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Editorial Staff Contents President’s Page...... 35 Editor Tina Harry MLA Responds to HB 1523 with Resolution...... 37 Catalog & Asst. Automation Librarian The University of Mississippi National Library Legislative Day...... 38 [email protected] Mississippi Library Leadership Institute in Action...... 39

Joy Garretson Assistant Editor Tracy Carr A Serials Weeding Project at the Millsaps-Wilson Library...... 43 Library Services Bureau Director Mariah Grant Mississippi Library Commission [email protected] Academic Librarian Outreach to Veterans...... 47 Anne Hudson

Copy Editor Quantitative Analysis of Published Articles in the Journal of Mississippi Audrey Beach History...... 49 Resource Librarian Mississippi Delta Community College Indira Bhowal [email protected] People In The News...... 64 News Briefs...... 64 News Reporter Sarah Mangrum Book Reviews...... 67 Access Services Librarian / The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch Assistant Clinical Professor University of Southern Mississippi Return to Guntown: Classic Trials of the Outlaws and Rogues of Faulkner [email protected] Country Aaron Henry of Mississippi: Inside Agitator Book Review Editor Michele Frasier-Robinson Slab: On that Hallelujah Day when Tiger & Preacher Meet Librarian for Education & Psychology Mississippians in the Great War: Selected Letters University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] Mark your Calendars...... 70

MLA Reporter Antoinette Giamalva Branch Manager Ridgeland Public Library [email protected] On the cover: Refuge Sunset by Kara Roberts, Starkville Public Library. This is a picture of a sunset over Bluff Lake at the Sam D. Hamilton - Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Indexer Kristin Rogers Mississippi Libraries is a quarterly, open access publication of the Mississippi Library Electronic Resources & Discovery Librarian Association (MLA). The articles, reports, and features herein represent viewpoints of The University of Mississippi their respective authors and are not necessarily the official options of the Association. [email protected] In order to assure the widers possible audience for the work published in Mississippi Libraries, the work is added, by contractual agreement, to one or more EBSCO Publishing databases. Mississippi Libraries is also indexed in Library Literature and Information Science Abstracts. For more informaton, visit http://misslib.org/publications Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 35

2016 Executive Board President’s Page President Molly McManus Everyone loves libraries…why do Systems Librarian U.S. Army Engineer Research and we need advocacy? Development Center Library advocacy has always been an important part of MLA’s mission, Vice-President Jenniffer Stephenson but advocacy methods are changing Director and there is increased competition Greenwood-Leflore Public Library System for limited resources. It is important Secretary for the future of libraries that Mis- Jamie Bounds Wilson sissippi librarians expand and de- Electronic Resources & velop our advocacy skills and tools, Web Services Librarian Millsaps College but advocacy is not easy. With all of the modern tools and techniques, Treasurer how do librarians choose the best Blair Booker Assistant Librarian method for them? What is the best Holmes Community College way to turn passive support into ed- to all of our community members ucated action by stakeholders? How without discrimination or bias and Immediate Past President Patsy C. Brewer can we fit advocacy into our already opposing the Mississippi Protecting Library Director busy days? To support its members Freedom of Conscience from Gov- Waynesboro-Wayne County Library in their advocacy efforts, MLA is ernment Discrimination Act. The ALA Councilor forming an ad hoc committee on li- resolution was announced via press Ellen Ruffin brary advocacy to work in partner- release and ALA’s Chapter Relations McCain Library and Archives ship with our legislative committee. Office posted it on the ALA website Curator, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection The advocacy committee will focus on Model Resolutions in Response on advocacy training and tools for to Issues Affecting Chapters. SELA Councilor MLA members. Plans are under- Melissa R. Dennis Stephen Cunetto and the nom- Head of Research & Instruction Services way to host an advocacy training at inating committee recruited some University of Mississippi Libraries this year’s MLA conference. If you excellent nominees for MLA office. would like to be involved in MLA’s The election committee and chair- advocacy committee, please contact Section Chairs person Jennifer Smith held elections me at [email protected]. electronically and there was a great Association of College and Research The MLA Executive Board,response rate from our members. Libraries (ACRL) Section Chair sections and committees had a Michele Frasier-Robinson Congratulations to the newly elect- busy spring. Here are some of the ed 2017 Mississippi Library Asso- Public Library Section Chair highlights: ciation officers Sarah Mangrum as Jennifer Wann The Board drafted and passed a VP/President Elect, Jennifer Wann School Library Section Chair letter in support of the confirmation as Secretary, and Ellen Ruffin as Venetia Oglesby of Dr. Carla Hayden, the current ALA Councilor.

Special Libraries Section Chair Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch The MLA Legislative Committee, Joyce Shaw Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Legislative Committee Chair Mara Maryland, as the 14th Librarian of Polk, MLA Administrator Barba- Trustees Section Chair Rickey Jones Congress. The Board responded to ra Price, along with the Mississippi the passage of House Bill 1523 by ap- Library Commission, prepared our For more information, visit: proving a resolution reaffirming the delegation for the American Library http://misslib.org/Executive-Board role of librarians to provide service Association’s 42nd annual National Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 36

Library Legislative Day in Wash- book related events around the State. MLA Conference Commit- ington, D.C. on May 2–3, 2016. MLA, for the second year, had a tee Chairs Mississippi Librarians joined sev- table at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's CONFERENCE CHAIR AND eral hundred other librarians and Book Festival and MLA is registered MLA VP/PRESIDENT ELECT: library supporters in the capital to for a booth at the Mississippi Book Jenniffer Stephenson, jstephen- support federal funding for our na- Festival on August 20, 2016. We will [email protected] tion’s libraries and other legislative be looking for volunteers to staff REGISTRATION: Meredith E. priorities. the booth and talk about the great Wickham, mewickham@kep- Ashley Biggs and the member- things happening in Mississippi Li- mer.lib.ms.us ship committee have been conduct- braries. If you would like to volun- EXHIBITS: Jacob Starks, jstarks@ ing research into association mem- teer, please contact Phillip Carter at neshoba.lib.ms.us bership in an effort to increase our [email protected]. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Ka- membership. MLA will soon be Although the Board has been trina Stokes, kstokes@warren. conducting a survey of current and busy, the busiest MLA members this lib.ms.us past MLA members to determine spring and summer are those plan- HOSPITALITY: Barbara Evans, what members and lapsed mem- ning the MLA Annual Conference, [email protected] bers expect from their association. October 18-21, at the Vicksburg The committee is also working to Convention Center. The theme is Congratulations to the newly create brochures and signage to pro- “Mississippi libraries - the heart of elected 2017 Mississippi Library As- mote membership and membership our communities” and the keynote sociation officers! engagement. speaker will be Zachary Benedict, Sarah Mangrum as VP/President Phillip Carter is chairing chair an architect and urbanist at MKM Elect an ad hoc committee on outreach. architecture + design, a Ft. Wayne, Jennifer Wann as Secretary The purpose is to coordinate MLA’s Ind.-based firm. We look forward to Ellen Ruffin as ALA Councilor participation in various library and seeing you in Vicksburg. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 37 MLA Responds to HB 1523 with Resolution MLA Members: On April 5th, Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1523, known as the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act” into law. While there has been a good deal of debate about exactly what this new law does and does not do, many of our members have expressed concern that the law, which goes into effect on July 1, legalizes discrimination based upon an individual’s sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions related to marriage, sexuality, and gender. On Friday, May 6 the MLA Executive Board responded to the passage of House Bill 1523 by approving a resolution reaffirming the role of librarians to provide service to all of our community members without discrimination or bias and opposing the Mississippi Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act. The mission of the Mississippi Library Association is to provide professional leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. Passage of this resolution supports our mission by reiterating our commitment to serving all of our users with gladness, inclusiveness, and fairness. Molly McManus MLA President

RESOLUTION ON 2016 MISSISSIPPI Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act

Adopted by the Executive Board of the Mississippi Library Association May 6, 2016

