Guardian and ward; Custodian accounts; Itawamba County (Miss.); Probate courts; Education; Tuition; Slaves; Debtor and creditor; Taxes; Money; Crayton, R. C.; Tynes, Roena C., 1852-1880
Annual Report of W. D. Tynes Guardian for R. C. Crayton a Minor To February Term 1863 of the Probate Court of Itawamba Co Mississippi. As assets, Tynes lists five individuals indebted to the guardian account by notes, cash on hand of $900 in...
Agriculture--Mississippi.; Industrialization--Mississippi.; Balance Agriculture with Industry (Miss.); Mississippi--Economic policy.; Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board.
Mississippi state law ""Balance Agriculture with Industry,"" 1944, from House Bill 176.
Rhode Island red chicken; Chicken industry; Grassland Farms (Strongs, Miss.); Animal pedigrees
1926 catalog of mating lists, awards, and prices for 'super strain' S. C. Rhode Island Reds chickens at Grassland Farms, owned by Henry Duke Watson in Strongs, Mississippi.
Rhode Island red chicken; Chicken industry; Grassland Farms (Strongs, Miss.); Animal pedigrees
1931 catalog of mating lists and prices for 'super strain' Rhode Island Reds chickens at Henry Duke Watson's Grassland Farms, 'priced to meet the times.' They note that this is not their usual catalog, because they cut expenses to allow lower...
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.
J. Elizabeth Ball writes to Stone requesting information on her son, Harrison E. Ball, who has been hospitalized with the measels. She lists the various ailments he has experienced at the College and worries about his academic performance....
Business; Feemster family; Gaston family; Sewing; Fabric; Clothing and dress; Poetry; Civil war; United States; Oaths; Race relations; African-Americans; Tennessee; Courtship; Lowndes County (Miss.); Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...
Ross, Emmett Lloyd, 1838-1891; Ross family; Woodville (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Weddings; Marriage; Clothing and dress; Textile fabrics
Letter, ''Sister Sallie'' to Emmett Ross, telling him that she attended the wedding of one of Mr. Harris's daughters. The groom was late because the roads were in such bad condition. She notes that the war hasn't affected the number of...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Farmers; African-Americans farmers; Corn; Contests; Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College; Women
Correspondence between M. M. Hubert, leader of the Negro Men's Work, and Mrs. Wilma B. Sledge, social and educational director of the State Farm Bureau, regarding corn production contests and African-American farmers. Included are lists of farmers...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Battles
Harper's Weekly drawing of Grant on grand stand in front of large crowd. Sign on footbridge reads: 'Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances' and lists the names of Civil War Battles: Shiloh, Corinth, Richmond, Appomattox, CH, Vicksburg,...
Taxation--Confederate States of America.; Westville (Miss.)--History.; Simpson County (Miss.)--History.
Notice to Confederate taxpayers from Simpson County Confederate tax collector M.A. Banks, regarding a visit to Westville, Mississippi. The notice lists various occupations and taxable goods.
