{"id":8561,"date":"2023-03-13T21:17:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/?page_id=8561"},"modified":"2023-03-13T21:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T21:17:13","slug":"yates-family-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/yates-family-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yates Family Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"[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”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]\n

Yates Family Papers<\/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=”1678741956557-7″ tab_id=”1678741956558-3″] [\/page_link][page_link link_url=”#https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/guides-to-the-collection-page\/” title=”Collections Portal<\/strong>” id=”1678741956565-7″ tab_id=”1678741956565-7″] [\/page_link][page_link title=”Visit<\/strong>” id=”1678741965690-0″ tab_id=”1678741965691-3″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/visit\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”Make a Request<\/strong>” id=”1678741966788-6″ tab_id=”1678741966789-7″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/requests\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”About Us<\/strong>” id=”1678741967568-10″ tab_id=”1678741967569-7″ link_url=”https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments-archives-museum-about-us\/”][\/page_link][page_link title=”Yearbooks Online<\/strong>” id=”1678741968281-3″ tab_id=”1678741968281-9″ 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>Yates Family Papers<\/p>\n

Collection Number:\u00a0 <\/strong>M139<\/p>\n

Inclusive Dates:\u00a0 <\/strong>1938 – 1961<\/p>\n

Bulk Dates:\u00a0 <\/strong>1943 – 1945<\/p>\n

Volume:\u00a0 <\/strong>2 Cubic Feet<\/p>\n

Processor:\u00a0 <\/strong>W. Ray<\/p>\n

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Scope and Content:<\/em><\/p>\n

The Yates Family Collection contains miscellaneous personal papers of the Yates Family during the World War II period.\u00a0 Included are war stamp albums, service classifications, and war ration books.\u00a0 Also included are papers and clippings during the time Joseph Yates was employed at Dupont.\u00a0 Another part of this collection is photos and postcards of the Shelby and Bolivar County area, and a series of history books and a book of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

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Inventory:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Box\u00a0 \/\u00a0 Folder<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miscellaneous Correspondence; \u201cDuring World War II\u201d<\/p>\n

Paper \u201cThe Play\u2019s the Thing\u201d<\/p>\n

1960 Mississippi Geography Newsletter (3)<\/p>\n

1961 Mississippi Geography Newsletter<\/p>\n

Miss Delta March 30, 1936<\/p>\n

1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Address Listing for Ballistic Range<\/p>\n

1937 Social Security card for Joseph Yates<\/p>\n

Income Tax Form for 1943<\/p>\n

War Ration Book (several)<\/p>\n

Basic Mileage Ration (2)<\/p>\n

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company Bill Sept. 21, 1946<\/p>\n

Western Union Telegram from Dupont Company April 22, 1942<\/p>\n

Dupont Company October 31, 1994 employing J.W. Yates as Ballistic Engineer<\/p>\n

Certificate of Sale of Motor Vehicle Sept. 3, 1941 for 1941 Sup. DX Tudor for $951.50<\/p>\n

Pay Stub dated 1942, 1943, 1945 for J.W. Yates<\/p>\n

Notice of Classification for J.W. Yates Jan. 16, 1943, Nov. 11, 1943, May 17, 1943<\/p>\n

J.W. Yates Handwritten Notes on Bonds\u00a0 1942-45<\/p>\n

Hospital Bill Jan 3, 1940 from City Hospital, Cleveland<\/p>\n

War Stamp Album<\/p>\n

Publication \u201cThe Web\u201d August 15, 1942 and Oct. 15, 1942 features Joe Yates, Chemist<\/p>\n

Pamphlet from The American Museum of Atomic Energy, Oak Ridge, Tenn.<\/p>\n

Memphis Press Scimitar Dec. 22, 1942 features Joe Yates as Chemist<\/p>\n

Leather strip \u201cJ.D. White U.S.N.R.\u201d<\/p>\n

Employment Agreement between Dupont and Joe Yates 1944<\/p>\n

Envelope with Joe Yates employment dates with DuPont<\/p>\n

Publication \u201cThe Web\u201d Sept. 15, 1942, Dec. 1, 1942, Nov. 1, 1942<\/p>\n

4 cancelled checks dated 1943<\/p>\n

Booklet:\u00a0 Munford Book Club Organized 1941<\/p>\n

Letter of thanks from Rep. Charlie Capps for essay The Delta.<\/p>\n

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Box\u00a0 \/\u00a0 Unfoldered<\/p>\n

