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...
Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Sale family; Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Munfordville (Ky.); Munfordville, Battle of, Munfordville, Ky., 1862; Chalmers, James Ronald, 1831-1898; Confederate States of...
Letter, John B. Sale, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to James Sykes, primarily regarding the hire of a slave named Zeke, previously hired out to Shacklock. Law now wants Sykes to find other employment for Zeke to prevent him from joining the Union Army. ...
Leigh Briscoe Allen family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1920 acres in Claiborne Co. is owned jointly by Leigh Briscoe, his brother, James, and his father. Claiborne Co. agent E. C. Newman assisted in the selection of the farm family.
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Anderson, R. E. (Bob)--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. E. (Bob) Anderson family farm; multiple copies. Farm of 266 acres owned and 120 acres rented. Copiah Co. Agricultural agent E. E. Randle assisted with selection of farm family.
Marion Co. (Miss.) ; Bean, Lawrence C.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Lawrence C. Bean family farm; multiple views. Farm of 112 and a half acres in the Kokomo Community of Marion Co. Marion Co. Agricultural agent D. O. Scott assisted with selection of farm family.
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...
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
Feemster family; Infants; Breastfeeding; Civil war; United States; Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She begins by telling him about a social visit and her friends' babies, one of whom is ''not hurt with beauty.'' She tells him that Willie (possibly Alex's brother,...
Feemster family; Religion; Freemasons; Revivals; Infants; Breastfeeding; Slavery; African-Americans; Traditional medicine; Civil war; United States; Draft; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about a revival taking place among the Masons and tells him about some acquaintances who have joined. She also names people who have made professions at the...
Franklin Co. (Miss.) ; Cowart, Harvey L.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Harvey L. Cowart family farm; multiple views. Farm of 574 acres located in eleven miles south of McCall Creek in the Independence Community. Franklin Co. Agricultural Agent John Cox 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.
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Dunaway, J. B.--Family; Farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Dunaway family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1250 acres of which 312 acres are located at Walnut Ridge Plantation and the other 512 acres are located elswhere in Sharkey Co. Sharkey Co. agent George Barry and former Sharkey Co. agent L. N....
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.
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Madison County (Miss.); Hobson, Clifton--Family.
Clifton Hobson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 187 acres located five miles south and east of Canton, MS. Madison Co. Agricultural agent Sam Estess 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...
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...
