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.
Ervin S. Boswell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 200 acres in the Calvary Community six miles southwest of Louisville. Winston Co. agent Claude Ming and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mary Young assisted with selection of farm family.
Wier, Mary Elizabeth, 1822-1909; Wier family; Civil war; United States; Lauderdale County (Miss.); Childbirth; Children; Parker family; Wier, Robert Stuart, 1829-1864; Confederate States of America.Army. Mississippi Infantry, 14th. Company B...
Letter, Elizabeth Wier from Lauderdale County, Mississippi, to her daughter Mary Elizabeth Wier. She mentions the recent birth of a Parker grandchild, the health and excitement of her daughter Sue Parker, and the activities of other family...
Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866; Wier family; Child rearing; Civil war; United States; Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920; Columbus (Miss.); Hospitals; Nursing; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Perryman, Bryant M.; Brunson, Allan A.; Marsh, Edward
Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She...
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...
Joe Bowman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 151 acres in the Union Community two and a half miles north of Tylertown, MS on highway 27. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess and Associate county agent Sam Dyar assisted with selection of farm family.
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...
Veterans Nursing Homes. Health Care Reform. Haiti. Cuba.
1- The State Legislature, in its special session in august, provided additional funding need to build Mississippi’s three new state veterans nursing homes. You said you were confident the Federal government could also come up with its additional...
Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Portable Health Insurance Bill. Anti-Terrorism Bill.
1- In Congress you’ve been known as “Mr. Veteran” for years. How does it feel to know that the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson might be renamed in your honor?; 2- Several weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the...
Teachers--Interviews; Mississippi State University--Faculty--Interviews; Dairy products industry; Herzer, F. H. (Frederick Herman); Edam cheese; Montgomery, William B.; Dairies–-Mississippi–-Oktibbeha County; Dairy Industries Building:...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Joe Thomas Cardwell, conducted on July 30, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Cardwell, an MSU dairy chemist and dairy foods processing technologist, was born in Vernon, Texas in...
Speaking with Congressman Gene Taylor of Mississippi’s Fifth District.
1- Let’s start out the show today by talking about the Defense Bill. The Defense Authorization Bill that passed through the House was good for many of the military bases in...
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Nixon, Richard Milhous; Attorney General; H.E.W.; Health Education and Welfare;
Senator Stennis coments on his ongoing talks with President Nixon, the Attorney General, and Secretary of the H.E.W. in regards to the thirty-three Mississippi school districts under review.
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Medicare; H.E.W.; Health Education and Welfare;
Senator Stennis discusses the treatment of emergency Medicare patients in hospitals not participating in the Medicare programe. In regards to the hospital's Medicare program awaiting H.E.W. aporval.
Stennis, John Cornelius, D-MS; Health Education and Welfare; H.E.W.; Civil Rights; Whitten, Jamie Lloyd;
Senator Stennis comments on his struggle and fight against Civi Rights legislation since 1954. He discusses how he has fought against the H.E.W., and comments on his support for Congressman Whitten's new amendment to the H.E.W. appropriations Bill.
