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James Pipes Sharp Collection<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line”][page_submenu alignment=”center” sticky=”true” bg_color=”#008542″ link_color=”#ffffff”][page_link link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/manuscripts-and-guides\/” title=”Manuscripts & Subject Guides<\/strong>” id=”1679432712277-1″ tab_id=”1679432712277-8″] [\/page_link][page_link link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/guides-to-the-collection-page\/” title=”Collections Portal<\/strong>” id=”1679432712294-10″ tab_id=”1679432712295-9″] [\/page_link][page_link title=”Visit<\/strong>” id=”1679432712304-4″ tab_id=”1679432712304-6″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/visit\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”Make a Request<\/strong>” id=”1679432712313-9″ tab_id=”1679432712314-5″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/requests\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”About Us<\/strong>” id=”1679432712319-1″ tab_id=”1679432712320-6″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments-archives-museum-about-us\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”Yearbooks Online<\/strong>” id=”1679432712329-5″ tab_id=”1679432712329-2″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/yearbooks-alumni-magazines-delta-state-histories\/”][\/page_link][\/page_submenu][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Collection Title:\u00a0<\/strong> James Pipes Sharp Collection<\/p>\n

Collection Number:<\/strong> M106<\/p>\n

Inclusive Dates:<\/strong> 1903 \u2013 1961<\/p>\n

Bulk Dates:<\/strong> 1903 \u2013 1920<\/p>\n

Volume:<\/strong> 1 cu. ft.<\/p>\n

Biographical\/Historical Sketch:<\/em>
\nJ.P. Sharp was the treasurer of the Bolivar County Cotton Company during the early part of the
\n20th Century.<\/p>\n

Scope and Content:<\/em>
\nThis collection has many land deeds dating from 1903 up to the mid 1940s. This collection also
\ncontains business letters written by and to Mr. J.P. Sharp. There are also business letters written
\nto Mr. J.W. Wyatt, who was the owner of the Bolivar Cotton Company. A small number of bills
\nand tax notes are in the collection as well. Several of Mr. Sharp\u2019s personal papers are in the
\ncollection including Mr. Sharp\u2019s draft registration card, certificates of stock ownership, and some
\nmiscellaneous bills. The collection also has a 1957 insurance policy on Mrs. J.P. sharp, and a few
\npersonal letters written to Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Sharp by family and acquaintances.<\/p>\n

Box Inventory:<\/em><\/p>\n

Box 1<\/strong>
\nFolder 1:
\n1. Road and bridge Tax Receipt 1917
\n2. Stock Receipt, Bolivar Cotton Co. 1918
\n3. Carbon of land purchase proposal, Shaw. 1917
\n4. Attorney\u2019s Receipt, no date
\n5. Correspondence, Hilton 1914
\n6. Memo, Blanton Wyatt Lumber, No date
\n7. Notice of Trustees Sale, 1934 (Proof of Publication
\n8. Tax Receipt, 1910 Includes $3.00 poll tax
\n9. Tax Receipt, 1912
\n10. Loan Papers, 1918 Note held by Bolivar Cotton Company
\n11. Correspondence 1910
\n12. Lease Papers 1916<\/p>\n

Folder 2:
\n1. Deed 1913
\n2. Cancelled check 1913
\n3. Deed 1914
\n4. Deed 1915
\n5. Deed 1920
\n6. Deed 1914
\n7. Deed 1909
\n8. Deed Release 1909
\n9. Deed 1912
\n10. Deed 1913
\n11. Copy of Contract 1923
\n12. Deed 1915
\n13. Deed 1919<\/p>\n

Folder 3:
\n1. Deed 1904
\n2. Deed 1913
\n3. Deed 1914
\n4. Deed 1919
\n5. Deed 1913
\n6. Deed 1917
\n7. Deed 1914
\n8. Loan Papers 1912
\n9. Deed 1902
\n10. Deed and Loan Papers 1919
\n11. Deed 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 4:
\n1. Deed 1906
\n2. Deed 1914
\n3. Deed 1918
\n4. Deed 1917
\n5. Deed 1934
\n6. Deed 1902
\n7. Deed 1908
\n8. Deed 1917
\n9. Deed 1919
\n10. Deed 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 5:
\n1. Deed 1912
\n2. Deed 1915
\n3. Deed 1915
\n4. Deed 1912
\n5. Deed 1911
\n6. Deed 1902
\n7. Deed 1916
\n8. Deed 1914<\/p>\n

Folder 6:
\n1. Deed 1916
\n2. Deed 1916
\n3. Deed 1913
\n4. Deed 1919
\n5. Deed 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 7:
\n1. Deed 1906
\n2. Deed 1913
\n3. Deed 1913
\n4. Deed 1914
\n5. Deed 1916
\n6. Deed 1918
\n7. Deed 1918
\n8. Correspondence 1918<\/p>\n

Folder 8:
\n1. Deed 1910 (Texas)
\n2. Receipt 1910
\n3. Deed 1904
\n4. Deed 1925
\n5. Deed 1939
\n6. Deed 1932
\n7. Deed 1917
\n8. Deed 1924
\n9. Power to Cancel Deed 1919<\/p>\n

Folder 9:
\n1. Loan Agreement 1926
\n2. Deed 1904
\n3. Deed 1904
\n4. Deed 1915
\n5. Tax Receipt 1919
\n6. Unsigned Deed 1917
\n7. Unsigned Deed 1919
\n8. Receipt from the Bank of Shaw 1914
\n9. Correspondence 1964
\n10. Deed 1915
\n11. Deed 1929
\n12. Deed 1929<\/p>\n

