Traditional farming.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Andrew Agnew Diaries
Diaries of farmer, teacher, minister in North Mississippi, 46 volumes.
AM19-37, circa 1930-1940s
Collection of unused crate labels from various Mississippi vegetagle growers and tomatoe size grading guide.
AM89-24, 1930s-1950s
One scrapbook of Hawkins L. Vickers relating to his management of a large tung oil plantation for G.L. Reasor, a Chicago investor. The plantation farms were located in the south Mississippi area. The book also contains some information concerning Vickers Plant Farms (vegetable) near Hattiesburg.
AM92-33, 1930s-1970s
These records document the activities of the Vickers Plant Farms, which were based in Hattiesburg and located in the surrounding area.
The collection is unprocessed and unorganized.
Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers
The Lonette Bryant Cliburn Papers consist of early twentieth-century documents, letters, and photographs that pertain to the Henry-Rowell-Waldrup and related families of Jasper County, Mississippi. This collection is of particular interest to researchers studying traditional farming in Mississippi, World War I correspondence, women’s roles in the early twentieth century, William Carey University, University of Southern Mississippi, and local Hattiesburg history.
Farm book from an English estate
Records of estate in Northumberland County, England.
Harry R. Godman Letters
Letters to Godman in Terry, Mississippi regarding Civil War and Reconstruction.
IV. Farming and Cooperatives (Co-Ops)
The Henry and Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner Civil Rights Movement Collection is a fascinating group of materials that give an in depth look into the Civil Rights Movement, specifically in Holmes County Mississippi.
James L. and Van Buren Jolly Letters
J. Brackin Kirkland Papers
Correspondence, speeches, reports, publications, clippings, photographs, genealogical materials relating to Mississippi-born educator in New York and Alabama and with the Boys Clubs of America.
L. Clinton Kirkland Papers
The papers of L. Clinton Kirkland consist of correspondence, an autobiography, other writings, financial records, deeds, estate papers, and collected family papers, documenting Kirkland's life and work as a farmer in Jones County, Mississippi, and the history of the Kirkland family in the southern Mississippi Piney Woods region.
Thomas Little Journal
Farm or business journal and deeds of trust of a Copiah County, Mississippi farmer.
W.C. Rabb Farm Journal
The collection contains photocopies of the journal kept by William Craig Rabb, of Yazoo County, Mississippi, ca. 1839-1853. It chronicles the daily operation of the farm, the births of slaves, weather conditions, and expenditures and includes the occasional recipe.
Reba Rogers Memoir: "Reba's Reflections"
A twenty-two page memoir written by Reba Pickering Rogers, a native of Covington County, Mississippi, at the request of her grandchildren.
Joe and Charlotte Sharp Cotton Gin Ledger
Original ledger from a cotton gin in Newhebron, Mississippi, owned by Joe and Charlotte Sharp. Cotton was a cash crop that many local farmers depended on to finance their families. This cotton gin was used by most of the farmers in northern Lawrence County. The ledger documents the amount of each delivery as well as who delivered the bales.
Rose Budd Stevens Papers
H.L. "Bud" Van Norman Papers
Ledgers used to record accounts and receipts of tenants from the farming operation of Hiram Lafayette "Bud" Van Norman, near Liberty, Mississippi in the 1930s. Also includes several loose items and photographs.
Hawkins L. Vickers Papers
These records document the activities of the Vickers Plant Farms, which were based in Hattiesburg and located in the surrounding area.
The collection is unprocessed and unorganized.