mixed material monographic eng 12 1 0.4 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. Open to research. 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. Montgomery, Isaiah T. (Isaiah Thornton), 1847-1924 Montgomery, Mary Virginia, 1852- Shepperd, Gladys Byram. mm 73040857 Open to research. DLC 730202 20260227111615.0 mm 73040857