Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Bridgforth, Allen--Family. ; Bridgforth, Henry--Family ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Allen and Henry Bridgforth family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2860 acres located eight miles northwest of Vaughan, MS and seven miles east of Benton. Henry Bridgforth is MSU alumnus. Yazoo Co. Agricultural agent Walter White assisted with...
Pike Co. (Miss.) ; Crawford, Louis (Hot)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Louis (Hot) Crawford family farm; multiple views. Farm of 180 acres 8 miles southwest of Summit, MS in the Enterprise Community. Pike Co. Agricultural agent George Mullendore assisted with selection of farm family.
National Security Committee. Challenge Program. Montgomery GI Bill. Columbus Air Force Base.
1- Congressman, the National Security Committee recently held hearings on the Challenge program. What was the outcome of these hearings?; 2- Speaking of helping our youth succeed, how do you think the Montgomery GI Bill has done in this area?; 3-...
Somalia. Cheney, Dick. National Guard. Veterans Affairs Committee. 103rd Congress.
1- American troops have been in Somalia for a couple of weeks now, helping get food and medicine to those in need. There have been scattered shooting incidents, but no major battles. What is your impression of the operation so far?; 2- You have...
Donaldson, Sam. Brown, Jesse. Department of Defense.
1- You were interviewed by Same Donaldson of ABC-TV’s Primetime Live program to talk about waste in the government and the focus was on the project to lift the Statue of Freedom off of the U.S. Capitol. What’s the story on this?; 2- You helped...
Hinds Co. (Miss.) ; Herren, Jerry A.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Jerry A. Herren family farm; multiple views. Farm of 900 acres located in the Wise Community near Utica, MS. Jerry Herren is MSU alumnus. Hinds Co. 4-H Club agent C. E. Estess assisted with selection of farm family.
Neshoba Co. (Miss.) | Howle, J. Austin--Family.|Farm life--Mississippi.
J. Austin Howle family farm; multiple views. Farm of 25 acres located in the Neshoba Community. Neshoba Co. agent C. S. (Bill) Norton assisted with selection of farm family.
T. W. Ford in a letter to his son says that he is welcome to do as he pleases but gives him the option of staying in school or coming home and helping him. He says that if he does come home he wants him to sell his books for as much as he can and...
Troy L. King family farm; multiple views. Farm of 240 acres in the Rehobeth Community eight miles north of Pelahatchie on highway 43. Troy L. King is MSU Alumnus. Rankin Co. Agricultural agent Robert Barker assisted with selection of farm family.
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
Estus Layton family farm; multiple views. Farm of 105 acres located in the Martinville Community of Simpson Co. Simpson Co. Agricultural agent Milton Edwards assisted with selection of farm family.
College students--Mississippi--History.; Davis-Ellis Co. (Terry, Miss.)
Letter to Cammie Williams from his brother, Mims Williams, who was attending Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, and working over the summer at the Davis-Ellis Co. in Terry, Mississippi.
Feemster family; Social classes; Motherhood; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Race relations; Barksdale, William, 1821-1863; Lowndes County (Miss.); Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about staying with Hallie while her husband John was in Mobile. When John returned, he brought an orange for each of them. She tells him that she finally...
Okolona (Miss.); Tupelo (Miss.); West Point (Miss.); Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877; Roddey, Philip Dale, 1826-1897; Duff, William Lewis, 1841-1909; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, 8th; Fort Pillow (Tenn.);...
Letter from Mattie Morrow in West Point, Mississippi, to Billie and Jimmie, asking about family and mutual friends and referring to the Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, June, 1864. She mentions Generals Forrest and Roddey, Colonel William Duff of the...
Jack Lilley family farm; multiple views. Farm of 360 acres located north of Clinton, MS. Hinds Co. Assistant county agent H. G. Forbes assisted with selection of farm family.
