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...
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Boswell Stevens and 1959 Maid of Cotton Malinda Diggs Berry of Stillwater, Oklahoma look at a proclamation announcing the 1959 King Cotton Festival, Memphis, Tennessee.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Japan; Cotton; Maid of Cotton; Beauty contests; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Hayato Ikeda, Japanese Minster of International Trade and Industry, regarding the visit of the 21st Maid of Cotton, Malinda Berry.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Pakistan; Pakistan Central Cotton Committee; Cotton; Maid of Cotton; Beauty contests; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Mohamed Shaffi, vice-president of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, regarding the cotton industry and a visit from 1959 Maid of Cotton Malinda Berry.
Home economics; Women; Home demonstration work; Little, Alice Irene, 1903-1983; Farm produce
Home Economist Alice Little and a group of home demonstration participants with a display of garden vegetables. From left to right: Alice Little, Malinda Thompson, Callie Woodruff, Earline Long, and an unidentified woman.
