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George Colin McKee Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 0501
Abstract
Personal, professional, and political correspondence and other papers of the Mississippi lawyer, planter, and politician George Colin McKee (1837-1890). McKee was a "carpetbagger" and moderate Republican who represented the Vicksburg district in Congress during Reconstruction. Most of the material dates from the 20 years following the Civil War, though there are McKee family papers extending into the 20th century.
Dates:
1860-1934; Majority of material found in ( 1864-1883)
Jack Pfefer Wrestling Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS/PFEFER
Scope and Contents
The Jack Pfefer Wrestling Collection comprises more than 120 cubic feet of materials accumulated by Pfefer over a 45-year promotional and managerial career in professional wrestling, 1924-1969. Types of materials especially well represented include business and financial records; letters and telegrams; photographs; posters, handbills, and other publicity graphics; newspaper and magazine clippings; and wrestling programs and periodicals. Pfefer himself referred to these items, with...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1924-1969; 1913-1974, 1999-2000, 2018