From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Judge J. Tarbell in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the conditions at Alcorn University and recommending a new president be appointed.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. H. Thompson to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, disagreeing with the findings of the Alcorn University investigative committee but offering to resign as president in exchange for one years' salary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from C. Delano to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of a statistical atlas of the United States that will be sent to him.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Governor Ames that no George Hendricks is at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. Hendricks' petition for pardon included.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. H. Furniss in Rodney, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, protesting the Legislature's repealing of scholarships in reaction to student support for the protests in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Telegram from William J. Lane to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames if he is being considered for the position of chemistry professor at Alcorn State University.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from M. W. Moore in Columbus, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting to be appointed as Superintendent of Education of Lowndes County, Mississippi, at the end of the present term.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from W. S. G. Walker in Canton, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a business proposition concerning a silica deposit in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from James R. Chalmers to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting the Governor's support for a position as a professor of law at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from H. W. Warren to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, a resolution by the House requesting Ames to compile a list of officers and employees of state instiutions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from several pupils of the Mississippi Asylum for the Blind to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, requesting that Ames not remove Professor Whitfield as the superintendent of the Asylum. Included is a note from Fred. Barrett, Ames's private secretary, giving a summary of the petition.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from John G. Mitchell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting to know when the first term of Alcorn University would commence as he has been appointed as a teacher.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from W. W. Campbell to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for an appointment for himself in order to support his family.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to both the House of Representatives and the Senate covering numerous topics.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist E. W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, reporting on the work of the state geological survey.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from D. R. Lemman, the superintendent of the Confederate Nitre and Mining Bureau for District No. 11, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, asking for an exemption for professor Eugene Hilgard, the Mississippi State Geologist.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, District of Columbia, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, recommending that E. W. Hilgard be allowed to continue leading the Mississippi State Geological Survey in addition to his duties as a professor upon the reopening of the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Doctor W. M. M. Phalen at St. Louis, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Doctor G. M. B. Maughs for a position at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Doctor John T. Hodgen at Saint Louis, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, praising Doctor G. M. B. Maughs, who was on the faculty of Missouri Medical College.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from John S. Moore, a doctor at the Missouri Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, recommending Doctor G. W. B. Maughs for a position at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Doctor G. M. B. Maughs at St. Louis, Missouri, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, applying for the position of chair of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from E. Hubbard in Macon, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, applying for the job of Professor of Ancient Languages at the University of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, giving a summary of his actions during the war.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from Samuel H. Lockett at Marion, Alabama, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey at Jackson, Mississippi, applying for a job as professor at the University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Sharkey Collection. Letter from H. W. Purnell at Canton, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey, concerning the upcoming election of a president for the University of Mississippi.