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State Government Mississippi Department of Archives
WebThe Mississippi Department of Archives and History is responsible for implementing Mississippi’s laws on records management. Our staff is available for free consultations on how to manage your records, including records retention schedules, proper disposal methods, management of electronic records, and interaction with the state records
Actived: Just Now
Empowering people through Mississippi’s many stories.
Web4/22/2024. Gabrielle Bowden, a doctoral student at the University of Mississippi, has been named the Eudora Welty Research Fellow for 2024. Bowden will use archival holdings in the Eudora Welty Collection housed at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to research the influence of Welty’s travel in Ireland on her 1951
The Importance of Wearing Shoes: Hookworm Disease in …
WebSee map. Doctors believe this species was unwittingly imported into the United States in the 17th century with the Atlantic slave trade. The hookworm life cycle begins and ends in the human intestinal tract. Females may lay from 5,000 to 20,000 eggs a day after mating with the male in the host’s intestines.
A Contested Presence: Free Black People in Antebellum
WebAbout 1810, the decade before Mississippi became a state, free Black people numbered fewer than 300. Following statehood in 1817, the size of the free Black population, while nearly doubling, remained comparatively small, totaling only 458 in 1820. By 1830 the state’s free Black community had grown modestly to 519.
Government Records
WebElectronic government records are organized here by agency name or category. They are primarily born-digital and digitized state government records received from state agencies and officials, but scans of some federal records related to Mississippi's history are also included. These electronic records can also be browsed with non-government
Health, Department of
WebThe Department of Archives and History has paper copies of annual reports dating from 1983 and electronic (PDF) copies from 2003. Prior to 1983 the Department of Health produced biennial reports; MDAH has paper copies from 1878/1879 to 1981/1982. The Department of Health also occasionally produces an abbreviated Executive Summary of …
About Mississippi History Now
WebAbout this Site. Mississippi History Now is an award-winning electronic publication that offers a wide variety of essays on the history of Mississippi, covering the periods from prehistory through the present. Launched in 2000 and revised in 2021, Mississippi History Now has appeal for the history lover, the student, and for the general reader.
Government Records Management Mississippi Department of …
WebViewing Archival Records. The content in this section is for state and local government officials. Individuals who wish to view archival records in our collection may visit the William F. Winter Archives & History Building.Before you visit, we suggest searching our online Catalog for descriptions of the records you wish to see in person — from census, …
Genealogy Mississippi Department of Archives & History
WebAll of these materials are searchable in the online catalog. The archives has microfilm copies of service records for Mississippians in the War of 1812 (1812–15), Mexican War (1846–48), Civil War (1861–65), and the Spanish-American War (1898), and draft registration cards for World War I (1917–18). The archives also holds Mississippi
The Flood of 1927 and Its Impact in Greenville, Mississippi
WebThe Great Flood of 1927 unleashed a spring season of catastrophic events along the banks of the Mississippi River. A weather system that stalled over the Midwestern states in the fall of 1926 brought untold amounts of water to the Upper Mississippi River region. The region’s burgeoning tributaries caused the Mississippi River to overflow in eleven states from …
The 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools
WebThe 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer was perhaps the most ambitious extended campaign of the entire Civil Rights Movement. Over the course of roughly two months, more than 1,000 volunteers arrived in Mississippi to help draw media attention to the state’s Black freedom movement, to register African American voters, and to teach in Freedom …
Rosters and Certificates of Authorization for Engineers and
WebThe Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors was established by the state legislature in 1928. The Board's mission is to safeguard life, health, and property, and to promote the public welfare by providing a complete and thorough registration process for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors, ensuring …
Owen Cooper (1908-1986): Business Leader and Humanitarian
WebWhen Mississippi faced tough economic and social problems after the Great Depression and World War II, Owen Cooper challenged Mississippians to band together and successfully solve them. Whether the need was for rural hospitals and affordable health insurance, production of a fertilizer that increased crop yield for a hungry world, better race …
Cotton and the Civil War
WebFrank L. Owsley Jr. On the eve of the American Civil War in the mid-1800s cotton was America’s leading export, and raw cotton was essential for the economy of Europe. The cotton industry was one of the world’s largest industries, and most of the world supply of cotton came from the American South.
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