Collection Title:
Lucy Somerville Howorth Collection
Collection Number:
M103
Inclusive Dates:
1867-1999
Bulk Dates:
Early 1940’s- Mid 1990’s
Volume:
43 Cubic Feet
Processor:
W. Ray
Biography/ Historical Sketch:
Lucy Somerville Howorth was born on July 1, 1895 in Greenville, Mississippi. She was the
daughter of Nellie Nugent Somerville, the first female to serve in the Mississippi Legislature. Lucy
spent her life fighting for the civil rights of minorities and women. On August 18, 1920 her life
was inspired. Lucy stood in a State house gallery in Nashville, Tennessee as the 19th amendment
was ratified, giving women the right to vote.
Lucy had an extensive and active educational career. Lucy attended Randolph-Macon
Women's College, 1912-1916, and, along with becoming a member of Pi Gamma Mu and Phi Beta
Kappa, earned an A.B. Lucy continued her education at Columbia as a graduate student in
psychology and economics. From 1920-1922 she attended the University of Mississippi and
graduated summa cum laude with a LL.B., being one of two women in her class. At the University
of Mississippi she started a female basketball team, a writers group and a book review column.
After her graduation from the University of Mississippi, Lucy began practicing law in
Cleveland. She then moved her law practice to Greenville where she met and married Joseph M.
Howorth, a local lawyer. After five years of practicing law, she was appointed as a judge, and
acquired the beloved name “Judge Lucy”. Lucy was admitted to Mississippi State and Federal
courts, the U.S. Supreme Court and all of the courts in the District of Columbia.
Lucy was also very involved in politics. As a Democrat, she served Mississippians as a
Hinds County Representative and as a member of the Mississippi State Legislature from 19321936. Appointed by President Roosevelt, Lucy served on the Board of Veterans Appeals from July
1934 to April 1943. John F. Kennedy appointed her to his Commission on the Status of Women.
Lucy also served on the War Claims Commission, 1949-1954, as associate general counsel, deputy
general counsel, and general counsel. Leaving government work in 1954, she moved back to
Cleveland, Mississippi where she practiced law with her husband until about 1980. Lucy’s
husband died in 1982 after 54 years of marriage. Lucy also spent her time co-editing her
grandfather’s Civil War letters, which were published under the title, My Dear Nellie. Lucy died
from heart failure in Cleveland, Mississippi on August 23, 1997, at the age of 102.
In her lifetime Lucy was an esteemed member of many organizations including the
National Association of Women Lawyers, Phi Delta Delta, the Professional Women’s Club, and
the Daughters of the American Revolution. She served as vice president of the American
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Association of University Women, and played a role in ending their segregational practices in the
1940’s. Lucy was member and chairman of the United Nations League of Lawyers, and she served
as the chairman of the Cleveland Public Library Commission for ten years.
Lucy Somerville Howorth was an inspired Delta woman. She was very active in every aspect
of her life. Lucy blazed trails for women and minorities in her academic career, in local and federal
politics, and in many civic organizations. She was honored by many in her lifetime, and rightly so.
Scope and Content:
The collection is divided into nine series:
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Publications (Boxes: 1, 30, 37)
Personal (Boxes: 2-5, 38)
Professional (Boxes: 6-7, 9-10, 25-29, 32-35, 40, 43)
Memorabilia (Boxes: 8, 41-42)
Photographs and Artwork (Portraits) (Boxes: 11-13, 44)
Newspaper clippings (Box 14)
Scrapbooks (Box: 15)
Business Matters (Boxes: 16-19)
Organization’s Historical Papers (Boxes: 20-24, 31, 36, 39)
The first series consists of a wide range of professional and non-professional works. This series
contains magazines, professional journals, yearbooks, and various other works of a personal
and professional nature.
Many of the publications deal with civil rights and women’s rights,
The second series houses a large number of personal correspondences. Items include bills,
cards, letters of thanks and congratulations, and newspaper clippings sent through the mail.
These items were mailed by friends, family, and acquaintances throughout Lucy Howorth’s
life.
The following series contains various professional papers of Lucy Howorth. The papers
include those dealing with the Howorths’ law practices and Lucy’s work in Washington D.C.
Some of these items are restricted from viewing. Other professional items include speeches
that Lucy Howorth composed and delivered.
Series four contains many certificates, awards and other items of memorabilia. The awards
include certificates of achievement, diplomas, honor society membership certificates, plaques,
and other items of recognition. This series also includes pins, ribbons, a picture in a frame, and
a book entitled, The Complaint, by Edward Young, D.D.
The fifth series contains various photographs and artwork. The vast majority of the
photographs are black and white military photographs; many are original prints from World
War II. There are also photographs of family and friends. Two sketches depict Lucy and
Joseph M. Howorth. The series also contains one small painting.
A wide array of newspaper clippings makes up the next series. The clippings deal with
women’s rights, Lucy Howorth, and many other subjects. Many clippings contain interviews
and photos of Lucy. Lucy is interviewed about various subjects including her mother Nellie
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Nugent Somerville. Some of the clippings detail Lucy’s life and her 100th birthday celebration.
The clippings also house various obituaries eulogizing Lucy.
The seventh series contains one scrapbook owned by the Lucy and Joseph. This scrapbook
contains photos of family and friends. Some photos are casual shots and some are taken of
Joseph M. Howorth as he received an award. The majority of these photos are black and white.
The eighth series contains business papers of Joseph M. Howorth, personnel records,
information from Greene County.
