
James T. Carlisle Family Papers
The digital collection for the James T. Carlisle Family Papers have selected digitized materials from the physical collection. Family papers of James T. Carlisle (1925-2003) contain materials documenting his life, including school records and letters of recommendation (1933-1943), and World War II letters from Air Force training camps in the United States and from Germany, including letters as a prisoner of war. Also included are materials documenting the teaching career of his mother, Annie Mae House Carlisle (1885-1927) in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, schools (1909-1912) and letters from her to her husband James Walter Carlisle and parents Thomas Allen House and Mary Alice Gordon House (1909-1925). Materials concerning Thomas Allen and Mary House include personal letters and business records (1909-1952). Other materials are House family obituaries and clippings, obituaries of friends and newspaper articles (1898-1953).
Miscellaneous materials include the Minutes of the Chickasaw County Baptist Association (1940), agricultural conservation materials (1947), and a publication of the National Surgical Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, undated and a map. Photographic materials include House family photos and scanned images of the James Carlisle World War II letters. Materials are photocopies of originals loaned for reproduction.
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Hand-Collected Hay Piles in Front of the Tom House Home
Tom House homeplace, Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
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House Family and Friends
House family members and friends pose on a farm fence in Chickasaw County. Left to right: Annie Smith, Elija House, ?, Clifton House, ?.
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House Men Front
House men (probably) with wagon on House farm (front view), Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
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House Men Side
House men (probably) with wagons on House farm (side view), gathering hay previously piled up by hand. Chickasaw County, Mississippi.
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Midway School Picture
School, possibly Midway School, in Chickasaw County, circa 1910. Annie Mae House in front, left end.
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Chickasaw Check
Check to T. A. House drawn on Chickasaw County Bank, Houston, Mississippi, July 24, 1909.