Friday, October 16, 2015

Letter from Agnes Carpenter at Miss. Military Institute to Elodie Rose, 1884

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Great news!  Agnes Carpenter was not left at that dreadful school in Albany, New York.  She found happiness and a boatload of fun making tro...
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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Letter from Agnes Carpenter to Elodie Rose, circa 1883

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The letter has been transcribed below the photos.  Agnes Carpenter lived at Dunleith in Natchez,  but was sent to boarding school in Albany,...
Friday, October 9, 2015

World War II Letter from My Father to My Great Grandmother

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Dear Dear, (He called his grandmother Dear)      By the time you get this letter I guess Mubber and Daddy will be on their way to ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Matters Familia - Letter from Greenville 1947

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Natchez Cotton Carnival 1921

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

A New Lease on Life for our Strays in Natchez/Adams County, MS

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Saturday, August 29, 2015

Annet's House

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Found another photo of my great aunt's house on the bluff overlooking the river in Natchez, Mississippi. They had to work to keep that a...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Showboat's Comin'! - 1951

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I've had this picture a few days and have been trying to get information on who's in it and where they were going.  I found out yest...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Chicago Negro Tells of Her Experiences

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Civil Rights March Alabama 1965 While going through old family papers, I came upon this little bizarre piece of history .  It appeared...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

New Municipal Building of Natchez, Mississippi 1903 - 1924

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I've been going through boxes of family photos and documents, and came across this little gem, which is known today as Natchez City Hal...
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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Natchez Rifles Group

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Natchez Rifles Group John Davis, Kirby Grafton, P.D. Whitney, (illegible) Sponsors Miss Bessie Rose (Mrs. C.V. Patterson) Maids of Ho...
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Monday, July 27, 2015

Long Gone

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In the pictures we seldom smiled. Stubborn children forced to pause and pose before the hearth in the cabin in the woods in the childh...
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Dream a Little Dream of Me

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Civil War Journal of my great, great grandfather, Henry Elias Munger Last night I dreamt I was out at Daddy's. He and I had gone thr...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Book Signing at Turning Pages in Natchez, MS

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On Monday, May 18, Turning Pages Bookstore is hosting a book signing by author Gayle Harper, whose book, Roadtrip with a Raindrop , is cu...
Saturday, April 4, 2015

Natchez in the Limelight

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Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures is working on a television series based on Natchez's own Greg Iles's, novel, Natchez Burning with...