Whereas the Mississippi Library Association, a nonprofit professional association, is committed to the ethical principles to provide equitable service policies and access to accurate, unbiased resources; and to distinguish between our personal convictions and professional duties and not allow our personal beliefs to interfere with the provision of access to library services; Whereas the Mississippi Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act includes the provision that public employees may engage in speech or expressive conduct based upon their sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions related to marriage, sexuality, and gender; and Whereas speech or expressive conduct by library employees that is directed at library users based on a user’s marriage status, sexuality, or gender could deter library users from seeking access to information services in Mis- sissippi’s publicly funded public, school, community college, or university libraries; now, therefore be it Resolved, that the Mississippi Library Association (MLA): 1. reaffirms the role of librarians to provide service to all of our community members without discrimination or bias and to distinguish between our personal convictions and professional duties; 2. opposes the Mississippi Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act on the basis that it contradicts the fundamental values of the library community to provide unbiased and courteous responses to all requests for information services; and 3. supports library environments that are safe and welcoming for all. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 38 National Library Legislative Day

Erin Busbea Innovative Approaches to Literacy all eight delegates took the time to Director program, and confirming Dr. Carla share individual stories about their Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System Hayden as the Librarian of Con- libraries and how each of the topics The Mississippi Library Associa- gress. The group then set out for comes into play for all Mississippi li- tion was well represented at the 2016 Capitol Hill to meet with the staffers braries. The impact of LSTA funding National Library Legislative Day for Senators Roger Wicker and Thad and Erate funding were discussed at (NLLD) in Washington, DC on May Cochran, and Representatives Ste- length with each staffer. First time 2nd and 3rd with eight delegates ven Palazzo, Gregg Harper, Bennie NLLD attendee Erin Busbea said in attendance. Those attending in- Thompson, and Trent Kelly. Unfor- “At the end of the day, I felt like we cluded Executive Director of MLC, tunately, all of the Mississippi Legis- had some really productive meet- Susan Cassagne; Board of Com- lators were in recess and not in DC ings with each staffer. They seemed missioners for MLC, Jolee C. Hus- during NLLD. to genuinely care about what is hap- sey, Dr. Glenda Segars, Ann Marsh, Thanks to Susan Liles (MLC), the pening in Mississippi and they re- Suzanne Poyner, Pamela Pridgen; group had a wonderful packet put ally listened to our concerns. They Public Library Directors, Jennifer together to give each person during assured us that they would relay our Stephenson, Greenwood-Leflo- the meetings. The packet contained concerns to each Senator and Rep- re Public Library System and Erin a very vivid, informational booklet resentative and I feel confident that Busbea, Columbus-Lowndes Public about LSTA and its impact in Mis- they did.” Library System. sissippi as well as some very hard The 2017 National Library Leg- The group attended the Amer- hitting statistics that were compiled islative Day is May 1-2, 2017. For ican Library Association (ALA) by Joy Garretson (MLC) from the more information about this event Briefing on Monday, May 2nd to Annual Statistical Report that each and to learn how to get involved, learn more about the hot topics that library system submits every year visit the ALA website at http://www. needed to be discussed with the leg- in December. During each meeting, ala.org/advocacy/advleg/nlld. islators from each state represented. These topics included confirmation of Dr. Carla Hayden as the Librar- ian of Congress, support of the Li- brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA), continue to maintain funding for the “Innovative Approaches to Literacy” program, support the Real Privacy and Surveillance reform, support the Marrakesh Treaty for the print disabled, support the Freedom of Information Act reform, support Public Access to Taxpayer Funded Research, and support the Lifeline Program, as well as Afford- able Broadband and Net Neutrality. After the meeting the Mississippi delegation met to discuss the top- Erin Busbea, Director, Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System talks to Tara Gaddis, Staff- ics that were of most importance er for Representative Trent Kelly about the importance of LSTA Funding for Mississippi Li- braries. L to R – Suzanne Poyner, Tara Gaddis, Jenniffer Stephenson, Erin Busbea, and to Mississippi – LSTA Funding, the Cecelia Park. Photograph taken by Katie McDill of Columbus, MS. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 39 Mississippi Library Leadership Institute in Action 46 Projects Help to Build a Stronger Library Community in Mississippi

Joy Garretson participants created individual de- projects done will be given, as well Library Development Director velopment plans with the assistance as highlights from some of the most Mississippi Library Commission of professional coaches and the ap- successful projects. proval of their supervisors. Finally, January 2016 marked the closing all participants were required to de- LITERACY PROJECTS of the MLC’s 21st-century Laura sign and lead an innovative project Childhood Literacy (For Bush Grant for the Mississippi Li- that would impact their commu- ages 0-18): brary Leadership Institute (MLLI). nities. Participants were required Participants created 13 literacy The institute was comprised of two to partner with outside entities, projects for children. Two of these cohorts of participants that met including schools, non-profit or- projects helped to establish Excel by quarterly, created group presenta- ganizations, governmental entities, Five Family Resource centers in the tions, received peer feedback and and local businesses and were given towns of Senatobia and Horn Lake, mentoring, and created community $1000 to implement their plans. projects. MLLI was divided into two MS. These centers make early litera- This article will focus on the cy resources available to families in cohorts. The first cohort included 26 completed projects and on the inno- participants and lasted from April order to promote lifelong reading. vative services they brought to the Other projects included reading 2013 to January 2014. The second Mississippi Library community. In cohort had 20 participants and last- clubs and challenges, as well as on- the two cohorts of MLLI, a total of line book reviews. Crystal Giles of ed from April 2014 to January 2015. 46 participants completed 42 proj- A third phase of the project took Northwest Community College cre- ects; participants were allowed to ated two projects that taught chil- place from April 2015 to January team up to combine efforts. Once 2016; in that phase, past participants dren basic gardening principles and the cohorts ended, all past MLLI healthy eating habits, all tied into a were able to extend the community participants were invited to apply projects they completed as part of reading project with a book from for further funds to extend or re- a local author and entrepreneur. their original MLLI experience. vamp their original projects. Fifteen MLLI was created to develop Giles’ project is ongoing; she and participants received these addi- participating children are partner- leadership skills in MLS-degreed tional funds. library professionals from public, ing with a local farmer and planted school, academic, or special librar- some vegetables in March 2016 that Project Focus they are planning to monitor over ies by providing training in critical The guiding principle for the thinking, problem solving, com- the summer. leadership projects was that the Jennifer Parker of Puckett Ele- munication, leadership, and re- participants develop a community sponsibility. Participants attended mentary School purchased high-in- partnership and that they imple- terest books for her school, and be- four multi-day retreats to develop ment an innovative service. To that intended skills and to build a peer tween August and December, her end, the projects were widely var- 52 students checked out roughly 35 network. Between retreats, they ied and targeted Mississippians of were assigned group work and pre- books each. She also helped them all ages (from toddlers to seniors), create an online book review blog sented their finalized presentations economic backgrounds, and abili- at the end of each retreat. To fur- that received over 1000 views in its ties. In each of the following catego- first two months. ther advance their leadership skills, ries, a brief overview of the types of Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 40

Ally Watkins of the Mississippi Mississippi. Inspired by a young boy That player was then transported to Library Commission was able to who had to walk across town to get the library, where the inmate’s fam- purchase several Every Child Ready to the library to check out books, ily is able to check out the record- to Read (ECRR) kits with MLLI Beck wanted to make resources ing, receive a copy of the book, and funds and has begun training librar- available for people without ready transfer the recordings onto their ians, parents, and educators in this access to transportation. Her goal own devices. To date, 15 recordings Early Literacy curriculum. Watkins was to amass resources for children have been made, and seven families is currently working to help public and adults, and she utilized contacts are participating in the program. library systems across the state to at the Mississippi University for intertwine ECRR principles with Women to help her collect appro- Adult Literacy and existing programs or to become priate materials. In Columbia, MS, Resources fully ECRR Certified. Within the Ryda Worthy created two family Fewer resources were dedicated next year, at least nine more systems reading projects; her second project to Adult Literacy; the three partic- will receive the ECRR materials and was a One Book-One Community ipants that completed adult litera- training. program, in which 100 families par- cy projects took very different ap- ticipated. She also provided literacy proaches to varying levels of success. Family Literacy instruction for 27 preschool educa- One project was intended to teach Four participants created family tors as part of this project. adults how to choose books that in- literacy projects. Lindsey Beck built Darlene Morgan partnered with a terested them; in another project, a and stocked several Little Free Li- local jail and the Rotary club to cre- public library built up its collection braries and posted them at Housing ate a program that would connect of books for new adult readers. Authority Complexes in Columbus, incarcerated parents with their chil- At the time that Jamie Elston of dren. Morgan obtained Moss Point Public Library started permission from the pris- her program, Jackson County had a on warden to allow autho- 10.9% unemployment rate for peo- rized prisoners to read a ple over 16. To address this, Elston book onto an MP3 Player. created a job/resource center for

