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...
National Defense Committee. Armed Services Bill. National Guard. Crimes Against Children Legislation.
1- Congressman, as a ranking member of the National Defense committee, can you give us the details on the 1997 Armed Services Bill?; 2- What funding can we expect for the Mississippi National Guard and Air Guard?; 3- A number of bills presented on...
1- A recent Pentagon report shows that Mississippi would be wit hard if large-scale cuts are made to the military budget. What is your reaction to that?; 2- The Army Chief of Staff was in Mississippi this week. He said the U.S. would begin...
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Moore, J. B.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Moore family farm; multiple views. Farm of 56 acres located in the Enterprise Community. Pike Co. agent George Mullendore assisted with selection of farm family.
Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Agriculture; Cotton; Civil war; United States; Brookhaven (Miss.); Diphtheria; Diseases
Letter, Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw. He writes that he is still unwell and that he has the ''flux.'' Another company left Brookhaven, but there is no news from the war. He tells her about the cotton and some hogs that they plan to...
Spiritualism--United States--History--19th century.; Opera--United States--19th century.; Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
Letter from "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) in Charleston, South Carolina, to her fiance. They were married in December of 1870, and Wednesday fell on May 4 in 1870. She mentions meeting Robert E. Lee; he died only five months later.
W. C. Ellis Co. (Magee, Miss.); Mississippi Colten Oil Co. (Jackson, Miss.); Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Inauguration, 1913.
Letter to Mims Williams from his brother, Cammie Williams, in Dry Grove, Mississippi, regarding the closing of the W. C. Ellis Co. (where Mims worked). He also asks if Mims will go to Washington on March 4; March 4, 1913 was the inauguration of...
Whitten, Jamie. Veterans Health Care. Defense Spending.
1- There is some talk now about cutting defense spending by more than the 25 percent already planned over five years. What do you think will happen with the military budget in this coming fiscal year?; 2- On January 6, First District Congressman...
