Courtland Plantation (Adams County, Miss.) Records, 1854-185... Z/2311.000/S
This collection consists of two journals from Courtland Plantation during the years 1854 through 1859. The first of the two bound volumes (January 9, 1854 - July 15, 1855) was photographed before it was loaned for exhibit at the Museum of Mississippi History and is accessible online in the MDAH Digital Archives. The second volume (February 23, 1857 - June 5, 1859) has not yet been digitized and can be viewed in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
Courtland Plantation was located in Adams County, Mississippi, on Sandy Creek, about fifteen miles from Second Creek. During the years the journals were kept, the plantation was run and owned by Adeline H. Swayze Baker. The volumes are identical in content and format. They primarily document daily activities of enslaved people, with tables noting names, dates, work assignments, and health concerns such as injury, illness, and childbirth. The pages also contain daily weather reports and tallies of animals and harvested crops.
Read MoreThis collection consists of two journals from Courtland Plantation during the years 1854 through 1859. The first of the two bound volumes (January 9, 1854 - July 15, 1855) was photographed before it was loaned for exhibit at the Museum of Mississippi History and is accessible online in the MDAH Digital Archives. The second volume (February 23, 1857 - June 5, 1859) has not yet been digitized and can be viewed in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building.
Courtland Plantation was located in Adams County, Mississippi, on Sandy Creek, about fifteen miles from Second Creek. During the years the journals were kept, the plantation was run and owned by Adeline H. Swayze Baker. The volumes are identical in content and format. They primarily document daily activities of enslaved people, with tables noting names, dates, work assignments, and health concerns such as injury, illness, and childbirth. The pages also contain daily weather reports and tallies of animals and harvested crops.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
Page numbers were supplied by the curator.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The original digital images of the first journal in the Courtland Plantation (Adams County, Miss.) Records, 1854-1859, were made in January 2019, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The pages were photographed as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFF files at 300 pixels per inch, using a Nikon D810 digital camera.
Conversion: For Web display, the original scans of the journal were converted to JPEG tile sets.
Rights Management
The Courtland Plantation (Adams County, Miss.) Records, 1854-1859, are in the public domain and therefore free of copyright or other use restrictions. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:
Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Copy Availability
High-resolution TIFFs of the images may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.