Campaign material supporting Roosevelt's Democrats, both national and local. Outlines improvements the Democrats have brought to the black community, with an emphasis on education. (Note: Item is composed of two separate documents, placed back to...
Campaign material supporting Roosevelt's Democrats. Outlines improvements the Democrats have brought to the black community, via the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration, housing changes, the Civilian Conservation...
Edward Hull Crump was born near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1874. He was raised by his mother, Mollie Nelms Crump, after his father, a cotton planter and former Confederate officer, died during the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. When he was 19...
agriculture; business; disease; economy; epidemics; family; home keeping; landowners; land speculation; political parties; politics; slavery; social life; weather; women; yellow fever;
Little is known about Anna (Annie) W. Conner; however, more can be ascertained about her ancestry. John O’Connor, the first of Annie’s ancestors to settle in America, migrated from Ireland in 1745 and settled in Culpeper County, Virginia, and...