Photo 2, above: Elizabeth Simmons with a tech team student. Photo credit, Susan Liles, Mississippi Library Commission

Photo 1, left: Student at Puckett Attendance Center working on a scaled model of the school office. Photo credit, Susan Liles, Mississippi Library Commission Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 41 adults. She designated a comput- research for college. community together for anti-bully- er for users needing to complete ing support, and Brandon Cain of job searches and file applications. Collection Development Mid-Mississippi Regional Library She also collected materials on re- Six projects were geared towards System joined with the Tour d’Attala sume-writing and job searching collection development. The follow- cycling group to put together a proj- skills and recruited an MSU Exten- ing projects enhance library collec- ect called “Cycling for the cause,” sion Services instructor to provide tions and information access across which promoted cycling safety, ad- training for job seekers in her area. several media. At the University of vocated for walking and biking, and Mississippi, Judy Greenwood and discouraged driving and texting. Digital Literacy Melisa Dennis purchased new tech- Chameka Robinson of UMMC put Seven participants put together nology to meet the needs of their together a series of public infor- meaningful digital literacy projects. millennial college students. The mation sessions on various health Notable among these was Elizabeth team procured Kindles and iPad topics. Simmons of Puckett Attendance Minis to circulate to their student Center in Puckett, MS. Combining body at the University of Mississip- Special Needs the funds from MLLI with Title XI pi, with the intent that the e-readers Six librarians in the group put and other grant funding, Simmons would both promote reading and together innovative special needs was able to invest over $20,000 to draw in new users. projects. Erica McCaleb’s Sensory create a Digital Makerlab in her Three other participants created Storytimes Kits is much in keeping school library. The lab is equipped collection development projects as with the collection development sto- with a MakerBot 3D printer, Apple well. Ally Mellon, Shivon Hess, and rytime kits listed above, except that TVs, presentation software, and ad- Lacy Ellinwood from the Mississip- these are targeted towards young pa- ditional computers. Simmons has pi Library Commission created the trons who have visual impairments. created a student tech team that following book club (and film club) Each kit includes a dual Braille/pic- gives IT support throughout the kits: Spanish Language Book Club ture book, along with sensory items school. She works in close conjunc- in a Box (Spanish materials for a that enhance the reading experience tion with science teachers to use the range of ages, meant for families); and literacy training for the child 3D printers, and students like the Graphic Novel Book Club in a Box using the kit. Josh Haidet of East one pictured here (Photo 1) have (Graphic Novels and interactive Mississippi Regional Library Sys- stated interest in pursuing college materials); and a Film Festival in a tem also put together a project that degrees that play to their new-found Box (films with performance rights helped him to procure materials for strengths in computer drafting and that would enable libraries to show blind and physically handicapped 3D design. them publicly). Mellon and El- patrons and connect them with the In the public library arena, Callie linwood also created Multicultural Mississippi Library Commission’s Wiygul from the Hattiesburg Pub- Book Clubs (several kits, each with Talking Book Service. lic library created a social media 10 books from a different countries Drawing on experiences she had awareness campaign at the Hatties- or cultures) and Art History Books in hospitals as a child, Abbie Wool- burg Public Library that was geared Club kits (with books, movies, and ridge partnered with the Anderson towards teaching patrons how to art supplies) to circulate to libraries Regional Medical Center to provide protect themselves when using so- in Mississippi. kindles, board books, and small toys cial media. to their pediatric unit patients. She Finally, Sarah Mangrum’s SOAR Health and Special provided the hospital with library to Success project was geared to- Needs Projects Wellness accounts so the patients could check wards helping incoming freshman Three participants created gen- out books from the Meridian-Lau- at the University of Southern Mis- eral wellness projects. Ashley Biggs derdale Public Library eBook col- sissippi to attain the digital literacy of Central Mississippi Regional Li- lection. The hospital expressed de- skills needed to conduct academic brary System worked to bring her light with this outreach attempt and Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 42 expressed interest in expanding it to to draw in students and advertise included panelists from MSU, Tou- other units. their services. galoo College, Millsaps College, and Jennifer Nabzdyk from MLC took the Starkville chapter of the NAACP. on an ambitious website project Cultural Heritage geared towards creating ADA-com- Ten participants created cultural Project Outcomes pliant, responsive websites for Mis- heritage programs to draw attention Each of the leadership projects sissippi Public libraries. With soft- to special collections within librar- was not mentioned in this article. ware purchased from grant funds, ies or to historical aspects of the Many were not successful in their she has created 18 websites for Mis- towns in which their libraries reside. initial incarnation and needed to be sissippi public library systems to Sarah Crisler-Ruskey and JoAnn re-imagined or put aside in lieu of date; four of those sites were the first Blue of the Carnegie Public Library better plans. However, the projects live, functioning websites for their in Clarksdale both worked on cre- did provide each participant with ex- systems. (See Fig. 1) ating digital histories of Clarksdale, perience in creating new proposals, creating projects that include online writing applications for funds, bud- Community Engagement time lines and digitization of local geting, and project management. Libraries have been working historical items. At their most successful, these to establish their position as hubs Hillary Richardson from Mis- programs were able to unite fami- of information and usefulness to sissippi State University created lies, promote literacy, educate chil- their communities in the Technol- two projects about Civil Rights in dren about health and wellness, ogy Age, and participants created Starkville, resulting in a website meet the needs of underserved five projects to reach out to poten- logging oral histories and public in- populations, inspire students to ex- tial users. At Holmes Community formation about the Starkville civil plore new technologies, document College, Blair Booker implemented rights struggle (http://starkvilleciv- history, and build a more cohesive mini-library orientation sessions ilrights.msstate.edu/wordpress/). community. for students to attend at their con- With help from the Mississippi Hu- venience. In the fall of 2015, the manities Council, she also hosted a Holmes staff held 18 mini sessions public forum about the civil rights for 48 total attendees who reported experience in Starkville which substantial gains in their knowledge about library resources (see table). Booker paired the push for library instruction with a new iPad check- out service that allowed students to use library iPads for research and information needs during finals sea- son; students reported high satisfac- tion with this service. (See Fig. 2) In a second project, Judy Green- wood and Melissa Dennis of the University of Mississippi created a “pop-up tech library” that includes Raspberry Pi and Makey Makey kits, along with informative materials about the library’s technology education programs. Dennis and Greenwood took these kits out to Fig. 1: Screenshot of Kemper-Newton Regional Library Website Jennifer Nabzdyk built this ADA-compliant, responsive website for the Kemper-Newton strategic places on campus in order Library System. This site is KNLS’s first working public website. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 43

Information Presented Pre-Test Post-Test Percentage of students who have knowledges of the Holmes Library Search (main database search): 19% 87% Percentage of students who are aware that they have access to streaming video databases: 40% 78% Percentage of students aware of MLA and APA tutorials on library webpage: 13% 89%

Fig. 2: Increase in student understanding of the Holmes Community College Library Services. The figure below shows results from pre-and- post tests given to the 48 students who completed Booker’s mini-orientation sessions at Holmes Community College.

