4-H Clubs; Farm life-Mississippi; Depressions--1929--United States; Tennessee Valley Authority; Electric power--Mississippi; Tornadoes--Mississippi--Tupelo.
Oral history; First of two interviews conducted with Paul H. Perkins, conducted on February 11, 2005 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University.
Jefferson Co. (Miss.) ; Goodson, Leon--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Leon Goodson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 300 acres located in the Nebo Community of Jefferson Co. 18 miles southeast of Fayette or seven miles southwest of Union Church, MS. Jefferson Co. Agricultural agent Wilton R. Dykes and Home...
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Mikell, B. B.--Family. ; Mikell, Roland--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
B. B. and Roland Mikell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 200 acres located in Prentiss, Jefferson Davis Co., MS. Mrs. B. C. Griffith assisted with selection of farm family.
Pat and Bill Southall family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1023 acres located in the Culkin Community about eight miles northeast of Vicksburg. Work Unit Conservationist C. L. Tullos and Warren Co. agent W. R. Lominick assisted with selection of...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 24 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 24 spans the dates of 1873.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 6 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 6 spans the dates of September 1-December 8, 1862.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 4 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 4 spans the dates of January 8-March 31, 1862.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 18 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 18 spans the dates of October 1, 1867-June 30, 1868.
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.
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Crawford, Louis (Hot)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Louis (Hot) Crawford family farm; multiple views. Farm of 180 acres 8 miles southwest of Summit, MS in the Enterprise Community. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore assisted with selection of farm family.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Durr, Louis Monroe--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Louis Monroe Durr family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1000 acres located northwest of Brookhaven in the Caseyville Community. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price assisted with selection of farm family.
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...
Simpson Co. (Miss.) ; Hughes, John W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
John W. Hughes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 474 acres in Simpson Co. Simpson Co. agent Milton Edwards, and John Childress, Simpson Co. Soil Conservation Aide in the Soil Conservation Service assisted with selection of farm family.
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); African-Americans; Slavery; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, regarding the sickness of some of the slaves and the necessity to call Dr. Perkins. He also writes about trying to obtain butter from Judge Carr. ...
Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Plantation overseers; Traditional medicine; Agriculture; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the slaves and crops. A slave named Mariah had 'convulsion fits' and was bled by the doctor until...