Devine V. Jones and Family Papers Z/0931
This collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Devine V. Jones, African American Methodist minister of Grenada, Mississippi. Correspondents include Jones's daughters and other family members as well as ministers. The letters reflect family life, African American migration to the cities, church affairs, and social conditions of a tenant farmer and minister in 1960s Mississippi. Of note is a letter from Reverend J. H. Ross, who inquires about traveling in Mississippi with out-of-state license plates. This letter was written in the aftermath of the riots at the University of Mississippi in October 1962.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThis collection consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of Devine V. Jones, African American Methodist minister of Grenada, Mississippi. Correspondents include Jones's daughters and other family members as well as ministers. The letters reflect family life, African American migration to the cities, church affairs, and social conditions of a tenant farmer and minister in 1960s Mississippi. Of note is a letter from Reverend J. H. Ross, who inquires about traveling in Mississippi with out-of-state license plates. This letter was written in the aftermath of the riots at the University of Mississippi in October 1962.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
