Acquisition

Various unknown people donated the James S. Mims Papers. Some of the correspondence is stamped with a red accession number “01,” meaning that it was found in the library in 1959. Part of the collection was mailed to Furman University with no name or return address in 1967.

• James S. Mims Papers, 1835-1854
• McIver Family Correspondence, 1834-1844

• Numerous letters from the collection (*) were transcribed by Mims descendants and are available on the Dr. Samuel Alexander Mims and Family Letters website https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haywood/let2thru/letrevis/mims1.htm with permission of John Allen Mimms Jr., great-grandson of Dr. Samuel A. Mims.

Access and Restrictions

Open to research without restrictions. Researchers are advised to contact Special Collections and Archives prior to visiting.

[Identification of item], Mims Family Papers, [Folder #], Special Collections and Archives, Furman University, Greenville, S.C.