Boys; Horses; Vicksburg (Miss.); Civil war; United States; Distemper; Traditional medicine; Oktibbeha County (Miss.); Walker, Maria, 1820-1893
Letter from Arthur Hopkins Rice, Meadow Woods, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, to his aunt, Maria Walker. He writes about some of the horses having distemper, Mrs. Outlaw giving him a dog, killing snakes, and catching crayfish. He also mentions...
W. J. Wilson family farm; multiple views. Farm located in the Stringer Community southwest of Bay Springs, MS. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
W. J. Wilson family farm; multiple views. Farm located in the Stringer Community southwest of Bay Springs, MS. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Newton Co. (Miss.) ; Garvin, O. C.--Family. ; 4-H Clubs--Mississippi--Photographs.;farm life--Mississippi.
O. C. Garvin family farm; multiple views. Farm of 80 acres owned and 60 acres rented located in the Liberty Community about five miles southeast of Newton MS. Newton Co. Agricultural agent C. P. (Price) Miller assisted with selection of farm family.
Guy and Carroll Kennedy family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2200 acres located on highway 80 just east of Brandon. Rankin Co. staff of county agents assisted with selection of farm family.
Guy and Carroll Kennedy family farm; multiple views. Farm of 2200 acres located on highway 80 just east of Brandon. Rankin Co. staff of county agents assisted with selection of farm family.
Clothing and dress; 4-H clubs; 4-H Club Congress; Fountains; Mississippi State University
4-H girls at the 1935 Mississippi 4-H Club Congress. In 1935 the style revue at Farm and Home Week included both women and girls. They were scored not only on the sewing, but on accessories chosen to wear with the dress they made.
Wier, Ellen Lipscomb, 1838-1866; Wier family; Child rearing; Civil war; United States; Wier, Thomas Coke, 1827-1920; Columbus (Miss.); Hospitals; Nursing; Columbus (Miss.); Enterprise (Miss.); Perryman, Bryant M.; Brunson, Allan A.; Marsh, Edward
Letter, Sister (probably Mary Elizabeth Wier), from Enterprise, Mississippi to Ellen Lipscomb Wier. She tells of the births and the health of the Wier children and adults, of their current locations and of the activities of their friends. She...
Nash, Ira Marion, 1843-1862; Nash, John Jasper Newton, 1829-1911; Nash, James H., 1844-1890; Nash, Wiley Norris, 1846-1906; Nash, Stephen Evans, 1807-1863; Nash, Ira Norris, 1805-1863; Nash family; Civil war; United States; Confederate States of...
Letter, E. J. (Elvira Jane) Nash, probably from the home of her uncle Ira Norris Nash in Neshoba County, Mississippi, to cousin Carrie concerning her desire for news of her brother Jimmy serving in Wirt Adams Cavalry Regiment, news of the Battle of...
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...
Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County.; Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans.; Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.
25 March 1842 letter from Chs. E. Mount, Benton, Mississippi, to A. Spell concerning financial matters and offering legal assistance to Spell in handling his bankruptcy.
Mack T. Blackwood family farm; multiple views. Farm of 493 acres at Drew, MS. Sunflower Co. agent Cecil Black, Assistant county agent Carl Robinson and Associate county agent Joe Beckham assisted with selection of farm family.