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.; Laughman, Samuel.; Carradine & Newman (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Darden, Samuel W.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 8 slaves sold at legal auction: Jake, wife Esther, and children Henry and Alexander; and Brister, wife Ann, and children Green and Margaret.
Education--Mississippi--Prentiss County.; Booneville High School (Booneville, Miss.)--Pictorial works.; Teaching--Mississippi--Prentiss County.;
Announcement for the Booneville Institute, a teacher education course to be held at the old Booneville High School, by D.A. Hill, Superintendent of Education for Prentiss County.
Alexander, Pat--Photographs.; Faust, Neal--Photographs.; Uniiversity of Mississippi--Alumni and alumnae--Photographs.; Drum majorettes.; KLM (Airline)--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Neal Faust and Pat Alexander, majorettes with the University of Mississippi Marching Band strut here for a bit of exercise after flying to Holland aboard a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Plane. The band competed in the World Music Festival at Kerkade,...
Aberdeen (Miss.); First Christian Church (Aberdeen, Miss.); Churches; Restoration movement (Christianity); Campbell, Alexander, 1788-1866
First Christian Church in Aberdeen, Mississippi, organized in 1851 as part of the Restoration movement. Alexander Campbell visited and preached at the church in May of 1859. The present building was erected in 1925.
In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...
