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...
Civil war; United States; Education; Agriculture; Green, Anna, 1804-1886; Tunica County (Miss.)
Letter from Eliza Patterson to her aunt, Ann Boyd Green, from Tunica County, Mississippi. She writes of being home from Nashville and bringing a nephew Bell with her, and about a nephew who recently died of whooping cough and measles. She mentions...
Secession; Mississippi; Godey's lady's book and magazine; Hinds County (Miss.)
Letter to Eudora Hobbs in Salem, North Carolina, from her father, Howell Hobbs, relating family and local news and telling her about the local excitement over Mississippi's secession, 1861.
Leroy Butts family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1025 acres located ten miles north of Vicksburg at Redwood, MS. Warren Co. Agricultural agent W. R. Lominick and Home Demonstration agent Mrs. Mamie L. Bright assisted with selection of farm family.
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Dunaway, J. B.--Family; Farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Dunaway family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1250 acres of which 312 acres are located at Walnut Ridge Plantation and the other 512 acres are located elswhere in Sharkey Co. Sharkey Co. agent George Barry and former Sharkey Co. agent L. N....
Sharkey Co. (Miss.) ; Dunaway, J. B.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
J. B. Dunaway family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1250 acres of which 312 acres are located at Walnut Ridge Plantation and the other 512 acres are located elswhere in Sharkey Co. Sharkey Co. agent George Barry and former Sharkey Co. agent L. N....
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...
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.
Leake Co. (Miss.) ; McPhail, W. C. (Billy)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. C. (Billy) McPhail family farm; multiple views. Farm of 108 and a half acres located in the Free Trade Community of Leake Co. about 11 miles southeast of Carthage, MS. Leake Co. Agricultural agent B. H. Dixon and Associate county agent Earl...
Irving C. Mord family farm; multiple views. Farm of 352 acres located in the New State Line Community about 12 and one half miles southeast of Tylertown, MS. Walthall Co. agent Ansel Estess assisted with selection of farm family.
Smith Co. (Miss.) ; Overby, W. C.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
W. C. Overby family farm; multiple views. Farm of 575 acres located in the Rock Bluff Community three miles north of White Oak and seven miles south of Polkville. Smith Co. Agricultural agent Truitt Bufkin assisted with selection of farm family.
Lawrence Co. (Miss.) ; Selman, Eldon A.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Eldon A. Selman family farm; multiple views. Farm of 275 acres located about two and a half miles north of Monticello on Highway 27. Lawrence Co. agent Marcus Peterson and Lawrence Co. supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration James H. Carr...
Olin Spell family farm; multiple views. Farm of 204 acres located in the Salem Community of Covington County. Soil Conservation District Commissioners Ralph Herrin, Wilton Rogers, Alonzo Warren, Joe Miller and H. A. Crawford assisted with selection...
Holmes Co. (Miss.) ; Wynne, George D.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
George D. Wynne family farm; multiple views. Farm of 642 acres owned and 2500 acres farmed in partnership about five miles northwest of Pickens, MS. Holmes Co. agent W. R. Sullivan assisted with selection of farm family.
Willard J. Yawn family farm; multiple views. Farm of 318 acres located six and a half miles north of Collins, MS. The Soil Conservation District Commissioners of Covington County assisted with selection of farm family.
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; Branch, Sidney (Sid)--Family. ; Mississippi State University--Alumni and alumnae.;farm life--Mississippi.
Sidney (Sid) Branch family farm; multiple views. Farm of 420 acres just east of Winona. Sidney Branch is MSU alumnus. Montgomery Co. agent John Killebrew and Home Demonstration agent Miss Flossie Tate assisted with selection farm family.
Brown, W. H.--Family. ; Issaquena Co. (Miss.);farm life--Mississippi.
W. H. Brown family farm; multiple views. Two farms of 720 and 564 acres located five miles southwest of Glen Allen, MS. Issaquena Co. Agricultural agent Bill Flemming assisted with selection of farm family.
Brown, W. H.--Family. ; Issaquena Co. (Miss.);farm life--Mississippi.
W. H. Brown family farm; multiple views. Two farms of 720 and 564 acres located five miles southwest of Glen Allen, MS. Issaquena Co. Agricultural agent Bill Flemming assisted with selection of farm family.
Brown, W. H.--Family. ; Issaquena Co. (Miss.);farm life--Mississippi.
W. H. Brown family farm; multiple views. Two farms of 720 and 564 acres located five miles southwest of Glen Allen, MS. Issaquena Co. Agricultural agent Bill Flemming assisted with selection of farm family.
