The original recipe notes for Lea & Perrins Worcestershire
Sauce have been unearthed in a dumpster near the sauce factory by former company accountant, Brian Keogh.
It was unclear why he was digging through the trash.
To find out more visit http://bit.ly/4zzXcq
This upcoming Monday marks the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Mississippi State University Libraries, working in cooperation with the Department of History, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, and the Bob and Judy Shackouls Honors College will host an event on Monday, November 9.
Beginning at 4:30 in the Grisham Room of the Mitchell Memorial Library, five of MSU’s faculty will speak about the history of the Berlin Wall and Cold War.
For more information about this event, please see the following link: (http://library.msstate.edu/content/templates/?a=1905&z=454)
As part of that event, for the next week there will be a display outside the Dean’s Office with information about the Berlin Wall as well as an actual piece of the wall that is part of the Gilbert E. Carmichael collection.
Additionally, Christine Fletcher and Jason Phillips created a LibGuide highlighting Library resources and materials (http://guides.library.msstate.edu/Berlin_Wall)
For more information contact Jason Phillips at 662-325-0008.
School annuals are a wonderful source of historical information about local individuals and customs. They are not only a record of ones days in school, but on a larger scale they document changes in society. For some, they offer one of the few remaining images of that individual.
That is why The Local History Room at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library is calling for everyone to search through their closets and pull out those old trunks to locate any Lowndes County school annuals that they would be willing to donate in order to fill in for years that are currently missing!!
Below is the list of Lowndes County school annuals in alphabetical order that we DO currently have. A consecutive run of annuals is indicated by a dash between two dates (For example “1971-1985″):
Caldwell High School: 1971-1983, 1986-1989, 1992
Caledonia High School: 1953-1956, 1960, 1973, 1996
Columbus High School: 1993-1995, 1997, 1999-2003
East Lowndes Academy: 1971
Heritage Academy: 1972-1974, 1976-1980, 1983-1985, 1987 (Elementary School), 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
Hunt Junior High School: 1990
Joe Cook Junior High School: 1982
Lee High School: 1950, 1951, 1953-1986, 1990-1992
Lee High Sabre (Literary booklet published by senior class of Lee High School): 1966-1974, 1976, 1978-1983
New Hope High School: 1953-1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1987-1991, 1993, 1995-1997
There are many schools desperately lacking a preserved series of annuals.
Please consider donating a copy today! (Lowndes County Schools Only Please)
For more information please contact Mona K. Vance at 662-329-5304 or through email at archives@lowndes.lib.ms.us.
The Mississippi Museums Association presents:
“Oh My God! What Do We Do Now?”
Disaster Planning and Response for Museums
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Disasters can come at us from any direction, at any time. Disasters are usually unpredictable, but you still have to find a way to deal with them, preferably before they happen!
The workshop will be led by panelists Cheryl Munyer of the National Park Service, Rebecca Jones, of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, and Jan Anglin, of the Tishomingo County Archives & History Museum.
Topics will include components of a written disaster plan, a personal look at disaster planning, prioritizing what you would save, and federal grants for risk assessment. Participants will also play an interactive table-top disaster response game and receive hands-on training for treating wet paper items.
Location:
Jackson, MS
Historic Preservation Board Room of the Capers Building
(next to the Old Capitol Museum)
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Cost:
$20 for MMA members, and $25 for non-members.
Please mail your check and contact information to MMA, P.O. Box 638, Jackson, MS, 39205 before November 6.
For more information, contact Robin Person at 601-442-2901 or rperson@mdah.state.ms.us.
October 26, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC* The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant making arm of the National Archives, in partnership with Documents Compass at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is pleased to announce 5,000 previously unpublished documents from our nation’s founders are now online through Rotunda, the digital imprint of The University of Virginia Press.
The ROTUNDA Founders Early Access project makes available for the first time letters and other papers penned by important figures such as James Madison, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. The Founders Early Access portion of the site allows users to read, search, and browse the newly transcribed documents, and is available at no cost to users. See http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu:8080/founders/FOEA.html
In 2008, Congress urged the National Archives to investigate ways to make the Founders Papers more readily available to historians, scholars, and the general public at no cost to researchers. As long-time funders of the print editions of the Founding Fathers documentary projects, the NHPRC worked with the editorial teams and supported a pilot demonstration project through Documents Compass, a nonprofit organization designed to assist in the digital production of historical documentary editions.
Over the past ten months, the pilot has transcribed and completed basic transcription verification for roughly 5,000 documents. These transcriptions will be fully verified, and the editorial teams will provide explanatory annotation as they proceed with their work. Each completed volume of a documentary edition contains roughly 500 documents and provides notations that identify historical figures and events to shed light on the papers’ meaning and significance.
“This is an important stage in the process,” said Kathleen Williams, Executive Director of the NHPRC. “We have been looking for ways to help the public gain access to these documents sooner and to assist the editorial projects in completing the comprehensive documentary editions. This work advances those goals.”
“There is much to discover here,” said Penelope Kaiserlian, director of the Press. “Take a look, for example, at Thomas Jefferson’s letter to James Madison on August 30, 1823, when the elderly Jefferson contests the memory of 88-year-old John Adams regarding the creation of the Declaration of Independence. Historians will already know this letter, but now anyone can easily find this readable version.”
The Founders historical documentary editions include the papers of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, as well as the Documentary History of the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the first Federal Congress, and the first Supreme Court. Rotunda is publishing digital editions of some of these publications in its American Founding Era Collection.
