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The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is located at 200 North St., Jackson, Mississippi next to the Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The William F. Winter Archives and History Building was dedicated on November 7, 2003.
Calvin E. Lightner c. 1950. Calvin Esau Lightner (March 31, 1878 – May 21, 1960) was an American architect, building contractor, and mortician. He was born in South Carolina and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, to study architectural design at Shaw University.
Raleigh is a town and the county seat of Smith County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. Named for English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh , Raleigh has been home to such Mississippians as Governor Robert Lowry , Governor/U.S. Senator Anselm McLaurin and pioneer ...
James Franklin Purvis (c. 1808 – April 23, 1880) was an American slave trader, broker, and banker who worked primarily in Baltimore. He was a nephew of Isaac Franklin of Franklin & Armfield, and traded in Maryland, Louisiana, and Mississippi in the 1830s and early 1840s.
The Mississippi Historical Society was relaunched for a third time in 1952 and has maintained itself in continuous operation ever since. [3] For a brief year between 1952 and 1953 MHS was active, falling once more into dormancy until its most successful upstart in 1964 with the production of J. F. H. Claiborne’s book "Mississippi as a Province, Territory, and State". [7]
Raleigh: Largest town: Taylorsville: Area • Total. 637 sq mi (1,650 km 2) • Land: ... Mississippi. Please expand the section to include this information.
The museum grounds include a detached middle-class home built circa 1790, a formal city garden, and a period herb garden. The house is named after Joel Lane, the "Father of Raleigh" [3] and "Father of Wake County." [4] [5] [6] In the late 1760s, Lane settled at Wake Cross Roads located in colonial Johnston County (now in present day central ...
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the town of Raleigh, Mississippi. Pages in category "People from Raleigh, Mississippi" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.