Civil war; United States; Confederate Army; Slavery; African-Americans; Plantations; Agriculture; Livestock; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, regarding the state of the crops and livestock and the health of the workers, including slaves, 1864.
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Agriculture; Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891; Resaca, Battle of, Resaca, Ga., 1864; Atlanta (Ga.);...
Letter from Rice plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with the health of the slaves and the state of the crops. Parks writes that his son, who was wounded after fighting...
Plantations; Plantation overseers; Choctaw Agency (Oktibbeha County, Miss.); African-Americans; Slavery; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906
Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, regarding the sickness of some of the slaves and the necessity to call Dr. Perkins. He also writes about trying to obtain butter from Judge Carr. ...
Feemster family; Gaston family; Breastfeeding; Furuncle; Traditional medicine; Feemster, Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911; Lowndes County (Miss.)
Letter from Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, mainly regarding a boil on her breast, which makes it difficult to feed their baby, Mattie. The doctor recommended that she use ''Tansy poultice'' on it, but she...
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...
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...
Clinton H. Case family farm; multiple views. Farm of about 800 acres located on Highway 550, 13 miles west of Brookhaven and two miles east of Caseyville in Lincoln Co. Lincoln Co. Agricultural agent Travis Tadlock and Home Demonstration Agent Miss...
4-H Clubs; Farm life-Mississippi; Depressions--1929--United States; Tennessee Valley Authority; Electric power--Mississippi; Tornadoes--Mississippi--Tupelo.
Oral history; First of two interviews conducted with Paul H. Perkins, conducted on February 11, 2005 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University.
4-H clubs; Jersey cattle; Ammons, William Earthy; African-American agricultural extension workers; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service
'With dairy cattle, Mississippi 4-H club boys and girls are helping to get their parents out of one-crop cotton farming. Roy Beene of Guntown, Miss., is showing his herd of purebred Jerseys to State Extension Leader W. E. Ammons, right. Roy is...
Five workers posing inside the Bordens plant 1928 packing room. Left to right: Hulan Mitchell, T.H. Buntin, Carroll Paden, A.W. Brown, Elmer Stevens.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Four workers posing inside the Borden plant milk receiving room, 1934. Left to right: O.L. Randall, Olan Thompson, James Cook, Albert Walker.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Four workers posing inside the Borden plant milk receiving room, 1928. Left to right: O.L. Randle, Olan Thompson, James Cook, Albert Walker.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Two workers posing on vacuum pan platform inside the Borden plant, 1928. Left to right: D.D. Bishop, Barnett.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Two workers posing on vacuum pan platform inside the Bordens plant, 1934. Left to right: D.D. Bishop, Barnett.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Storeroom inside Borden plant containing stacks of packaged pallets of condensed milk.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Automated conveyor belt moving and packaging condensed milk at Borden Plant, Starkville, Mississippi.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs