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Mississippi Agriculture Oral History Collection

Descriptive Summary

Title: Mississippi Agriculture next hit Oral History Collection
Creator: Williams, Brian
Inclusive Dates: 2016
Language(s): English
Extent: 22 interview(s)
Collection Number: RBRL420MA
Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Collection Description

Historical Note

The previous hitMississippi Agriculture next hit Oral History Collection was donated to the Russell Library in 2017 by Brian Williams, a doctoral candidate in the Geography Department at the University of Georgia. All interviews were conducted by Williams as primary source research, spanning across various states in the southeastern United States, including Mississippi, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Scope and Content

The previous hitMississippi Agriculture next hit Oral History Collection is comprised of interviews whose research focus is on the environmental, social, and technological aspects of agricultural change in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta. Interviews were conducted with a variety of subjects, including large-scale and small-scale farmers, former agricultural workers, civil rights activists, extension agents, and agro-industrial sector workers, documenting their experience of the agricultural industrialization process during the mid to late twentieth century.


Administrative Information

Preferred citation

previous hitMississippi Agriculture next hit Oral History Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.

Processing Information

Original media for this collection include digital audio files.

Copyright Information

Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.

Finding Aid Publication

Finding Aid prepared by Russell staff, 2017.


Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

Agricultural industries -- Georgia
Agricultural industries -- Mississippi
Agricultural laws and legislation
previous hitAgriculture -- Mississippi next hit

Note about interview depiction

The Russell Library does not make a claim as to the veracity of the information presented in these interviews. Each interview is a single first-person account situated within specific social, political, and economic contexts in history.