Men's clothing; Mississippi State University (Starkville, Miss.); Farmers; Corn; Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (Starkville, Miss.); YMCA building (Mississippi State University); Buildings
An group of corn producers in front of the YMCA building (later the Post Office) on the campus of Mississippi State University. Sign reads 'Welcome 100 Bushel Corn Producers'.
First carload of extruded aluminum irrigation pipe made by Mississippi Aluminum Corporation's Gulfport factory, May 1954. On hand for the occasion were (left to right): John Lee Gainey, county industrial agent; John Dalier, Mississippi Power...
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.
Three men visiting the Gulf Coast from Chicago. During the boom days of the 1920's, the Mississippi Coast attracted huge numbers of vacationers from Chicago.
Chamber of Commerce official and business leaders of Gulfport, Miss. visit U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Center in Gulfport;(1) J. H. McManus, City Commissioner;(2) Lt. Commd. W. B. Greeg, officer at Base;(3) Sherman Muths, Vice-President...
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.
Slavery; African-Americans; Civil war; United States; Sparta (Miss.); Men's clothing; Martin, Thomas Nelson, 1807-1886
Letter from H. S. Jemison in Sparta, Mississippi, to Judge Thomas Nelson Martin, regarding Jemison's plan to join a camp in Florida and his need for money for new clothes for the army. He also writes about slave matters, including discussion of...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Farmers; African-Americans; Shaw, Mose Sydney
Letter to Mose S. Shaw from Major M. Hubert, director of Negro Men's Work for the Mississippi State University Extension Service, concerning the appropriation of $100 among five contest winners.
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...
