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; 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...
Marion Co. (Miss.) ; Packwood, D. O.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Marion County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
D. O. Packwood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 320 acres one and a half miles west of Kokomo and about 13 miles west of Columbia, MS. Marion Co. Agricultural agent D. O. Scott assisted with selection of farm family.
Marion Co. (Miss.) ; Packwood, D. O.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Marion County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
D. O. Packwood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 320 acres one and a half miles west of Kokomo and about 13 miles west of Columbia, MS. Marion Co. Agricultural agent D. O. Scott assisted with selection of farm family.
Sunflower Co. (Miss.) ; Baird, George E., Jr.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Sunflower County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
George E. Baird, Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 820 acres two and a half miles northwest of Inverness, MS just off highway 49 west. Sunflower Co. Agricultural agent Cecil Black and Assistant county agent Carl Robinson assisted with...
Sunflower Co. (Miss.) ; Baird, George E., Jr.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Sunflower County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
George E. Baird, Jr. family farm; multiple views. Farm of 820 acres two and a half miles northwest of Inverness, MS just off highway 49 west. Sunflower Co. Agricultural agent Cecil Black and Assistant county agent Carl Robinson assisted with...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Wiggins, Walter F.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Scott County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
Walter F. Wiggins family farm; multiple views. Farm of 217 acres located in the Homestead Community about eight and a half miles south of Morton, MS. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Judith Gatewood assisted...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Wiggins, Walter F.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Scott County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
Walter F. Wiggins family farm; multiple views. Farm of 217 acres located in the Homestead Community about eight and a half miles south of Morton, MS. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Judith Gatewood assisted...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Wiggins, Walter F.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Walter F. Wiggins family farm; multiple views. Farm of 217 acres located in the Homestead Community about eight and a half miles south of Morton, MS. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Judith Gatewood assisted...
Marion Co. (Miss.) ; Packwood, D. O.--Family. ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Marion County--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
D. O. Packwood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 320 acres one and a half miles west of Kokomo and about 13 miles west of Columbia, MS. Marion Co. Agricultural agent D. O. Scott assisted with selection of farm family.
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Aldy, Henry W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Henry W. Aldy family farm; multiple views. Farm of 162 and one half owned acres and 808 rented acres in Harmonia Community five miles south of Sallis in Attala Co. The Attala County Extension Service staff assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
