Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Darden, John P.; Redmond, Thos. J.; African-Aemericans--Mississippi--Claiborne County.; Slavs--Mississippi--Claiborne County--Bills of sale.; Port Gibson (Miss.)--History.
Bill of sale from Thos. J. Redmond to John P. Darden for a slave woman named Rachael, aged 20. Transaction took place in Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Agriculture; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Resaca, Battle of, Resaca, Ga., 1864; Atlanta (Ga.);...
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with the health of the slaves and the state of the crops. Parks writes that his son, who was wounded after fighting...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Slavery; Civil war; United States; Boardinghouses; Religion; Hymns; Infant baptism; Slavery; African-Americans; Revivals; Freemasons; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, addressing the issue of her joining him in Selma. He suggests again that her father might loan her the money, and that he might prefer to use Confederate money. He also...
Feemster family; Religion; Newspapers; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Selma (Ala.); Ransom, Lemuel Clark, 1831-1874; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her about the newspaper (the ''Southern Observer'' referred to in subsequent letters), a weekly halfsheet which will start running in January and cost $5.00 a year. ...
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter...
Physicians; Medicine; Dentistry; Slavery; African-Americans; Starkville (Miss.); Curry family; Bond, Sarah E. (Sallie), 1830-1902
Receipt for Sarah E. Curry's payment of $232 to Dr. B. F. Barry for a variety of medicines, tooth extractions, child delivery, and visits to members of the household, including slaves. Sarah E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888. 1864.
MSU President Doc Foglesong addresses the assembled crowd during the Libraries' September 11th Commemoration ceremony. Student Association President JR Love and MSU Libraries' Lyle Tate are seated to Foglesong's right.
Land deed warranting land from Virginia Williams to Cammie Williams, Mims Williams, Cora L. Mitchell, Mary E. Stewart, and Douglas K. Williams. Witnessed by Justice of the Peace A. R. Smith.
Land deed designating 640 acres to Virginia Williams in Simpson County, Mississippi. Signed by Cammie Williams, Mims Williams, Cora L. Mitchell, Mary E. Stewart, and Douglas K. Williams. Witnessed by Justice of the Peace A. R. Smith.
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...
Love, JR; Foglesong, Robert H. "Doc;" Ballard, Michael; Sink, Mattie; Tate, Lyle; Hill, Clay; Schmidt, June; Patterson, Kayla; Huddleston, Paul
MSU Libraries' singers Mike Ballard, Mattie Sink, Lyle Tate, Clay Hill, June Schmidt, Kayla Patterson, and Paul Huddleston lead the attendees of the September 11th Commemoration in a verse of "God Bless America." Student Association President JR...
MSU President Doc Foglesong (center) poses for a photograph with Student Association President JR Love (left) and MSU Libraries' Lyle Tate after the September 11th Commemoration ceremony.
