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...
Sykes family; Winona (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Slavery; African-Americans; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Confederate States of America; Sykes, James William, 1810-1885
Letter from William Sykes in Winona, Mississippi, to James Sykes, bemoaning the reelection of Abraham Lincoln, the end of his hopes for peace, and the impoverished and demoralized state of the Confederacy. He mentions the murder of a Captain...
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Anderson, R. E. (Bob)--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. E. (Bob) Anderson family farm; multiple copies. Farm of 266 acres owned and 120 acres rented. Copiah Co. Agricultural agent E. E. Randle assisted with selection of farm family.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Bailey, W. P. (Pres)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. P. (Pres) Bailey family farm; multiple views. Farm of 360 acres in Klein Community about 12 miles north of Raleigh. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Leslie Coleman assisted with selection of farm family.
Copiah Co. (Miss.) ; Barlow, Frank D.--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
Frank D. Barlow family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1675 acres on highway 51 three miles south of Crystal Springs in Copiah Co. Frank Barlow is MSU alumnus. Copiah Co. agent E. E. Randle and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Genevieve Harris assisted...
Yazoo Co. (Miss.) ; Bridgforth, Allen--Family. ; Bridgforth, Henry--Family ; African-Americans--Mississippi--Yazoo County--Photographs. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Allen and Henry Bridgforth family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2860 acres located eight miles northwest of Vaughan, MS and seven miles east of Benton. Henry Bridgforth is MSU alumnus. Yazoo Co. Agricultural agent Walter White assisted with...
Slavery; African-Americans; Civil war; United States; Sparta (Miss.); Men's clothing; Martin, Thomas Nelson, 1807-1886
Letter from H. S. Jemison in Sparta, Mississippi, to Judge Thomas Nelson Martin, regarding Jemison's plan to join a camp in Florida and his need for money for new clothes for the army. He also writes about slave matters, including discussion of...
Civil war; United States; Sharon (Miss.); Madison County (Miss.); Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 18th; Magruder, Henry Archibald, 1842-1896
Letter from Martha Magruder (later Martha Magruder Hopkins) to her brother, Henry Archibald Magruder, inquiring about his health and the health of his regiment (the 18th Mississippi Infantry) and reporting news about family and friends, 1862....
Civil war; United States; Women's clothing; Education; La Grange (Tenn.); Webb, Matilda Ann, 1832-1913
Letter from Sophie Boyd Hays in La Grange, Tennessee, to ''Lit'' (Matilda A. Boyd Webb), mentioning the likely secession of Virginia and regretting that young men are leaving school to sign up for the army, 1861. She also discusses dressmaking and...
Civil war; Agriculture; United States; Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.); Jackson (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her cousin, N. H. Boyd, in Jackson, Mississippi, telling her about the local excitement over Virginia's secession from the Union. She writes that military companies are passing through...
Vicksburg (Miss.); Paris (Ill.); Steamboats; Women; Social history; Bird, Mary Ellen TenBrook, b. 1843; Lamon, Lucy Malindia Alexander, b. 1843; Judson, Jacintha Alexander, 1828-1903; Judson, Willet Harmon, 1823-1890; Judson, Jennie Shields, b....
Letter from 17-year-old Ellen Mary 'Nell' TenBrook to her 17-year-old aunt, Lucy Malindia Alexander, in Paris, Illinois, January 1860. Nell is visiting her aunt (Lucy's sister), Jacintha 'Cinty' Alexander Judson, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and...
