History Is Lunch: Bebe Wolfe and daniel johnson, "A Living, Breathing Legacy: Continuing the Wolfe Studio"

At noon on Wednesday, July 29, Bebe Wolfe, owner of the historic art studio founded by her family, will join daniel johnson, board chair of The Wolfe Creative Legacy, to discuss the studio’s 80-year history as part of the History Is Lunch series. Over the past five years, the pair has collaborated on building a comprehensive archive

Mississippi State Records Committee Meeting

The state records committee will review, approve, disapprove, amend, or modify records control schedules for all state agencies, boards, and commissions. Once approved, schedules shall have the force and effect of law. 

Written comments must be presented no less than five (5) days before the scheduled meeting by mail or personal delivery to: Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201. 

This is in accordance with the information provided at: 

History Is Lunch: Susannah Ural, "Abraham Lincoln and America250"

At noon on Wednesday, July 22, Susannah Ural, Frank and Virginia Williams Chair for Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies at Mississippi State University, will present on the nation’s largest privately held collection of Lincolniana as part of the History Is Lunch series. Ural will use the Williams Collection of Lincolniana from Mississippi State University

History Is Lunch: Tony Bounds, "Tougaloo College: An American Narrative"

At noon on Wednesday, June 17, Tony Bounds, institutional historian at Tougaloo College, will discuss the connection between Tougaloo College and major events in American history as part of the History Is Lunch series. From its Indigenous namesake to its years as an antebellum plantation and later a refuge during the Civil Rights Movement,

Collection Tour

Join us at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 9, at the Two Mississippi Museums to embark on a behind-the-scenes tour of the MDAH Historic Objects Collection led by Nan Prince, MDAH director of collections, and Hong Li, MDAH collections manager.

History Is Lunch: Shaun Stalzer, “By the Instigation of the Devil: A Survey of Coroner Inquests in Mississippi from 1799 to 1869”

At noon on Wednesday, July 15, Shaun Stalzer, senior archivist for the Government Records section at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, will discuss a large collection of nineteenth-century coroner inquests as part of the History Is Lunch series.
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