The ninth and final series contain information about historical information about organizations
that Judge Lucy either was a member of, or had interests in, such as the A.A.U.W., Alpha
Omicron Pi, Daughters of American Revolution, YWCA, and others.
Inventory:
Box
Folder
1
1
Series 1
Semi-Annual Reports 108 of the War Claims Commission (Sept. 13,
1950-Sept. 13, 1953)
1
2
Public Law 896 and Related Laws (Sept. 16,1950-Sept. 17, 1953)
1
3
Three Volumes of American Association of University Women
“Graduate Woman” (1987)
1
4
“Federal Bar Association News” and Directory (Aug. 1944)
1
5
Three Copies of “Woman Law Reporter” (1974)
1
6
Four Copies of the “United Nations League of Lawyers Review”
(Feb. 51-Feb.52)
1
7
“The Inspection of Screw Gages for Munitions of War” (1917)
1
8
House Rules and Manuel 7th Congress (1927)
NOT FOLDERED
Three Taps of the Gavel: Pledge to the Future; The Chautauqua Story (1987)
“Choutauqua Network News” (1990)
“Choutauqua Network News” (1990)
“Ole Miss” (1897)
“Ms.” (March, 1984)
“Historic Preservation” (July-Sept. 1970)
“Progress and Prospects” (July 28-30,1965)
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Report on Four Consultations: the President’s Commission on the Status of
Women (1963)
Report of the Committee on Civil and Political Rights: The President’s
Commission on the Status of Women (1963)
Alumnae Bulletin (1939)
Mississippi Law Review (1923)
“The Phi Delta Delta” (1955)
“Music the Worlds Sustaining Commodity” (1939)
“From a One-Horse Surrey into the Atomic Age” by L. S. Howorth (1948)
Alabama College Bulletin (July 1951)
Mississippi Law Review (1922)
Mississippi Law Review (1923)
Women Lawyers Journal (1951)
Three Quarters of a Century at Martha Washington College (1928)
Report of the Task Force on Social Insurance and Taxes (1968)
Report on Progress in 1966 on the State of Women (1966)
Report on Progress in 1965 on the Status on Women (1965)
Report of the Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes: The President’s
Commission on the Status of Women (1963)
Report of the Committee on Protective Labor Legislation: The President’s
Commission on the Status of Women (1963)
Report of the Committee on Education: The President’s Commission on the
Status of Women (1963)
Report of the Committee on Federal Employment: The President’s Commission
on the Status of Women (1963) Inside One Photocopied article
(1963)
“Your Job Future After High School” (Undated)
Brown Folder including: “Carnegie Quarterly” (1974), Itinerary for the Second Berkshire
Conference on the History of Women (1974) Notepad, Itinerary for
Clarksdale Women’s Meeting (1974) Article Women Helping Women,
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Photocopied Newspaper Article, Information on Piney Woods School
Box
Folder
2
1
Series II
War Claims Committee Regulations and Women’s Issues Material
(1951-1988), First Aid Pin
NOT FOLDERED:
“The Phi Delta Delta” (1950)
Alabama College Bulletin (1951)
Alabama College Bulletin (1951)
Article form the Journal of Social Psychology (1950)
“The Legal Status of Women in America” (1938)
“Precedence or Spaceships” Article printed in a Phi Delta Delta Publication (Undated)
“The Sewanee Review” (1968)
Alumnae Bulletin (1940)
Alumnae Bulletin (1940)
Alumnae Bulletin (1943)
Alumnae Bulletin (1943)
Alumnae Day (Undated)
Aquatic Monthly (1873)
Federal Bar Association Journal (1940)
Federal Bar Association Journal (1937)
Federal Bar Association Journal (1939)
“Women in Germany” (1949)
Boxed copies of “Lest We Forget” by Nellie Nugent Somerville (Undated)
Journal of the AAUW (1950)
Women Lawyers Journal (1950)
“Schlesinger Library” (Undated)
“The Women’s Archives Radcliffe College” (Undated)
“Current Biography” (Oct. 1951)
Alumnae Bulletin (April 1952)
2
2
The Prince and the Prize (1981), Autobiography of Nolan B.
