02437cpcaa2200421   4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075040002400092072001200116245004200128300001500170300001800185300002200203506002200225520050600247533003800753544008600791545037000877546003601247600003401283600005001317600004601367600003601413600002301449650003601472650002601508650002501534651003301559651003301592651003401625700008401659700009501743700007801838700008201916999001701998mm 73040857 DLC20260227111615.0730202||||||||||||                 eng    amm 73040857   aDLCedacscDLCdDLC 7aB2lcmd00aMontgomery family papers,f1872-1938.  a12fitems.  a1fcontainer.  a0.4flinear feet.0 aOpen to research.8 aTypescript 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.  aIn part, typewritten transcripts.  3Photographsetransferred toaLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.0 aFamily 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.  aCollection material in English.10aDavis, Jefferson,d1808-1889.10aDavis, Joseph E.q(Joseph Emory),d1784-1870.10aBooze, Eugene P.q(Eugene Parker),d1878-10aBooze, Mary C.q(Mary Cordelia)30aMontgomery family. 0aAfrican AmericanszMississippi. 0aSlaveryzMississippi. 0aSlaveszMississippi. 0aDavis Bend (Miss.)xHistory. 0aMississippixHistory, Local. 0aMound Bayou (Miss.)xHistory.12aJackson, Maurice Elizabeth.tMound Bayou--a study in social development.f1937.1 aMontgomery, Isaiah T.q(Isaiah Thornton),d1847-1924.tIsaiah T. Montgomery speech.f1890.1 aMontgomery, Mary Virginia,d1852-tMary Virginia Montgomery diary.f1872.12aShepperd, Gladys Byram.tMontgomery saga: from slavery to black power.f1971.  c39271d39271