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...
Salem Church (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Slavery; African-Americans; Churches; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
List of African-American members of Salem Church in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, 1865. Includes notations beside members who have died and one who is 'deranged.' All members are noted as servants of Augusta Hopkins Rice.
Seventh, eighth and ninth graders from West Side Junior High School learn what goes on behind the scenes at the Gulfport-Carnegie-Harrison County Library, 1955. Right to left standing: Miss Maria Person, Librarian; Nickie Christovich, Robert...
Symposium speaker Maria Collins, Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman, and MSU President Vance Watson visit before the MidSouth E-Resource Symposium at MSU Libraries - August 8, 2008
Great Books Discussion Group (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Carnegie libraries--Mississippi--Gulfport--Photographs.; Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library--Photographs.; Smoking.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Great Books Discussion Group, Gulfport Carnegie-Harrison County Library, 1955. Left-right: Evan Jobe, Mrs. E.L. Crocker, Joyce Aschenbrenner, Stanley Aschenbrenner, Miss Corinne Wagner, Mrs. T. A. McGrath, Leader Thomas A. McGrath, thomas Bosco,...
Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Holliday, John (1803-1881); Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings
Holliday Haven, built in 1850 by John Holliday and Maria Grimes Speight Holliday, daughter of Senator Jesse Speight. Located on South Meridian Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
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...
Civil war; United States; Huntsville (Ala.); Fort Hatteras (N.C.); Fort Clark (N.C.); Fort Pickens (Fla.); Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4th; Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Walker,...
Letter from Hallie Cruse in Huntsville, Alabama, to her sister, Maria Walker, regarding the troubles of family and friends. She mentions a Confederate camp in Huntsville and refers to the 4th Alabama Regiment's involvement in the battle at...
Bookmobiles--Mississippi--Gulfport--Photographs.; Libraries--Mississippi--Gulfport.; Harrison County (Miss.)--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
New Harrison County Bookmobile of the Gulfport-Carnegie Harrison County Library, 1953; Miss Maria Person, Librarian.