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Harmon (1983)
2
3
State of Mississippi Legislature Laws passed Jan 2-April 5, 1872
2
4-14
“YANK the Army Weekly” (1942-1943)
2
15
History of American Women by Schlesinger Library (1973)
2
16
Annual National University (1941)
2
17
The Century May (1886)
2
18
The Harvard Law Review (1928)
Box
Folder
3
1
Marriage License (Feb. 21, 1928)
3
2
Correspondence (Feb. 18, 1931-July 14, 1939)
3
3
Invitations, Annual Report of the Committee on Publications, the
Series II
Federal Bar Association, Correspondence, Request Order
For a Photograph (Feb.1. 1940-Jan. 26, 1949)
3
4
Correspondence, Memorandum (Dec. 18, 1954-May 22, 1959)
3
5
Postcard (Jan. 25, 1963)
3
6
Correspondence, Funeral Account, Memo, Church Bulletins
(Mar. 11, 1964-Oct. 14, 1969)
3
7
Correspondence, Photocopied Articles, Funeral Purchase
Agreement (March 4, 1970- May 10, 1979)
3
8
Bills, Correspondence Dealing With Joe’s Death (June 2, 1980July 23, 1980)
3
9
Correspondence Dealing With Husband’s Death, Medicare and
Medicaid, and Estate (Aug. 4, 1980- Dec. 18, 1980)
3
10
Income Tax, Invitation to Miss. Hall of Fame Induction of Nellie
Nugent Somerville, Correspondence, Bills, Receipts, List of
Silver (Feb. 1981-May 6, 1983)
3
11
Correspondence, MSU Working Women’s Bulletin, Receipt,
Sewanee Summer Concert music Bulletin (March 20, 1984Sept. 29, 1986)
3
12
List of Monteagle Centennial Participants, Correspondence,
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Newsletter “Mountain Voices” Reference Page
(May 14, 1986-April 16, 1986)
3
13
Correspondence, “Mountain Voices” (Aug. 3 1987-Dec. 10, 1987)
3
14
Correspondence (Dec. 23, 1987)
3
15
Correspondence, Bills and Receipts (Jan. 1988-Feb. 23, 1988)
3
16
Correspondence, Tax Info., Bills, Receipts (Mar. 15, 1988-June
6, 1988)
3
17
Correspondence, Photocopied Newspaper Clippings (June 6, 1988Aug 12, 1988)
3
18
Correspondence, (Aug. 13, 1988- Oct. 12, 1988)
3
19
Correspondence, Investment Information (Oct. 13, 1988- Dec. 31,
1988)
3
20
Correspondence, (Jan. 16, 1989- June 27, 1989)
3
21
Correspondence, Photos James and Olga Somerville (Dec. 24
1933-May 17, 1977)
3
22
List of Memorials from Monteagle (Undated)
3
23
Desk Diary (1969) Guest Book (1952-1974)
3
24
Diary (July 1952) Address Book (1952)
3
25
Guest Book (Nov. 15, 1981-1996) Daily Desk Calendar (1983),
Personal Directory (Undated)
3
26
Box
Folder
4
1
Guest Book (1975-1988)
Series II
Correspondence, Photocopied Articles (Jan. 29, 1991-Aug. 23
1991)
4
2
Correspondence (March 2, 1992-Sept. 4, 1992)
4
3
Correspondence (June 28, 1993-Nov. 4, 1993)
4
4
Christmas Correspondence (Dec. 5, 1993-Dec. 15, 1993)
4
5
Christmas Correspondence (Dec. 16, 1993-Dec. 31, 1933)
4
6
Correspondence (Jan. 3, 1994-June 27, 1994)
4
7
Correspondence (March 31, 1994-June 27, 1994)
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4
8
Correspondence (June 28, 1994- Dec. 19, 1994)
4
9
Correspondence (Feb. 10, 1995-Dec. 18, 1995)
4
10
Correspondence (Jan. 1996-Nov. 12, 1996)
4
11
Correspondence (Aug 1, 1997)
4
12
Correspondence (Undated)
4
13
Correspondence (Undated)
4
14
Correspondence (Undated)
4
15
Correspondence, Photocopied Clippings (Undated)
Box
Folder
5
1
Nellie Nugent Somerville Grade Reports
5
2
Real Estate papers, Tax papers, Drivers License (1907- Nov.
Series II
(Nov. 27, 1878)
25, 1924)
5
3
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly (Dec. 3,1915-Sept. 22,
1988)
5
4
Abstract Somerville Property Leflore and Victoria (Feb.5,
1923)
5
5
Written Work Honoring the Somervilles (Mar. 2, 1945-Aug. 17,
1947)
5
6
Duplicate Material, Chiefly Biography (Jan. 15, 1954-Nov. 30,1945)
5
7
Lucy Somerville Howorth and James Somerville Business and Tax
Problems (Nov. 3, 1955-May 26,1988)
5
8
University Thank You Letters (Nov. 1, 1966-May 28,1988)
5
9
Correspondence Concerning Joseph Howorth’s Will (May 23,
1975-Aug. 23,1983)
5
10
DAR (Sept. 11, 1962-Aug. 23,1977)
5
11
Joseph Howorth’s Will (May 23, 1975-May 22,1980)
5
12
Correspondence and Receipt Book Dealing with Joseph
Howorth’s Estate (June 13, 1977-March 17,1983)
5
13
Joseph Howorth’s Account Book (1977-1979)
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5
14
Estate Planning (June 25,1980-July 30,1982)
5
15
Lucy S. Howorth’s Papers Concerning Her Will (July 16,1980June 18,1985)
5
16
Distribution of Assets (March 31, 1982)
5
17
Income Tax Information (1983)
5
18
Correspondence Requesting Personal Appearances (Nov. 29
1983-Sept. 6, 1986)
5
19
Roof Repair (Dec. 23,1997-Dec. 24,1997)
5
20
Alpha Omicron Pi Centennial Celebration (Aug. 28,1997)
5
21
Letters to LePoint Smith (June 17, 1998-July 13, 1999)
5
22