A Serials Weeding Project at the Millsaps- Wilson Library

Mariah Grant project including evaluation stan- this. Library staff recognized that al- Acquisitions and Serials Librarian dards, workflow, faculty input, lo- though the shelving was significant, Millsaps-Wilson Library gistical considerations, issues, and of greater importance was the teach- Next to emptying the outdoor ramifications. ing and working space afforded by bookdrop on cold and snowy days, the computer lab. To accommodate weeding is the most undesirable job Early Considerations a new computer lab another 2,268 in the library. It is also one of the Known as 1West, the area to be linear feet of materials needed to most important.1 converted into offices occupied the be weeded, bringing the projected ground floor of the 1971 addition to amount to be discarded to approx- Introduction the Millsaps-Wilson Library. Con- imately 5100 linear feet. The project The Millsaps-Wilson Librarysisting of over two thousand square began in earnest in late 2014, with occupies three floors. Connect- feet, the space dedicated to the new the bulk of the work taking place be- ed by walkways the library spans offices held four named collections, tween February and July 2015. two buildings: the original Carne- all microforms, a portion of the ref- gie building of 1926 (renovated in erence collection, much of the li- Evaluating the 1955) and a newer structure built in brary’s periodical collection, and a Collection 1971. Another building on campus, twenty-nine station computer lab . The first step was getting an accu- the Christian Center, was due to be Faced with the loss of space, the li- rate list of the periodical holdings in renovated as part of the Millsaps brary staff initially considered a new the general stacks and 1West. After College Strategic Plan of 2012. The compact shelving facility to be built some discussion it was decided that college administration looked to the in a portion of an adjacent park- the most accurate list of current first floor of the library to house the ing garage. With only sixteen other holdings would be obtained through faculty displaced by renovations. In computers available in the Infor- an AtoZ report. The major downside order to accommodate the college mation Commons, the library staff to using a report generated in AtoZ, administration’s request, the library was concerned that the loss of twen- rather than in the library’s OPAC, began a large scale weeding project. ty-nine workstations would have a was the lack of call numbers. At this What follows is an account of that negative effect on student access to stage various reports were run in an 1 Will Manley, “The Manley Arts: If I Called This computers, and the library’s capa- attempt to supply call numbers elec- Column ‘Weeding,’ You Wouldn’t bility to deliver information literacy Read It,” Booklist 92, no. 13 (March 1996): 1108, tronically, but none worked and the quoted in Weeding Library Collections: A Selected instruction. An examination of the time and labor intensive task of as- Annotated Bibliography for Library Collection computer lab’s usage statistics for Evaluation—ALA Library Fact Sheet 15 http://www. signing call numbers manually fell to ala.org/tools/libfactsheets/alalibraryfactsheet15 the three years prior corroborated the Electronic Resources Librarian. (accessed April 28, 2016) Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 44

The first attempt at creating weeding for overlap. embargo dates. Realizing that lan- lists began with comparing print ti- Other processes to consider: guage was key, library staff opted tles to perpetual access JSTOR titles. 1. Check the periodicals area to not to use the term “discard” and This database-by-database approach make sure that the dates for the instead chose the less dramatic “re- was abandoned when the project print runs are accurate in the move.” The end of the form had an was put on hold for some months discard title list. optional name field and a place for during a staff transition period. 2. Double-check our list against additional comments. The Millsaps-Wilson Library has the publisher lists and/or links a small staff with four full-time li- in AtoZ just to make sure we Faculty Responses brarians, one full-time technical actually have online access to Responses varied from “No!!! services assistant, and a handful of the titles. Please don’t get rid of anything!” to student workers. All staff members 3. For the print journals we dis- “I do not think I ever used a hard participated in the evaluation pro- card, check links in AtoZ list to copy journal in grad school and ap- cess. The College Librarian outlined make sure each title connects plaud the college for cleaning these the following criteria for potential correctly. out,” and were for the most part discards: short or incomplete runs, overwhelmingly supportive. Types titles in subjects no longer need- Faculty Buy-In of responses were spread across the ed to support the curriculum (e.g., Millsaps has just under a hundred disciplines with both the sciences German periodicals for a now de- full-time faculty members in over and humanities departments re- funct program), availability in other twenty departments. Proceeding questing to keep titles. Many of the libraries through Interlibrary Loan without faculty input was a possibil- faculty had questions or concerns, (ILL), and titles available online. ity, but the library staff felt the fac- and a dialogue sprung up between Going shelf-to-shelf, staff created ulty’s knowledge of subject literature the College Librarian, the Acquisi- the discard lists that would be sent could contribute to more informed tions & Serials Librarian, and some to the Millsaps faculty for review. weeding decisions. It was also im- faculty members. Most faculty were The College Librarian reviewed each portant to the library staff that this concerned about titles that were list and made any final adjustments. user group understand the reason- not available electronically, or that The lists were then categorized by ing behind the massive weeding. future budget restrictions might academic department. Getting faculty to participate was remove access at a later date. It was The following is an excerpt from made easier because the project was helpful in many cases to remind the workflow created by the Elec- initiated by the college administra- faculty that anything not available tronic Resources & Web Services tion, and the Academic Vice-Pres- in the library is usually obtainable Librarian: ident contacted faculty asking for through ILL. The survey was not 1. In each list, compare titles and their assistance and support. sent to adjunct faculty. ISSNs to make sure that the The next point of contact for Not all faculty chose to respond title is actually the same. The the faculty was an email from the to the Google Form electronically. comparison would be between College Librarian with a link to a Some printed it out and filled in a titles in the selected database, in Google Form. After creating de- printed version. Others skipped the this case JSTOR collections and partmental discard lists, the library form altogether, and emailed their titles in the library print “data- staff, using Google Forms, created a opinions and responses. The num- base.” Databases are listed in the multiple choice survey for the fac- ber of titles on the form was a major “Source” column below. ulty. For each periodical, the facul- factor in this. Most departments 2. First, find duplicate titles in ty was given three choices: remove, averaged fifteen titles per form, but the list by matching ISSNs and keep, or neutral. It also specified some had in excess of fifty to consid- titles. which dates would be removed and er, and the largest list contained over 3. Next, compare managed and whether or not electronic access was one hundred titles. An unexpected custom coverage dates to check available along with coverage and result was the request to have titles Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 45 transferred to the departments, with do the moving of the bound period- carts and taken to the cardboard the Art department using their icals and named collections. A va- bins housed in a parking garage. The bound periodicals for papermaking riety of things needed to happen in library filled a total of seventy-six and mixed media projects. Many the general stacks to accommodate bins over a six week period. departments chose to discuss the the new computer lab and the titles All the materials being kept from project as a whole and submit one being moved from 1West. Almost 1West were brought up to the gen- response to the library. The library all of the short ranges were elimi- eral stacks. They were placed on the was happy to take responses in any nated, some open space was taken floor in call number order, along format. When requests came in to up by new shelving, and all ranges with any materials that had been keep certain titles, negotiations were received an added top shelf. During removed from the shelves during inevitable. The first consideration the reorganization, desks, tables, the reorganization. Interfiling the was space—how much shelf space and chairs were piled into study periodicals was the next step. It was did the requested title take up? If rooms and corners. Periodicals were overseen by the Technical Services small, the request was usually ac- organized on the floor in the open Assistant, the person responsible commodated. The final decision was areas and study rooms. The named for the daily processing of incoming with the College Librarian. Some collections were easily re-shelved print periodicals, and for sending faculty responded promptly while once space was made available. (Pic- full runs to the bindery. This was others needed repeated remind- ture 1) often a trial and error activity with ers to participate. After a month From the beginning, it was im- shelf shifts happening continuously. of emails and follow-up emails, the portant to the library staff that the After the physical removal and shift- discard lists were complete. The periodicals be recycled if at all possi- ing of remaining materials, the final next step for the library staff was to ble. After some calls, the College Li- step was changing the records. The move everything. brarian located a local recycler will- printed removal lists had columns ing to pick up materials. For a small to be checked off once items were Physical Requirements fee, he provided cardboard bins that removed from the catalog, OCLC, and Logistics were approximately forty cubic feet, and AtoZ. Millsaps has minimal summer and picked them up when full. The The Millsaps-Wilson Library has classes and this was the best time to discards were shuttled onto book an outdated and dusty microform reader/printer that often refuses to work. Buying a new reader was not in the budget and given the low usage of microformats, it would also have been a waste of money. In the early stages of the project, the library staff was planning on keeping the majority of the microforms and moving them to storage rooms. About halfway through the process, the staff realized that the microforms were being retained not because they were used, but because staff was hesitant about discarding them. At this juncture, it was decided to discard all microforms except some unique and local materials. The library’s microformats along with excess shelving were advertised Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 46 on listservs and donated to other Being without a computer lab new computer lab opened in Sep- Mississippi libraries. for almost six months was difficult tember 2015, and is brighter and for the library. The staff carried out easier to access and supervise than Issues fall freshman library instruction the old lab. It is also in a more cen- Although most of the library staff in meeting rooms and classrooms tralized location, rather than down had experience with weeding, none without workstations. This required a dark stone staircase. Housing had participated in a project of this librarians to alter lesson plans and twenty-four work stations with an size. This lack of experience made rely on lecture-style instruction. instructor’s station and overhead for a less than systematic workflow. The campus community was very projector, it is used regularly by stu- A literature review of similar weed- aware of the discard bins outside dents, faculty, and for information ing projects might have helped the the library, and concerned that the literacy instruction. Faculty began staff coordinate processes better. items would be sent to a landfill. moving into the new offices January The size and duration of the proj- When informed that the periodi- 2016, and the renovation surprised ect created multiple measurement cals would be recycled, most peo- everyone, turning a dimly lit ground systems, with space and periodicals ple accepted the project, and only a level room into a light-filled space. being counted in shelf space rather few collected discarded volumes for Now housing twelve faculty offices, than linear or cubic feet. The library their own use. a conference room, and two seating missed doing a volume count as the areas, the renovated space is better periodicals were discarded. Instead, Conclusion utilized and more up to date. De- staff arrived at a cubic foot count by Over the course of nine months, spite the staff’s trepidation at the measuring a discard bin, and multi- the Millsaps-Wilson Library staff start the project it was ultimately plying by the number of bins used. evaluated and weeded the library’s beneficial for the library and the A title count was reached after the bound print periodical collection, campus. (Picture 2) project ended, but having a volume and eventually discarded 523 titles count would have been an asset. measuring over 3000 cubic feet. The Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 47 Academic Librarian Outreach to Veterans Giving Back to Those Who Served

