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Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi.
Don't Go "Under The Anheuser Bush" With Anyone Else But..., Phyllis W. Seawright
Don't Go "Under The Anheuser Bush" With Anyone Else But..., Phyllis W. Seawright
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Move over, Britney--here come Rosa, Anna, and Lotta. Don't know these divas? Check the top of the pops for the '60s-the 1860s, that is. Need a "fly copper" to rescue you? Don't call 911--call "Moriarity," one of many colorful characters played by Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart in The Mulligan Guard Ball (1879) or one of its popular sequels set in New York City in the 1880s. And if you were a proper young lady in 1903, you wouldn't be caught "Under the Anheuser Bush" with anyone--but you might sing about it in your own front parlor. You can find …
Audio-Visual Collections, Preston Everett
Audio-Visual Collections, Preston Everett
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This is a list of major sources of audio-visual materials in the Deep South region. Audio-visual materials are generally defined as the majority of a collection consisting of audio, film, slides and videos. Producers are generally not concerned where or from what collection materials come from. They usually are only concerned with locating material they can use in their production. Knowing about another institution's collection can help a producer or researcher in finding related materiaL
Entire Issue Volume 22, Number 2
Entire Issue Volume 22, Number 2
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Complete issue of Vol. 22, No. 2 of The Primary Source.
Preservin' The South
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Updates on new research and developments in preservation.
The Year In Mississippi
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News and updates from archival institutions around the state.
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission.
A Genealogist In Special Collections, Or Schizophrenia In Wonderland, Lynne Mueller
A Genealogist In Special Collections, Or Schizophrenia In Wonderland, Lynne Mueller
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Genealogists, like all researchers, need training. Most researchers are trained by their teachers, but it is usually the archivist or librarian who has to teach the genealogist. When I teach workshops, I try to share the following four useful rules for genealogists using archives, libraries, or courthouses, especially those at a distance. Maybe the rules should be posted for all researchers, not just genealogists.
Seeing The Elephant In Ann Arbor, James G. Hollandsworth Jr.
Seeing The Elephant In Ann Arbor, James G. Hollandsworth Jr.
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During the nineteenth century "seeing the elephant" meant doing something that was out of the ordinary. Today, we might refer to the same occurrence as "having peak experience." Whatever the case, I like the elephant metaphor because it captures the excitement I felt last May when I visited the William L. Clements Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Archaeologists And The Archival Record, Evan Peacock
Archaeologists And The Archival Record, Evan Peacock
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Archaeologists study the material record, bits of things that have been either intentionally or unintentionally modified by human beings to become artifacts. In a word, stuff. Practitioners are expected to become familiar with a vast range of stuff and the characteristics thereof: from the flowing ripple marks left on a fragment of stone after it has been hammered off of a larger piece to produce a flake, to the peculiar, stretched cross-section that indicates a square nail has been machine-cut rather than hand-forged. One particularly important subset of stuff is the archival record which, besides consisting itself of artifacts of …
Entire Issue Volume 22, Number 1
Entire Issue Volume 22, Number 1
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Complete issue of Vol. 22, No. 1 of The Primary Source.
Accessions: 1999-2000
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Reports of new accessions during the years 1999-2000.
Preservin' The South
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Updates on new preservation research and developments.
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on the Delta State University Archives, Capps Archives and Museum Building.
Congressional Papers In Mississippi Repositories, Michael B. Ballard, John Sobotka, Bobs Tusa, Sandra Boyd
Congressional Papers In Mississippi Repositories, Michael B. Ballard, John Sobotka, Bobs Tusa, Sandra Boyd
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Historians and other researchers have begun to recognize over the last half century or so that the papers of United States senators and representatives are a treasure of information on many aspects of American life and on America's position on the world stage. These collections contain valuable data on cross-sections of the human experience, shedding light at once on political, social, familial, economic, governmental (all levels), scientific, military, racial and ethnic, environmental, and recreational developments and/or individuals involved in those various areas. Archivists face an enormous challenge in preserving and processing these collections, and making guides available that reflect the …
Entire Issue Volume 21, Number 2
Entire Issue Volume 21, Number 2
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Complete issue of Vol. 21, No. 2 of The Primary Source.
Web In Progress
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Websites relating to archival collections and archival societies.
Accessions: 1998-1999
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Discussion of new accessions from 1998 and 1999.
Preservin' The South
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Updates on new research and developments in preservation.
Reports
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Updates from conferences, the Mississippi Legislature, and institutions from around the state.
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
Spotlight On Mississippi Archives
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Spotlight on the Billups Garth Archives at the Columbus Public Library.
Mississippi Department Of Archives And History Local Government Records Office Update, Bill Hanna
Mississippi Department Of Archives And History Local Government Records Office Update, Bill Hanna
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During the past two years, the Local Government Records Office has focused on the development of records retention schedules for counties and municipalities, and assisting local governments in developing records inventories of extant records.
Timber Related Source Materials About Mississippi's Piney Woods: An Archival Survey Of The Mccain Library And Archives At The University Of Southern Mississippi, Reagan Grimsley
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Few natural resources impacted the lives of Mississippians to the degree which timber has. In particular, the southeastern and south central regions of the state received the label "piney woods" because the dominant features of the region consisted of longleaf, shortleaf, loblolly, and slash pines. Early Mississippians might have labeled other regions of the state according to the soil content, but the towering conifers which proliferated from the Gulf Coast northward to Jackson, and westward to near Natchez, seemed the main economic resource by which to label the area. The purpose of this article is to detail briefly why timber …
The Vicksburg National Military Park Archives, Michael B. Ballard
The Vicksburg National Military Park Archives, Michael B. Ballard
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Report of working with archival collections at the Vicksburg National Military Park.
Entire Issue Volume 21, Number 1
Entire Issue Volume 21, Number 1
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Complete issue of Vol. 21, No. 1 of The Primary Source.
Web In Progress
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Websites relating to archival collections and archival societies.