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...
Banks and banking--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.
22 February 1838 authorization for Joseph A. Thomas to transfer money from McEwin, King & Co., Holly Springs to the Northern Bank of Mississippi and to serve as proxy for Aaron Spell in the election of the new bank director.
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...
Circa 1920s During the 1920s, the two biggest American phonograph companies were Victor Talking Machine and Brunswick. After producing and selling cabinets to other phonograph companies, Brunswick decided to produce their own phonograph...
Mississippi Industrial College (Holly Springs, Miss.); Libraries; Universities and colleges
Postcard depicting the Carnegie Library building at Mississippi Industrial College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Note on reverse from Maudline Lewis in Holly Springs to Mrs. Lee McComb in Aberdeen, 26 December 1936.
View of the Chapel of Memories-There are cars parked along side the street, and the LEE BLVD sign is pictured. The picture has another view of a holly tree faded into it.
Holly Bluff (Dwelling: Hancock, County, Miss.)--Photographs.; Tiles, Roofing.; Log-end houses--Mississippi--Bay Saint Louis.; Live oak.; Spanish moss.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Holly Bluff on the Jordan River is one of the beauty spots of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Holly Bluff, the rustic home of Mr. and Mrs. James Lyman Crump of New Orleans, typifies the early architecture of the area.Holly Bluff is just outside of Bay...
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.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
Postcard depicting Rust University, an historically African-American college founded by the Methodist Church in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1866. Note on reverse from Miriam in Holly Springs to Mrs. Fannie McComb in Aberdeen, 27 December 1936.
Clyde Shivers family farm; multiple views. Farm of 250 acres owned and 350 acres rented one and a half miles east of Pelahatchie, MS on highway 80. Area supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration Cooper Walton and Rankin Co. F. H. A. supervisor...
