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...
Leigh Briscoe Allen family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1920 acres in Claiborne Co. is owned jointly by Leigh Briscoe, his brother, James, and his father. Claiborne Co. agent E. C. Newman assisted in the selection of the farm family.
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Anderson, R. E. (Bob)--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. E. (Bob) Anderson family farm; multiple copies. Farm of 266 acres owned and 120 acres rented. Copiah Co. Agricultural agent E. E. Randle assisted with selection of farm family.
Lawrence Co. (Miss.) ; Bozeman, Percy--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Percy Bozeman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 276 acres three miles east of Jayess and about 20 miles south of Monticello. Lawrence Co. agent Bill Smith and Farmers Home Administrator James Carr assisted with selection of farm family.
Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Bridgforth, Allen--Family. ; Bridgforth, Henry--Family ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Allen and Henry Bridgforth family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2860 acres located eight miles northwest of Vaughan, MS and seven miles east of Benton. Henry Bridgforth is MSU alumnus. Yazoo Co. Agricultural agent Walter White assisted with...
Leroy Butts family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1025 acres located ten miles north of Vicksburg at Redwood, MS. Warren Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Lominick and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mamie L. Bright assisted with selection of farm family.
Charles V. Carter family farm; multiple views. Farm of 93 acres located in the Mesa Community about seven miles west of Tylertown. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Assistant county agent Earl Duckworth assisted with selection of farm family.
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Rankin County (Miss.); Compere, R.L.--Family.
R. L. Compere family farm; multiple views. Farm of 370 acres located in Florence, MS. Rankin Co. agent Robert S. Barker assisted with selection of farm family.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Ferguson, Merrill--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Merrill Ferguson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 209 acres 11 miles west of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price assisted with selection of farm family.
Curtis C. Floyd family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1758 acres, 380 of which are owned by Curtis Floyd, located in Edwards, MS. Hinds Co. Agricultural agent Graham Hales assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
Slavery; Slave trade; Slaveholders; Abolitionists; Christian literature; Artists; Annexation; Texas; Natchez (Miss.); Saint Louis (Mo.); New Orleans (La.); Mobile (Ala.)
Letter from an unidentified illustrator of Indians who is publishing a book, from Natchez, Mississippi, to his wife in Vermont, 1853. The writer criticizes the institution of slavery and believes that a civil war is the only hope of ending it. He...
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...
Irving C. Mord family farm; multiple views. Farm of 352 acres located in the New State Line Community about 12 and one half miles southeast of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess assisted with selection of farm family.
