Scope and Contents The Harrietta Harris papers provide a documentary source in the field of genealogy, home museums, and turpentine camps in Mississippi in the early twentieth century. Work conditions in such camps were often harsh and considered a form of peonage.The papers contain professional, as well as personal papers documenting Harris' life as a professor, social worker, and author and document Harris' genealogical research and devotion to save her family's history. The papers encompass 0.4...

Content Description The Ruth Crawford Mitchell papers consists of Mitchell's personal papers, including correspondence, press clippings, photographs, and collected items, as well as genealogical materials and materials related to her grandfather, Edward Parmalee Smith. Collected materials concern the centenial of Howard University in 1967. Correspondents include: Harriet G. Gilfillan, Mordecai W. Johnson, James T. Babb, Dorothy Porter, Elizabeth Tenney, William H. Armstrong, Mary Gertrude Smith, Hannah C....