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 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 Pettus Collection. Receipt from Eugene W. Hilgard to R. E. Doyle showing that he purchased salt for his laboratory at the geological survey of Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from J. S. White, the Commander of Selma Arsenal, to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston concerning a shipment of arms to Johnston.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from James M. Howry at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus, protesting that more buildings on the Univesity of Mississippi campus are about to be turned into hospitals.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard at Oxford, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus requesting circulars advertising about salt.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Pettus Collection. Account of expenditures from Mississippi State Geologist Eugene W. Hilgard listings the expenditures of the Mississippi State Geological Survey from August 16, 1860, to March 15, 1861.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Mississippi State Geologist George Little at Oxford, Mississippi, to Captain D. C. Kearns, concerning the expenses of the Mississippi State Geological Survey.