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.
Teachers--Interviews; Mississippi State University--Faculty--Interviews; Dairy products industry; Herzer, F. H. (Frederick Herman); Edam cheese; Montgomery, William B.; Dairies–-Mississippi–-Oktibbeha County; Dairy Industries Building:...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Joe Thomas Cardwell, conducted on July 30, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Cardwell, an MSU dairy chemist and dairy foods processing technologist, was born in Vernon, Texas in...
Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Columbus (Miss.); Clothing and dress; Barter; Merchants; Tailors; H. Johnston (Firm: Columbus, Miss.)
Account statement for James W. Sykes' purchases from Columbus, Mississippi, merchant tailor Harrison Johnston in 1861. Sykes received credit for one 105 pound hog. Statement dated January 1, 1862.
Statement and receipt for $69.50 paid by James William Sykes Sr. to settle the estate of his son, James William Sykes Jr., to Dr. Z. P. Landrum for medicine and medical services, including visits to slaves, in 1864. The bill was paid in 1866.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Mayfield, J. K. (John Knox)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. K. (John Knox) Mayfield family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1125 acres located three and a half miles west of Taylorsville, MS. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted with selection of farm family.
Saulters, Homer L; Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Jefferson Davis County (Miss.)
Homer L. Saulters family farm; multiple views. Farm of 237 acres in the Terrelltown Community about two miles east of the Gramby Community. Jefferson Davis Co. agent Franklin Hughes, Associate county agent R. L. Caves and Associate Home...
Letter from L. K. Hill, a Mississippi native living in Punta Gorda, British Honduras (present-day Belize) to "Nick." Hill describes the people and culture of Punta Gorda for his friend in Mississippi.
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Van Norman, Kenneth--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Kenneth Van Norman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 215 acres located in the Pisgah Community about five miles west of Summit, MS. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore and staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Neshoba Co. (Miss.) | Howle, J. Austin--Family.|Farm life--Mississippi.
J. Austin Howle family farm; multiple views. Farm of 25 acres located in the Neshoba Community. Neshoba Co. agent C. S. (Bill) Norton assisted with selection of farm family.
National Guard. Department of Defense. Defense Dollars. Mortgage Revenue Bonds.
1- Last week the Pentagon announced its plans to make major cuts to the National Guard and Reserve. What has been the reaction to this on Capitol Hill?; 2- The Defense Department says these cuts are necessary to save defense dollars. You argue...
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 Farm Bureau Federation; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Agriculture; Cotton; Agricultural credit; Agricultural prices; Communism
Letter from Boswell Stevens to U.S. Senator John C. Stennis and his entire delegation, regarding reduction of a bill to reduce agricultural price supports at to levels below 90% parity and its effect on cotton farmers.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Farmers; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Mississippi Chemical Corporation; Livestock; Farm credit; Federal Land Banks
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Owen Cooper of the Mississippi Chemical Corporation, regarding the loan policies of the National Farm Loan Association and the Farm Credit Administration and the need to encourage Mississippians to get in the...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Farmers; Agriculture; Agricultural credit; Banks
Testimony of before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Agriculture. Contains his thoughts and research on the topic of agricultural credits. Includes survey of Mississippi bankers, production credit associations and farmers.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Agriculture; Cotton; Agricultural cooperatives; Commodity Credit Corporation; Agriculture, cooperative; Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986
Letter from A. G. Paxton to Senator James O. Eastland, regarding Senate Bill S-109, a proposed bill to regulate the trade practices of agricultural producers and associations.
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Kimbrough, E. A. (Emmett A.)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
E. A. (Emmett A.) Kimbrough family farm; multiple views. Farm of 200 acres located three miles west of Canton, MS. Madison Co. Agricultural agent Gilbert Boone assisted with selection of farm family.
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Cox, Murray S., Jr.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Murray S. Cox, Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 800 acres two miles northwest of Madison, MS. Madison Co. Extension Staff and County agent R. L. Smith assisted with selection of farm family.
