Sweat, Noah S., 1922-1996 -- Oratory; Longino, A. H. (Andrew Houston), 1855-1942 -- Oratory; Galloway, Charles B. (Charles Betts), 1849-1909 -- Oratory; Mississippi State Capitol (Jackson, Miss. : 1903) -- Centennial celebrations, etc; Mississippi...
All files copied off DVD into separate folders. Opened files in MPEG Streamclip and exported as Quicktime file with H.264 compression and framesize of 320x240. If original files had timecode breaks, those were fixed prior to export to create single...
Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986; Leflore County (Miss.);United States. Supreme Court; Friday, Hershel; American Bar Association; Powell, Lewis F., 1907-1998;
direct conversion USB tape deck to computer creating .wav file at 48000/khz, 32-bit float
Slavery; Slaves; Christmas; Plantation life; Clothing and dress; Marriage;
Roxana writes about her first Christmas on the Mississippi plantation; the celebrations of the plantation slaves; the making of clothes for slaves [in 1860 the census listed 73 slaves for the Gerdine plantation]; sending her congratulations on...
Roxana writes of her children and cooking for such a large family; Thanksgiving celebrations; alludes to the death of their brother Titus Chapin, Jr. who at 26 drowned in the Kansas River; speaks of the arrival of their sister Lucy Chapin; talks...
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment;
Jeremiah writing concerning his homesickness, holiday celebrations, fears of the war lasting for a long time and consideration of re-enlistment. Also mentions the possibiltity of an impending attack by General McClellan.