Lucy S. Howorth’s estate (May 1988-Sept. 16, 1997)
5
23
AAUW (June 24, 1988-June 25, 1989)
5
24
100th Birthday (July 2,1995)
5
25
Letterhead Envelopes (Undated)
5
26
Written Stories (Undated)
Box
Folder
6
1
Federal Bar News (Oct. 1, 1943-May 1944
6
2
National League of Lawyers (Dec. 4,1946-Sept. 9,1948)
6
3
Correspondence, Receipts, Pamphlet (Aug.4, 1950-Oct. 1997)
6
4
Correspondence, Letterhead, Invitation, News Letters (June 3,
Series III
1937-Oct23, 1995)
6
5
Mound Bayou (April 1941-Feb. 2, 1965)
6
6
Law
6
7
Taborian Hospital
6
8
Pamphlet on the Occupation of Ole Miss
6
9
Legal Papers Restricted
6
10
Legal Papers Restricted
6
11
Tax Receipts (Jan. 30,1923-1940)
6
12
Miss. Bar Association Convention Proceedings and Speech (1924)
6
13
Law Papers (Sept. 22,1909)
(July 28, 1939-Oct. 14 1952)
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9
Box
Folder
7
1
Series III
Nellie Nugent Somerville’s Election to the Miss. Hall of Fame
(June 2, 1981-March 3, 1982)
7
2
Invitation Responses (Nov. 10, 1981-Nov. 15,1981)
7
3
Correspondence with Universities/Colleges (June 16,1983Nov. 20, 1995)
7
4
Misc. Items Concerning Women’s Rights (Undated)
7
5
Misc. Items Concerning Women’s Rights (April 1,1941-1995)
7
6
Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (May 8,1944Dec. 4,1948)
7
7
Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Oct 10,1974 - Nov. 18,1974)
7
8
Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Oct. 10,1946 - May 8, 1947)
7
9
Correspondence Concerning Women’s’ Rights (Jan 14, 1947 - Nov. 27,1949)
7
10
AAUW (May 15,1944 - July 16,1991)
7
11
Wood Jr. College, Natchez Trace DAR (Mar14, 1911-Mar. 19,1986)
7
12
Miss State Hall of Fame L. S. Howorth (Nov. 15,1981-Dec.1981)
7
13
Establishment of a Normal College in North Miss. (Oct. 8,1923 - Oct. 23,1923)
7
14
Speeches (July, 1935 - July 211953)
7
15
Speeches (April 17,1952 - Oct 8,1955)
7
16
Speeches (1944 - April 5,1984)
7
17
Speeches (Aug.21, 1944 - Oct. 8,1951)
7
18
Speeches (1938 - July 18,1978)
7
19
Speeches (1935 - Feb. 22,1958)
7
20
Speeches (1922 - March 1986)
7
21
Speeches (June 5, 1948 - June 1986)
7
22
Speeches (Nov. 18, 1974 - March 8, 1986)
7
23
Monteagle Sunday School Assembly, Miscellaneous Papers (1966 - Jan 12,1996)
7
24
M.S.S.A. (June 26,1978 - Nov.7, 1981)
7
25
Correspondence (April 1974 - May5, 1974)
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7
26
Correspondence (June 14,1976)
7
27
Correspondence (Feb. 15,1984 - March 15.1984)
7
28
Correspondence (Feb. 26, 1959 - Jan.20,1997)
7
29
Correspondence (March 27,1969 - Nov. 1995)
7
30
Correspondence ((Dec. 13,1990 - Sept. 10,1997)
7
31
Correspondence (Nov. 17, 1981 - July 2, 1994)
7
32
Correspondence (June 12,1981 - Oct. 12,1993)
7
33
Information from the Congressional Digest, Guest Lists (Jan. 8, 1936 - July 14,1948)
7
34
Yellow Folder Items Included: Writing Pen *, Tissue Paper *, Throat
lozenge * (* Items Removed)
7
35
Miscellaneous Items Including, AAUW Business Card, Notes,
Itinerary (1996)
7
36
Miscellaneous Items Including: Article from AAUW Journal (May 1954)
Bulletin of Nellie Nugent Lecture Series (1985), Awards Banquet
Bulletin for the MS Institute of Arts and Letters (April 22, 1994)
7
37
Coahoma Humanities Committee (Oct.4, 1974-Oct. 14, 1974)
7
38
Washington Letters, James S. Associates (May 3, 1959-Sept.
11,1956)
7
39
Veterans Administration of L. S. Howorth (June 2, 1944-May
28,1946)
7
40
Newsletter Miss. Humanities Council (1955-Dec. 11, 1996)
7
41
Cotton Contract (July 1926)
7
42
Correspondence Masonic Annuities (Jan. 10,1905-Feb.1, 1971)
7
43
Contract to Add Running Water (Jan. 16,1906-Feb. 21, 1974)
7
44
Letters to Joe Howorth from the Department of the Army (Oct. 19,1956 - Nov. 8,1956)
Box
Folder
8
1
Series IV
Pins, 1 Button, Objects of Recognition, Name Plates and Name
Cards
8
2
Picture Frame, 1 Box, The Complaint, by Edward Young (1867)
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Box
Folder
Series III
9
1
AAUW Resolution Commending L. S. Howorth
9
2
Department of Archives and History Certificate (Nov. 15,1981),
Pins, 1Name Tag, Red Cross Patch
9
3
Federal Communications Commission Certificate to Joseph M.
Howorth (1937)
9
4
U S War Production Board Certificate to Joseph M. Howorth
9
5
Law Certificates to Joseph Howorth, Certificates from Delta
State University, and Radcliffe College
9
6
Lifetime Achievement Certificate from the Senate of the State of
Mississippi (March 6, 1984)
9
7
Alpha Omega Phi Certificate for L. S. Howorth, Civitan
International Creed
9
8
Marquis Who’s Who Publication Board Certificates (19761992) DAR Certificates (1971-1988)
9
9
National Historical Society Certificate for Mr. And Mrs. Joseph M.