“Generations of scholars, historians, and teachers will use these documents to tell the American story from its grand beginnings,” added Williams. “We will look back in wonder at the effort of countless scholars to create this work, a national monument to the founding of our nation. Transcribing documents and publishing them online at an early stage makes more of this treasure available sooner, and we look forward to the day when the entire collection is fully annotated and complete.”
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For press information, contact NHPRC Communications Director Keith Donohue at 202-357-5365 or Keith.donohue@nara.gov. For more information on the NHPRC, visit www.archives.gov/nhprc.
The National Genealogical Society Family History Conference will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 28 through May 1, 2010.
It will include international research seminars, certification workshops, technology skill building, and a vendor fair along with book signings.
To register online or get more information visit www.ngsgenealogy.org or call toll free (800) 473-0060.
October 21, 2009
The Commerical Dispatch Staff Report
Henry Armstrong, the Columbus native who is considered one of the all-time greats in professional boxing, is among the 2010 inductees to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame this afternoon announced the honor for Armstrong, who was born Henry Jackson Jr. on Dec. 12, 1912, in Columbus. He died in 1988 in Los Angeles.
In 1938, Armstrong became the first and only boxer ever to hold three undisputed titles — featherweight, lightweight and welterweight — at the same time, and almost won a fourth middleweight if not for a controversial draw.
His accomplishment never can be equaled because the holding of multiple titles was barred in the 1940s.
Armstrong moved with his parents and siblings to St. Louis when he was 4, but Columbus remains home to more than 20 relatives.
Armstrong had 152 victories in 181 fights throughout his career. He won his first world title in 1937 and was named “Boxer of the Year” in 1937 and 1938. The New York Times proclaimed him “pound for pound the greatest boxer of all-time.”
In 1954, Armstrong, who was only 5 feet, 5 1/2 inches tall, was one of three active boxers after 1919 to be elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame. Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis were the other two.
Last year, a state historic marker honoring Armstrong was unveiled at the corner of Wilkins-Wise and Waverly roads, near where Armstrong lived as a child.
Other 2010 Hall of Fame honorees include:
• Allen Brown of Natchez, who was an All-American and All-SEC end at Ole Miss and a member of three consecutive Green Bay championship teams including Super Bowls I and II.
• Bob Coleman (posthumous), a native Mississippian and co-founder of the Mississippi Track Club, who started running against his doctor’s advice after suffering a heart attack at age 38 and outlived his physician by 20 years.
• Frank Dowsing (posthumous), a Tupelo native who was an academic and football All-American at Mississippi State University, and one of two players to break the color barrier at MSU. He was also the first African-American to be elected Mr. MSU.
• Ken Toler, Sr., of Greenville and Jackson, who has won numerous regional and national tennis honors at the seniors level from ages 55 through 70.
• Lake Speed, a Jackson native and most prominent driver in state history. Speed spent 18 years on the NASCAR circuit that produced one win (Darlington, S.C., 1988) and 75 top-10 finishes. He was a six-time U.S. Karting Association Champion and World Karting Champion prior to NASCAR competition.
The six-member class will be honored at the 48th Annual BancorpSouth Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Weekend, July 30-31, 2010.
Note: Members of the Henry Armstrong Celebration Committee (Glen Lautzenhiser, Oliver Miller, James Tsismanakis, Mona Vance, and Rufus Ward) along with Columbus Mayor Robert Smith attended the announcement of Armstrong’s induction on behalf of the Armstrong family.
To learn more about Henry Armstrong and the efforts to celebrate his legacy go to http://www.henryarmstrongfoundation.org/Celebration.html
Each month, Special Collections in McCain Library & Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) highlights an item from its collections.
For October, we are featuring Spectropia: or, Surprising Spectral Illusions. Showing Ghosts Everywhere, and of any Colour by J.H. Brown.
To learn about this item go to http://www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/exhibitions/item_of_the_month/iotm_oct_09 or click on the link for the Item of the Month on the Special Collections homepage at http://www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/.
If you have any questions about this book, please contact Jennifer Brannock at Jennifer.Brannock@usm.edu or 601.266.4347.
Gala Preview Opening
Thursday, November 5, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Trotter Convention Center
Antiques Show and Sale
Friday & Saturday, November 6-7,
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 8, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Trotter Convention Center
Decorative Arts and Preservation Forum
“Pass The Peas, Please….
The 19th Century South and Its Changing Palate”
Friday, November 6, 9:00 a.m.
Designs by Ralph Null and Shrimp
& Grits Brunch
Friday, November 6, 8:00 p.m.
Jim Gibson, pianist, Atlanta, Georgia
Mississippi University for Women, Carrier Chapel
Saturday, November 7, 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Free lectures featuring prominent, nationally known speakers.
–John W. Keefe, Curator Decorative Arts
New Orleans Museum of Art
–Carolyn Bercier, Deputy Director,
Herman-Grima/Gallier Historic Houses
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dinners and entertainment in historic Columbus homes.
Tickets and information call Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation
(800) 327-2686 or visit www.columbus-ms.org
This project funded in part by a grant through the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Billups-Garth Foundation
Join us for a look at the Chickasaws with educator, Dr. Julian Prince:
Lagniappe @ Your Library
HISTORY SERIES
ACKIA
The Battle to Save the Chickasaw Nation
Julian D. Prince, EdD
Pontotoc County Library
October 20, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by: Friends of Pontotoc County Library
