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Mr. Adair apart is his rigor in the classroom,” said MHS board member William “Brother” Rogers. “He requires lots of essay writing and gives personalized feedback on every essay, which takes a lot of time. He meets with students after school and, as the AP exam approaches, on Saturdays. He definitely goes above and beyond to prepare his students for success.”
The Chickasaw County Historical and Genealogical Society received the Frank E. Everett, Jr. Award for its outstanding contributions to the preservation and interpretation of local history. Founded in 1979, the society has collected and preserved records dating back to the late 1800s and built the Chickasaw County Heritage Museum, including a
1,600-square-foot addition for research and additional exhibit space.
The Elbert R. Hilliard Oral History award was presented to Mississippi State University Libraries for “Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson.” The project recorded the memories and stories of more than forty MSU faculty and staff, former and current, who have worked at the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building, home to the university’s agricultural programs, including the extension service.
Wendy D. Smith of the University of Mississippi won the Franklin L. Riley Prize for her doctoral dissertation ‘“Perfect Harmony’: the Myth ofTupelo’s Industrial Tranquility, 1937-1941,” which she completed for her Ph.D. in history from the University. Janet Bruce won the Glover Moore Prize for her master’s thesis “Nineteenth-Century Natchez, Mississippi in Photographs: Two Perspectives” at California State University at Northridge.
Awards of merit were presented to the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi for its collaborations with statewide and national
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Dunbar Rowland Award winner Barbara Carpenter (top); MHS board member William “Brother” Rogers (above left) and McLemore Prize winner Charles C. Bolton; MHS Bettersworth award committee member Betty H. Shaw (below left) with winner Ty Adair.
museums; Greenwood Cemetery Association for its work in preserving, maintaining, and interpreting the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson; Paul Jermyn of Long Beach for his work in locating, securing, and sharing innumerable historic images and documents; Mississippi College Law Library for its work in establishing the Judicial Data and Legislative History projects; Lois Swaney Shipp of Oxford (formerly Holly Springs) for her leadership in helping establish and direct the Marshall County Historical Museum; and the Warren County Master Gardeners and the Vicksburg National Military Park for their work in establishing, maintaining, and interpreting the Heritage Demonstration Garden at the park.
Newly elected officers of the Mississippi Historical Society are Ann Atkinson Simmons, Columbia, president; Dennis Mitchell, Mississippi State University-Meridian, vice president; and Elbert R. Hilliard, Madison, secretary-treasurer.
Simmons has served on the MHS board of directors as well as the board of directors of the Mississippi Heritage Trust. A former president of the Marion County Historical Society, president of the Marion County Museum and Archives, and chair of the Columbia Planning Commission, Simmons helped establish the Historic Preservation Commission for the city of Columbia and served as the commission’s chair.
“At the 2015 annual meeting in Corinth the society will finalize its observance of the ses-quicentennial of the Civil War,” said Simmons. “I encourage all Mississippians to join us March 5-7.” Longtime preservationist and MDAH trustee emerita Rosemary Williams will serve as chair of the local arrangements committee.
To learn more about the Mississippi Historical Society, call 601-576-6849 or email info@ mdah.state.ms.us.