Howorth (1977) Woman of the Year Request Form
(1996)
Box
Folder
10
1
Series III
Certificates from; University of Miss., Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (1916-1968)
10
2
Various Certificates and Recognition and Cartoons
Box
Folder
11
1
Sketch of Joseph M. Howorth
11
2
Sketch of Lucy Somerville Howorth
Box
Folder
12
1
World War II photos including some of F. D. Roosevelt
12
2
Photo of the Secretary of War
12
3
Miscellaneous photos
12
4
Signed photo of J. Edgar Hoover
Series V
Series V
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12
5
Official Military Photos
12
6
Photo of General Jacob L. Devers
12
7
Photo of Lieutenant General Stephen J. Chamberlain
12
8
Drawing (magazine clipping) of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
12
9
Photo of General Omar N. Bradley
12
10
Photo of Lieutenant General Walter b. Smith
12
11
World War II Photos
12
12
World War II Photos
12
13
World War II Photos
12
14
World War II Photos
12
15
World War II Photos
12
16
World War II Photos
12
17
World War II Photos
12
18
World War II Photos
12
19
World War II Photos
12
20
World War II Photos
12
21
World War II Photos
12
22
World War II Photos
12
23
World War II Photos
12
24
Letter from Mamie Doud Eisenhower and Signed Photo of Husband
12
25
Letter and Photo of W.L. Marbury July 1947
12
26
Photos of Military Officers
12
27
Photos of Military Officers and Small Artwork, Photo of Lucy S.
Howorth and Joe Howorth and a Photocopied Article
12
28
World War II Photos, Photos of Monuments at Washington D.C.,
Photos of Lucy S. Howorth
Box
Folder
Series V
13
1
Painting of Joseph M. Howorth
13
2
Photocopy of an Old Photo of Nelli Nugent Somerville and Children,
Joseph Howorth’s military I.D., Photo of Margaret Mahoney
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13
3
Slides of a Portrait of Nellie Nugent Somerville
UNFOLDERED
Walter Sillers Office building Photo
13
4
Photos of Lucy with J.F. Kennedy, F. D. Roosevelt, and Eudora
Welty, Military Photos, Miscellaneous Photos
13
5
Photos of Lucy and Joseph Howorth young and old
13
6
Photo of Undersecretary of War Patterson and His Staff (May
10,1944)
13
7
Envelope 2 Photos of Joseph Howorth Painting, Envelope 3 a
Photo of a painting of Nelli Nugent Somerville, Envelope 4 &
5 Miscellaneous Photos
13
8
Lucy Somerville Howorth
13
9
Envelopes including Photos of Cape Anne, Georgetown,
Monteagle, Boyle, the River and Beulah, Joe Howorth, Judge Lucy’s Home
on South Victoria Ave., Randolph Macon Woman’s college, L. S.
Howorth’s 96th Birthday, Clothes Line Exhibit and Delta State, Cleveland
Churches, Oakland, California and Cleveland, Texas and Miscellaneous
Photos
13
10
Sketch and Photo of Joseph Howorth, Photo of Miscellaneous
Photos, Photo of Nelli Nugent Somerville’s Brother
13
11
Photos of Alpha Omega Phi House at Randolph Macon Woman’s
College, Joseph Howorth, Military Mrs. Carroll Lay Stewart,
And other Miscellaneous Photos
13
12
Envelope (1) Negative, (2) Old Photo, (3) Joseph Howorth, (4)
Sketches of L. S. Howorth, Military Photos, Photos of Joseph
M. Howorth, (5) Miscellaneous Old Photos
13
13
Envelope (1) Photos of a Painting of Joseph, (2) Photos of Portrait of Lucy
(3) Photos of Lucy with the DAR (4) Photos of Lucy and Joseph
and Lucy’s Mother and Negatives (5) 12 Slides of L. S. Howorth
13
14
Photos of Lucy S. Howorth
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13
15
Old Photo
13
16
World War II Photos, Military Photos of Joseph Howorth
13
17
World War II Photos
13
18
Photo of Benjamin Grubb Humphreys
13
19
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
20
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
21
Christmas Photo Greetings, Photos of L. S. Howorth’s 100 B-day
13
22
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
23
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
24
Christmas Photo Greetings and Miscellaneous Photos
13
25
Photo of Sally Myra Cox Smith
13
26
Photos of a Party for LePoint Smith July 1, 1990
13
27
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
28
Christmas Photo Greetings
13
29
Photo taken from Mrs. Elsum G. Hedges’ letter
13
30
Miscellaneous Photo
13
31
Photo of Lucy R. Somerville
13
32
Photo of Lucy Somerville Howorth
Box
Folder
14
1
Law
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L. S. Howorth, Nellie Nugent Somerville Hall of Fame
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Miscellaneous
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Stars and Stripes (September 1943)
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L. S. Howorth and Nellie Nugent Somerville Hall of Fame
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Lucy Somerville Howorth
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AAUW, L. S. Howorth, Women’s articles
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Women’s issues, Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous and Lucy Somerville Howorth
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Lucy Somerville Howorth
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Lucy Somerville Howorth’s 100 B-day
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Obituaries and Articles Eulogizing Lucy Somerville Howorth
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Faulkner, Lucy Somerville Howorth Honored, Miscellaneous
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Joe Howorth, Annie Byrn Roberts Obituary
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Mary Emma Tate Obituary, Bolivar Commercial (May1982)
Miscellaneous Articles for the Washington Post
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Nelli Nugent Lecture Series, Lucy Somerville Howorth 102 B-day
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Government Issues, Women’s Issues, Lucy Somerville Howorth
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Miscellaneous, Women in War
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Proceedings of Dinner Honoring Mrs. F. D. R.
