Civil war; United States; Confederate Army; Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Agriculture; Livestock; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the crops and livestock and the health of the workers, including slaves, 1864.
Slavery; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Abolitionists; Christian literature; Artists; Annexation; Texas; Natchez (Miss.); Saint Louis (Mo.); New Orleans (La.); Mobile (Ala.)
Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Steamboats; Theft; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Newspapers; 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 that he arrived in Mobile and planned to stay in a hotel until he learned that a steamboat was available. He describes the wildlife he saw as they went up the...
Webster County (Miss.); Swine; Clothing and dress; Livestock; Agricultural implements; Implements, utensils, etc.; Scarbrough family
Detailed list of property, from household items to livestock, sold by James Scarbrough on January 25, 1862, along with the names of the men who purchased the items.
Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with...
Secession; Mississippi; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Weather; Hinds County (Miss.); Telegraph
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, relating family news and discussing the ongoing session of Mississippi's Convention, 1861. He describes hard times where business and money are concerned. He tells her...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 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 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
4-H clubs; 4-H Club Congress (Miss.); Busts; Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908; McCain Hall (Mississippi State University)
4-H club members from Hancock County (Miss.) examine the bust of Stephen D. Lee, on the campus of Mississippi State College (Starkville, Miss.): (left to right): 1. Linton Lee; 2. Eleanor Smith, H.D.A.; 3. Betty Lou Lee; 4. Dennis Cuevas; 5. Irene...
4-H clubs; Amite County; Sculpture; Lee, Stephen D. (Stephen Dill), 1833-1908; Mississippi State University (Starkville, Miss.); Lee Hall (Mississippi State University); McCain Hall (Mississippi State University)
Nine 4-H members from Amite County with the bust of Stephen D. Lee, on the campus of Mississippi State University: (Left) 1. Cecile O'Brien - Home Demonstration Agent; 2. Hubert Graves; 3. Watson Reynolds; 4. H.H. Lauchley, Jr.; 5. Edward Fleming;...
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.
4-H clubs; Humphreys County (Miss.); 4-H Club Congress (Miss.);Mississippi State University (Starkville, Miss.); McCain Hall (Mississippi State University); Sculpture
Humphreys County (Miss.) 4-H club members in front of McCain Hall, Mississippi State University: '1. Mary Alice Aust; 2. Frances Knight; 3. Ruth McCauley; 4. Evelyn Carter; 5. Ruby Linebarger; 6. Ethel Breeland; 7. Leana Minchew; 8. Billie F....
