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Primary Sources Via Ebay: Building An Archival Postcard Collection, Reagan L. Grimsley
Primary Sources Via Ebay: Building An Archival Postcard Collection, Reagan L. Grimsley
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In 1898, Congress authorized the use of Private Mailing Cards, better known today as the postcard. At the turn of the twentieth century, a postcard craze swept the nation, and sending, receiving, and collecting postcards became a favorite pastime of Americans. Early manufacturers such as E. C. Kropp, Arthur Livingstone, and the American Souvenir Company produced a wide variety of cards featuring a broad range of people, places, and events. Although designed to serve as a means of communication between parties, many of these cards were based on original photographs, and serve to document the culture and history of locales …
Curating The Papers Of Best-Selling Authors: A Preliminary Case Study Of The John Grisham Papers, Mattie Sink
Curating The Papers Of Best-Selling Authors: A Preliminary Case Study Of The John Grisham Papers, Mattie Sink
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In 1989, Mississippi State University (MSU) acquired the papers of alumnus, lawyer and Mississippi State legislator John Grisham, who was at the time selling his first novel A Time to Kill out of the trunk of his car. Though the first accession of papers was small, consisting of the early papers of Grisham's legislative career, the acquisition was an exciting one. Mississippi State University has long exhibited pride in its alumni, and the MSU Library's collection of papers reflected that pride and connection. Although University President Don Zacharias and Library Directory George Lewis certainly had high hopes for Grisham's writing …
Murder With Southern Hospitality: An Exhibition Of Mississippi Mysteries, Jennifer Ford
Murder With Southern Hospitality: An Exhibition Of Mississippi Mysteries, Jennifer Ford
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In the process of gathering the papers of many of Mississippi's distinguished authors, Dr. Thomas Verich, then Head of Special Collections, noted a missing piece in the literary collections of the department in the early 1990s. Working with then Curator of Mississippi Collections, Debbie Lee Landi, Dr. Verich observed the burgeoning output of murder mystery fiction written by Mississippians. Dr. Verich and Ms. Landi approached University of Mississippi alumnus and award winning mystery author Julie Smith. She generously donated her papers and thus began the core of a new collecting interest of the department. The papers of Nevada Barr followed …
The Ten Most Basic Things I Can Tell You About Processing Literary Papers, Hans Rasmussen
The Ten Most Basic Things I Can Tell You About Processing Literary Papers, Hans Rasmussen
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These little gems of knowledge that I gained over a couple of years spent exclusively processing literary archives got me through some pretty rough roads. While the basic archival principles I learned in school still applied, I nonetheless perceived some unique qualities in authors' papers that required the adoption of special methods. So, in the spirit of state archival camaraderie, I'd like to share the ten most useful things I learned about processing literary papers for the benefit of those who haven't had to deal with them yet.
Entire Issue Volume 25, Number 2
Entire Issue Volume 25, Number 2
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Complete issue of Vol. 25, No. 2 of The Primary Source.
Preservin' The South
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Updates on new research and developments in the field of preservation.
Planning The William F. Winter Archives And History Building, H.T. Holmes
Planning The William F. Winter Archives And History Building, H.T. Holmes
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This article discusses the plan to construct the William F. Winter Archives and History Building, which would become the new home of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History, Elbert Hilliard
The Mississippi Department Of Archives And History, Elbert Hilliard
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This article contains a brief history of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History through its inception to its move to the William F. Winter Archives and History Building in 2003.
Entire Issue Volume 25, Number 1
Entire Issue Volume 25, Number 1
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Complete issue of Vol. 25, No. 1 of The Primary Source.
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on the Archives of the National Alumnae Association of Blue Mountain College.
Preservin' The South
The Primary Source
Updates on research and developments in the field of preservation.