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Lucy Somerville Howorth’s Career, Miscellaneous
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Gender Issues, Women’s History, Miscellaneous
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22
Hicks Senate Victory
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Article from the Chattanooga Times (July 21, 1967)
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Miscellaneous
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25
L. S. and Joe Howorth, The Bolivar Commercial (April 20, 1987)
Box
Unfoldered
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Series VII
Scrapbook of Lucy and Joseph Howorth, included are photos of family and friends
Box
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Series VIII
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Ageing
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Certificates of Stock
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Reid, Eleanor
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Miscellaneous
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5
Miscellaneous
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Greene County- JMK
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Miscellaneous.
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Personnel- JMK
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Personnel Records- JMK
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Howorth Family Data
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Howorth-Jackson-Howe FHA Plantation
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Miscellaneous
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4
Miscellaneous.
18
5
Howorth-Jackson Property
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Howorth, Miscellaneous.
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Miscellaneous.
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2
Miscellaneous
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Personnel- Howorth
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Patterson, Chas-Irma
Box
Folder
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1987 Materials Sent to Various Archives Etc.
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Archives, MS State Department Correspondence and Family Papers Etc.
20
3
Alding Machines Genealogy
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Bar Associations Women- Mississippi Etc.
20
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Bronte
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Bridgeforth, Lucio K.
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Clippings, Misc.
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Greenville Cemetery Association
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Greetings and Misc.
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Honors Day
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Honors Day Notes
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Mrs. Howorth Personal January 1, 1952
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Inauguration of President Lorimer – Randolph-Macon Women’s College
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Ashton Ingram
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Isom Center – Joann Hawks
21
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International Assn. of Police Chiefs
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Rheta Gomesly Johnson
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General Libraries
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Andrew Lytle
21
9
Margaret Mahoney
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10
University of Mississippi 1984-1985
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MS Institute 1983
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2
Mississippi Lawyers Women, Etc.
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Mississippi Society
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1985 Miscellaneous
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5
Norman, Cora Miss. Com. On Humanities
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6
Miscellaneous
Box
Folder
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Series IX
Series IX
Series IX
Neighborhood Water
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New York Times
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O’Conner, Sandra Day
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Omicron Delta Kappa
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5
Patterson, Irma
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Phi Kappa Phi 1984
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7
Roads – ETV Program 1983 – Taped Nov. 1, 1982
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8
Schlesinger Library – Radcliffe 1987
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9
Sensibar, Judith L.
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10
Shawhan, Dorothy
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Swain, Martha
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Miscellaneous Items
Box
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Martha Swain for Schlesinger
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2
Martha Swain for Schlesinger
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Tate, Sarah Doxey
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4
University Press of Mississippi
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5
University of Mississippi
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6
Wheeler, Mrs. Marjorie Spruill
Box
Folder
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Zerox Copies of Lectures in 1930’s
25
2
Copies of Alumnae Bulletins - Misc. Speeches and Addresses
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Copies of Memo’s
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Zerox copies of articles
25
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Copy of 1951 letter from Dept. of Army & clipping
25
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Zerox copies of articles
25
7
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
8
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
9
Zerox of article “The Bill Faulkner I Knew” by Lucy Somerville Howorth
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10
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
11
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
12
Zerox copy of letter from Democratic National Committee 1934
25
13
Zerox copy of letter from North Carolina Supreme Court 1947
25
14
Zerox copies of two addresses
25
15
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
16
Zerox copies of Letter to Editor 1947
25
17
Zerox copies of committee reports
25
18
Zerox of Notes on the MS Legislature 1932-34
25
19
Letter to Dorothy Shawhan and Notes
25
20
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
21
Information and clipping on Nellie Nugent Somerville
25
22
Miscellaneous Notes
25
23
Article and news clipping on Dorothy Shawhan
25
24
Zerox copies of Memo’s
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Zerox copies of Memo’s
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Shawhan, Dorothy proposal for “Women Behind The Woman Voter
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Shawhan, Dorothy “Two Women Voters from a Mississippi Network”
25
28
Zerox copies of “Mrs. Charistian Keener”
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29
Zerox copies of Memo’s
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Zerox copy of letter from Nellie Somerville to William Winter 1944
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Zerox copies of letters from Lucy to Mama
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Zerox of Nellie N. Somerville address in 1898 1st Woman Suffrage Convention
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33
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
34
Zerox of History of MS Woman Suffrage Assc. 1897-1919
25
35
Zerox of “Progress of Women” 1898
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36
Zerox of address on “Americanism”
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37
Zerox of “Who Takes Care of Mississippi Women”
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38
Zerox copies of Memo’s
25
39
Zerox copies of news articles regarding Mrs. Somerville
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40
Zerox copy of letter from Lloyd Binford to Mrs. Nellie Somerville
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41
Zerox of letter from YWCA dated 1919
25
42
Zerox copies of Memo’s
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43
Information on War Claims Commission
25
44
Zerox of news clipping dated 1928 “Law Students are Married”
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45
Zerox copy of Alumnae Bulletin
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Series III
Xerox, (etc) Box 4 Folder 12 73 Washington jobs ’34-‘58
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Folder 94 Box 5 A-50
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Box 4 Folder 80 Xerox- Memb. Card LSH
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Box 5 Folder 94 (Xeroxes)
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Box 5 folder 97 Xerox letter to Lucy and Joe 1951
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Folder 95, 96, 97, 111, 112 Box 5A A-50
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Box 5A? Demos 1932-33 Letters between LSH and Pat Harrison---------political
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File 98, Box 5B, A-50
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Folder 99 Box 5C A-50
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Box 6 Folder 120 Xerox and in govt. office, etc. 1946
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Box 6 Folder 121 Xerox
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Box 6 Folder 120, 121
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Box 7 folder 133 Xerox Central Com. Eco. Surv. ‘26
26
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Box 7 Folder 133 Xerox Central Com. Eco. Surv ‘26
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15
Box 9, folders, speeches LSH Xerox 164, 158, 159
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Misc. on Lucy S. Howorth Endowment Fund
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17
“The Delta” by D. Shawhan Judge Lucy Howorth S. biography
26
18
Interviews with LSH 1986 and Misc. Clippings ‘86
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19
Interview with LSH 12-85, 1-86 Mar-86, May-86
26
20
Interview with LSH 5-86 Nov ’86-Dec ‘86
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Interview with E. Coleman (4-87) Cranford 1-86 Norman 6-86
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Interview- Shawhan w/ Myra Judge Lucy- 1987 (Diskette)
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Interview w/ LSH 1-87 to 10-87
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Interview w/ LSH 10-87 to 12-87
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Speeches “88” Correspond. Shawhan to various
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26
Miscellaneous Correspondence to D. Shawhan LSH to others
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27
Miscellaneous Correspondence to D. Shawhan LSH to others
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LSH articles, news clippings, etc. 1988
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29
Judge Lucy misc. to note includes “Stirring Things Up”
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Judge Lucy notes, interv. 1991 (etc.)
