Whitehead, Bernard--Family; Farm life--Mississippi; Winston County (Miss.)
Bernard Whitehead family farm; multiple views. Farm of 447 acres located in the Ellison Ridge Community about 18 miles southeast of Louisville, MS. Winston Co. Home Demonstration agent Miss Hildreth Price and County agent E. L. Sessums assisted...
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Issaquena County (Miss.); Porter, G.C.--Family.
G. C. Porter family farm; multiple views. Farm of 70 acres located about 23 miles south of Rolling Fork, near Valley Park. Issaquena Co. agent Bill Flemming, Assistant county agent George Berry, Home Demonstration agent Mary Harpole assisted with...
Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Slavery; African-Americans; Forkland (Ala.); Malone, Samuel Booth (1804-1863)
Letter from Alfred Y. Glover in Forkland, Alabama, to James Sykes in Columbus, Mississippi, requesting that he make a decision about a slave girl named Tildy-Ann, who belongs to one of Dr. Sam B. Malone's minor heirs. James Sykes is the agent for...
Rosie McKenzie family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located in Jasper Co. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Smith County (Miss.); Martin, Roy E.--Family.
Roy E. Martin family farm; multiple views. Farm of 390 acres located in Raleigh, MS. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted with selection of farm family.
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Barlow, William J.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
William J. Barlow family farm; multiple views. Farm of 335 acres owned and 400 acres leased in the Smyrna Community about 11 miles west of Hazlehurst, MS. Copiah Co. Agricultural agent E. E. Randle, Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Genevieve Harris,...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 23 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 23 spans the dates of February 1-December 31, 1872.
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
Leroy Butts family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1025 acres located ten miles north of Vicksburg at Redwood, MS. Warren Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Lominick and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mamie L. Bright assisted with selection of farm family.
Wood W. Speed family farm; multiple views. Farm of 878 acres located in the Leaf River Community about 8 miles east of Collins, MS. Covington Co. Extension staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Hatton, Clyde--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Clyde Hatton family farm; multiple views. Farm of 76 acres owned and 100 acres rented in the Ebenezer Community four miles south of Bassfield on Highway 35. Jefferson Davis Co. Extension staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Hough, Clifford E.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Clifford E. Hough family farm; multiple views. Farm of 100 acres owned and 75 acres rented about five and a half miles east of Magee, MS, just south of Highway 20. Clifford Hough is MSU Alumnus. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Noel, Atley D.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Atley D. Noel family farm; multiple views. Farm of 130 acres owned and 400 acres in partnership with brothers located about 12 miles northwest of Forest, MS and about four miles west of Hillsboro in the Clifton Community. Scott Co. Agricultural...
Rankin Co. (Miss.) ; Townsend, Henry E.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Henry E. Townsend family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located about nine miles south of Pelahatchie, MS in the Concord Church Community. Rankin Co. Agricultural agent Robert S. Barker assisted with selection of farm family.
Nash, Ira Marion, 1843-1862; Nash, John Jasper Newton, 1829-1911; Nash, James H., 1844-1890; Nash, Wiley Norris, 1846-1906; Nash, Stephen Evans, 1807-1863; Nash, Ira Norris, 1805-1863; Nash family; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of...
Letter, E. J. (Elvira Jane) Nash, probably from the home of her uncle Ira Norris Nash in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to cousin Carrie concerning her desire for news of her brother Jimmy serving in Wirt Adams Cavalry Regiment, news of the Battle of...
Letter to Hannah from her daughter "Lulu" and "Aunt Mat," who Lulu is staying with in Fairforest, South Carolina, 1860. "Mossgiel" must be the name of the house or plantation. A later note identifies Lulu as Martha Louisa Starr, grandmother of...
4-H Clubs; Farm life-Mississippi; Depressions--1929--United States; Tennessee Valley Authority; Electric power--Mississippi; Tornadoes--Mississippi--Tupelo.
Oral history; First of two interviews conducted with Paul H. Perkins, conducted on February 11, 2005 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University.
