Baskin Family Collection

The Basking Family Digital Collection contains selected digitized materials including letters, postcards, agricultural bulletins, pamphlets, and other documents. Robert Ren Baskin (1854-1911) and Rebecca Jane Simpson Baskin (1863-1962) were married in Carroll County, Mississippi, on March 1, 1882. Their children were Sallie A. Baskin (1882-1941), Maud Baskin (1889-1914), Hattie Baskin Cable (1899-1995), Eva Baskin Divine (b. 1905), and Robert N. Baskin (1907-1990). The Baskin family lived and farmed in Vaiden, Mississippi. Robert Ren Baskin died in Blackmonton, Mississippi.

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Postcard, circa 1948

Postcard depicting the Grand Boulevard in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Letter, M. H. McIntyre to Rebecca Baskin, October 25, 1935

Letter to Rebecca Baskin from M. H. McIntyre, President Roosevelt's assistant secretary. Typed on White House stationery. Written in response to Mrs. Baskin's letter of October 18, 1935.
Letter, Rebecca Baskin to Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 18, 1935

Typed letter from Rebecca Baskin to President Roosevelt, concerning the Cotton Adjustment Act and her cotton ginning allotment and requesting relief from taxes on her unginned cotton crop. Written October 18, 1935. Mrs. Baskin received a reply from the president's secretary, dated October 25, 1935.
Letter from Jeff Busby, July 26, 1934

Campaign letter from Democratic Congressman Jeff Busby.
Letter, Aberdeen Creamery Company, circa December 1926

Typed promotional holiday letter from the Aberdeen Creamery Company in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
Letter, Albert Fenger to patrons of West Creamery, April 21, 1936

Typed letters to patrons of West Creamery, reporting results of a recent cream scoring.
Letter, Eva Baskin to Rebecca Baskin, August 4, 1926

Personal letter from ""Eva"" Baskin Devine to her mother Rebecca Baskin, typed on letterhead of E.J. Hines General Merchandise. Written August 4, 1926.
Postcard, United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Dairying to B. J. Baskin, n.d.

Postcard reporting Robert Baskin's scores on cream flavor and quality. Typed and handwritten.
Aberdeen Creamery Bulletin

16-page pamphlet provided for patrons of the Aberdeen Creamery in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Volume 2, Number 11, dated September 1924.
Postcard, n. d.

Color postcard depicting a squad drill at Camp Pike in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Letter from Fountain's, November 18, 1916

Promotional letter from Fountain's in Greenwood, Mississippi, advertising specials for Christmas. Mentions the Aeolian ""talking machine.""
Postcard, n. d.

Photographic postcard depicting railroad depot in West, Mississippi. The name ""Clifford Oakes"" is handwritten at the top.
Postcard, Southern Farm Gazette to Robert Baskin, circa February 1909

Postcard to Robert Baskin, offering a 10-week gift subscription to the Southern Farm Gazette.
The Calf Book

The Calf Book: 24-page pamphlet on calf-rearing, advertising the De Laval Cream Separator, and distributed by the Aberdeen Creamery Company in Aberdeen, Mississippi.