Local History Files – People and Places
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Afro-American Hospital (1924 Founding Documents, 2015 Historic Registration, News)
American Red Cross (1957- Yazoo Herald-Red Cross Celebrates Founding)
AmSouth Bank (Speech given by AmSouth CEO in 2000)
Amtrak (1995-Yazoo Herald- Passenger Train Returns to Yazoo)
Anderson, H.T. (Tom) – (Librarian with the Yazoo Library Association from 1893 to 1897)
Anderson, Reuben V – (Mississippi Supreme
Anding, Mississippi – (Small town south of Yazoo City)
Architecture, Yazoo- Wolf Lake- Broad Lake
Architecture, Yazoo- Yazoo Valley
Arkansas Ironclad – (Civil War Confederate Vessel completed in Yazoo City)
Armstead, Josephine “Joshie” – (Singer-Songwriter)
Aviation Show- (Brochure for an air show in Yazoo in 1971)
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Ballast (2008) – (A Sundance Film Festival Award- winning movie filmed in Yazoo)
Bank of Yazoo – (History of a local bank)
Beattie’s Bluff – (An early settlement on the Yazoo-Madison County border)
Bell Road – (A trail between Yazoo City and Vicksburg used during the 19th century)
Bennett, Admiral Fred G. – (U.S. Navy Officer in the 20th Century)
Bennett Family- (Genealogy of a 19th century clerk at the Bank of Yazoo and his descendants)
Bennette, Jr., Hermand – (Yazoo Poet)
Birdsall-Stricklin Feud – (Yazoo feud which ended in 1930)
Bleak House (A home on Benton Road in Yazoo County)
Berry House ( A home in Benton, MS)
Bottling – (Bottling Companies in Yazoo City, MS)
Bowman, Sister Thea (Franciscan Sister)
Boy Scouts of America in Yazoo
Bradford, Tina Pepper- (Yazoo Artist)
Brickell Walkway- Henry Herschel Brickell Memorial Yazoo Literary Walkway
Brown, Issac Newton- Captain in charge of completing the C.S.S. “Arkansas” ironclad
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Callihan, Family – (Local Family)
Campbell, Viola – (Local Poet)
Carey, Family – (Local Family)
Carloss, Helen, R – (Yazoo Attorney)
Carney, Family – (Information Request Regarding Jeremiah Carney)
Carr, Hope Estes – (Yazoo Artist)
Carradine, Beverly – (Local Family, Obituaries)
Carter, Henrine – (Yazoo Teacher)
Cedar Grove – (Yazoo City Home)
Chapman, Conrad – (Confederate Artist)
Chiplin, Charles K – (Yazoo Teacher)
Choctaw, Indians – (History and Photos)
Christmas Programs – (Yazoo, Ricks Library 2004)
City Hall Construction and Repair – (Yazoo)
Churches
(Churches) Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church – (Yazoo church founded in 1868)
(Churches) Concord Baptist Church – (Yazoo)
(Churches) Fletcher’s Chapel United Methodist Church (Yazoo County)
(Churches) First United Methodist Church History (Yazoo City)
(Churches) First Baptist Church in Yazoo City
Temporary (Churches) Combined 1 Black Jack, First Presbyterian, Trinity Episcopal, Methodist – (Yazoo)
Temporary (Churches) Combined 2 King Solomon M.B – (Yazoo)
Temporary (Churches) Combined 3 Loose Pages – (Yazoo)
Temporary (Churches) Combined 4 Loose Pages – (Yazoo)
Temporary (Churches) Combined 5 Fragile Pages – (Yazoo)
Clower, Jerry – (Yazoo Comedian)
Confederate Monument – (Yazoo)
Confederate Navy Yard – (Yazoo)
Cox, Fletcher – (Football Player)
Coovert, J. C. – (Photographer)
Crump Fountain – (Memorial Fountain)
Crout, Betty – (Local Volunteer)
Craig Family – ((Local Family) Includes some handwritten family records)
Crawford, Linda – (Local Library Director)
Cummins, Beth – (Local Folk Artist)
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Decell, John E. “Jack”- (Architect)
Delta Implement Company – (50th Anniversary piece)
Dixon, Henry M. – (Local Family)
Dimitry, John – (Confederate Veteran and Author)
Dickson, Harris – (Local Author)
Dillard, Leola(Local Centenarian)
Duggan, Foster(Horticulturalist)
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Ellzey, John E. (Librarian and Historian)
Espy, Mike (Local Born Politician)
Eulls, Kaleb (Local Hero and Football Star)
Evers, Medgar & Charles (Civil Rights Leaders)
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Lamar Avenue Library – A branch of the Yazoo Library Association which opened in 1966.
Library History, Ricks (See “Ricks Library History”)
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Parks (See Brame Park, Wardell Leach Park, Campanella Park)
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Reconstruction in Yazoo County
Ricks, Fannie Jones – Portraits, Will, Death Certificate from 1918
Ricks Library History (1838-2003) by Paul Cartwright
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Shields, Rudy (Civil Rights Activist in Yazoo)
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Taylor, Newson Newman Dunbar “N.D.” (Yazoo City Principal)
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Williams, Mary Louise – Director of Ricks Library (See “Ricks Library History (1838-2003 by Paul Cartwright”)
Woolfolk (nee Murdock), Bettie E. (Obituary 1927)
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Yearbook-Holly Bluff-1949-1950
Yellow Fever – (Yazoo Epidemic of 1853)
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