Civil war; United States; Huntsville (Ala.); Fort Hatteras (N.C.); Fort Clark (N.C.); Fort Pickens (Fla.); Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; Confederate States of America. Army. Alabama Infantry Regiment, 4th; Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876; Walker,...
Letter from Hallie Cruse in Huntsville, Alabama, to her sister, Maria Walker, regarding the troubles of family and friends. She mentions a Confederate camp in Huntsville and refers to the 4th Alabama Regiment's involvement in the battle at...
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...
Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866; Wier family; Child rearing; Civil war; United States; Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920; Columbus (Miss.); Hospitals; Nursing; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Perryman, Bryant M.; Brunson, Allan A.; Marsh, Edward
Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She...
Lipscomb, Jane, 1810-1865; Wier, Elizabeth, 1798-1864; Enterprise (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Chatfield, William M.; Chatfield, George Washington, 1810-1881; Clergy; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 20th....
Letter, Jane Hardwick Lipscomb, probably from Jasper County, Mississippi, to her sister-in-law Elizabeth Lipscomb Wier at Enterprise, Mississippi, telling of the state of the anxiety of her daughter Laura and sympathizing with the recent troubles...
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...
In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...
In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...
0le Miss Abernathy, Tom American Legion Associated Press Baker, Howard Barkley, Alben Barnett, Ross Bilbo, Theodore Black Monday Brady, Tom Brunini, Ed Carter, Hodding Citizens Council Clark, John Coleman, J.P. Colmer, Bill Colmer,...
This interview is with Frank E. Smith of Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Smith worked in John C. Stennis' campaign for the Senate in 1947, and later, while also serving as a member of the Mississippi Senate, worked on Stennis' Washington staff. Mr. Smith...
[Stennis], Margaret Jane Army Corps of Engineers Barbour, Haley Barnett, Ross Bevill, Tom Bolton, Marshall Bork, Robert Boschert, Nevel Broadwater, Jeff Buffington, Rex Byrd, Harry Carmichael, Gil Civil Rights Act of 1964 Clark,...
This interview is with Mr. Fred Slabach. Mr. Slabach worked for Senator Stennis as a legal aide from 1987 to 1989. He was the Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Slabach currently is Assistant Dean of the Mississippi...
Abernathy, Tom AFL-CIO Anderson, Ruben Bailey, Howard Barber, Rims Barbour, Haley Beckwith, Byron Bilbo, Theodore Board of Institution of Higher Learning Brewster, Walter Brown Decision Bruce, Walter Carmichael, Stokley Carter,...
This interview is with Robert G. Clark of Ebenezer, Holmes County, Mississippi. Mr. Clark has served in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 1967. He was the first black elected to that body since the years of Reconstruction. In 1982 and...
Abernathy, Tom Armed Services Committee Barbour, Haley Bowen, David Cox, Archibald Cresswell, Eph Daniel, Dan Eastland, James Ervin Committee Goldwater, Barry Johnson, Lyndon Justice Department Kennedy, John F. McCarthy, Joseph ...
This interview is with Mississippi Representative G.V."Sonny" Montgomery.
