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Lenoir Family Plantation Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
Lenoir Family Plantation Records, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 585. 1792-2001 (Bulk Dates: 1850-1930). 8.5 cubic feet. Plantation records and family papers (1792, 1820-1963), of the extended family of William T. Lenoir (1811-1960) and Mary E. Blanchard Lenoir (1810-1894), of Prairie (Muldon), Monroe County, Mississippi. Includes a letter about Amanda, a slave accused of trying to poison the milk with strychnine (1856). Letters include much discussion of slaves, particularly "Mom Nancy."
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Cobb (Joseph B.) Estate Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 377. 1858-1861. 0.08 cubic feet. Photocopies from the Lowndes County Courthouse of the estate papers of Joseph B. Cobb, humorist and author of Mississippi Scenes. Among the topics are a rebellion on one of Cobb's plantations and the hiring of dogs to catch run-away Cobb slaves. Cobb was a Unionist and a Whig.
Butts (Alfred Benjamin) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Butts (Alfred Benjamin) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 163. 1865-1892. 0.16 cubic feet. Agreement with freedmen, Sept. 14, 1865, concerning work on the Caldwell Plantation, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi; 2 bonds issued by Oktibbeha County "in payment of stock of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company," 1 note concerning interest paid, 1892; and 1 typescript of A.B. Butts' work, "Civil Service in American Cities".
Dockery (William Alfred) Family Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Dockery (William Alfred) Family Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 507. 1881-1980 (Bulk Dates: 1887-1906). 1 cubic foot. The papers comprise primarily correspondence of the family of William A. Dockery (1865-1936), owner of the Dockery plantation in Mississippi.
Drane Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Drane Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 190. 1850-1853, 1955. 0.33 cubic feet. Letters of Lowndes County, Mississippi, pioneer Stephen A. Brown and his father-in-law, Richardson Owen, from Alabama and Arkansas, 1851, 1853; two undated letters to "Dear Lucy from Father"; "Ramblings", a 1955 reminiscence by Mrs. Effie Robinson Drane of Choctaw County, Mississippi, concerns the Alexander Samuel Robinson family plantation at Bywy, Choctaw County, Mississippi. "Cemetery Record, Mayhew, Mississippi", compiled by Ellen Drane Mauldin. Typed copies.
Pickens Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Pickens Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 245. 1864-1908, 1961 and undated. 0.33 cubic feet. Materials collected and donated by Sue (Fannie Sue) Waller (1880-1968) include scattered documentation of the activities of her uncle, J.O. (John Oliver) Pickens (1814-1886), owner of sugar plantations in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Materials documenting Pickens include two Civil War receipts for money and coupons, accounts concerning assets in Texas (1867, 1885), New Orleans Sanitary and Fertilizing Company stock certificate (1872), patent for a cotton bale tie invented by John G. Angell of New Orleans and transfer of the patent to Pickens (1874, 1878), receipts and checks (1882-1883 and undated). …
Love (Drennan) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Love (Drennan) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 543. 1763-2006. 57 cubic feet. Collection of Lowndes County plantation owner Drennan C. Love and family includes a 900 page manuscript reminiscence of his son, William Alexander Love, written in 1925. Love was a planter, writer, historian and amateur archaeologist. The William Alexander Love reminiscence includes references to African-Americans' membership in Bethel Church (Lowndes County, Miss.), slavery and slaves, an African-American wedding, and customs and behavior in general. Other topics mentioned include the Freedman's Bureau and Uncle Remus. The reminiscence has been transcribed and indexed.
Knox (James) Diary, Mississippi State University Libraries
Knox (James) Diary, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 274. 1848-1851. 0.04 cubic feet. The diary of James Knox (1786-1864), which begins in March 1848 and ends in February 1851, records the weather and the daily operations of his plantation in Pickens County, Alabama, including sowing, plowing, harvesting, and selling. He refers to several slaves by name, most often Patrick and Alvin. Knox's regular attendance at church and presbytery meetings is recorded in the diary, along with information about the pastors and their sermon texts. Ministers James Somerville, J. L. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Morrow, and A. P. Silliman are often mentioned. The diary also includes notes about social visits …
Cammack (Abner) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
Cammack (Abner) Collection, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 164. 1883-1886. 0.33 cubic feet. Records of the C.D. Benton & Company plantation store at Burnett, Louisiana include letter book, 1883-1886, with copies of correspondence relating to supplies and cotton sales; ledger of accounts, 1882-1883 and 11 loose items documenting supplies purchased, cotton stored and other transactions with share croppers and other customers in the Burch's Bend area.
Burkitt (Frank) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
Burkitt (Frank) Papers, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 162. 1888-1912. 0.16 cubic feet. Clippings and articles from Okolona, Mississippi, newspapers including the Chickasaw Messenger concerning Frank Burkitt, editor and Populist Party candidate.
Preston (Zenas) Diary, Mississippi State University Libraries
Preston (Zenas) Diary, Mississippi State University Libraries
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MSS. 252. 1850-1853. 0.08 cubic feet. Plantation on Lake St. Peter across river from Natchez, Mississippi. Refers to plantation life of the period: slaves, crops, levees and floods, diseases, prescriptions, taxes, road work, weather.