Edward S. and Eva H. Bishop papers

Small collection of papers of Edward S. Bishop and Eva H. Bishop of Corinth, Mississippi. Includes files pertaining to an application to the Mississippi Committee for the Humanities to fund a project entitled "Problems of the Aged" and materials collected from a Mississippi governor's committe to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birth, among other topics. Also included are materials reflecting Eva Bishop's presidency of the Mississippi Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Additionally, the collection includes collected materials from the Jackson Chapter of the Friends of the Amistad Research Center. Notable correspondents include Thad Cochran, William F. Winter, and Clarie Collins Harvey. A cassette tape and transcript of a "Family Tree Series" radio program produced by WJSU radio provides substantial biographical information on E. S. Bishop.