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...
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.
Agriculture--Mississippi.; Industrialization--Mississippi.; Balance Agriculture with Industry (Miss.); Mississippi--Economic policy.; Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.
Mississippi state law ""Balance Agriculture with Industry,"" 1944, from House Bill 176.
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,...
Fire engines and equipment--Mississippi--Biloxi.; Chinn, Richard Hart--Photographs.; Fire engines.; Clothing.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Biloxi Fire Department and new four wheel drive firetruck, Biloxi engine no. 4; Posed with the new machine: Rodney Wilkie, Fredinburg, Gordon Dacey, City Commissioner, Trevor Bird, Tony Creel, City Commissioner, Hart Chinn, Mayor. Published in...
Corley, Si (Silas Edward), 1900-1989--Photographs.; Mississippi State University--Alumni--Photographs.; Mississippi Forestry Commission--Photographs.
Mississippi Forestry Commission, 1955. Seated Left to Right: James R. Clark, Crosby Lbr. & Mfg. Co., Crosby, Miss., Henry T. Crosby, Henry T. Crosby Co., Greenville, Miss., S. E. ""Si"" Corley, Commissioner of Agriculture, Jackson, Miss., R. M....
Corley, Si (Silas Edward), 1900-1989--Photographs.; Blakeslee, H. E.; Mississippi State University--Alumni--Photographs.
50th Anniversary of the State Department of Agriculture. Chair of first Commissioner of Agriculture H. E. Blakeslee, being presented to his son. Left to right: Blakeslee, Frank Ellis, Si Corley.
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Yazoo County (Miss.); Clark, Will T., Jr.--Family.
W. T. (Will) Clark Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2000 acres located seven miles northwest of Yazoo City. Will Clark , Jr. is MSU alumnus. Yazoo Co. agent Pat McGowan assisted with selection of farm family.
Senator Stennis thanks a constituent from the office of the Game and Fish Commissioner for his letter and discusses an expanded research program for forestry management.
Farmers' Central Market (Jackson, Miss.)--Photographs. Corley, Si (Silas Edward), 1900-1989--Photographs.; Mitchell, Fred Tom, 1891-1953--Photographs.; Mississippi State University--Alumni--Photographs.; Wright, Fielding Lewis,...
Dedication Day, Farmers Central Market, Jackson, Mississippi. 1st row, left to right: Dr. Fred Mitchell, Si Corley, Governor Fielding Wright, Bill Barksdale, Clifford Hope; second row: S. W. Box, ---, Senator Henry, ---, Commissioner Patterson,...
Mississippi Forestry and Chemurgic Assocation--Photographs.; Mississippi Forestry Assocation--Photographs.; Meador, Gordon H.; King Edward Hotel (Jackson, Miss.)--Photographs.; Hotels--Mississippi--Photographs.
Mississippi Forestry and Chemurgic Association annual meeting, September 1944, King Edwards Hotel, Jackson, Mississippi: (Front row left to right) Frank Mayerhoff, Education Director, MFC; [?] McCullen, Land Commissioner; Si Corley, Agriculture...
Nixon, Richard. Social Security. Anti-Crime Legislation.
1- Former President Richard Nixon died last week and was buried near his boyhood home in California. You worked with him for five and a half years. How will he be remembered?; 2- You met with the Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security...
1- Defense Base Closure Commissioner Joe Robles spent six hours at Meridian Naval Air Station Monday. You were with him. What kind of impression did he get from the visit?; 2- The people of East Mississippi really came through with a show of...
Courter, Jim. Byron, Beverly. Meridian Naval Air Station. Christopher, Warren. Bosnia and Hercegovina.
1- Defense Base Closure Commission Chairman Jim Courter and Commissioner Beverly Byron went to Meridian’s Naval Air Station on May 7. You toured the base with the commissioners. What was your impression of how it went?; 2- While everyone...
Veterans Nursing Homes. Social Security. Military Construction Appropriations.
1- Bids were opened in July for construction of three state veterans nursing homes in Mississippi. All three came in over the projected budget. What is the next step in this process?; 2- You heard from the commissioner of the Social Security...
Franklin Co. (Miss.) ; Godbold, Wilmer W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Wilmer W. Godbold family farm; multiple view. Farm of 440 acres located about 18 miles northeast of Meadville, MS in the Godbold Community seven miles south of Caseyville. Franklin Co. agent John Cox and Assistant county agent Johnny Monroe...
Simpson Co. (Miss.) ; Hughes, John W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
John W. Hughes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 474 acres in Simpson Co. Simpson Co. agent Milton Edwards, and John Childress, Simpson Co. Soil Conservation Aide in the Soil Conservation Service assisted with selection of farm family.
Mississippi State University--Employees--Interviews; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Rodney Foil on June 18 and 25, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Robert Rodney Foil was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1934. He received his B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1960) in...
Chamber of Commerce official and business leaders of Gulfport, Miss. visit U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport;(1) J. H. McManus, City Commissioner;(2) Lt. Commd. W. B. Greeg, officer at Base;(3) Sherman Muths, Vice-President...
