Bankhead Cotton Control Act; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
Beginning the Bankhead Cotton Control Act, 1934. Left to right: W.H. Stovall, J.C. Rimes, E.H. White (future director of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service), Thomas L. Gaston, T.M. Patterson and L.A. Olson,Director of the Mississippi...
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); African-Americans; Slavery; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, regarding the sickness of some of the slaves and the necessity to call Dr. Perkins. He also writes about trying to obtain butter from Judge Carr. ...
Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Selma (Ala.); Clergy; Religious gatherings; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Campbell, John P., 1801-1868; Cowan, Samuel Montgomery, 1801-1881; Chadick, William Davidson, 1817-1878; Borah, Jacob T.,...
Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...
4-H Club Congress (Miss.); Clothing and dress; Cotton; Contests; Leflore County (Miss.); Lowndes County (Miss.); Monroe County (Miss.); Clarke County (Miss.)
Winners in Women's State Cotton Dress Contest, conducted at the 1932 Mississippi 4-H Club Congress. Left to Right: Mrs. E. E. Allen, Leflore County; Mrs. C. L. Gaston, Lowndes County; Mrs. Earl J. Green, Clarke County; Mrs. E. W. Holmes, Monroe...
Great Southern Country Club (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs; Golfers.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Photograph.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Great Southern Country Club, Gulfport, Mississippi opens additions, 1955: Pictured after a round of golf are Charles Hewes, Charles Stewart, Gaston Hewes, Dr. Edson McCabe, Elkins Favre, and Giles Peresich.
Gaston, Andrew; Templeton, Charles "Chip" Jr.; Palmer, Ronald; Marszalek, Jeanne
Guests Andy Gaston (left), Chip Templeton, and Ron Palmer view memorabilia on display during the open house for the Ulysses S. Grant Collection at MSU Libraries' Congressional and Political Research Center. Jeanne Marszalek is also pictured at far...
Gaston, Andrew; Templeton, Charles "Chip" Jr.; Palmer, Ronald
Guests (from left) Andy Gaston, Chip Templeton, and Ron Palmer peruse memorabilia on display during the open house for the Ulysses S. Grant Collection at MSU Libraries' Congressional and Political Research Center
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Cattle; Swine; Agriculture; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Spinning; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.
Feemster family; Lowndes County (Miss.); Gaston family; Guineafowl; Chickens; Whooping cough; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Annie Gaston to her sister, Loulie Feemster, who has apparently joined Alex in Selma. She tells her sister not to expect a long letter because she lives ''in the back woods where I dont see nobody hardly.'' She writes about ducks and...
Feemster family; Columbus (Miss.); Gaston family; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Business; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, E. B. Gaston in Columbus, Mississippi, to his daughter, Loulie Feemster, telling her that some cloth she had requested can only be obtained with silver, and asking Loulie how she wishes to proceed. 1864.
Feemster family; Gaston family; Religion; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.); Dreams; Pregnancy; Slavery; African-Americans; Courtship; Turkeys; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, discussing her Bible reading, news from family and friends and the fact that she is 'lonely and gloomy.' She mentions a letter sent to her...
Feemster family; Gaston family; Breastfeeding; Furuncle; Traditional medicine; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, mainly regarding a boil on her breast, which makes it difficult to feed their baby, Mattie. The doctor recommended that she use ''Tansy poultice'' on it, but she...
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...
Department of Home Economics; President's Home; Kathy Walker; Ginger Gaston; Perry Everett; Connie Peranich; Mrs. Patricia Threadgill
Photo taken of a reception at the home of MSU President and Mrs. William L. Giles given by members of the Dept. of Home Economics class in 'Social Usage' at MSU; pictured from left are: Kathy Walker, Ginger Gaston, Perry Everett, Connie Peranich,...
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Ladies Auxiliary--Photographs.; Women's clothing.; Flags--United States.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
New officers, Veteran's of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary hold installation of officers banquet at Raoul's Restaurant, Gulfport, 1960. . Sitting: Mrs. Velma Smandra, Mrs. Albertha Johnson, Mrs. Jane Weeks, Mrs. Mildred Bushea, Mrs. Ramona Geil, Mrs....
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,...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 14 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 14 spans the dates of February 21-April 30, 1865.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 15 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 15 spans the dates of May 1-December 31, 1865.
