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...
Boys; Horses; Vicksburg (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Distemper; Traditional medicine; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Walker, Maria, 1820-1893
Letter from Arthur Hopkins Rice, Meadow Woods, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to his aunt, Maria Walker. He writes about some of the horses having distemper, Mrs. Outlaw giving him a dog, killing snakes, and catching crayfish. He also mentions...
Sykes family; Winona (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Confederate States of America; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Letter from William Sykes in Winona, Mississippi, to James Sykes, bemoaning the reelection of Abraham Lincoln, the end of his hopes for peace, and the impoverished and demoralized state of the Confederacy. He mentions the murder of a Captain...
Goodman, Arthur Louis, Sr., 1890-1967--Photographs.; Goodman, Raymond Julius, 1888-1971--Photographs.; Clothing and dress--Mississippi--Oktibbeha County--Photographs.; Dwellings--Mississippi--Oktibbeha County--Photographs.;...
Arthur and Raymond Goodman, showing off caught fish.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Bailey, W. P. (Pres)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. P. (Pres) Bailey family farm; multiple views. Farm of 360 acres in Klein Community about 12 miles north of Raleigh. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Leslie Coleman assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Agriculture; New Orleans (La.); Fishing; Hinds County (Miss.); Women's clothing
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, telling her about what he has planted in his garden. He mentions visiting New Orleans and eating oysters, and finishes with some local and family news. 1861.
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...
Hinds Co. (Miss.) ; Collins, T. E., Jr.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
T. E. Collins, Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 771 acres located three miles northeast of Utica. Assistant Hinds Co. agents H. G. Forbes and Charlie Estess assisted with selection of farm family.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Gilbert, O.T.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
O. T. Gilbert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 500 acres located midway between Mize and Taylorsville, MS on highway 20 in Smith Co. The Norris Community Club of Scott County assisted with the selection of farm family.
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Henderson, David W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
David W. Henderson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 165 acres in the Nile Community about 12 Miles southeast of Kosciusko. Attala Co. agent Frank Buchanan 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...
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...
Utica (Miss.)--History.; Kidnapping--Mississippi.; Gatesville (Miss.)--History.; Agriculture--Mississippi--History.; Women--Mississippi.; Williams family.
Letter from Laura to Lily, regarding people and events in Utica, Mississippi. The accompanying envelope is addressed to Mrs. J. S. Turcotte in West Jackson, Mississippi.
