Note: To navigate the sections of this PDF finding aid, click on the Bookmarks tab or the Bookmarks icon on the left side of the page. Mississippi State University Libraries Special Collections Department Manuscripts Division P.O. Box 5408, Mississippi State, MS 39762-5408 Phone: (662) 325 7679 E-mail: sp_coll@library.msstate.edu Bill and Kitty Galbraith family papers MSS.327 Dates: 1930-1981 Extent: 0.33 cubic feet Preferred Citation: Bill and Kitty Galbraith family papers, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. Access: Open to all researchers. Copyright Statement: Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Donor: Bill and Kitty Galbraith. Scope and Contents Family papers, including correspondence, deeds, clippings, newspapers, and a Civil War quartermaster's account book.
Series List I. Correspondence II. III. IV. Documents, Deeds, etc. Quartermaster Account Book of Captain J. H. Stevenson, 1865 (photocopy) See also Additions. Hamner Civil War Letters (photocopies) V. Judge John B. Galbraith clippings VI. VII. Clippings from "Mid South Memoirs", Memphis Commercial Appeal, concerning local history and Mississippiana (2 folders) Newspapers Additions
Series I: Correspondence (1886-circa 1930s) Calendar Feb. 15, 1886 May 17, 1918 Jan. 3, 1938 Dec. 14, 1951 Jan. 8, 1952 Jan. 16 Jan. 24 Jan. 24, 1956 May 28, 1959 Thomas J. McElrath to J.H. Stevenson Bud to Eileen Brophy (soldier s mail, card) Charlotte Simon to Mrs. Galbraith and Kathryn Equitable Life Insurance Society to Kathryn Galbraith Same to same. Same to same. Same to same. Edwin C. Hall (Odd Fellows Cemetery) to Kathryn Galbraith Wm. B. Kennedy, Dean of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Kathryn Galbraith. W.K. Simon to Kathryn Galbraith W.K. Simon to Mrs. Galbraith and Kathryn Train ticket envelope containing medicine bottle labels for Galbraith Drug Store, Philadelphia. Blank envelope for Galbraith Chemical Company Blank envelope for Galbraith Drug Store One sheet letterhead for Galbraith Chemical Co. One sheet letterhead for Galbraith Drug Store. Series II: Documents, Deeds June 1833 Oct. 5, 1838 Apr. 20, 1841 Transfer title to land, South Carolina. Conveyance lots, Georgetown, South Carolina (oversized) Land deed, South Carolina
Aug. 12, 1854 June 6 June 30, 1867 Oct. 1, 1868 May 6, 1876 Nov. 29, 1880 Apr. 12, 1881 July 14 May 1, 1886 March 21, 1895 May 5, 1897 Jan. 29, 1898 Feb. 6, 1890 Feb. 25, 1899 July 5, 1904 July 3, 1913 Oct. 16, 1916 Aug. 12, 1918 May 28, 1953 Deed for cemetery lot, Franklin Cemetery Land deed, Carroll County, Kentucky Deed for cemetery lot, Glenwood Cemetery (oversized) Bill of sale for house and land Deed for cemetery lot, North Cedar Hill Receipt to undertaker National Guard discharge papers Marriage certificate: Kate Bauer and William H. Galbraith Deed for cemetery lot, Odd Fellows Receipt to undertaker Masonic certificate Rental agreement for tobacco land Death certificate for Mrs. Katherine Galbraith Will register of W.H. Galbraith Land deed, Ghent, Kentucky Will of Dr. William H. Galbraith Cemetery receipt Cemetery receipt for lot Bill for cemetery lot Additions 1. Letter (1981) from Frances (Mrs. Norman) Bradley to Kitty Galbraith and 2 clippings (nd). 2. 2 clippings (1967, 1968) about Kitty Galbraith. 3. 1 clipping (1974) about Augusta Stevenson
4. Pages 93 and 95 (originals) from book of J.H. Stevenson (see Series III) 5. Grant application from William Galbraith concerning the Belle Edmondson papers. 6. Photocopied typescript of journal of Andrew Jackson Edmondson written while he was a volunteer during the War of 1812.
Separation Sheet Oversize Manuscripts Box 2 The following items have been routed to the above unit for appropriate disposition: Indenture, 1867 Deed, 1842 Separation Sheet Oversized newspapers The following items have been routed to the above unit for appropriate disposition: Madison, Indiana: The Madison Courier; November 22, 1963 (Kennedy Assassination). Louisville, Kentucky: The Courier-Journal; November 23, 1963 (Kennedy Assassination); November 25, 1963 (Oswald Assassination); November 26, 1963 (Kennedy Assassination). Louisville, Kentucky: The Louisville Times; May 7, 1945 (World War II ends).