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...
4-H clubs; Interior decoration; Agricola (George County, Miss.)
Mississippi's champion in 4-H home improvement demonstration chosen during the 25th annual State 4-H Club Congress at Mississippi State College is Martha Ann Bullard of Agricola in George County, shown here pointing out some uses of a color chart,...
6 January 1841 letter from A.M. Nathan to Aaron Spell acknowledging the receipt of 30 bales on the steamer Tchula, its poor quality and subsequent sale at a lower price, and discussing cotton prices.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Women's clothing; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Agriculture
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, acknowledging receipt of her President's Card for good conduct at school. He asks her what she wishes to do about a dress which had belonged to her mother, and which...
Feemster family; Civil war; United States; Furloughs; Selma (Ala.); Clothing and dress; Sewing; Ringgold Gap, Battle of, Ringgold, Ga., 1863; Knoxville, Battle of, Knoxville, Tenn., 1863; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her how difficult it is for anyone to get a furlough, and none longer than ten days except for special emergencies. He expects to get a ten-day furlough soon and...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Religion; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, quoting scripture to encourage her to stay cheerful. He writes about church matters, tells her that he went to a funeral for William Lunceford's wife, and expresses sympathy...
Civil war; United States; Shuqualak (Miss.); Columbus (Miss.); Marriage; Weddings; Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910
Letter, Samuel H. Pope in Shuqualak, Mississippi, to William Hollinshed Lee, at the Officer's Hospital in Uniontown, Alabama, expressing his desire for Lee to visit him at his boarding house. Sims was wounded and captured. Pope sympathizes with...
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.
Marsha Housel of Fairview in Lowndes County was named state winner in girls swimming and diving at the 25th annual State 4-H Club Congress at Mississippi State College, ca. 1949.
White, Hugh Lawson, 1882-1965.; Allred, James V., 1899-1959.; Balls (Parties).; Mississippi State University--Sports.; Texas Christian University--Sports.; Cotton Bowl (Football game); Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Mississippi State College vs. T.C.U. Cotton Bowl and Texas Centennial train trip memorabilia: A program detailing the events of the Governors' Entertainment in Dallas on October 23-24, 1936.
Rotary Club (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company--Photographs.; Railroads--United States--History.; Monuments--Mississippi--Gulfport.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Boulder commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Illinois Central Railroad, placed on 25th Ave. between Beach Blvd. and 13th St. in Gulfport. Officials present were O.C. Stein, T.A. Webb, Jr., B.J. Greenrood, J.A. Bell, S.P. Wilson, and John G....
Mississippi State University--History.; Forests and forestry--Mississippi.; Moak, James E.; Mississippi State University. College of Forest Resources--History.
""School of Forest Resources at MSU Passes [Milestone] - 25th Anniversary,"" an essay by James E. Moak, professor of the School of Forest Resources at MSU.
