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Contextualization at University of Mississippi
Books Available in Main Library
Articles from Academic Journals
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Mississippi's Great White Chief: The Speaking of James K. Vardaman in the Mississippi Gubernatorial Campaign of 1903Published in 1946 in the Quarterly Journal of Speech.
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“Mississippi’s Greatest Hour” The Mississippi Civil War Centennial and Southern ResistancePublished in 2013 in the journal Southern Cultures.
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Racial Violence, "Primitive" Music, and the Blues Entrepreneur: W. C. Handy's Mississippi ProblemPublished in 2002 in the journal Southern Cultures.
Newspapers Published by Vardaman
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The CommonwealthMicrofilm of this Greenwood, Mississippi newspaper for which Vardaman served as editor. The library holds issues from 15 April 1897 to 28 December 1921.
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The IssueMicrofilm of this Jackson, Mississippi newspaper for which Vardaman served as editor.
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Vardaman’s WeeklyMicrofilm of the Jackson, Mississippi newspaper for which Vardaman served as editor between 1919 and 1923.
Buildings and Contextualization:
James Vardaman
Vardaman was Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908. "Governor Vardaman is best remembered, however, for his extreme views on race. He did not support public education for blacks beyond the most basic moral instruction and vocational training because he believed blacks should remain in economic servitude and that education was unnecessary for the kind of work they would do. He recommended the closing of black public schools and the repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution, which gave blacks the right to vote and hold office."
- James Kimble Vardaman: Thirty-sixth Governor of Mississippi: 1904-1908, by David G. Sansing
Vardaman
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Oxford Campus BuildingsOfficial UM description of campus and University buildings.
Collections in Archives & Special Collections about James Vardaman
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John Sharp Williams CollectionThis collection contains research material accumulated by historian George Coleman Osborn while researching his biographies
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Lily Thompson CollectionBox 2, Folder 1 contains two issues of Vardaman’s Weekly (5 June 1919 and 12 June 1919).
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Mississippi Periodicals CollectionBox 3 contains a 1965 Mid-South Magazine with an article by William Street on Vardaman. A collection finding aid is available in print.
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Roane Fleming Byrnes CollectionBox 42 contains a 1907 Saturday Evening Post article by Harris Dickson on Vardaman.
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Ross A. Collins CollectionIncludes a photograph portrait of Vardaman as well as a 1911 Democratic Primary ballot which lists Vardaman as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Materials in Archives & Special Collections by James Vardaman
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Free Speech: The Sheet Anchor of Our LibertySpeech of Hon. James K. Vardaman of Mississippi on Proposed Amendment to the Espionage Law in the Senate of the United States, Saturday, April 6, 1918. Washington, DC:
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Inaugural Address, James K. VardamanTuesday, January 19, 1904. Jackson, MS: Tucker Printing House, 1904.
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Woman Suffrage: Speeches of Hon. James K. Vardaman of Mississippi in the Senate of the United StatesWashington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1914.
Cataloged Publications in Archives & Special Collectins
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Biographies of Southern men by Clayton RandVardaman is included among this collection of biographical pamphlets.
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Investigation by the Senate of the state of Mississippi of the charges of bribery in the election of a United States senator. Session of 1910Vardaman lost his senate seat during this election. Published in 1910.
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James Kimble Vardaman in Mississippi politics by Heber Austin LadnerM.A. Thesis, Duke University, 1938.
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Small Manuscript 98-1Includes "Private John" Allen Write Open Letter to James K. Vardaman: Offers to Donate $1,500.00 to Charity if Vardaman Will Answer Questions Suggested by the Records (1911).
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Vardaman's attitude toward President Wilson, the Democratic administration and the American government. A record of opposition and obstructionAuthor, Pat Harrison Central Campaign Committee, 1918.