2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Framed photos of Joseph Watts Yates, Jr.<\/p>\n

11 x 14 mylar covered Dummy hanging from Cleveland Water Tower<\/p>\n

11 x 14 Dummy hanging from Cleveland Water Tower with Sharpe Avenue<\/p>\n

in background<\/p>\n

11 x 14 mylar covered distance shot of water tower (and dummy) with surrounding<\/p>\n

buildings and old vehicles<\/p>\n

Three small photos of train wreck in Shelby, MS<\/p>\n

Group Photo of Mrs. Joe Yates Sr., Mrs. Nason, Mrs. Joe Yates Jr., Richard Allen Yates,<\/p>\n

And Melbourne Miller<\/p>\n

Postcard:\u00a0 Cleveland Consolidated School, Cleveland, MS<\/p>\n

Postcard:\u00a0 Broom Hall, Delta State<\/p>\n

Postcard:\u00a0 Bolivar County Courthouse, Cleveland, MS<\/p>\n

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Box\u00a0 \/\u00a0 Unfoldered<\/p>\n

3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Book:\u00a0 Basic Christian Beliefs by Frederick C. Grant, 1960<\/p>\n

Books: Mississippi: A History Volumes I, II, III, IV<\/p>\n

by George H. Ethridge, Editor and Author, 1938<\/p>\n

Book:\u00a0 Celebrating Oklahoma! The Oklahoma Centennial Photographic Survey<\/p>\n

By Mike Klemme (signed)<\/p>\n

Box\u00a0 \/\u00a0 Folder<\/p>\n

4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Restricted<\/p>\n

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Box\u00a0 \/\u00a0 Folder<\/p>\n

5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mississippi Planning Law Digest \u2013 Joseph W. Yates III, Member<\/p>\n

Bound Booklet \u201cOur Presidents\u201d (George Washington through Franklin D. Roosevelt)<\/p>\n

Proof of Pudding Cookbook by Shelby Woman\u2019s Club (2)<\/p>\n

Includes \u201cA Pinch of Soda..A Pinch of Salt\u201d by Ellen Orr & Allene Yates<\/p>\n

Yearbooks:<\/p>\n

National Society of Daughters of the American Colonists 1921-1981<\/p>\n

National Society of Daughters of the American Colonists 1921-1983 (3 copies)<\/p>\n

National Society of Daughters of the American Colonists 1921-1986 (2 copies)<\/p>\n

The Colonial Courier 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 2000, 2002<\/p>\n

Mississippi D.A. C 1988-1991<\/p>\n

Yearbooks and Directory of the Gov. Winthrop Sargent Chapter-Cleveland, MS<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 \/\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0 Folder containing information about the Gov. Winthrop Sargent Chapter; Women in the Arts \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magazine dated 2000; obituary for Katherine Owen Tucker; photo of group at a Chapter<\/p>\n

meeting; Yearbook of the Chapter; copy \u201cRemembering Rosalie Day\u201d; ByLaws of the<\/p>\n

Sargent Chapter ByLaws<\/p>\n

Application for Membership in Daughters of the American Colonists<\/p>\n

Blank Letterhead and note cards<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous papers dealing with Chapter and officer duties<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 \/\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0 Notebook containing information about the Delta Kappa Gamma Society:<\/p>\n

History of the Society<\/p>\n

Parliamentary Procedure<\/p>\n

Anniversary Program 1929-1979<\/p>\n

Educator\u2019s Award<\/p>\n

History of Shelby Library<\/p>\n

First Baptist Church of Shelby Program Jan. 11, 1970 (gives history of Church Buildings)<\/p>\n

Program of the Cleveland Horse and Pony Show May 24, 1934<\/p>\n

Reports<\/p>\n

Newsletter<\/p>\n

Hymns<\/p>\n

Miscellaneous handwritten notes<\/p>\n

Book Reviews<\/p>\n

5\u00a0 \/\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0 Folder of Bolivar County Historical Society Information ca 1980:<\/p>\n

Bolivar County Historical Society By-Laws<\/p>\n

Listing of Bolivar County Historical Society Members<\/p>\n

Ledger Sheets of Bolivar County Historical Society Members Dues<\/p>\n

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