hooper. Attached:
broadside entitled “The 1999 Public Employees Retirement System Annual Report Is Dedicated
to Felix Edwin ‘Ed’ Perry”
Folder 7

Typed letter signed dated 19 November 2004 from Edsel E. Thrash, Former Director
of the Institutions of Higher Learning, to Hooper
Folder 8

Typed letter signed dated 10 November 2004 from R. Gerald Turner, President of
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, to Hooper
Modern Political Archives Photographs Box 1.15

Six color photographs of plaques and other tributes to Ed Perry


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