Civil war; United States; Confederate Army; Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Agriculture; Livestock; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the crops and livestock and the health of the workers, including slaves, 1864.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
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...
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...
R. C. King writes to Lee about the shortage of funds for the mechanical account. He says the reason for this is because the lights in the electric plant were run all night from November to December. January 19, 1899.
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; Farm life-Mississippi; Depressions--1929--United States; Tennessee Valley Authority; Electric power--Mississippi; Tornadoes--Mississippi--Tupelo.
Oral history; First of two interviews conducted with Paul H. Perkins, conducted on February 11, 2005 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University.
Five workers posing inside the Bordens plant 1928 packing room. Left to right: Hulan Mitchell, T.H. Buntin, Carroll Paden, A.W. Brown, Elmer Stevens.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Four workers posing inside the Borden plant milk receiving room, 1934. Left to right: O.L. Randall, Olan Thompson, James Cook, Albert Walker.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Four workers posing inside the Borden plant milk receiving room, 1928. Left to right: O.L. Randle, Olan Thompson, James Cook, Albert Walker.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Two workers posing on vacuum pan platform inside the Borden plant, 1928. Left to right: D.D. Bishop, Barnett.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Two workers posing on vacuum pan platform inside the Bordens plant, 1934. Left to right: D.D. Bishop, Barnett.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Storeroom inside Borden plant containing stacks of packaged pallets of condensed milk.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Automated conveyor belt moving and packaging condensed milk at Borden Plant, Starkville, Mississippi.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs