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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Natchez"”.
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Social graces: the Natchez Garden Club as a literacy sponsor
This study asks (1) how did the Natchez Garden Club conceptualize and promote literacy in their club and in the community?, (2) how might educational practices of select Southern, White, elite women be theorized in the lives of the Natchez Garden Club and its members during the 1930s, 40s and 50s?, …
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A Tale of Two Cities: Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi During the American Civil War
<p>In 1860, Vicksburg and Natchez, Mississippi, had far more in common with each other than with the rest of the state. Most significantly, they both opposed secession. Beyond that opposition and their initial support for the war, however, the two city’s reactions differed. This thesis argues that …
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Nothing Less Than an Activist: Marge Baroni, Catholicism, and the Natchez, Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
… is a religious and social history of the life of Natchez, Mississippi Catholic activist Marjorie R. Baroni (1924-1986). The study examines Baroni's Catholic faith-driven activism as a counter-narrative to the dominant Protestant narratives of religious motivations in the greater civil rights …
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Detecting preference in the archaeological record: a study of glass trade beads among the Natchez Indians
… of over 13,800 glass trade beads from historic Natchez Indian sites in Adams County, Mississippi was classified and 52 separate varieties were identified. The data were then analyzed in order to examine variation between six Natchez settlement districts, or village areas. Ethnic and political …
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The French and Indian Wars: New France's Situational Indian Policies During the Fox and Natchez Conflicts, 1701-1732
… policies seen during the Fox Wars and the Natchez Wars. Many recent histories of New France, including Richard White's seminal study The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires and Republics, 1650-1815, focus primarily on the lands surrounding the Great Lakes. These histories champion a French …
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Sedimentary Dynamics and Water Quality in Floodplains of the Lower Mississippi River near Natchez, Mississippi, during the 2018 and 2019 Floods
<p>The Lower Mississippi River (LMR) near Natchez, Mississippi, experienced intervals of major flooding during the 2018 and 2019 water years. While federal agencies sample sediment and water quality in the main LMR channel, little is known about sedimentary dynamics, water quality, and nutrient …
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Marked by Valor: The “Lost” History of the 6th United States Colored Troops, Heavy Artillery
… of Black veterans and their families in Natchez, Mississippi, that cohered throughout the Reconstruction period using the tools and the affiliations first gained in slavery and strengthened during the soldiers’ time in the army. Underlying this narrative is an interpretation of Southern …
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The view from mazique (22ad502): the Coles Creek / Plaquemine cultural transition from the perspective of the Natchez Bluffs region of the Lower Mississippi Valley
… perspective of a third region of the LMV, the Natchez Bluffs. The Mazique site (22Ad502) is a late prehistoric mound and plaza center located in Adams County, Mississippi. Previous archaeological collections recovered here have identified both Coles Creek and Plaquemine components, making …
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Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Blackberry Phenolic and Volatile Compounds
… The three genotypes A2528T, A2587T and Natchez were selected based on their low (2419 ppb), medium (3882 ppb) and high (5574 ppb) concentration in total volatiles, respectively. The anti-inflammatory properties were assessed in vitro on LPS-inflamed RAW264.7 macrophage murine cells after …
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SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS AND ASSOCIATED CARBON AND NUTRIENTS OF OVERBANK SEDIMENTS DEPOSITED DURING THE 2018, 2019, AND 2020 FLOODS IN EMBANKED FLOODPLAINS ALONG THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
… floods to the 2020 flood along the LMR near Natchez, Mississippi. Greater depositional thicknesses in 2018-19 are best explained by their combined flood durations; the 2019 flood was the longest in recorded history. Slightly higher levels of OM in 2018-19 sediments indicate preservation …
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Exploring Overbank Sediment Deposition Variation in Heavily Modified Floodplains of the Lower Mississippi River: A Sedimentological and Geophysical Analysis
… For the same flood events in recent history, Natchez, MS, has experienced record high flood stages and much longer and more severe inundation compared to Vicksburg, MS. This research focuses on integration of clastic sedimentary characteristics and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data from …
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Translating historical documents of Longwood's lost interiors into a virtual reality representation of the rotunda
… home, designed by Samuel Sloan, is located in Natchez, MS. Construction halted due to the onset of the Civil War. Where once a lack of money prevented it from being completed, the structure in now preserved in its unfinished state under a deed for preservation. Many have speculated about what …
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Mazique (22AD502): Late Woodland Village or Vacant Ceremonial Center?
<p>Overlooking the bank of Second Creek near Natchez, Mississippi, the Mazique (22AD502) site is a Coles Creek period (AD 750-1000) mound and plaza center that once featured three mounds surrounding an open central plaza. Mounds A and B still sit prominently along the southern and eastern edges of …
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Once proud princes: planters and plantation culture in Louisiana's northeast Delta, from the First World War through the Great Depression
… of the Red and Mississippi Rivers below Natchez. As the source of great cotton fortunes made during antebellum times, it reflected the Old South ideal and, for several decades after the end of the Civil War, remained firmly grounded in this old plantation culture. The economic depression …
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Phosphorus Requirement and Chemical Fate in Containerized Nursery Crop Production
… a greenhouse study, containerized Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’ (crape myrtle) were grown for 91 d in pine bark containing CRF. In pine bark amended with DL and MF, pore-water OP-P and total P concentrations, measured approximately weekly, were reduced by, on average, 64% and 58%, respectively. Total …
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Slavery exacts an impossible price: John Quincy Adams and the Dorcas Allen case, Washington, DC
… faced, most likely, passage on a slave coffle to Natchez or New Orleans. That same evening, Allen, who had married and been living unofficially in the District as a "free Negro" for a number of years, killed the two youngest children and was restrained from harming the others, after their …
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Unsortable Wares: A Petrographic Analysis of Addis Temper from the Fatherland Site (22AD501), Adams County, Mississippi
<p>In the Lower Mississippi Valley from about 1200AD until European contact, two different ceramic tempers (and presumably cultures) existed side-by-side. Areas in which grog or clay tempering occurs are considered part of the Plaquemine Culture. Areas in which shell tempering predominates are …