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.
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...
Boys; Horses; Vicksburg (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Distemper; Traditional medicine; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Walker, Maria, 1820-1893
Letter from Arthur Hopkins Rice, Meadow Woods, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to his aunt, Maria Walker. He writes about some of the horses having distemper, Mrs. Outlaw giving him a dog, killing snakes, and catching crayfish. He also mentions...
Darden, John P.; Laughman, Samuel.; Maunsel White & Co. (Firm: Jefferson County, Miss.); Darden, David M.; Slaves--Mississippi--Jefferson County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from Jefferson County sheriff Sam Laughman to John P. Darden for 3 slaves sold at legal auction: Henry, Sarah, and Caroline.
Tennessee Valley Authority; Horses; Mares; Plows; Agriculture
Tennessee Valley Authority worker Roller Brown. Here he is working his land using a mare he bought in 1937 to do crop work with the mare's colt beside.
Orland L. Lott family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1015 acres located about five and a half miles southwest of Seminary, MS. Covington Co. Agricultural agent Arthur O'Brien assisted with selection of farm family.
Rankin Co. (Miss.) ; Townsend, Henry E.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Henry E. Townsend family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located about nine miles south of Pelahatchie, MS in the Concord Church Community. Rankin Co. Agricultural agent Robert S. Barker assisted with selection of farm family.