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...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Armstrong, R. O. (Jack)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. O. (Jack) Armstrong family farm; multiple views. Farm of 573 acres in the Forkville Community. Scott Co. agent W. R. Cain and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Judith Gatewood assisted with selection of farm family.
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.
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...
Holmes Co. (Miss.) ; Brock, H. V.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
H. V. Brock family farm; multiple views. Farm of 936 acres owned and 800 acres leased in the Hebron Community four miles southwest of Lexington, MS. Holmes Co. agent W. R. Sullivan assisted with selection of farm family.
Civil war; United States; Agriculture; Green, Anna, 1804-1886; Moore's Bayou (Quitman Co., Miss.); Tunica County (Miss.)
Letter from Matilda Patterson from Moor's Byue (Moore's Bayou), Tunica County, later Quitman County, Mississippi to her sister Anna Green, relating family and local news, and praising the soldiers fighting in the war. She mentions that son Joseph...
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Women's clothing; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Agriculture
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, acknowledging receipt of her President's Card for good conduct at school. He asks her what she wishes to do about a dress which had belonged to her mother, and which...
Feemster family; Religion; Revivals; Civil war; United States; Breastfeeding; Christian sects; Conversion; Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She is at her friend Hallie's and opens by telling him about her recent social calls. She says that the church doesn't seem ''much revived,'' but that the soldiers have...
Ruble Cothran family farm; multiple views. Farm of 50 acres located southwest of Morgan City; 20 additional acres are rented for farming cotton. Leflore Co. Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Ethel Bowman assisted with selection of farm family.
Leake Co. (Miss.) ; Edwards, C. D.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
C. D. Edwards family farm; multiple views. Farm of 136 acres located 11 miles northeast of Carthage in the Barnes Community. Leake Co. agent B. H. Dixon and Associate county agent E. L. Locke assisted with selection of farm family.
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
Jasper Co. (Miss.) ; Green, Tom R.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Tom R. Green family farm; multiple views. Farm of 270 acres in the Ras Community about 10 miles east of Bay Springs, MS. Jasper Co. Agricultural agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Hillebert, Harold G.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Harold G. Hillebert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 160 acres located about five miles southeast of Canton, MS on the Meeks Ferry Road. Harold Hillebert is MSU alumnus. Madison Co. agent Buddy Smith and Associate county agent Charles Boone...
Madison Co. (Miss.) | Hillebert, Harold G.--Family.|Farm life--Mississippi.
Harold G. Hillebert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 160 acres located about five miles southeast of Canton, MS on the Meeks Ferry Road. Harold Hillebert is MSU alumnus. Madison Co. agent Buddy Smith and Associate county agent Charles Boone...
Simpson Co. (Miss.) ; Hughes, John W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
John W. Hughes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 474 acres in Simpson Co. Simpson Co. agent Milton Edwards, and John Childress, Simpson Co. Soil Conservation Aide in the Soil Conservation Service assisted with selection of farm family.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.; Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914.; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901.; Weaver, James B. (James Baird), 1833-1912.; Populist Party (U. S.); Elections--United States--1892.; Willard, Frances E. (Frances...
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, Willie R. Hollingsworth, in Chicago, Illinois, regarding politics and his support of Grover Cleveland over the Republican (Benjamin Harrison) and Populist (James Weaver) party candidates.
