Cumberland Presbyterian Church; Selma (Ala.); Clergy; Religious gatherings; Military chaplains; Civil war; United States; Campbell, John P., 1801-1868; Cowan, Samuel Montgomery, 1801-1881; Chadick, William Davidson, 1817-1878; Borah, Jacob T.,...
Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...
Vicksburg (Miss.); Paris (Ill.); Steamboats; Women; Social history; Bird, Mary Ellen TenBrook, b. 1843; Lamon, Lucy Malindia Alexander, b. 1843; Judson, Jacintha Alexander, 1828-1903; Judson, Willet Harmon, 1823-1890; Judson, Jennie Shields, b....
Letter from 17-year-old Ellen Mary 'Nell' TenBrook to her 17-year-old aunt, Lucy Malindia Alexander, in Paris, Illinois, January 1860. Nell is visiting her aunt (Lucy's sister), Jacintha 'Cinty' Alexander Judson, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and...
Feemster family; Lowndes County (Miss.); Religion; Civil war; United States; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster at Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with religious reflections. She tells him that the church is raising money for maimed soldiers. She writes about clothing, hats...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Agricultural surveys; Agriculture; Mississippi; United States; Economic Policy; Agriculture and state
Farm Policy Review for the state of Mississippi, a state report compiled from input from farmers, and giving input on the various federal and state agencies that work with agriculture. Sent from C. L. Neill, chairman of the State Agricultural...
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...
Mississippi State University--Employees--Interviews; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Mississippi State University. Cooperative...
Oral history; Interview with William M. Bost, conducted on July 10, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Bost was born in Ecru, Pontotoc County, Mississippi, in 1924 and grew up on a farm. After serving in the...
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...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food crops; Agriculture
Memorandum No. 7 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to chairmen of County Agricultural Mobilization Committees in Mississippi. Concerns the need for increased food...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food crops; Feed grain program; Livestock; Meat
Memorandum No. 9 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to members of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee. Concerns the need for higher production of feed grains,...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food prices; Inflation; Farm income; Agricultural prices
Food prices and Farm Returns,' Memorandum No. 10 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to members of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Congress. House of Representatives; Committees; Economic policy; Agriculture and state; Farm income
Statement of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Equipment, Supplies, and Manpower with Regard to Farm Costs and Net Farm Income, presented by David H. Bennett, Vice-President, in Memphis, Tennessee, on...
Mississippi Poultry Association; Poultry; Poultry farms; Associations, institutions, etc.
Handbook from the Mississippi Poultry Association detailing the constitution, by-laws, and records of membership. Alphabetical membership list details the poultry breeds raised by members. Includes advertisements.
