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; Slavery; African-Americans; Opium abuse; Infants; Clothing and dress; Civil war; United States; Friendship Cemetery (Columbus, Miss.); Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She tells him about friends and relatives, then mentions that her father is thinking of selling his place and his slaves. She doesn't think very highly of the Dunnings:...
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Carter, J. R. (Jimmy Dick), Sr.--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. R. (Jimmy Dick) Carter, Sr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1088 acres 640 of which are rented. J. R. Carter is MSU alumnus. Sharkey Co. agent Lewis Garrison and County assistant George Berry assisted with selection of farm family.
Seventh, eighth and ninth graders from West Side Junior High School learn what goes on behind the scenes at the Gulfport-Carnegie-Harrison County Library, 1955. Right to left standing: Miss Maria Person, Librarian; Nickie Christovich, Robert...
Warren Co. (Miss.) ; Jones, R. Henry--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. Henry Jones family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1200 acres located in the Youngton Community of Warren Co. about 25 miles northeast of Vicksburg or 12 miles north of Edwards on the Big Black River. Henry Jones is an MSU alumnus. Warren Co....
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Laird, J. T.--Family. ; Laird, Joe Kenneth--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. T. and Joe Kenneth Laird family farm; multiple views. Farm located in the Bassfield Community. Jefferson Davis Co. agent O. O. Swords assisted with selection farm family.
Estus Layton family farm; multiple views. Farm of 105 acres located in the Martinville Community of Simpson Co. Simpson Co. Agricultural agent Milton Edwards assisted with selection of farm family.
Correspondence.; Devine family.; Roads, Gravel--Mississippi.; General stores--Mississippi--Cruger.; E. J. Hines General Merchandise (Cruger, Miss.)
Personal letter from ""Eva"" Baskin Devine to her mother Rebecca Baskin, typed on letterhead of E.J. Hines General Merchandise. Written August 4, 1926.
Taxation.; Cotton.; United States. Agricultural Adjustment Act 1933.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Letter to Rebecca Baskin from M. H. McIntyre, President Roosevelt's assistant secretary. Typed on White House stationery. Written in response to Mrs. Baskin's letter of October 18, 1935.
Letter, Marcella J. Sykes, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to her mother, Rebecca Sykes, regarding her stay with her sister, Josephine (''Josie'') Evans and her husband, Dr. Evans. She takes pride in the ladylike behavior of her two daughters, Wildie and...
Taxation.; Cotton.; United States. Agricultural Adjustment Act 1933.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Typed letter from Rebecca Baskin to President Roosevelt, concerning the Cotton Adjustment Act and her cotton ginning allotment and requesting relief from taxes on her unginned cotton crop. Written October 18, 1935. Mrs. Baskin received a reply...