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Interview with LSH 1/90 to 9/91
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Notes LSH (etc) 1990
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Interviews with LSH 1/92 to 1/94
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Judge Lucy info. 1991
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1995
Box
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Misc. Clippings including feminist issues
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2
Lecture – Ole Miss 1995
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3
Centenarian Interview – 1995
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4
Lucy Somerville Howorth – 100 Years – 1995 Clippings and Letters
27
5
Scott, Ann F. Correspondence 1995
27
6
News clipping – “Howorth donates Faulkner’s first book to Ole Miss”
27
7
Somerville, Nellie Nugent Interview - Working Draft & news article
27
8
Swain, Martha Correspondence
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“Sue Shelton White” by Lucy Somerville Howorth
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10
Correspondence from Betty Sparks Hughes to Dorothy Shawhan
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Note from Dorothy Shawhan regarding Nell Thomas book
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Judge Lucy Miscellaneous Notes by D. Shawhan
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National Conference of Bar Examiner 1996
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14
Speeches
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15
Duplicate notes from Speeches
27
16
1947 Address before South Carolina White House Conference
27
17
Notes from meeting with R.A. Bolling 1988
27
18
“Onward Christian Women” by Anne Firor Scott
27
19
Like Mother, Like Daughter: Nellie Nugent Somerville and Lucy S. Howorth
27
20
Judge Lucy Howorth centennial article by Dorothy Shawhan
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Flood
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The Flood
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Flood of 27, Intro and Flood; Biography, LSH
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Judge Lucy Photos AAUW meeting (1981)
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5
Term paper on LSH concentrating on Law Practice
28
6
Women in South Class 4/11/79 Ole Miss-Hawks (information Lucy bio)
28
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Bolivar County Index
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BCL 20s-50s on LSH
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Interview-Audley Shands 1985
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Judge Lucy bio notes
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Nellie Nugent Somerville (85) lecture series articles and letters
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News Clippings on LSH (89)
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy (1993)
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Invitation to LSH to Chairman Advisory Board (1992)
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Speeches, Miscellaneous
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Speeches – Method
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Speeches – Properties
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Speeches – Correspondence
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Pre 1970 Correspondence
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Collins, Carvel Professor on William Faulkner; Blotner Correspondence
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News clippings: Faulkner and Howorth
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8
Photos: Joe Howorth; Howorth Memorial Reception; ID cards
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9
Miscellaneous Information Concerning Judge Lucy and William Faulkner
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Faulkner Correspondence from Judge Lucy
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Faulkner Correspondence from Judge Lucy
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Howorth, Mr. and Mrs. Articles
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Howorth, Joseph Government Papers
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Howorth, Joseph Government Papers 1940’s
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Howorth, Joseph Art Notes
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Howorth, Joseph Art and Art News Articles
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Miscellaneous photos and slides- no I.D. relating to LSH
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Monteagle Assembly Newsletters
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Omicron Delta Kappa
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1910 Census Records
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Mississippi Sales Tax Bulletin up to 1965
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1990 Mississippi Humanities Council Bulletin
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Tullahoma Timetable 1852
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Misc. publications-Women’s books, info on giant application
30
9
Howorth Political
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10
War Claims Commission Regulating 11/11/52
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R. Macon and College Alumni Bulletin-article LSH D24-1991
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Miss. Historical Society Judge Lucy precid. 1985
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13
40th Anniversary Report etc. info Schlesinger Library
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1983 AAUW Activities with Judge Lucy
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AAUW Miscellaneous Notes
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AAUW Miscellaneous Notes 1970 – 1973
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4
AAUW Annual Report 1949 – 1953
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5
GFWC Federation of Women’s Club – Judge Lucy Articles
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6
Alpha Omicron Pi miscellaneous papers, correspondence
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LSH Early correspondences- From Judge to various (1953)
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Miscellaneous Correspondence From LSH
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Correspondence from E. Parker Hayden to Judge Lucy
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Early Correspondences to Judge Lucy- before 1980
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More recent correspondence to Judge Lucy 1981 to present
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Cards to Judge 1982-1985
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1986
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1987
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan-Nov 1988
