Nottoway Plantation (La.); Randolph, John Hampden, 1813-1883; Sugar trade; John Shelby & Co. (Memphis, Tenn.); Bayou Goula (La.); Steamboats
Waybill for a wartime shipment of 20 hogsheads (about 135 bushels) of sugar from Nottoway, the plantation of John Hampden Randolph, a wealthy planter of Bayou Goula, Louisiana, to be shipped on the steamer Louisville to John Shelby & Co. in...
Lawrence Co. (Miss.) ; Bozeman, Percy--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Percy Bozeman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 276 acres three miles east of Jayess and about 20 miles south of Monticello. Lawrence Co. agent Bill Smith and Farmers Home Administrator James Carr assisted with selection of farm family.
Walthall Co, (Miss.) ; Bullock, George Wilson--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
George Wilson Bullock family farm; multiple views. Farm of 164 acres located nine miles north of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Sam Dyar and Associate Home agent Miss Jane Reese assisted with selection of farm family.
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...
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
Latimore Q. Fortenberry family farm; multiple views. Farm of 113 acres about seven miles east of Tylertown, MS in the Knoxo Community. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess, Associate county agent Sam Dyar, and Associate Home Demonstration agent Mrs....
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.
C. C. Bardwell writes to Stone complaining of students stealing sugar cane and hickory nuts from his property. If the trespassing does not stop, according to Bardwell, he will take harsh measures. October 5, 1899.
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
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.
Courtship--History.; Punta Gorda (Belize); Breckinridge, Clifton Rodes, 1846-1932.; Tariffs--Law and legislation--United States.
Letter to Cammie Williams from C. V. Hill in Punta Gorda, British Honduras (present-day Belize). Hill mentions a "tariff bill" that probably refers to the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of August, 1894. "Breckenridge" probably refers to Clifton Rodes...
Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.; Louisiana--History.; Napoleonville (La.)
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, George H. Douglas, in Morgan City, Louisiana, regarding a recent storm, family illnesses, and life in southern Louisiana.