Anne Hudson combat. They are frequently mature skills they acquired as members of Assistant Professor, Librarian for the Col- and responsible adults with fami- the military. lege of Arts and Letters lies to support who have undergone University of Southern Mississippi years of rigorous training. However, Wayne State University Introduction studies have also shown that people I recently accepted a position at who volunteer for military service Since the Post 9/11 Veterans Ed- the University of Southern Missis- are more often than not poor, non- ucation Assistance Act of 2008, col- sippi, as the librarian for the Col- white, and, first generation college leges and universities have seen an lege of Arts and Letters, after having attendees. It does veterans a disser- influx of veteran enrollment and served in a similar role at Wayne vice to generalize them as either too several scholars have stated that as State University in Detroit, Mich- mature for basic library instruction, many as two million veterans will be igan. One of my roles at Wayne, or too unprepared for a complicat- arriving on college campuses within was to provide outreach to various ed research assignment. Academ- the next few years. In 2013, Presi- groups outside of my liaison areas. ic librarians involved in outreach dent Obama introduced an 8 Keys My favorite outreach opportuni- should consider meeting with the program that identifies the actions ty was working with a class of stu- Center for military veterans, ser- that colleges can undertake to ease dent veterans. Every semester a new vice members, and families on their veteran transition from the battle- group of student veterans would be campus to determine how best to field to the classroom. What may tasked with conducting interviews serve those individuals. have started as an administrative of each other for submission to the outreach opportunity, that colleges Library of Congress Veteran Oral Background would recruit veterans who have History Project. We not only cov- access to the funds to pay for their Since 2013, several articles have ered the mechanics of interviews education, has become a hot topic in been written about academic librar- and transcription, we covered where academic libraries. ies and veterans in an attempt to lay to find primary documents related the groundwork for other outreach to “their” wars. I also introduced Colleges and universities have librarians interested in this unique them to an easy to use but compre- recently started to build a support- patron class. Fawley and Krysak, hensive database to locate second- ive environment for their veteran (2013), were among the first to state ary materials related to their time students to ensure that their unique that librarians can serve a central in service, and finally, I was able to needs are met while also focusing role in easing the transition from introduce them to our wide variety on the administrative goals of re- military life to student life for vet- of newspaper sources. tention and timely graduation of all erans on campus. LeMire, (2015), students. One of President Obama’s Teaching this class was an incred- herself a veteran of the Iraq war 8 keys is to coordinate and central- ible opportunity for me. The vet- and an academic librarian, provides ize campus efforts for all veterans. erans worked together as a team to particularly interesting insight into This is where the academic librarian create and document their own oral successful engagement with veter- can begin their outreach efforts to histories that can now be shared with ans that begins with making a con- veterans. their future children and grandchil- nection. Veterans will want to know dren. At the same time, I was able Veterans are inherently differ- why you are interested in them as a to share valuable information about ent from other incoming students, group. Phelps, (2015) discussed fa- library resources and how to apply including older transfer students. cilitating veteran student learning them to real life situations. In fact, I Many veterans have served overseas by reinforcing and translating the went in to teach them one last time and have seen and participated in Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 48 after I had already resigned. I highly recommend this activity to anyone who wants to reach out to veterans on their campus.

University of Southern Mississippi My first day as a librarian at USM, I was provided an orientation checklist that included familiarizing myself with the University website. One of the items that caught my eye was the announcement that USM had been named a 2016 Top Mili- tary Friendly Online College, one of only 81 awarded that distinction nationwide. I decided to investigate further to see if the library was supporting veterans by directing them to our online services and resources and was pleased to find a LibGuide had already been completed. The following week, I was invited to attend a DAR presentation by one of my history faculty members, Dr. An- drew Wiest where he discussed one of his recent books, The Boys of 67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam and informed us that he is currently working on a similar book about the families of the veterans. He interviews each veteran that he can locate and documents the conver- sation, very much like the oral histories that I had previously worked on. After speaking with Dr. Wiest, who also serves as the Founding Director of the Dale Center for the Study of War & Society at USM, I was even more firm in my resolve to work with the veterans at USM and reached out to Maj. Gen. Jeff Ham- mond (U.S Army, ret.), who serves as director of the University’s Center for Military Veterans, Service Mem- bers and Families. Mr. Hammond was pleased that Anne Hudson helping Valerie Henry at the USM Center for Military Veterans Service Mem- bers and Families. Photos by Jennifer Culley, USM Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 49

I had expressed an interest in his of course also incorporate some of As Jeff Hammond so kindly put it, center and invited me to tour the these events into their program- just to know you care and will smile facility and to discuss the services ming plans: when you see a service member or and resources that they provide to Host special orientation sessions vet on campus is enough to build the veterans, service members, and for veterans that welcome them to a life time bond with these young families at USM. We agreed to work campus; men and women. I can’t think of together this summer to develop Introduce them to success tools: any greater reward for the time I an orientation and other library/ research consultations; ask a librari- spent in library school, I hope that military events during the academ- an services; and, LibGuides; you agree. ic year. There are currently 1,200 Save them time by creating vid- veterans enrolled at the University References eos introducing efficient database Fawley, N. and Krysak, N. (2013). Serving those who of Southern Mississippi and they searching strategies; serve: outreach and instruction for student cadets primarily major in Business, Educa- and veterans. Proceedings of the 2013 American Tailor instruction sessions for Association of College and Research Libraries, tion, or Nursing. veterans by focusing on their cur- Indianapolis, Indiana, April 2013. Available at: http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/lib_articles/427 rent information needs, their ability LeMire, S. (2015). Beyond service: New outreach Conclusion to evaluate information, and to en- strategies to reach student veterans. Proceedings If you are passionate about trying of the 2015 American Association of College and hance their critical thinking skills; Research Libraries, Portland, Oregon, March to repay in some small way the debt Create book exhibits or displays 2015. Available at: http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ owed to our veterans, and serving ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsand- to coincide with military remem- preconfs/2015/LeMire.pdf those who served, I would encour- brances such Veteran’s Day; Phelps, S.F. (2015). The veteran student experience age you to try at least some of the and the academic librarian. The Journal of Aca- Introduce veterans to the Library demic Librarianship, 41(3), 236-240. following outreach activities in your of Congress Veterans History Proj- own libraries. Public libraries could ect: https://www.loc.gov/vets/

Quantitative Analysis of Published Articles in the Journal of Mississippi History A Bibliometric Study 2002-2012

