Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Sale family; Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Munfordville (Ky.); Munfordville, Battle of, Munfordville, Ky., 1862; Chalmers, James Ronald, 1831-1898; Confederate States of...
Letter, John B. Sale, Aberdeen, Mississippi, to James Sykes, primarily regarding the hire of a slave named Zeke, previously hired out to Shacklock. Law now wants Sykes to find other employment for Zeke to prevent him from joining the Union Army. ...
Newton Co. (Miss.) ; Boutwell, W. K. (Kenneth)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. K. (Kenneth) Boutwell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 167 acres owned and 140 acres rented seven miles south of Newton in the Liberty Community. Newton Co. agent W. T. Cornelius and Assistant county agent C. P. (Price) Miller assisted with...
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; Branch, Elmo--Family. ; Branch, D. R.--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Elmo and D. R. Branch family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1040 acres in Duck Hill, MS. Both Elmo and D. R. Branch are MSU alumni. Montgomery Co. Agricultural agent John Killebrew assisted with selection of farm family.
Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with...
Feemster family; Religion; Freemasons; Revivals; Infants; Breastfeeding; Slavery; African-Americans; Traditional medicine; Civil war; United States; Draft; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about a revival taking place among the Masons and tells him about some acquaintances who have joined. She also names people who have made professions at the...
Feemster family; Slavery; African-Americans; Opium abuse; Infants; Clothing and dress; Civil war; United States; Friendship Cemetery (Columbus, Miss.); Lowndes County (Miss.); Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She tells him about friends and relatives, then mentions that her father is thinking of selling his place and his slaves. She doesn't think very highly of the Dunnings:...
Three stacks of corn for fertilizer experiment. Left = 150 lbs nitrate of soda, produced 44.6 bushels per acre. Center = no fertilizer, produced 37.1 bushels per acre. Right = 200 lbs of nitrate, produced 47.1 bushels per acre.
Cotton--Mississippi--Clay County--Photographs.; Andrews, Stacy--Photographs.; West Point Cotton Club (West Point, Miss.)--Photographs.
An enthusiastic Cotton Club boy who made a bale of cotton weighing 570 lbs. and was awarded the prize for being the best Cotton Club Boy in Clay County.
Cotton--Mississippi--Clay County--Photographs.; West Point Cotton Club (West Point, Miss.)--Photographs.; Williams, Earnest--Photographs.; 4-H Clubs--Mississippi--Clay County--Photographs.
Earnest Williams sits atop his bale of cotton weighing 602 lbs. Earnest won the Championship Club Boy [in] his beat.
"Circa 1901
This model, a Home has the "new style" cabinet using the red and gold banner. It is now known as the "Long-Case Home. It originally sold for $40, which was an increase from $30 in 1899. It weighs 25 lbs.
"Circa 1901
This model, a Home, has the “new style” cabinet using the banner transfer which appeared on the cover of previous models. It is now known as the “long-case Home.” This piece sold for $40 which was an increase from $30 in 1899....
"Circa 1911
This machine has a mahogany cabinet and is equipped with a wooden cygnet horn. It plays 4-minute cylinders. It weighs 42 lbs. with the horn. The original cost was $90.
"Circa 1898
The earliest of the Standard line, this machine features a square top and delivers its name from the “suitcase” style clips. It weighs 17 lbs. and plays the 2-minute cylinders.
Agriculture--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.; Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.; Field crops--Louisiana--Madison Parish--Photographs.
Test of dust cloud formed by granular calcium arsenate. Material feeding at rate of 95 lbs. per acre.
Darden, John P.; Fleming & Baldwin (Firm: Natchez, Miss.); Cotton--Purchasing--Mississippi--Jefferson County.; Confederate States of America--Confiscations and contributions.
Letter from Fleming & Baldwin to John P. Darden, regarding the amount of cotton he turned over to the Confederate treasury.
Letter from L. K. Hill, a Mississippi native living in Punta Gorda, British Honduras (present-day Belize) to "Nick." Hill describes the people and culture of Punta Gorda for his friend in Mississippi.
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Cattle; Swine; Agriculture; Slaughtering and slaughter-houses; Spinning; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Measells, Wyatt--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Wyatt Measells family farm; multiple views. Farm of 120 acres about a mile north of Forest, MS on Highway 35. Scott Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Cain and Associate county agent Charles Sanders assisted with selection of farm family.
