Yellow fever--Mississippi.; Diaries.; Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.; Williams family.
Small journal kept by John Calvin Williams during the yellow fever epidemic in Dry Grove, Mississippi, in 1878. According to the note pasted later into the front of the journal, Williams himself died of the fever on October 31, 1878.
Wills.; Williams family.; General stores--Mississippi.
Letter to Mims Williams from his mother, Virginia Williams, regarding the will of Billie Douglass. Written on a letterhead for Cammie Williams' General Merchandise and cotton business.
Letter, W. L. Lipscomb, Columbus, Mississippi to Mary Elizabeth Wier, Quitman, Mississippi concerning the death of his aunt and her mother, Elizabeth Lipcomb Wier. The letter extols Aunt Wier's qualities, offers condolences, and expresses grief,...
Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965--Photographs.; Woleben, Dean--Photographs.; Shoemaker, A. P.--Photographs.; Harrison, Byron Patton, 1881-1941.; Rand, Clayton, b. 1891--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Clayton Rand, A.P. Shoemaker, Dean Woleben, and Henry Wallace; Photo taken at the Edgewater Gulf Hotel at the time of U.S. Senator Pat Harrison's death in June 1941.
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...
Letter, William Sykes, Middleton, Mississippi, James Sykes, regarding the difficulties they are facing in the area, including limited resources, lack of news, and sickness among the family and slaves. He asks his brother to inquire about...
Verner Lee and John Gatewood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 270 acres located in the Hillsboro Community about four miles west of Hillsboro. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain assisted with selection of farm family.
Rankin Co. (Miss.) ; Robinson, David E.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
David E. Robinson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 320 acres located in the Shiloh Community about five miles southwest of Pelahatchie, MS. Rankin Co. Agricultural agent R. S. Barker and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Marjorie Steen assisted...
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.
Nash, Ira Marion, 1843-1862; Nash, John Jasper Newton, 1829-1911; Nash, James H., 1844-1890; Nash, Wiley Norris, 1846-1906; Nash, Stephen Evans, 1807-1863; Nash, Ira Norris, 1805-1863; Nash family; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of...
Letter, E. J. (Elvira Jane) Nash, probably from the home of her uncle Ira Norris Nash in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to cousin Carrie concerning her desire for news of her brother Jimmy serving in Wirt Adams Cavalry Regiment, news of the Battle of...