Indira Bhowal 7822 cited references of this journal. articles for this journal during this Director of Published Information Sectiion The analysis covers the number of study period. Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History authors from participating states and out of country; the number of Objectives The Journal of Mississippi Histo- articles by joint authorship; ranking The basic objectives was to find ry is one of the premier journals in of significant authors; ranking of sig- out who are contributing to this the field of history, published by the nificant contributing organizations; journal, their affiliation, rank, is Mississippi Department of Archives organization wise distributions; there any other states involved, is and History. Eleven volumes of this ranking of articles as per number of there anyone contributing from journal, containing 44 issues from cited references; highest number of other countries, is there any joint 2002 to 2012 have been taken into authors as per rank; ranking of arti- collaborations issues among the consideration for this present study cles having more than ten pages etc. contributing authors over the elev- that carries out a bibliometric analy- The most productive institution was en years period; what are the signif- sis of 170 articles by 140 authors with the University of Mississippi with 27 icant subjects have been highlighted Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 50 out of this these articles, etc. contain any author information. authors have written jointly at least Table 2 lists that there are 16 once whereas only two authors Jere Methodology other states other than Mississip- Nash & Andy Taggart contributed The data presented in this paper pi have contributed in this journal. jointly 3 times during these 11 years have been retrieved from an excel The Mississippi authors contributed period. All these collaborations are file created out of the bibliographic 98 articles during these eleven years from the states such as Texas, Flor- information of 170 articles for 44 is- of study period. The next productive ida, Alabama and Mississippi and sues of 11 volumes within the time state is North Carolina by contribut- one from foreign country such as period of 2002-2012. ing 9 articles and Alabama, Califor- Australia. Table 1 lists that out of the 170 nia, Florida and Kentucky contrib- Table 3: Participating foreign countries uted 4 articles each. articles, there are 1 transcribed and Out of Country # of authors edited; 2 addresses; 23 compiled Table 3 indicates that 4 other for- Scotland 2 ;140 articles have been written by eign countries such as Australia, authors from Mississippi and oth- Canada, Scotland and Turkey par- Australia 2 ers states and 3 from other foreign ticipated in this journal by contrib- Canada 1 countries and 4 articles does not uting one or two articles. Turkey 1 There are 8 articles where 16 Total 6 Table 1: Number of articles 2002-2012 Transcribed and edited 1 Table 4: Joint authorship Authors Affiliation State Ranks Times Address 2 Mississippi Historical Society President & Compiled 23 Aubrey Lucas & & Mississippi Dept. of Secretary- Written 140 Elbert Hilliard Archives & History MS Treasurer 1 No author mentioned 4 Charles D. Professor Total 170 Lowery & Sara MS & Emeritus & Bradford Lowery Mississippi State University AL Retired teacher 1 Dorothy Freelance Table 2: Participating states and number McLeod author and of authors MacInerney & historian; States # of articles William Warren Florida State University, Emeritus MS 98 Rogers Tallahassee TX & FL Professor 1 NC 9 Political AL 4 consultant & Chief of CA 4 Staff of Gov. FL 4 Ray Mabus & KY 4 Jere Nash & Kirk Fordice; Andy Taggart MS Attorney 3 GA 3 NY 3 Associate IL 2 Maria R. Lowe & Southwestern University, professor & J Clint Morris Georgetown TX student 1 RI 2 KS 1 Historic Chattahoochee LA 1 Mike Bunn & Commission & Old Capitol AL & Clay Williams Museum MS Director 1 MA 1 MI 1 Princella W. Mississippi Historical Society President, Nowell & Elbert & Mississippi Dept. of Secretary- PA 1 R. Hilliard Archives & History MS Treasurer 1 IA 1 Timothy J. La Trobe University in Professor MD 1 Minchin & John Melbourne, Australia & La & Emeritus Total 140 A. Salmond Trobe University Australia Professor 1 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 51

Table 5: Ranking of significant authors as per # of articles contributed in the journal # of articles Author Affiliation State Rank written Elbert R. Hilliard Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History MS Director Emeritus 11 times Robert V. Haynes Western Kentucky University KY Professor Emeritus 4 times Political consultant& Chief of Staff of Gov. Ray Mabus & Jere Nash & Andy Taggart MS Kirk Fordice; Attorney 3 times Jerry Dallas Delta State University MS Professor Emeritus 2 times John David Smith University of North Carolina, Charlotte NC Professor 2 times John R. Tisdale Texas Christian University, Fort Worth TX Associate professor 2 times Joyce L. Brousard California State University, Northridge CA Professor 2 times Timothy B. Smith Shiloh National Military Park TN Staff 2 times

Jennifer Ford University of Mississippi MS Associate Professor 20 times Brenda M Eagles MS? 3 times

The most significant author is El- awards and Mississippi Historical Associate Professor from the Uni- bert R. Hilliard, Director Emeritus Society minutes of the annual meet- versity of Mississippi, has not been from the Mississippi Department of ing etc. on a regular basis. The next considered as most significant au- Archives and History who has con- is Robert V. Haynes who is profes- thor as her contributed articles are tributed 11 times by writing articles sor emeritus from Western Ken- all compiled information. on Mississippi Historical Society tucky University. Jennifer Ford, the The University of Mississippi is the most significant organization Table 6: Significant organizations by number of articles (more than 2 articles) that has contributed 27 articles be- Organizations States # of articles fore Mississippi Department of University of Mississippi MS 27 Archives and History having 15 Mississippi Dept. of Archives & History MS 15 articles. The other 6 organizations Mississippi State University MS 11 have contributed 3 or more articles University of Southern Mississippi MS 10 during this period of time. These University of North Carolina NC 7 above 8 organizations have contrib- Western Kentucky University KY 4 uted almost 50% of total articles (80 California State University, Northridge CA 3 out of 170 articles) and rest of the Delta State University MS 3 organizations has contributed 90 Total 80 articles. Table 7: Organization wise distributions # of Organizations article University College State agency Others Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis 1 1 Albany College of Pharmacy 1 1 Architect of the Capitol in Washington 1 1 Belhaven University 1 1 Boston University 1 1 California State Univeristy, Northridge 3 1 Car and Driver magazine 1 1 Columbus-Lowndes Public Library 1 1 Delta State University 3 1 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 52

# of Organizations article University College State agency Others East Georgia College 1 1 Elon University 1 1 Florida A & M University 1 1 Florida State University, Tallahassee 1 1 Georgia Southwestern State University 1 1 Greenville Memorial Hospital 1 1 Gulf Coast Community College 1 1 Hinds Community College 1 1 Historic Chattahoochee Commission & Old Capitol Museum 2 1 1 Historic Jefferson College 1 1

Howard Community College in Columbia Maryland 1 1 Jones Junior College 1 1 Koc University in Istanbul Turkey 1 1 La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia 1 1 Lambuth University 2 1 MDAH 15 1 Michigan State University 1 1 Mississippi State Hospital 1 1 Mississippi State University 11 1 Natchez National Historic park 1 1 Natchez Trace Parkway Association 1 1 North Dakota State University 1 1 Northeast Mississippi Community College 1 1 Northern Illinois University 1 1 Palmer College 1 1 Pennsylvania State University 1 1 Phelps Dunbar LLP 1 1 Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada 1 1 Rice University 1 1 San Francisco State University 1 1 Shiloh National Military Park 1 1 Siena College in Loudonville, New York 1 1 Southwestern University, Georgetown 1 1 St. Cloud State University 1 1 Stephen F. Austin State University 1 1 Texas Christian Universtiy, Fort Worth 1 1 Tougaloo College 1 1 Troy University 1 1 United States Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 1 1 University museum, University of MS 1 1 University of Alabama, Birmingham 1 1 University of Central Florida, Orlando 1 1 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 53

# of Organizations article University College State agency Others University of Edinburgh 1 1 University of Georgia 1 1 University of Kansas 1 1 University of Memphis 1 1 University of Mississippi 27 1 University of North Carolina, Ashville 1 1 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2 1 University of North Carolina, Charlotte 3 1 University of North Carolina, Greensboro 1 1 University of Rhode Island 1 1 University of Southern Mississippi 10 1 University of Texas 1 1 University of Texas-Austin 1 1 University of Wahington 1 1 Western Kentucky University 4 1 Total 42 11 1 13

Table 8: Ranks and number of authors # of # of # of Ranks authors Ranks authors Ranks authors Adjunct instructor 1 Emeritus Professor 1 Secretary-Treasurer 1 Adjunct professor 1 Graduate 3 Senior partner 1 Archivist 3 Graduate student 2 Staff 1 Assistant Archivist 1 Grants Administrator 1 State Historian 1 Assistant professor 17 Historian 3 Student 3 Associate professor 12 Historical archaeologist 2 Teacher 2 Author 6 Instructor 1 Technology Instructor 1 Cataloger, Special Coll. 1 Lecturer 4 Visiting instructor 2 Chair 1 Medical Director 1 Table 7 provides alphabetical list- Past President 1 Chairman of Div. of Arts and ing of all 67 organizations including Science 1 Pastor 1 42 universities, 11 colleges, 1 state Chief justice 1 Political consultant 1 agency, 13 others that have partic- Co-Chairman 1 Chief of Staff of Gov. Kirk ipated for contributing articles in Fordice 1 Computer program analyst 1 this journal. President 1 Dean 2 [Note: All organizations other Professor 37 Director 6 than university, college and state Director Emeritus 1 Professor Emeritus 8 agency, have been designated as Doctoral candidate 3 Program Chair 1 others.] Doctoral student 4 Research fellow 1 Table 8 indicates that authors Editor 1 Retired director 1 with 50 types of ranks contributed Editor-in-chief 1 Retired Historian and in this journal during these times. Archaeologist 1 Freelance author and And this information can be inter- historian 1 Retired-professor 1 polated as “Highest number of authors as per rank” in Table 9. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 54

Table 9: Highest number of authors as per rank Ranks # of authors Ranks # of authors have not been shown in this table. Professor 37 Historian 3 In Table 10, John Drabble is the author who has cited maximum Assistant professor 17 Student 3 number of references in one article Associate professor 12 Dean 2 followed by Jerry Dallas with 150 ci- Professor Emeritus 8 Graduate student 2 tations. Also, it was found that there Author 6 Historical archaeologist 2 are 14 articles with cited references Director 6 Teacher 2 in the range of 100-150; 49 articles Doctoral student 4 Visiting instructor 2 from 60-100; 28 articles for 40-60 and 20 articles in the range of 20-40. Lecturer 4 There are maximum numbers of So majority articles have cited ref- Archivist 3 authors with the rank “Professor” erences in the range of 60-100 that Doctoral candidate 3 followed by “Assistant Professor”. signifies well researched articles for Graduate 3 The ranks that have only one author this journal.