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Miscellaneous correspondence to Judge Lucy in 1988
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Miscellaneous correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan. through Dec. 1989
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1/90-12/90
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1/90-12/90
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan 1991-Dec 1991
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy Jan-Dec 1991
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2
Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1992
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Correspondence to Judge Lucy 1992
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Mementos from 1924 Bar Assoc. Trip
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2
Cleveland Woman’s Club Programs 1970-1981
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Daughters of the American Revolution 1972-1983
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4
Business and Professional Women’s Club 1967-1982
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Delta Kappa Gamma 1968-1985
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6
United Daughters of the Confederacy 1910-1983
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Passports – (issue dates: 1953, 1970, 1977, 1983)
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Book –Business Women in a Democracy (c. 1939)
37
3
Books – Women in the United States (1937); Women in the Federal Service (1950);
Handbook of Facts on Women Workers (1950)
37
4
Newspaper Clippings (November 20, 1979)
37
5
Christmas Cards with Pictures of Lucy’s travels and 1 with Eudora Welty
37
6
“Gateway” Travel Coupons; Leather pocket notebook
37
7
Speech – Southern Women and the Atomic Age (delivered November 3, 1950)
37
8
Program for “Dinner given by the Woman’s National Democratic Club
37
9
Directory for the National Association of Women Lawyers (1985)
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Lucy S. Howorth Miscellaneous Invoices Personal Sept. – Oct. 1988
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2
Lucy S. Howorth Miscellaneous Personal Invoices
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3
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Address Book; Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way pin; black binder of poems,
inscribed on cover: Within one’s self worlds lie unborn
T.B. Zerfoss
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2
YWCA Manual 1919
39
3
AAUW Educational Center Plaque (Judge Lucy helped to choose the site)
AAUW Playing Cards
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1948 Congressional Digest – Bills Passed; 8 collector’s stamps
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2
Bound Copy of Entertainment Program of the 1936 National Democratic
Convention – Delegate medal Joe Howorth
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3
Book of Records of Painting Classes given by Joseph Howorth
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4
1973 Day Book of Joseph Howorth’s
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5
1938 Certificate to Joseph Howorth from Bar Assn of the Dist. Of Columbia
Group Picture of above (?)
40
6
1971 Ledger of Howorth Art Studio and Gallery; 1954 news clipping “Artists,
Critics One Happy Family
Box
Unfoldered Plaques
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Box
Series IV
Lucy - DSU Foundation Donor of Excellence
Lucy - 1st Annual Nellie Nugent Somerville Award 1975
Lucy - 1984-85 MSU President’ Commission on the Status of Women
Lucy – DSU President’s Club
Lucy – 1986 Wood Jr. College for Natchez Trace Work
Lucy – University of MS Pacesetters
Lucy – 1994-95-96 Ole Miss Association
Lucy – 1996 Robert L. Elliott Real Hero Award
Lucy – Sarah Isom Center University of Mississippi
Joseph – Civitan of Year Award
Joseph – Civitan 1966-67
1986 Pi Gamma Mu Award
wooden panel/framed photo from John Knox House
round black wooden frame photo of unknown
Unfoldered Plaque
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Series IV
Lucy - 1985 Silver Tray from Alpha Omicron Pi
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Howorth, Joseph Art Articles
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Howorth, Joseph Art Articles
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Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Art Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Personal Correspondences
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Howorth, Joseph Obit and Correspondence
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Howorth, Joseph Art Materials, Courses
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Howorth, Joseph Misc. Art Articles
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Howorth, Joseph Art Exhibit 1961
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1975 Pi Kappa Alpha Booklet
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1923 edition of Phi Sigma – see last page for story by Howorth
Box
Unfoldered
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Photos of Judge Lucy travels; Joseph Howorth art work; Judge Lucy celebration
two packages of negatives
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Family Histories
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Transcription of Lucy S. Howorth Interview June 1975 on Women’s Movement
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1923 Election of Nellie Nugent Somerville to Legislature (Judge Lucy’s Mother)
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4
Nellie Nugent Somerville Interview
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1927 Flood
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Suffrage – Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews
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DSU Thesis: The MS Woman’s Rights Movement, 1889-1923: The
Leadership Role of Nellie Nugent Somerville and Greenville
In Suffrage Reform by Mary Louise Merideth
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Suffrage: Votes For Women 1895; Century of Struggle 1959; The
Woman Citizen 1973; Modern Feminism 1987
45
9
Suffrage: Inventing the American Woman1995; three articles from Century
of Struggle; article relative to important dates for women entitled “Years
of Hope, Years of Struggle”
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10
History of Woman Suffrage 1897-1919; several articles on woman’s suffrage;
3 publications of Mississippi Humanities Council 1992 and 1996 “Chautauqua”
45
11
Dorothy Shawhan 1987 interview with Judge Lucy and miscellaneous notes;
Magazine article on Judge Lucy, Carol Brumby and Dorothy Shawhan;
News clipping Feb. 13, 1995 “19th Amendment’s 75th Anniversary in MS”;
Miscellaneous notes from Mrs. Elizabeth Sarcone
Oversized Items
Flat File Drawer 12 (FF12)
1.
Keith-Somerville Howorth Family Tree
2.
Joseph Marion Howorth’s Diploma, 1941
3.
Keith Family Tree
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