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...
Humphreys Co. (Miss.) ; Bearden, R. D. (Dillard)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
R. D. (Dillard) Bearden family farm; multiple views. Farm of 455 acres owned and 800 acres rented on highway 49 west, about two miles southeast of Isola, MS. Humphreys Co. Agricultural agent Elmo Hill assisted with selection of farm family.
Beauvoir (Biloxi, Miss.)--Photographs; Boy Scouts--Photographs.; Trails and paths--Mississippi.; Duffy, Charles--Photographs.; Schmalz, Gary--Photographs.; Blackledge, W. A.--Photographs.; Dixie Guide (Newspaper: Gulfport, Miss.)
Tiak-Beauvoir Boy Scout Trail opens, 1965. Trail begins at Fruitland Park, six miles north of Wiggins and ends at Beauvoir. Pictured in front of Beauvoir are Charles Duffy of the Pine Burr Area Boy Scouts Council, W. A. Blackledge manager of...
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...
Marion (Miss.); Women; Civil war; United States; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864; Jones family; Rice, Augusta H., 1831-1906; Teachers
Black-bordered letter from J. M. Jones in Marion, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice in Mobile, Alabama, opening with news about mutual friends and the weather. She writes about women in Marion working to help maimed soldiers and describes one...
Feemster family; Religion; Revivals; Civil war; United States; Breastfeeding; Christian sects; Conversion; Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Infants; Slavery; African-Americans; Stainback, George Tucker, 1829-1902; Feemster,...
Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She is at her friend Hallie's and opens by telling him about her recent social calls. She says that the church doesn't seem ''much revived,'' but that the soldiers have...
Neshoba Co. (Miss.) ; Duncan, James Leonard--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
James Leonard Duncan family farm; multiple views. Farm of 300 acres located in the Midway Community about seven and a half miles southeast of Philadelphia just off highway 19. Neshoba Co. agent C. S. (Bill) Norton and Associate county agent Joe...
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.
Mississippi State University--Employees--Interviews; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station; Mississippi State University. Cooperative Extension Service; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State...
Oral history; Interview conducted with Rodney Foil on June 18 and 25, 2002 at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Robert Rodney Foil was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1934. He received his B.S. (1956) and M.S. (1960) in...
Rosie McKenzie family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located in Jasper Co. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Rosie McKenzie family farm; multiple views. Farm of 280 acres located in Jasper Co. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.
Montgomery Co. (Miss.) ; McWilliams, Carl H.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Carl H. McWilliams family farm; multiple views. Farm of 483 acres located four miles east of Winona on Highway 82. Montgomery Co. Agricultural agent John Killebrew assisted with selection of farm family.
Scott Co. (Miss.) ; Sparks, Bill--Family. ; Sparks, Ellis--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Bill and Ellis Sparks family farm; multiple views. Farm of 186 acres located in the Sparksville Community north and west of Forest. Scott Co. agent W. R. Cain assisted with selection of farm family.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 10 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 10 spans the dates of January 1-May 31, 1864.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 11 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 11 spans the dates of June 1-August 15, 1864.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 12 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 12 spans the dates of August 16-November 15, 1864.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 13 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 13 spans the dates of November 16, 1864-February 20,...
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 14 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 14 spans the dates of February 21-April 30, 1865.
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Civil War; Politicians; Presidents; Politics and government; Generals
Volume 15 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 15 spans the dates of May 1-December 31, 1865.