Table 10: Ranking of articles as per # of cited references # of cited Authors Title of the articles references The FBI, cointelpro-white hate, and the decline of the Ku Klux Klan organizations John Drabble in Mississippi, 1964-1971 234 Jerry Dallas Movie theaters in twentieth century Jackson Mississippi 150

Marika Pineda Preserving good order: John Girault of Natchez, Mississippi, 1783-1813 147

The press challenge of social responsibility in times of political upheaval: Hodding Susan Weill Carter III and the Delta Democrat-Times respond to freedom summer in 1964 145 Soldier versus statesman: the primacy of symbols during the elections of 1824 and Jeffrey Normand Bourdon 1828 in Mississippi and Alabama 129 Robert L. Fleegler Theodore G. Bilbo and the decline of public racism, 1938-1947. 127 Craig Zaim Trial by ordeal: the Willie McGee case 122 Mona K. Vance Mississippi University for Women and the battle over coeducation 122 Civil rights advocates in the academy: white pro-integrationist faculty at Millsaps Maria R. Lowe & J Clint Morris College 121 Confabulations of history: William Faulkner, Edgar Francisco, and a friendship Jack D. Elliott, Jr. that never was 119 Susan Weil The Dixiecrats and the Mississippi Daily Press 118

Jerry Dallas Sectional contrasts and the demise of old South Jackson’s white residential areas 116

“General Prentiss proved himself no better than a vulgar Braggart!”: General Toby Bates Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss and a failure of Civil war historiography 112 Paul T. Murrary Father Nathaniel and the Greenwood movement 111 Rebecca M. Dresser Kate and John Minor: confederate unionist of Natchez 105

Robert Krause A pawn in the “great experiment” :the origins of the TVA in Mississippi, 1933-45 98 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 55

# of cited Authors Title of the articles references Crafts of freedom: the poor people’s corporation and working class activism for William Sturkey black power 96 The Mississippi state sanatorium: pioneering tuberculosis treatment during the Ashley Baggett 1920s and 1930s 96 Timothy J. Minchin and John A. “The saddest story of the whole movement”: the Clyde Kennard case and the Salmond search for racial reconciliation in Mississippi, 1955-2007 95 Jack D. Elliott, Jr. Paving the Trace 93

Ed Payne Kinship, slavery, and gender in the free state of Jones: the life of Sarah Collins 93 Robert V. Haynes The tragic tenure of territorial governor Robert Williams 92 The three R’s- reading, ‘riting, and race: the evolution of race in Mississippi history Rebecca Miller Davis textbooks, 1900-1995 92 Mary Jo Festle First try at a second chance: the pioneering lung transplant 89 Justin C. Eaddy Mississippi’s state parks: the new deal’s mixed legacy 89 Thom Rosenblum Driving out the slave traders: the Natchez uprising of 1833 89 Joyce L. Brousard Malvina Mathews: the murderess madam of civil war - era Natchez 89 Suzanne T. Dolensky Natchez in 1920: on the threshold of modernity 89 Terry Whittington In the shadow of defeat: tracking the Vicksburg parolees 88 Jack D. Elliott The buried city: a meditation on history and place 88

Eric Gerard Pearman Ida B Wells: familial and religious influences in Holly Springs, Mississippi 87 Dennis J. Mitchell Mississippi community colleges 1972-2000 87 Revisiting reconstruction: James O. Eastland, the FEPC, and the struggle to Chris Myers Asch rebuild Germany, 1945-1946 86

Charles W. Eagles “The fight for men’s minds”: the aftermath of the Ole Miss Riot of 1962 85 With determination and fortitude we come to vote: black organization and Michael Vinson Williams resistance to voter suppression in Mississippi. 85

Charles W. Eagles “Thought control” in Mississippi: the case of professor William P. Murphy 82 Evan C. Rothera Forgotten fire-eater: William Barksdale in history and memory 82

Charles A Weeks The politics of trade: Delavillebeuvre’s 1787 mission to the Choctaws and journal 81 Thomas Adams Upchurch Why populism failed in Mississippi 81

Whitney Adrienne Snow Teaching young dogs new tricks: early boys’ and girls’ clubs in Central Mississippi 80 Mullins, Andrew P. The education programs of Governor William Winter 78 James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. Looking for Bob: black confederate pensioners after the civil war 76 A black vice president in the gilded age? Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce and the Nicholas Patler National Republican Convention of 1880 75 Leland R. Johnson No work, no rations: army engineers’ work relief in Southern States 74 Divided loyalties: reactions of Mississippians to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s supreme Donald K. Mitchener court reform proposal 74 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 56

# of cited Authors Title of the articles references

“She appeared to be mistress of her own actions, free from the control of anyone”: Nik Ribianszky property-holding free women of color in Natchez, Mississippi, 1779-1865 74

Guess who’s coming to dinner: a Mississippi response to Booker T. Washington, David H. Jackson, Jr. Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House incident of 1901 73 Frederic Bancroft’s “notes among the negroes”: writing contemporary history in John David Smith bourbon-era Mississippi 72 Robert E. Luckett, Jr. Annie Devine: a mother in and of the civil rights movement 71 Sex, social equality, and yankee values: white men’s attitudes toward C.B. Waldrip miscegenation during Mississippi’s reconstruction 70 James F. Barnett The Yamasee war, the bearded chief, and the founding of Fort Rosalie 69 Tony L. Turnbow The Natchez Trace in the war of 1812 69 Christopher S. Johnson Poverty of dependency: the paupers of antebellum Mississippi 68 Jere Nash & Andy Taggart Fifty years of legislative reapportionment in Mississippi 68 Jere Nash & Andy Taggart William Winter and his campaigns for governor: 1967, 1975 and 1979. 67 Fred C. Smith The Tupelo Homesteads: new deal agrarian experimentation 66 Joyce L. Brousard Occupied Natchez, elite women and the feminization of the civil war 66 Jere Nash & Andy Taggart Education transforms the Mississippi legislature 65

Don Harris Thompson Senator John Cornelius Stennis, Mississippi Statesman: the early years 63 Fred C. Smith The Delta cooperative farm and the death of a vision 63 Revisiting the Natchez prilgrimage: women and the creation of Mississippi’s Karen L. Cox heritage tourism industry. 62 Wendy St. Jean Squirrel king and the Eastern Chickasaw band 60 James Taylor Carson Greenwood LeFlore: southern creole, Choctaw chief 60 “The Biloxi fishermen are killing the goose that laid the golden egg”: the seafood Deanne Stephens Nuwer strike of 1932 60

Hans Rasmussen Southern progressives and beginning of public history in Mississippi, 1897-1908 59 Robert V. Hayes Territorial Mississippi, 1798-1817 58

James R. Atkinson A narrative based on an interview with Malcolm McGee by Lyman C. Draper 57 Speakers’ rights, censorship, and the death of God: the struggle for free speech at Gregory J. Griffin Mississippi State University 57 Served up on a silver platter: Ross Barnett, the tourism industry, and Mississippi’s Matthew Reonas civil war centennial 57