Folder 10:
\n1. Promissory Note 1915
\n2. 7 Tax Receipts 1918
\n3. Abstract of lands of J M Gilbert 1925
\n4. Deed 1916
\n5. Deed 1914<\/p>\n

Box 2<\/strong>
\nFolder 11:
\n1. Deed 1915
\n2. Deed 1915
\n3. Correspondence 1904
\n4. Deed 1906
\n5. Cancellation of Deed 1920
\n6. Deed 1906 Washington County<\/p>\n

Folder 12:
\n1. Municipal Tax receipt Shaw 1918
\n2. Deed 1904
\n3. Deed 1915
\n4. Deed 1915
\n5. Deed 1902<\/p>\n

Folder 13:
\n1. Notice of Trustees Sale 1914 (Newsprint)
\n2. Correspondence 1914
\n3. Deed 1916
\n4. Deed 1916
\n5. Deed 1917
\n6. Deed 1917
\n7. Tax receipt 1919
\n8. Deed 1914
\n9. Deed 1916<\/p>\n

Folder 14:
\n1. Deed 1917
\n2. Notice of trustees Sale 1911
\n3. Deed 1913
\n4. Deed 1902 Tennessee
\n5. Deed 1915
\n6. Deed 1905
\n7. Deed 1929
\n8. Deed 1913
\n9. Deed 1913<\/p>\n

Folder 15:
\n1. Deed 1916
\n2. Rent Receipt 1917
\n3. Deed 1913
\n4. Deed 1916
\n5. Rent receipt 1919
\n6. Correspondence 1906
\n7. Deed 1905
\n8. Correspondence 1956<\/p>\n

Folder 16:
\n1. Receipt 1917
\n2. Receipt 1919
\n3. Deed 1920
\n4. Ledger Page No Date
\n5. Deed 1927
\n6. Deed from Tax Sale 1902
\n7. Contract 1917<\/p>\n

Folder 17:
\n1. Scratch Paper with a sketched map on it
\n2. Savings Bond Flyer 1961
\n3. Deed 1902<\/p>\n

Folder 18:
\n1. Deed 1919
\n2. Deed 1902
\n3. Deed 1940
\n4. Proof of Age 1912
\n5. Release of Bank Note 1917<\/p>\n

Folder 19:
\n1. Deed 1916
\n2. Deed 1917
\n3. Check to Fayette County Bank ( TN) 1913
\n4. Deed 1909
\n5. Receipt 1909
\n6. Release of Trust 1912<\/p>\n

Folder 20:
\n1. Correspondence 1918 includes deed, and receipts
\n2. Deed 1945
\n3. Deed 1912
\n4. Deed 1910
\n5. Receipt 1910
\n6. Deed 1914
\n7. Deed 1920<\/p>\n

Folder 21:
\n1. Deed 1906
\n2. Deed 1912
\n3. Correspondence 1919
\n4. Deed 1904
\n5. Deed 1916
\n6. Tax Receipt 1918
\n7. Tax Notice
\n8. Blank Bank of Shaw checks (2)
\n9. Adding Machine Tape
\n10. Chancery Clerk Letter head, Bolivar County
\n11. Deed 1911
\n12. Deed 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 22:
\n1. Unsigned Deed Washington County
\n2. Lease Agreement 1952
\n3. Deed 1934
\n4. Deed 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 23:
\n1. Proof of Publication 1934
\n2. Deed 1917
\n3. 2 notes November 26, 1915
\n4. Deed 1915 Pike County
\n5. Notice of Sale 1934
\n6. Deed 1917<\/p>\n

Folder 24:
\n1. Deed 1925
\n2. Correspondence 1936
\n3. Deed 1931
\n4. Deed 1939
\n5. Deed 1914
\n6. Deed 1908
\n7. Deed 1926<\/p>\n

Folder 25:
\n1. Deed 1909
\n2. Deed 1930
\n3. Deed 1950
\n4. Deed 1920
\n5. Deed 1925<\/p>\n

Folder 26:
\n1. Receipt 1912
\n2. Gin Receipt 1911
\n3. Voter Registration 1918
\n4. 2 Receipts 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 27:
\n1. Ten Shares stock in the Bolivar Cotton Co
\n2. Insurance Papers 1957
\n3. Tax collectors Notice (2) 1918
\n4. Seventeen Gin Tickets From Sharp Gin 1917 and 18
\n5. Cotton Ticket Bolivar Cotton Co 1918
\n6. Receipt Form Yazoo and Miss Valley Railroad 1918
\n7. Insurance Receipt 1918<\/p>\n

Folder 28:
\n1. Surveyors Sketches no date
\n2. Receipt 1912
\n3. Chancery Clerk Receipt 1912
\n4. Correspondence 1906
\n5. Loan Papers 1915
\n6. Correspondence 1912
\n7. Trustees Land Sale 1914
\n8. Tax receipt 1919 Road and Bridges
\n9. Tax receipt 1918
\n10. Five Municipal Tax Receipts 1918
\n11. Correspondence 1915<\/p>\n

Folder 29:
\n1. Compress Ticket 1920
\n2. 2 Gin Tickets 1926<\/p>\n

Folder 30:
\n1. Transfer of ownership American Cattle Club 1916
\n2. Certificate of entry in the American Cattle Club 1916
\n3. Correspondence 1914
\n4. Ten shares stock Bolivar cotton Co
\n5. Correspondence 1918<\/p>\n

Oversize Folders
\n2 Ledger Pages 1919-1920<\/p>\n

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