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...
Civil war; United States; Teachers; Education; Union City (Tenn.); La Grange (Tenn.); Oxford (Miss.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Letter to ''Lit'' (Matilda Ann Boyd Webb) from her cousin, Mattie A. Boyd, and Sophie Boyd Hays. Mattie is visiting Sophie, her school term in Oxford having just ended. Mattie writes that most of the young men are gone from town, and that...
Marion (Miss.); Women; Civil war; United States; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864; Jones family; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906; Teachers
Black-bordered letter from J. M. Jones in Marion, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with news about mutual friends and the weather. She writes about women in Marion working to help maimed soldiers and describes one...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Boardinghouses; Teaching; Slavery; African-Americans; Race relations; Racism; Clothing and dress; Religion; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster, Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, explaining that it is impossible for her to join him in Selma because they can't afford it, and that there is no chance of her finding a little school to teach in. He suggests...
Feemster family; Selma (Ala.); Slavery; Civil war; United States; Boardinghouses; Religion; Hymns; Infant baptism; Slavery; African-Americans; Revivals; Freemasons; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster, addressing the issue of her joining him in Selma. He suggests again that her father might loan her the money, and that he might prefer to use Confederate money. He also...
Franklin Co. (Miss.) ; Cowart, Harvey L.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Harvey L. Cowart family farm; multiple views. Farm of 574 acres located in eleven miles south of McCall Creek in the Independence Community. Franklin Co. Agricultural Agent John Cox assisted with selection of farm family.
Holmes Co. (Miss.) ; Donald, Charles U.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Charles U. Donald family farm; multiple views. Farm of 490 acres located one mile south of Goodman, MS on highway 51. Holmes Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Sullivan assisted with selection of farm family.
Simpson Co. (Miss.) ; Hughes, John W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
John W. Hughes family farm; multiple views. Farm of 474 acres in Simpson Co. Simpson Co. agent Milton Edwards, and John Childress, Simpson Co. Soil Conservation Aide in the Soil Conservation Service assisted with 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...
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.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.; King, Susan Petigru, 1824-1875.; Charleston (S.C.)--History.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Letter to "Lulu" (Martha Louisa Starr) from her uncle, George W. Williams, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1863. Williams mentions knowing the authoress Sue Petigru Bowen King. He also mentions meeting and shaking hands with Jefferson Davis.
Jasper Co. (Miss.) ; Ruffin, W. T. (Buster)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. T. (Buster) Ruffin family farm; multiple views. Farm of 500 acres located in Soso, MS. W. T. Ruffin is MSU alumnus. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Choctaw Co. (Miss.) ; Smith, Robert H.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Robert H. Smith family farm; multiple views. Farm of 80 acres located in the LaGrange Community about 16 miles north of Ackerman, three and a half miles south of Eupora. Choctaw Co. agent Belton Berry and Work Unit Conservationist Jim McMinn...
Lincoln Co. (Miss.) ; Smith, Steve J.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Steve J. Smith family farm; multiple views. Farm of 508 acres located about six miles northeast of Brookhaven. Lincoln Co. agent Travis Tadlock and Home Demonstration agent Miss Sarah Jane Craig assisted with selection of farm family.
