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...
Feemster family; Religion; Revivals; Civil war; United States; Breastfeeding; Christian sects; Conversion; Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She is at her friend Hallie's and opens by telling him about her recent social calls. She says that the church doesn't seem ''much revived,'' but that the soldiers have...
Ross, Emmett Lloyd, 1838-1891; Ross family; Marriage; Clinton (La.); Teachers; Bayou Sara (La.); Civil war; United States
Letter, James Ross in Clinton, Louisiana, to his son, Emmett Ross. He encourages his son to rest so that his leg injury will heal faster. He gives his consent for Emmett to marry Mollie (Mary Collins), even though he hasn't met his future...
In a series of correspondence, all with last names beginning with the letter P. December 20, 1899, M. Perkins writes to Stone giving his son permission to come home for Christmas. August 18, 1889 a father writes to Stone inquiring about the...
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,...
4-H clubs; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service;Mississippi State University (Starkville, Miss.)
Pike County 4-H club members in front of the Agricultural Extension Service building. Some names include: Billie J. Brewer, Louise Wilson, Ouida Lawrence, Bobbie Sue Raborn, Mary Ellis Raborn, Mary Katherine Nettles, Dorothy Marie Price, Rich...
Parson Gunn/Harrison-Phelan home in Aberdeen, Mississippi, 519 Monroe Street West. Other historic names for this home are "Hooper's Grove" and "The Oaks". "The original two-room cabin, constructed c.1839, was enlarged and altered in 1847 by Dr....
Agriculture--Mississippi.; Industrialization--Mississippi.; Balance Agriculture with Industry (Miss.); Mississippi--Economic policy.; Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.
Mississippi state law ""Balance Agriculture with Industry,"" 1944, from House Bill 176.
Berry, Glen; Fairbrother, Debra; Bailey, Robert; Anderson, John Aubrey
MSU Libraries' Glen Berry (left) and Debra Fairbrother (second from left) draw names for copies of Anderson's book from names held by G.V. Sonny Montgomery Foundation President Bob Bailey. Anderson is seated behind Bailey.
Blindness--History.; Blindness rehabilitation.; State Blind Institute (Jackson, Miss.); Schools--Mississippi--History.; Blind--Education and institutions--United States.; Blind--Education--History--19th century.
Pamphlet published by Alcorn & Fisher, Mississippi state printers, in 1872, containing the 1871 annual report by Sarah B. Merrill, superintendent of the State Blind Institute. The pamphlet includes the names of the pupils in 1871, their places of...
