Humphreys Co. (Miss.) ; Bearden, R. D. (Dillard)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. D. (Dillard) Bearden family farm; multiple views. Farm of 455 acres owned and 800 acres rented on highway 49 west, about two miles southeast of Isola, MS. Humphreys Co. Agricultural agent Elmo Hill assisted with selection of farm family.
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Railroad travel; Steamboats; Theft; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Southern Observer; Boardinghouses; Newspapers; Ransom, Lemuel Clark, 1831-1874; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, telling her that he arrived in Mobile and planned to stay in a hotel until he learned that a steamboat was available. He describes the wildlife he saw as they went up the...
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter...
1- Three Mississippi Air National Guard and Air Force reserve units were involved with military operations in Haiti and one unit still has personnel on active duty. What are the details on this?; 2- It was announced this week that Health Care...
National Guard. Veterans Health Care System. Budget Defense Dollars.
1- You are leading the effort to prevent large scale cuts to the strengths of the National Guard and Reserve in FY 1992. What is the status of those efforts?; 2- There has been a proposal made here in Washington to allow non-veterans who are on...
1- You supported the Defense Authorization bill which was finally approved by both houses and sent to the President. As this is being taped, he is considering a veto of the bill. You and other House Democrats wrote the President urging him to...
1- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has announced he is halting a test program to allow some non-veterans to be treated in veterans hospitals. Many veterans groups opposed the idea and now the Secretary has nixed it. What is your reaction?; 2-...
1- Recently, you cosponsored bill HR 3118 that will allow veterans greater access to VA care. Can you tell us a little more about it?; 2- A museum in Phoenix, Arizona has an exhibit which has caused quite a lot of controversy. The contemporary...
1- Included in the Defense Authorization Bill in the House are two provisions to improve education benefits through the G.I. Bill. What will these provisions do?; 2- Mississippi Veterans will benefit from the construction of a $10.3 billion dollar...
Ingalls Shipbuilding Yard. Military Spending. Guided Missile Cruiser. Pell Grants and Student Loans. United Nations. Hussein, Saddam.
1- You will deliver the keynote speech this weekend at the christening of the new AEGIS Guided Missile Cruiser at Ingalls Shipbuilding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. What effect will cuts in military spending have on the shipyards on the...
Hussein, Saddam. United Nations. Nuclear Weapons Material. Casefire Agreement. World War II. Navy and Marine Corps Veterans.
1- Saddam Hussein has tried to claim victory in his latest standoff with the U.N. on whether or not to allow search teams to continue looking for nuclear or chemical weapons material. But in fact, he backed down in the face of possible military...
Clinton, Bill. Gays in the Military. National Service Act. Defense Authorization Bill. Armed Services Committee. National Guard.
1- President Clinton released his proposal to allow gays to serve in the military this week. What do you think of the plan?; 2- The House is considering the National Service Act, which provides benefits to Americans who volunteer to work in public...
Soviet Union. Philippines Subic Bay Naval Station.
1- The Senate of the Philippines apparently is going to reject the agreement that would allow the U.S. to remain at Subic Bay Naval Station for another 10 years. What is your reaction to this?; 2- You have said the Philippine Government has...
National Guard. Haiti. Health Care Reform. Women in Combat.
(Erased) Missing
1- Three Mississippi Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units were involved in the military operation in Haiti and one unit still has personnel on active duty. What are the details on this?; 2- It was announced this week...
Rhode Island red chicken; Chicken industry; Grassland Farms (Strongs, Miss.); Animal pedigrees
1931 catalog of mating lists and prices for 'super strain' Rhode Island Reds chickens at Henry Duke Watson's Grassland Farms, 'priced to meet the times.' They note that this is not their usual catalog, because they cut expenses to allow lower...
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Madison County (Miss.); Hobson, Clifton--Family.
Clifton Hobson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 187 acres located five miles south and east of Canton, MS. Madison Co. Agricultural agent Sam Estess assisted with selection of farm family.
Mississippi State University--Employees--Interviews; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Rodney Foil on June 18 and 25, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Robert Rodney Foil was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1934. He received his B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1960) in...
