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...
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...
Mississippi State University--History.; Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.); Mississippi State College.; Balls (Parties)--Mississippi--Oktibbeha County.; Davis, Leslie E.; Basketball--Mississippi--Oktibbeha County.;...
The Miss-State-Ment, a student newsletter for Mississippi State College, Volume 1, Number 3 (Wednesday, February 9, 1944).
Verner Lee and John Gatewood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 270 acres located in the Hillsboro Community about four miles west of Hillsboro. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain assisted with selection of farm family.
White, Hugh Lawson, 1882-1965.; Allred, James V., 1899-1959.; Balls (Parties). ; Mississippi State University--Sports.; Texas Christian University--Sports.; Cotton Bowl (Football game); Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Mississippi State College vs. T.C.U. Cotton Bowl and Texas Centennial train trip memorabilia: An invitation to the October 23, 1936 ""Governors' Ball.""
White, Hugh Lawson, 1882-1965.; Allred, James V., 1899-1959.; Balls (Parties). ; Mississippi State University--Sports.; Texas Christian University--Sports.; Cotton Bowl (Football game); Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Mississippi State College vs. T.C.U. Cotton Bowl and Texas Centennial train trip memorabilia: An invitation to the October 23, 1936 ""Governors' Ball.""
White, Hugh Lawson, 1882-1965.; Allred, James V., 1899-1959.; Balls (Parties).; Mississippi State University--Sports.; Texas Christian University--Sports.; Cotton Bowl (Football game); Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.)
Mississippi State College vs. T.C.U. Cotton Bowl and Texas Centennial train trip memorabilia: A program detailing the events of the Governors' Entertainment in Dallas on October 23-24, 1936.
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.
Courtship--United States--History.; Wit and humor--United States.; Louisiana. National Guard--History.
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, George H. Douglas, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Douglas mentions joining the Vaudry Rifles, a division of the Crescent City Battalion.