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...
Leigh Briscoe Allen family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1920 acres in Claiborne Co. is owned jointly by Leigh Briscoe, his brother, James, and his father. Claiborne Co. agent E. C. Newman assisted in the selection of the farm family.
Automated conveyor belt moving and packaging condensed milk at Borden Plant, Starkville, Mississippi.; General Photographs Collection; Borden Company plant photographs
Civil war; United States; Confederate States of America; Draft; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lee, W. H. (William Hollinshed), 1841-1910; Edgefield District (S.C.); Religion; God
Letter, William States Lee, a minister in Edgefield District, South Carolina, to his grandson, William Hollinshed Lee, of Blythe's Regiment, Company A, Corinth, Mississippi. He mentions the evacuation of Columbus and doesn't know if the letter...
"Circa 1915
The Edison Amberola was developed to provide competition to the Victor Victrola. Both machines have concealed horns. This particula model plays 4-minute cylinders. It has a moving tone arm and a stationary mandrel which holds the...
1- You have expressed concerns about moving ahead with big defense cuts when the situation is Russia is so unstable. What could happen if Boris Yeltsin is ousted and the military takes over?; 2- General Norman Schwarzkopf said it is much easier to...
Base Closure Commission. Meridian Naval Air Station. Columbus Air Force Base. Clinton, Bill.
1- Last week, the Defense Base Closure Commission voted 7-1 to take Meridian Naval Air Station off the closure list. This was the third time we have survived this process. What are your feelings one week later?; 2- You have said this was a team...
Bankruptcy Code. Railroad Management and Labor. The Soviet Union.
1- Congress took quick action last week to get the railroads moving again while management and labor try to work out differences that caused a nationwide strike. Was congress right to step in with this legislation?; 2- The Senate has passed...
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Gilbert, O.T.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
O. T. Gilbert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 500 acres located midway between Mize and Taylorsville, MS on highway 20 in Smith Co. The Norris Community Club of Scott County assisted with the selection of farm family.
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.
Mississippi State University--Employees--Interviews; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Rodney Foil on June 18 and 25, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Robert Rodney Foil was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1934. He received his B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1960) in...
