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.
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Boardinghouses; Teaching; Slavery; African-Americans; Race relations; Racism; Clothing and dress; Religion; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster, Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, explaining that it is impossible for her to join him in Selma because they can't afford it, and that there is no chance of her finding a little school to teach in. He suggests...
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
"Circa 1885
The Bilhorn, folding portable organ was invented by Peter Philip Bilhorn around 1885. Peter Bilhorn was an evangelist singer and composer who invented the portable organ for his evangelistic activities. He and his brother founded the...
"Circa 1930
This gramophone served as an alarm clock during the 1930's. After winding the alarm clock and motor, setting the alarm to desired wake-up time, placing the needle on the record, the Gramophone would start playing the record at 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,...
Ballard, Michael; Marszalek, John F.; Howell, Jeffery B.; Feller, Daniel; Marszalek, Jeanne A.; Parrish, William; Cheathem, Mark; Rabideau, Peter
Those on the program for the 2007 Marszalek Speaker Series pose for a photograph after the presentation. (l. to r.) Michael Ballard, John Marszalek, Jeffery Howell, Daniel Feller, Jeanne Marszalek, Bill Parrish, Mark Cheathem, Peter Rabideau
This interview is with Mr. Joe Blount of Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Blount, an attorney, is currently Vice President for Legal and External Affairs for Entergy Operations, Inc. He managed Senator Stennis' 1982 Senate campaign.
Darden, John P.; McVoy, Jos.; Egypt (Miss.)--History.; African-Americans--Mississippi--Chickasaw County.; Slaves--Mississippi--Chickasaw County--Bills of sale.
Bill of sale from Jos. McVoy to John P. Darden for a slave boy named Henry. Transaction took place in Egypt, Mississippi.
Foglesong, Robert H. "Doc;" Coleman, Frances; Rabideau, Peter; Wiseman, Martin; Blades, Elizabeth
MSU President Doc Foglesong speaks during the MSU Libraries' Morris W.H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series. For more information on Doc Foglesong, please visit the Collins Series website at http://library.msstate.edu/content/templates/?a=1153&z=335
(l to r) MSU Provost Peter Rabideau and Congressman Barry Goldwater, Jr., pose for a photo in the Libraries' Stennis Montgomery Conference Room. Congressman Goldwater was in the Libraries as a part of the Morris W. H. (Bill) Collins Speaker Series.
