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...
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.
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her uncle, J. N. Ledbetter, in Jackson, Mississippi, regarding the state's secession from the Union, as well as family news.
Charles V. Carter family farm; multiple views. Farm of 93 acres located in the Mesa Community about seven miles west of Tylertown. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Assistant county agent Earl Duckworth assisted with selection of farm family.
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Ferguson, Merrill--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Merrill Ferguson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 209 acres 11 miles west of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent James H. Price 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...
Jack Landrum family farm; multiple views. Farm of 90 acres located in the Scotland Community about ten miles east of Bentonia. Yazoo Co. agent Walter White and Associate county agent Fred Montgomery assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
Picture of MSU's new analog computer (valued at some $500,000 and recognized as probably the finest such facility in any Southern University) as it is installed. Assisting in the installation are (from left) Willard Toole, Robert D. Guyton, and...
Designed by Clyde Shuler, this one of the finest catherdral radios ever made. Introduced in 1932 to offset a drop in sales of high priced sets, the Philco cathedral went on to become on of the most popular radios of all time and is especially...
Percy Pittman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 158 acres in the Salem Community about nine miles northeast of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Barbara MacMillan and Associate county agent...
Willie and Herbert A. Robertson family farm; multiple views. Farm located southeast of Sallis, MS. Mr. Owens of Attala Mills of Koscuisko assisted with selection of farm family.