A History of Columbus, Mississippi, During the 19th Century
Author: William Lowndes Lipscomb
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 252
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Author: William Lowndes Lipscomb
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Berkley Hudson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2021-12-17
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 146966271X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographer O. N. Pruitt (1891–1967) was for some forty years the de facto documentarian of Lowndes County, Mississippi, and its county seat, Columbus--known to locals as "Possum Town." His body of work recalls many FSA photographers, but Pruitt was not an outsider with an agenda; he was a community member with intimate knowledge of the town and its residents. He photographed his fellow white citizens and Black ones as well, in circumstances ranging from the mundane to the horrific: family picnics, parades, river baptisms, carnivals, fires, funerals, two of Mississippi's last public and legal executions by hanging, and a lynching. From formal portraits to candid images of events in the moment, Pruitt's documentary of a specific yet representative southern town offers viewers today an invitation to meditate on the interrelations of photography, community, race, and historical memory. Columbus native Berkley Hudson was photographed by Pruitt, and for more than three decades he has considered and curated Pruitt's expansive archive, both as a scholar of media and visual journalism and as a community member. This stunning book presents Pruitt's photography as never before, combining more than 190 images with a biographical introduction and Hudson's short essays and reflective captions on subjects such as religion, ethnic identity, the ordinary graces of everyday life, and the exercise of brutal power.
Author: Rufus Ward
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1614237778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter its founding in 1821, Columbus endured the hardships of early settlement and the tumult of the Civil War to enjoy years of prosperity while also weathering some hard times. Through it all, the city developed into the beloved homeplace residents are proud of today. Rufus Ward has been a diligent steward of the region's history, and his popular "Ask Rufus" column stands as proof. This new collection presents some of his best historical tales. Taken together, these stories cover the breadth of the city's history and capture the essence of the region's heritage. What Native American tribes once called east Mississippi home? What are the oldest surviving houses in Columbus? What Columbus family provided Eudora Welty with her favorite mint julep recipe? Ask Rufus.
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Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9781617034183
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bruce E. Baker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0190211652
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cotton Kings is a colorful account of the men who fought to control the price of cotton on unregulated exchanges in New York and New Orleans. Dishonest brokers used bad information to raise and lower prices, make or break fortunes, regardless of supply and demand. Eventually, federal regulation stamped out corruption on the exchanges, helping millions of farmers and textile manufacturers.
Author: Caroline Seabury
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780299128746
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe diary is an illuminating account of southern plantation society and the 'peculiar institution' of slavery on the eve if its destruction.
Author: David B. Chesebrough
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780809320806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChesebrough (history, Illinois State U.) emphasizes the courage and cost of opposing slavery, secession, and the Civil War by clergy members in the South in the years leading to and during the war. He also includes examples from the border state of Kentucky and from Washington, DC to show that the problem was not limited to a geographical area. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 1368
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.
Author: Anne S. Lipscomb
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009-10-20
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 1604736984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis easy-to-understand guide through a maze of research possibilities is for any genealogist who has Mississippi ancestry. It identifies the many official state records, incorporated community records, related federal records, and unofficial documents useful in researching Mississippi genealogy. Here the contents of these resources are clearly described, and directions for using them are clearly stated. Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors also introduces many other helpful genealogical resources, including detailed colonial, territorial, state, and local materials. Among official records are census schedules, birth, marriage, divorce, and death registers, tax records, military documents, and records of land transactions such as deeds, tract books, land office papers, plats, and claims. In addition to noting such frequently used sources as Confederate Army records, this guidebook leads the researcher toward lesser-known materials, such as passenger lists from ships, Spanish court records, midwives' reports, WPA county histories, cemetery records, and information about extinct towns. Since researching forebears who belong to minority groups can be a difficult challenge, this book offers several avenues to discovering them. Of special focus are sources for locating African American and Native American ancestors. These include slave schedules, Freedman's Bureau papers, Civil War rolls, plantation journals, slave narratives, Indian census records, and Indian enrollment cards. To these specialized resources the authors of Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors append an annotated bibliography of published and unpublished genealogical materials relating to Mississippi. Including over 200 citations, this is by far the most comprehensive list ever given for researching Mississippi genealogy. In addition, all of Mississippi's local, county, and state repositories of genealogical materials are identified, but because most documents for tracing Mississippi ancestors are found at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, the authors have made the state archival collection in Jackson the focus of this book.
Author: Mississippi Historical Records Survey
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Published: 1940
Total Pages: 320
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