Box 1

Items:

1. In Memoriam by: Alfred Lord Tennyson
2. Photo Album of the Mentz family

Folder 1: Newspaper Clippings and Photographs

1. Newspaper clipping “R. G. Rumage, County Resident, Dies Saturday,” November 2, 1957.
2. Photo of Mentz family member
3. Photo of black male with child
4. Photo of older woman, Nebraska City, Neb.
5. Photo of Clara Lee Bridewell Rumage
6. Notification from Vicksburg Public Library to Mrs. R. G. Rumage (Oct. 26, 1938).
7. Newspaper clipping of Mrs. Judson Purvis
8. Photo of two black women holding dogs
9. Photo of uniformed man with two women
10. Photo of four women
11. Photo of two horses “Nellie and Little Nell”
12. Newspaper clipping “Enjoy and Old New” by Marta Lamar
13. Poem “Down Where The South Begins”Composed by a New Orleans lumber inspector
14. Photo of dog
15. Newspaper clipping “Bridewell Rites at Hammond today” February 27
16. Blank Christmas card
17. Newspaper clipping “Well Known Consulting Engineer Succumbs on Wednesday, May 18th
18. Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Powell Smith with envelope
19. Handwritten letter titled “My Darling Girl” Oct. 19th, 1942 by Mrs. Mary E. Bridewell;
    Typed letter written “Dear Folks” October 8, 1942 by Alex; both letters concerning
    family members (David and Celia, Eddie, & Henry, Jr.)

Folder 2

1. Original patent for “spreaders” by Samuel W. Varnado
2. Genealogy list of Descendants of George Riley Varnado
3. Varnado family photos