ALCORN, James Lusk (1816-1894) Guide to Research Papers

Library of Congress

Guide to Research Collections

Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers: 1873. 1 letter.

Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Jackson, MS
Papers: 1839-1906. 7 boxes. Correspondence, journals, petitions, telegrams, biography by his daughter, official papers (1870-1871), personal papers (1850-1879), photographs, and portraits.

University of North Carolina
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, NC
Papers: 1850-1880, 1923. 34 items and 3 volumes. Letters (1850-1865), chiefly from Alcorn to his wife, concern political conditions before the Civil War; plantation books; and a diary (1879-1880).