Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson, Boswell Stevens and 1959 Maid of Cotton Malinda Diggs Berry of Stillwater, Oklahoma look at a proclamation announcing the 1959 King Cotton Festival, Memphis, Tennessee.
Letter from Boswell Stevens to county agents of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, discussing forming a committee to purchase 12 Mississippi oil mills.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995; Agriculture; Cotton; Agricultural credit; Agricultural prices; Communism
Letter from Boswell Stevens to U.S. Senator John C. Stennis and his entire delegation, regarding reduction of a bill to reduce agricultural price supports at to levels below 90% parity and its effect on cotton farmers.
Canton Fertilizer Plant publicity photo: Seated: H. C. Carter, President, Mississippi Federated Cooperatives (MFC). Standing (left to right): Boswell Stevens, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) President; Charlie McNeil, MFC General...
Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Maid of Cotton; Cotton; National Cotton Council
The National Cotton Council Maid of Cotton program was a boon to Mississippi's cotton industry. Seated left to right are Boswell Stevens, Bess and the 1951 Maid of Cotton Jeannine Holland.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Japan; Cotton; Maid of Cotton; Beauty contests; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Hayato Ikeda, Japanese Minster of International Trade and Industry, regarding the visit of the 21st Maid of Cotton, Malinda Berry.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Pakistan; Pakistan Central Cotton Committee; Cotton; Maid of Cotton; Beauty contests; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Mohamed Shaffi, vice-president of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, regarding the cotton industry and a visit from 1959 Maid of Cotton Malinda Berry.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Agriculture and state; Economic policy; Cold War; Military spending; American Farm Bureau Federation; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986
Letter from John C. Stennis to Boswell Stevens regarding agricultural policy matters, the build-up of the military and military spending and its future effect on the economy.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Hattiesburg Compress Company (Hattiesburg, Miss.); Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; National Cotton Council of America
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Hattiesburg Compress Company president Frank L. Mathews, commending him for service as president of the National Cotton Council of America.
Letter from Ross R. Barnett to Boswell Stevens in regard to agricultural development in Mississippi, his future candidacy for governor of Mississippi, and including comments on the communist threat.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Farmers; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Mississippi Chemical Corporation; Livestock; Farm credit; Federal Land Banks
Letter to Boswell Stevens from Owen Cooper of the Mississippi Chemical Corporation, regarding the loan policies of the National Farm Loan Association and the Farm Credit Administration and the need to encourage Mississippians to get in the...
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991; Stevens, Boswell (Arthur Boswell), 1897-1986; Cotton; Fashion designers; Trigre, Pauline
Pauline Trigere, winner of the National Cotton Council of America and American Textile Institute award with Boswell Stevens and New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner.