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The Consistory And Social Discipline In Calvin's Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt Oct 2020

The Consistory And Social Discipline In Calvin's Geneva, Jeffrey R. Watt

Liberal Arts Faculty Books

Created by John Calvin, the Consistory of Geneva was a quasi-tribunal entrusted with enforcing Reformed morality. Comprised of pastors and elders, this body met weekly and summoned people for a wide range of "sinful" behavior, such as drunkenness, dancing, blasphemy, or simply quarrels, and was a far more intrusive institution than the Catholic Inquisition. Among the thousands summoned during Calvin's ministry were a pair of women who were allegedly prophets, boys who skipped catechism to practice martial arts, and a good number of people begging for forgiveness for having renounced Protestantism out of fear of death. This superbly researched book, …


Turner, Ruby: A Living Legacy, Ruby Mckie Turner Dec 2019

Turner, Ruby: A Living Legacy, Ruby Mckie Turner

Oral Histories

[Turner has] chosen not to write an oral history of African Americans but, rather, one of Colored Americans through images. These images are those who were among the first freeborn generation of the Civil War, thereby placing them in the historical period of the country changing its course to admit freed former slaves.


Performance: All Our Names Were Freedom, Jessica Wilkerson, Kevin Cozart Dec 2019

Performance: All Our Names Were Freedom, Jessica Wilkerson, Kevin Cozart

About the Project

Students in Jessica Wilkerson's class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements), participated in a staged reading of All Our Names Were Freedom: Agency, Resiliency, and Community in Yalobusha County, a multivocal and multilayered narrative inspired by listening to the interviews recorded that semester. The event at the Spring Hill M. B. Baptist Church was attended by approximately 70 community members, UM faculty and students, and six of the interviewees.


Recording Yalobusha's Black History: Phase I Begins, Dottie Chapman Reed Oct 2019

Recording Yalobusha's Black History: Phase I Begins, Dottie Chapman Reed

About the Project

In this article from North Mississippi Herald, October 17, 2019, Reed describes meeting the graduate students in Jessica Wilkerson's class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements), at the University of Mississippi.


Outstanding Women Of Yalobusha County: The Project Continues, Colton Babbitt, Brittany Brown, Keon A. Burns, Cecelia Parks, Michelle Bright, Rhondalyn K. Peairs Oct 2019

Outstanding Women Of Yalobusha County: The Project Continues, Colton Babbitt, Brittany Brown, Keon A. Burns, Cecelia Parks, Michelle Bright, Rhondalyn K. Peairs

About the Project

Statements from the graduate students in Jessica Wilkerson's class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements), preparing to collect the "untold stories" appeared in the North Mississippi Herald on October 17, 2019.


Fieldwork In Yalobusha County, Jessica Wilkerson Sep 2019

Fieldwork In Yalobusha County, Jessica Wilkerson

About the Project

A summary of the daytrip to Yalobusha County taken by graduate students in Jessica Wilkerson's class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements). After church services in both Water Valley and Coffeeville, the students made first connections with their interviewees.


Oral History Project: Black Families Of Yalobusha County, Jessica Wilkerson Sep 2019

Oral History Project: Black Families Of Yalobusha County, Jessica Wilkerson

About the Project

Document presented to persons interested in participating in the oral history project. Sections included: who we are, what is oral history?, what happens during an interview?, and contact information.


Preserving Our History To Help Us Understand The Past And Present: Launching Phase Ii, Outstanding Black Women Of Yalobusha County; From The Ole Miss Classroom To The Yalobusha Community, Dottie Chapman Reed, Jessica Wilkerson Aug 2019

Preserving Our History To Help Us Understand The Past And Present: Launching Phase Ii, Outstanding Black Women Of Yalobusha County; From The Ole Miss Classroom To The Yalobusha Community, Dottie Chapman Reed, Jessica Wilkerson

About the Project

Articles from North Mississippi Herald, August 22, 2019, describe the benefit of, and plans for, and oral history project to capture the stories of Black families in Yalobusha County.


Receipt, 28 December 186[?], Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967) Jul 2019

Receipt, 28 December 186[?], Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967)

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.


