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; Piney Woods School (Piney Woods, Miss.); African-Americans; Post office stations and branches; U. S. Post Office (Piney Woods, Miss.); Rankin County (Miss.)
Unidentified group of African-Americans, probably Piney Woods 4-H Club members, in front of the Piney Woods Post Office.
Aberdeen (Miss.); African-American women; Clothing and dress
Unidentified African-American female, probably Fannie McComb, Aberdeen, Mississippi, possibly in wedding clothing. Portrait by F. S. McKnight, Aberdeen.
Scuppernong, ''the Cole house,'' on the corner of Meridian and Jefferson Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Probably built by Boling Clark Burnett c. 1840.
Scuppernong, "the Cole house," on the corner of Meridian and Jefferson Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Probably built by Boling Clark Burnett c. 1840.
Scuppernong, "the Cole house," on the corner of Meridian and Jefferson Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Probably built by Boling Clark Burnett c. 1840.
Scuppernong, "the Cole house," on the corner of Meridian and Jefferson Street in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Probably built by Boling Clark Burnett c. 1840.
Mt. Airy School painting: preparing the surface, probably one-room African-American school in Friar's Point, Coahoma County, Mississippi. School is 20 X 30 X 10, constructed of heart pine.
Mt. Airy School painting: the first coat in 33 years, probably one-room African-American school in Friar's Point, Coahoma County (Miss.). School is 20 X 30 X 10, constructed of heart pine.
African-Americans; Slavery; Clothing and dress; Molasses; Noxubee County (Miss.); Wells family
Letter, H. W. Foote, probably from Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Mr. Wells, sending him a slave girl named Gusty, who has a ''terrible disposition.'' He tells Wells, ''Do not treat her cruelly, but make her know her place.'' He also sends...
Agriculture--Mississippi--History; Smith County (Miss.); Martin, Roy E.--Family.
Roy E. Martin family farm; multiple views. Farm of 390 acres located in Raleigh, MS. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted with selection of farm family.
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Aldy, Henry W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Henry W. Aldy family farm; multiple views. Farm of 162 and one half owned acres and 808 rented acres in Harmonia Community five miles south of Sallis in Attala Co. The Attala County Extension Service staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Henderson, David W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
David W. Henderson family farm; multiple views. Farm of 165 acres in the Nile Community about 12 Miles southeast of Kosciusko. Attala Co. agent Frank Buchanan assisted with selection of farm family.
Attala Co. (Miss.) ; Jenkins, H. E. (Ephraim)--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
H. E. (Ephraim) Jenkins family farm; multiple views. Farm of 453 acres near Sallis, MS. H. E. Jenkins is MSU alumnus. Attala Co. agent Frank Buchanan and Assistant county agent George Wade assisted with selection of farm family.
