Oral history with Irene Haper. Interview was conducted by G.B. Crawford on 26 October 1983, at Horn Lake, Mississippi. Includes a transcript and audio.
Transcription of an interview conducted with Mrs. Mose Allison. Mrs. Allison taught school from 1926-1957 at Tippo School. She is the mother of renowned jazz pianist Mose Allison. Throughout the interview, Mrs. Allison recounts life in Tippo,...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted in two parts with Jessie Bernice Franklin Williams of Greenville, Mississippi. Williams speaks of her experiences as a young African American woman growing up during the 40s and 50s in...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Albert Day. Day grew up in Gunnison, Mississippi. During his childhood, his father was a general manager of the Delta Cooperative Farm Project in Hillsdale, Mississippi. Day discusses the...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Sylvester Matthews regarding the history of the Rosedale Negro Church. Matthews, born in 1887, discusses his family's history and various aspects of the history of the Rosedale area, in...
Letter.; Sillers endorses Sim Salter as a good candidate for the State Parole Board and indicates that he would happily get together with Senator Jones to discuss States' Rights. He fears that the people of the South will not stand up against the...
Letter.; Sillers expresses dismay at White's plan to retire from public life. He also expresses consternation at the large amount of bond money dedicated to improvements of Mississippi's colleges and universities, worrying that this puts the state...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Fletcher Abrams of Carry, Mississippi. Abrams discusses agriculture and sharecropping plus the role of mechanized farm equipment.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with three men, Delaware, Vonell and Toliver. These gentlemen discuss several issues, among them slavery and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Charles M. George. George discusses in particular his time spent working for the West Tallahatchie School District where he eventually became the first African American Superintendent.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with James Goodman of Cleveland, Mississippi. Goodman talks about farming and slavery in and around Cleveland, Mississippi.
Letter.; Sillers thanks Blanton for the nice note that she send to him by way of Senator Pat Harrison. He notes his disapproval of the manner in which newspaper correspondents are covering the issues. He makes reference to Governor Theodore Bilbo...
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted in Cleveland, Mississippi with Tommy Naron. Naron talks of his life in Cleveland and his many years of public service in the area.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Mrs. Norma C. O'Bannon. O'Bannon was a teacher in Mississippi for the Washington County School district beginning in 1921. She discusses life then and now in the area.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with the Honorable John Pearson of Rosedale, Mississippi. Judge Pearson discusses his life and the many years of public service he performed.
Transcription of an oral history interview conducted with Rubin and Frances Smith of Cleveland, Mississippi. Mr. and Mrs. Smith discuss their involvement in the various Civil Rights activities in their area as well as the beginning of the...
Letter.; Sillers thanks Debnam for an autographed copy of My Old Kentucky Home. He compliments him on the book as a whole and specifically on a revised chapter. Sillers also accuses legislators of being too concerned with promoting their own...
Early settlers of South DeSoto County Miss., by Louise Cox Fox, is a genealogical history of the part of DeSoto County, Mississippi, from which Tate County was formed in 1873.
L D S Cemetery : Truslow RD: T6-R9-S17 ; near Sarah, Tate County, Mississippi by Louise Cox Fox contains contains tombstone listings, obituaries, a pictorial church history, and genealogical information. Computer graphics by Tommy Fox.
Flag Lake Cemetery, Tate County Mississippi : McMaster Road and Flag Lake Road, T5-R9-S29 by Louise Cox Fox contains tombstone listings, obituaries, and genealogical information. Cover by Tommy Fox.
