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...
Sykes family; Winona (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Confederate States of America; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Letter from William Sykes in Winona, Mississippi, to James Sykes, bemoaning the reelection of Abraham Lincoln, the end of his hopes for peace, and the impoverished and demoralized state of the Confederacy. He mentions the murder of a Captain...
Leigh Briscoe Allen family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1920 acres in Claiborne Co. is owned jointly by Leigh Briscoe, his brother, James, and his father. Claiborne Co. agent E. C. Newman assisted in the selection of the 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Eric Biedenharn family farm; multiple views. Farm of 950 acres in Bovina, MS. Warren Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Lominick assisted with selection of farm family.
Ervin S. Boswell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 200 acres in the Calvary Community six miles southwest of Louisville. Winston Co. agent Claude Ming and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mary Young assisted with selection of farm family.
Lawrence Co. (Miss.) ; Bozeman, Percy--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Percy Bozeman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 276 acres three miles east of Jayess and about 20 miles south of Monticello. Lawrence Co. agent Bill Smith and Farmers Home Administrator James Carr assisted with selection of farm family.
Salem Church (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Slavery; African-Americans; Churches; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
List of African-American members of Salem Church in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, 1865. Includes notations beside members who have died and one who is 'deranged.' All members are noted as servants of Augusta Hopkins Rice.
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
