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Series I: Frederick A. P. Barnard, 1850-1891, 1977, 1991

Series I is composed of Frederick A. P. Barnard's correspondence and personal materials. The bulk of the correspondence is composed of Frederick's letters to his wife, Margaret McMurray Barnard. The letters discuss issues related to university politics and administration, family issues, and Frederick's research. The majority of Frederick's correspondence from the year 1884 relates to the Porter family case. Other frequent correspondents include John G. Barnard, Sarah Gross Barnard Porter, and the Mississippi politician Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus (L. Q. C.) Lamar.

Though Barnard was a slaveholder during his years in Alabama and Mississippi, the collection includes little reference to this fact. One exception is in a letter written to his wife on December 12, 1851. Barnard describes an incident where several students at the University of Alabama whipped an enslaved man named Moses because they suspected him of reporting one of them for "[laying] felonious hands on a turkey belonging to Dr. Manly." Other letters from 1857-1858 refer obliquely to a controversy regarding Barnard's "respect for Southern institutions" and its impact on his relationship with the University of Mississippi's trustees. Frederick's correspondence with his brother, John G., in 1860-1861 provides a firsthand account of his political leanings regarding slavery and secession, but does not address his own participation in the institution.

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Box 33 Frederick A. P. Barnard letters to Sarah Gross Barnard, 1823 October 22, 1824 March 9

Box 33 Frederick A. P. Barnard letter to Robert Foster Barnard, 1828 April 30


Box 1 Correspondence, 1850


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1850


Box 1 Correspondence, 1851


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1851


Box 1 Correspondence, 1852

Box 1 Correspondence, 1853


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1853


Box 1 Correspondence, 1854


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1854


Box 1 Correspondence, 1855

Box 1 Correspondence, 1856

Box 1 Correspondence, 1857

Box 1 Correspondence, 1858


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1858


Box 1 Correspondence, 1859


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1859


Box 1 Correspondence, 1860

Box 1 Correspondence, 1861


Box 33 Oversize correspondence, 1861


Box 1 Correspondence, 1862

Box 1 Correspondence, 1863

Box 1 Correspondence, 1864


Box 31 Oversize correspondence, 1864


Box 1 Correspondence, 1865

Box 1 Correspondence, 1866

Box 1 Correspondence, 1867

Box 1 Correspondence, 1868

Box 1 Correspondence, 1869

Box 1 Correspondence, 1870

Box 1 Correspondence, 1871

Box 1 Correspondence, 1872

Box 1 Correspondence, 1873


Box 2 Correspondence, 1874

Box 2 Correspondence, 1875

Box 2 Correspondence, 1876

Box 2 Correspondence, 1877

Box 2 Correspondence, 1878

Box 2 Correspondence, 1879

Box 2 Correspondence, 1880

Box 2 Correspondence, 1882

Box 2 Correspondence, 1884

Box 2 Correspondence, 1885

Box 2 Correspondence, 1886

Box 2 Correspondence, 1887

Box 2 Correspondence, 1888

Box 2 Undated letters and fragments, circa 1850s-1860s

Box 2 Undated letters and fragments, circa 1870s-1880s

Box 2 Margaret McMurray Barnard correspondence with L. Q. C. Lamar, 1890-1891

Box 2 Frederick A. P. Barnard will, 1885

Box 2 Margaret McMurray Barnard will, 1889


Box 3 Burton N. Harrison University of Mississippi grade report, 1855

Box 3 Savannah, Tennessee Unionist letter, 1862 March 11

Box 3 "What Gen. Fullerton Did in Louisiana," New York Tribune clipping, 1866 June

Box 3 Bills, 1868

Box 3 Bills, 1870s-1880s

Box 3 Congressional Record, with Eads Bill debate highlighted, 1877 February 9

Box 3 Newspapers, 1880-1889

Box 3 Columbia College Alumni Association memorial book for Frederick A. P. Barnard, 1890

Box 3 Transcriptions of correspondence between Frederick A. P. Barnard and Margaret McMurray Barnard, undated

Box 3 Draft of Frederick A. P. Barnard chapter of "History of the University of Mississippi," by Frank Moak, 1977, 1989

Box 3 Stacilee Ford Hosford Teachers College doctoral dissertation, "Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard: Reconsidering a Life,", 1991