02638cpcaa2200445 4500 mm 73040857 DLC 20260227111615.0 730202|||||||||||| eng mm 73040857 DLC dacs DLC DLC B lcmd Montgomery family papers, 1872-1938. 12 items. 1 container. 0.4 linear feet. Open to research. Typescript of a speech (1890) by Isaiah T. Montgomery; diary (1872) of Mary Virginia Montgomery, daughter of Benjamin Montgomery; biographical sketches of Mary C. Booze, daughter of Isaiah T. Montgomery, and Eugene P. Booze, her husband; typescript by Gladys Byram Shepperd entitled, The Montgomery Saga: From Slavery to Black Power (1971); thesis by Maurice Elizabeth Jackson entitled, Mound Bayou--A Study in Social Development (1937); and printed material relating to the town of Mound Bayou, Miss. In part, typewritten transcripts. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Family of Benjamin Thornton Montgomery and his wife Maria, manager-slaves of Jefferson Davis and his brother Joseph Emory Davis. In 1867 the Davis's sold their plantation holdings, known as Davis Bend, to Benjamin and his two sons Thornton and Isaiah T. Montgomery. Isaiah T. Montgomery founded the African American community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, in 1887. Collection material in English. Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Davis, Joseph E. (Joseph Emory), 1784-1870. Booze, Eugene P. (Eugene Parker), 1878- Booze, Mary C. (Mary Cordelia) Montgomery family. African Americans Mississippi. Slavery Mississippi. Slaves Mississippi. Davis Bend (Miss.) History. Mississippi History, Local. Mound Bayou (Miss.) History. Jackson, Maurice Elizabeth. Mound Bayou--a study in social development. 1937. Montgomery, Isaiah T. (Isaiah Thornton), 1847-1924. Isaiah T. Montgomery speech. 1890. Montgomery, Mary Virginia, 1852- Mary Virginia Montgomery diary. 1872. Shepperd, Gladys Byram. Montgomery saga: from slavery to black power. 1971. 39271 39271