Mississippi author Howard Bahr and Starkville's own nationally-renowned Nash Street were guests of MSU Libraries on Tuesday, April 29th for an evening of fellowship, food, and fun. Nash Street opened the evening with a set of acoustic bluegrass...
Myrna Colley-Lee (seated far r.) poses for a photograph with (standing) Benjamen Douglas, Wanda Cheek, Stephen Cunetto, (seated) Mattie Sink, and Lyle Tate before her presentation during the opening of her GladRags Collection.
Polk, Noel; Tomlinson, Rylee; Anderton, Charlie; Codling, Mattie; Bahr, Howard
(l to r) Noel Polk, Rylee Tomlinson, Charlie Anderton, Mattie Codling, and Howard Bahr
Mississippi author Howard Bahr and Starkville's own nationally-renowned Nash Street were guests of MSU Libraries on Tuesday, April 29th for an evening of...
Faculty and staff members visit during the MSU Libraries Faculty and Staff Christmas reception. (l to r) Glen Berry, Lynda Graham, Anita Winger, John Marszalek, Stephen Cunetto, Mattie Sink, Lynne Mueller, Judy Li, Gwen Box, Christine Fletcher,...
Mississippi author Howard Bahr and Starkville's own nationally-renowned Nash Street were guests of MSU Libraries on Tuesday, April 29th for an evening of fellowship, food, and fun. Nash Street opened the evening with a set of acoustic bluegrass...
MSU graduate students visit with Library departments and with representatives of campus activities, departments, and services during the 2007 Graduate Student Fair held in Mitchell Memorial Library. Special Collections' Mattie Sink visits with a...
Herring, Todd; Baldwin, Edea; Smiley, Donisha; Chaudron, Gerald; Sink, Mattie; Mueller, Lynne; Hill, Jana
(l to r) Dee Dee Baldwin, Donisha Smiley, Todd Herring, Gerald Chaudron, Mattie Sink, Lynne Mueller, and Jana Hill pose for a photograph in the Libraries' Special Collections Department.
(l to r) Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman, MSU Libraries' Mattie Sink, and Dr. Todd Herring view portions of the Herring Collection in the Libraries' Special Collections Department.
(l to r) Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman, MSU Libraries' Mattie Sink, and Dr. Todd Herring visit in the Libraries' Special Collections Department.
(l to r) Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman, MSU Libraries' Mattie Sink, and Dr. Todd Herring view portions of the Herring Collection in the Libraries' Special Collections Department.
(l to r) MSU Libraries' Mattie Sink, Dr. Todd Herring, and Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman pose for a photograph after Dr. Herring's presentation.
Spiritualism--United States--History--19th century.; Opera--United States--19th century.; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Letter from "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) in Charleston, South Carolina, to her fiance. They were married in December of 1870, and Wednesday fell on May 4 in 1870. She mentions meeting Robert E. Lee; he died only five months later.
Letter from L. K. Hill, a Mississippi native living in Punta Gorda, British Honduras (present-day Belize) to "Nick." Hill describes the people and culture of Punta Gorda for his friend in Mississippi.
Feemster family; Telegraph; Bedbugs; Selma (Ala.); Enterprise (Miss.); Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, in Enterprise, Mississippi, following up on the telegram he sent several days earlier; he has not yet received a reply and is worried about Mattie. He urges her once again...
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...
Okolona (Miss.); Young women; Courtship; Civil war; United States; Social history
Letter from Georgetta Potts to Mattie Morrow, mostly regarding news about mutual friends. She writes that she has a new 'sweetheart,' an intelligent and wealthy Spaniard. She mentions that Lucie Hampton is dying of consumption and that Frank W. is...
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...