Lessons Learned In The Ashes: The Recovery Of Arlington's Library, Betty Uzman
Lessons Learned In The Ashes: The Recovery Of Arlington's Library, Betty Uzman
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On Sunday, September 15, 2002, fire broke out at the Natchez mansion of Arlington. By the time the flames were extinguished, the roof of the early nineteenth-centUI)' structure had been destroyed, and the second floor gutted. While the columned facade remained, there was considerable damage to the first floor as well. The one room whose contents were largely left intact was the libra!)'. On Tuesday, H. T. Holmes, director of the Archives and Libra!)' Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and Histol)', dispatched Special Projects Officer Michael Hennen and myself to assist in the efforts to salvage the books. …
The Elms: Time Capsule Of Natchez And Vicksburg Urban Life, Michael Hennen
The Elms: Time Capsule Of Natchez And Vicksburg Urban Life, Michael Hennen
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The earliest portion of the town residence currently known as the Elms was built in Natchez, Mississippi, on an eleven-acre tract that John Henderson purchased from William Barland in 1804. A native of Scotland, Henderson had settled in the Natchez District in 1787, and he was the author of the first book to be published in Natchez. Henderson later advertised the Elms for sale in the Natchez Chronicle on April 30, 1810. It was purchased by Lewis Evans, first sheriff of the Mississippi Territory. After the death of his wife, Sarah, on May 13, 1815, Evans sold the property to …
Antebellum Homes Of The "Untouched City", Russell D. James
Antebellum Homes Of The "Untouched City", Russell D. James
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During the American Civil War, Union troops were driven away from Columbus at the Battle of West Point by General Nathan B. Forrest. Consequently, over 200 antebellum structures, most of these homes, were saved the destruction similar to that of so many homes in so many other Southern cities and towns. Columbus is luckily the "Untouched City." The antebellum homes bespeak a grandeur not seen in many communities of its size today. Unfortunately, few primary source records survive to tell the stories of these homes and the people who lived and live in them. Some home owners, curious about their …
Meadow Woods Plantation, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, And The Nannie Herndon Rice Papers At Mississippi State University Libraries, Mattie Sink
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Meadow Woods is one of the oldest standing homes in Oktibbeha County. This traditional antebellum home in the Oktoc area is on the National Historic Register, but is privately owned and not open to the public. The house has been owned by members of the same family since 1848, can be definitely dated to 1841, and is known to have been built a few years earlier. While Meadow Woods is certainly remarkable as one of the fewer than ten antebellum homes remaining in Oktibbeha County, the existence of the Nannie Herndon Rice Family Papers, a nearly complete set of documentation …
Entire Issue Volume 24, Number 2
Entire Issue Volume 24, Number 2
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Complete issue of Vol. 24, No. 2 of The Primary Source.
Preservin' The South
The Primary Source
Updates on research and developments in preservation.
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on Tougaloo College Archives in Jackson.
Descent Of The Papersquashers, Russell D. James
Descent Of The Papersquashers, Russell D. James
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Court records are complex. To understand them, special training is necessary. For archivists the court records we have in our collections are mysteries we crave to unravel, but never have the time to do so. The court records of Mississippi have taken on a new meaning and importance for archivists in the past year.
The Conversion Of The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records, Anna Schwind, Sarah Rowe-Sims, David Pilcher
The Conversion Of The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records, Anna Schwind, Sarah Rowe-Sims, David Pilcher
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In 2001, after the final court-ordered record release, the Electronic Records (ER) section of the Archives and Library Division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) assumed responsibility for the electronic version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission records.' In addition to basic maintenance and preservation responsibilities, ER was assigned the task of converting the proprietary inhouse system to make it web accessible. This was a watershed project representing both closure and new beginnings. Not only would the web-enabled electronic version mark the final stage in access with the promise of global availability via the Internet but it …
Ramblings And Introspection From The Electronic Records Section At Mdah, David Pilcher
Ramblings And Introspection From The Electronic Records Section At Mdah, David Pilcher
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The proliferation of electronic records is causing governments, corporations and organizations around the globe to reassess the way they keep and manage their records. There's no more prominent example of this than our own country's National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and its draft "Proposal for a Redesign of Federal Records Management," issued in July 2002. This proposal was preceded by the "Report on Current Recordkeeping Practices within the Federal Government," produced jointly by NARA and a private contractor in December 2001, and the General Accounting Office's (GAO) report to Congress entitled "Information Management: Challenges in Managing and Preserving Electronic …
Entire Issue Volume 24, Number 1
Entire Issue Volume 24, Number 1
The Primary Source
Complete issue of Vol. 24, No. 1 of The Primary Source.
Preservin' The South
The Primary Source
Updates on research and developments in preservation.
The Genealogists And The Keepers Of The Records: A Fable, Lynne Mueller
The Genealogists And The Keepers Of The Records: A Fable, Lynne Mueller
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Once upon a time (as all good fables should begin), there was a tribe of people called the Genealogists. They were good people and tried to emulate their ancestors. They pursued many occupations, but all were dedicated to finding out and publishing the Great Deeds of their ancestors. They were happy in their mission (except when they found out bad things about their ancestors). Some were beginners and didn't know what to do, but others, who had been seeking out the Great Deeds of the ancestors for a long time, helped them.
The "Re-" In Reprocessing, Melissa L. Finley
The "Re-" In Reprocessing, Melissa L. Finley
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Who knew a simple prefix could make such a difference? When I initially accepted a position at Clemson University to reprocess the James F. Byrnes papers, I thought, "process ... reprocess ... what's the difference, really?" The collection consists of about a hundred and thirty cubic feet of manuscript material, and I thought I would be doing the same old arranging I had been trained to do, just on a much larger scale. However, after a closer examination of the collection, apprehension and even dread slowly began to set in. This was much more than just a simple arrangement project.