Cotton Taxes, Author Unknown Jul 2019

Cotton Taxes, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.


Jane To W.L. Treadwell, 16 July 1853, Author Unknown Jul 2019

Jane To W.L. Treadwell, 16 July 1853, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Minutes Of Meeting, Author Unknown Jul 2019

Minutes Of Meeting, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Report On Female Academy, Author Unknown Jul 2019

Report On Female Academy, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Minutes Of Meeting, Author Unknown Jul 2019

Minutes Of Meeting, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Minutes Of Meeting, Timmons Louis Treadwell Jul 2019

Minutes Of Meeting, Timmons Louis Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Harshaw, D. To Board Of Trustees, 23 January 1850, D. Harshaw Jul 2019

Harshaw, D. To Board Of Trustees, 23 January 1850, D. Harshaw

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


To W.L. Treadwell, 6 December, Author Unknown Jul 2019

To W.L. Treadwell, 6 December, Author Unknown

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Receipt, 24 May 1843, John Allen, Timmons Louis Treadwell Jul 2019

Receipt, 24 May 1843, John Allen, Timmons Louis Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Indenture, Marshall County, Ms, 1 August 1842, Holden Webb, William Mclean Jul 2019

Indenture, Marshall County, Ms, 1 August 1842, Holden Webb, William Mclean

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


J.L. Edwards To Amelia Treadwell, 8 September, J. L. Edwards Jul 2019

J.L. Edwards To Amelia Treadwell, 8 September, J. L. Edwards

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1841-1850 (Series 1.2)

No abstract provided.


Illustrated Card, "Amid The Duties Of Office, 1865", J. H. Crawford Jul 2019

Illustrated Card, "Amid The Duties Of Office, 1865", J. H. Crawford

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.


Indenture, Marshall County, Ms, March 1853, William A. Oates, Nancy L. Oates Jul 2019

Indenture, Marshall County, Ms, March 1853, William A. Oates, Nancy L. Oates

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


Illustrated Album 1851-1858, Belonging To Lou Farabee, Lou Farabee Jul 2019

Illustrated Album 1851-1858, Belonging To Lou Farabee, Lou Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1851-1860 (Series 1.3)

No abstract provided.


William Stedman To R. E. Aldrich, 2 December 1872, William Stedman Jul 2019

William Stedman To R. E. Aldrich, 2 December 1872, William Stedman

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1871-1880 (Series 1.5)

No abstract provided.


William G. Reed To Mr. Aldrich, 29 November 1872, William G. Reed Jul 2019

William G. Reed To Mr. Aldrich, 29 November 1872, William G. Reed

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1871-1880 (Series 1.5)

No abstract provided.


W. L. Treadwell To Lucy Treadwell, 29 October 1872, William Loundes Treadwell Jul 2019

W. L. Treadwell To Lucy Treadwell, 29 October 1872, William Loundes Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1871-1880 (Series 1.5)

No abstract provided.


Govan And Mosby To Long And Treadwell, 13 February 1872, Govan And Mosby Jul 2019

Govan And Mosby To Long And Treadwell, 13 February 1872, Govan And Mosby

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1871-1880 (Series 1.5)

No abstract provided.


Sonny To Eve Adams. Undated., Sonny Unknown Jun 2019

Sonny To Eve Adams. Undated., Sonny Unknown

Letters

No abstract provided.


Allan Boyce Adams, Hotel Astor New York, To Mrs. Joel Randolph Adams. Undated, Allan Boyce Adams Jun 2019

Allan Boyce Adams, Hotel Astor New York, To Mrs. Joel Randolph Adams. Undated, Allan Boyce Adams

Letters

No abstract provided.


From Allan Boyce Adams, F.A. U.S.R. 149th Regiment A.E.F. To Mrs. Joel Randolph Adams, Claremont, Mississippi. [April 10] 191-?, Allan Boyce Adams Jun 2019

From Allan Boyce Adams, F.A. U.S.R. 149th Regiment A.E.F. To Mrs. Joel Randolph Adams, Claremont, Mississippi. [April 10] 191-?, Allan Boyce Adams

Letters

No abstract provided.