Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Ross A. Collins papers, 1906-1967 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1906-1967 |
| Bulk Dates | 1920-1963 |
| ID No. | MSS16428 |
| Creator | Collins, Ross A. (Ross Alexander), 1880-1968 |
| Extent | 11,240 items |
| Extent | 25 containers plus 20 oversize |
| Extent | 18.4 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011093 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016428 |
| Summary | Congressman, public official, and lawyer from Mississippi. Correspondence, drafts of writings, speeches, reports, notes, clippings, scrapbooks, printed material, and other papers relating to Collins's service in Congress, especially to his introduction of the bill authorizing the Library of Congress acquisition of the Otto Vollbehr Collection of Incunabula. Also documents Collins's work pertaining to the mechanization of the U.S. Army, the career of Mississippi politician Theodore Gilmore Bilbo, and the claims of John Lick for enrollment in the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. |