Feemster family; Social classes; Motherhood; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Race relations; Barksdale, William, 1821-1863; Lowndes County (Miss.); Alexander Whitfield, 1827-1911
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about staying with Hallie while her husband John was in Mobile. When John returned, he brought an orange for each of them. She tells him that she finally...
Feemster family; Civil war; United States; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826-1911; Railroads; Military occupation; African-Americans; Selma (Ala.); Martial law; Religion; Feemster, Mary Louise (Loulie), 1838-1867
Letter, Alex W. Feemster in Selma, Alabama, to his wife, Loulie Feemster. He tells her about a local rumor that Columbus had been taken and burnt, adds that he gives no credence to it, and writes that he has heard Grierson is on his way. He...
Shaw family; Copiah County (Miss.); Brookhaven; Measles; Diseases; Civil war; United States; African-Americans; Slavery; Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864; Fort Donelson (Tenn.); Clarksville (Tenn.)
Letter from Albert Shaw to his mother, Mary Shaw, telling her about the ill health of himself, his son, some of the slaves, and the neighborhood in general. Some of the soldiers in Brookhaven have the measles. He tells her that he has been...
Sykes family; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885; Slavery; African-Americans; Forkland (Ala.); Malone, Samuel Booth (1804-1863)
Letter from Alfred Y. Glover in Forkland, Alabama, to James Sykes in Columbus, Mississippi, requesting that he make a decision about a slave girl named Tildy-Ann, who belongs to one of Dr. Sam B. Malone's minor heirs. James Sykes is the agent for...
Slavery; Taxation; Lowndes County (Miss.); Lanier, Elizabeth Person, 1783-1881
Receipt for Elizabeth Lanier's payment of $10.50 in 1859 property taxes on 15 slaves. Received by Lowndes County sheriff E. C. Eggleston on May 14, 1860.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson); 1822-1885;Civil War;Politicians Presidents;Politics and government;Generals
The Chronology of Ulysses S. Grant's life is extracted from the 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant and is presented here as a full-length time line of Grant's life.
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...
Gulfport (Miss.)--Aerial photographs.; Jones Park (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Mississippi State Port Authority--Photographs.; Hotel Markham (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Architecture.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Aerial photo of Mississippi State Port Authority property between Jones Park Drive and 23rd Avenue. Downtown Gulfport is visible in the background.
Gulfport (Miss.)--Aerial photographs.; Jones Park (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Mississippi State Port Authority--Photographs.; Hotel Markham (Gulfport, Miss.)--Photographs.; Architecture.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Aerial photo of Mississippi State Port Authority property between Jones Park Drive and 23rd Avenue. Downtown Gulfport is visible in the background.
Auditors--United States--History.; Taxation--Law and legislation.; Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Letter to M. A. Banks in Simpson County, Mississippi, from George T. Swann, the state auditor. Includes possible reference to President Zachary Taylor.
Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings; Monroe Female Institute (Aberdeen, Miss.); Lea, Addison, 1813-1859; Griffin, Lewis Lawrence, 1794-1867
The Griffin-Dortch house in Aberdeen, built c. 1851 on Commerce and Hickory, and named for General Lewis Lawrence Griffin (1794-1867). Originally built for Rev. Addison Lea (1813-1859), who ran the Monroe Female Institute in a separate building on...
Aberdeen (Miss.); Dwellings; Monroe Female Institute (Aberdeen, Miss.); Lea, Addison, 1813-1859; Griffin, Lewis Lawrence, 1794-1867
The Griffin-Dortch house in Aberdeen, built circa 1851 on Commerce and Hickory, and named for General Lewis Lawrence Griffin (1794-1867). Originally built for Rev. Addison Lea (1813-1859), who ran the Monroe Female Institute in a separate building...
Clyde Shivers family farm; multiple views. Farm of 250 acres owned and 350 acres rented one and a half miles east of Pelahatchie, MS on highway 80. Area supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration Cooper Walton and Rankin Co. F. H. A. supervisor...
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; Scott, O. W.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
O. W. Scott family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2200 acres located in Duck Hill, MS on highway 51. Montgomery Co. Agricultural agent John Killebrew assisted with selection of farm family.
Teachers--Interviews; Mississippi State University--Faculty--Interviews; Dairy products industry; Herzer, F. H. (Frederick Herman); Edam cheese; Montgomery, William B.; Dairies–-Mississippi–-Oktibbeha County; Dairy Industries Building:...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Joe Thomas Cardwell, conducted on July 30, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Cardwell, an MSU dairy chemist and dairy foods processing technologist, was born in Vernon, Texas in...
Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Nathan, A. M. (Asher M.)
10 October 1846 letter from C. E. Mount to A. Spell seeking information about the next cotton shipment and his plans for paying off his debt to A.M. Nathan.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributions.; Cotton.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Lawyers--Advertising.
Advertisement by the firm of Bullock & Money offering assistance with claims under the Captured and Abandoned Property Act following the Civil War.