Timothy B. Smith “A siege from the start”: the spring 1862 campaign against Corinth, Mississippi 56 Mark Newman The Catholic church in Mississippi and desegregation, 1963-1973 55 Charles C. Bolton William F. Winter and the politics of racial moderation in Mississippi 54 Martha H. Swain When T. Webber Wilson crossed the President’s Pit bull 52 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 57

# of cited Authors Title of the articles references Timothy B. Smith Victory at any cost: the Yazoo pass expedition 50 William P. Hustwit Sermons that became charges 48

“Don’t stone her until you see her side”: New England editors and the Mississippi John R. Tisdale state sovereignty Commission’s public relations campaign of 1956 46

John R. Tisdale Native son: rob hall and the daily worker coverage of the Emmett Till murder trial 46 The highly effective first Mississippi volunteer regiment in the Mexican war, Jochen S. Arndt 1846-1848 46 Greg O’Brien “We are behind you”: the Choctaw occupation of Natchez in 1778 45

Bonnie J. Krause The Jeanes supervisor: agent of change in Mississippi’s african american education 45 Balancing agriculture with industry: capital, labor and the public good in Connie L. Lester Mississippi’s home-grown new deal 45 Bradley G. Bond “Unmitigated thievery”: the case against William David McCain 45 Mike Bunn & Clay Williams Frontier in flames: the creek war and the Mississippi territory 45 Religion and the closed society: religious emphasis week, 1956, at the University Ernest M. Limbo of Mississippi 44 Craig S. Piper Breakthrough: the desegregation of Starkville public schools 44 John D. W. Guice Old Hickory and the Natchez Trace 44 Charles D. Lowery & Sara Zachariah McGirth, the creek Indian war, and the destruction of the Eastern Bradford Lowery creek nation. 44

Samuel D. Pace II The Cox, Morris and Pace feud of Marion County, Mississippi, 1872-1876 42 Patricia Galloway Four ages of Alibamon Mingo 41

Timothy R. Buckner Vicksburg’s war on vice: drinking, gambling, and race in the antebellum South 41 Chad Vanderford Peter little and the Pennsylvania connection in antebellum Natchez 41 Harold Holzer Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: rivals in popular prints 40 James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. Mann’s Foray: a Grierson-like raid that failed 38 Profit and corruption in Civil war Natchez: a case history of union occupation Leslie Smithers government 37 Burkett Jefferson college, the Freedmen’s bureau, and union occupation 37

Mississippi’s extraordinary month: the demise of the Sovereignty Commission and of unprofessional leadership at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, November Christopher P. Lehman 1973 37 High authority of failed prophet? Alfred Holt Stone and racial thought in Jim John David Smith Crow America 36 Not just for political historians: the abundance of research subjects in Mississippi’s Leigh McWhite Congressional collection 36

William Jeanes Mississippi’s world war I airmen and the naming of Keesler Air Force base 35 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 58

# of cited Authors Title of the articles references Frank J. Williams Lincoln, secession, and Mississippi: constitutional acts? 35 Julia Huston Nguyen Useful and ornamental: female education in antebellum Natchez 34 “The ‘So-called’ civil rights movement”: white reactions to civil rights as seen as Ryan P. Semmes seen in the John C. Stennis collection 34 Gamecocks in Mississippi: how a South Carolina company came to serve in a Robert S. Seigler Mississippi regiment 33

Wilm K. Strawbridge “A monument better than Marble”: Jefferson Davis and the new South 33 David Slay Abraham Lincoln and the United States colored troops of Mississippi 33 The houma nation in Mississippi’s early French colonial period: modern J. Daniel d’oney interpretations and influences 31

Robert Gilmer Chickasaws, tribal laws, and the Mississippi married women’s property act of 1839 27 Senators Poindexter, Davis, and Stennis: three Mississippi in the history of the William C. Allen United States capitol 24 Dorothy McLeod MacInerney & William Warren Rogers Elizabeth Croom Bellamy, the Delta and the enduring importance of family 22 James F. Fickle Forest products: the south’s “forgotten industry” 22 Lynda Lasswell Crist Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: a comparison 21 Glen Robins Inside the mind of a Johnny Reb; the civil war letters of John Cato 20 Robert V. Haynes “Some dark, mysterious business”: Aaron Burr in Mississippi territory. 12 Greg O’Brien Mississippi Indian biographies 5

Table 11: Ranking of articles having more than 10 pages Article # of pages “The fight for men’s minds”: the aftermath of the Ole Miss Riot of 1962 54 “Thought control” in Mississippi: the case of professor William P. Murphy 48

The FBI, cointelpro-white hate, and the decline of the Ku Klux Klan organizations in Mississippi, 1964-1971 48 William F. Winter and the politics of racial moderation in Mississippi 47

The three R’s- reading, ‘riting, and race: the evolution of race in Mississippi history textbooks, 1900-1995 45 The buried city: a meditation on history and place 43 “The saddest stofy of the whole movement”: the Clyde Kennard case and the search for racial reconciliation in Mississippi, 1955-2007 43 Natchez in 1920: on the threshold of modernity 42

With determination and fortitude we come to vote: black organization and resistance to voter supression in Mississippi. 42

The politics of trade: Delavillebeuvre’s 1787 mission to the Choctaws and journal 39 The Delta cooperative farm and the death of a vision 39 Preserving good order: John Girault of Natchez, Mississippi, 1783-1813 38 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 59

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Served up on a silver platter: Ross Barnett, the tourism industry, and Mississippi’s civil war centennial 38 A narrative based on an interview with Malcolm McGee by Lyman C. Draper 37

Frederic Bancroft’s “notes among the negroes”: writing contemporary history in bourbon-era Mississippi 37 Malvina Mathews: the murderess madam of civil war - era Natchez 35

Crafts of freedom: the poor people’s corporation and working class activism for black power 35

Confabulations of history: William Faulkner, Edgar Francisco, and a friendship that never was 35 Paving the Trace 34 “Unmitigated thievery”: the case against William David McCain 34 Father Nathaniel and the Greenwood movement 34

Soldier versus statesman: the primacy of symbols during the elections of 1824 and 1828 in Mississippi and Alabama 34

A black vice president in the gilded age? Senator Blanche Kelso Bruce and the National Republican Convention of 1880 33

The press challenge of social responsibility in times of political upheaval: Hodding Carter III and the Delta Democrat- Times respond to freedom summer in 1964 33 Trial by ordeal: the Willie McGee case 32

Sectional contrasts and the demise of old South Jackson’s white residential areas 31 Movie theaters in twentieth century Jackson Mississippi 31 Poverty of dependency: the paupers of antebellum Mississippi 31

“General Prentiss proved himself no better than a vulgar Braggart!”: General Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss and a failure of Civil war historiography 31

Southern progressives and beginning of public history in Mississippi, 1897-1908 30 Mississippi University for Women and the battle over coeducation 30

A pawn in the “great experiment” :the origins of the TVA in Mississippi, 1933-45 30 Mississippi community colleges 1972-2000 29 Looking for Bob: black confederate pensioners after the civil war 29

Kinship, slavery, and gender in the free state of Jones: the life of Sarah Collins 29

Revisiting reconstruction: James O. Eastland, the FEPC, and the struggle to rebuild Germany, 1945-1946 28

Speakers’ rights, censorship, and the death of God: the struggle for free speech at Mississippi State University 28

“She appeared to be mistress of her own actions, free from the control of anyone”: property-holding free women of color in Natchez, Mississippi, 1779-1865 28 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 60

Article # of pages Occupied Natchez, elite women and the feminization of the civil war 28

Balancing agriculture with industry: capital, labor and the public good in Mississippi’s home-grown new deal 28 The education programs of Governor William Winter 28 Kate and John Minor: confederate unionist of Natchez 27 Why populism failed in Mississippi 27

“The Biloxi fishermen are killing the goose that laid the golden egg”: the seafood strike of 1932 27 Theodore G. Bilbo and the decline of public racism, 1938-1947. 27 The Tupelo Homesteads: new deal agrarian experimentation 27 The tragic tenure of territorial governor Robert Williams 27 No work, no rations: army engineers’ work relief in Southern States 26 Ida B Wells: familial and religious influences in Holly Springs, Mississippi 26 Guess who’s coming to dinner: a Mississippi response to Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House incident of 1901 26 The Natchez Trace in the war of 1812 26

The Mississippi state sanatorium: pioneering tuberculosis treatment during the 1920s and 1930s 26 First try at a second chance: the pioneering lung transplant 25 Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis: rivals in popular prints 25 The Catholic church in Mississippi and desegregation, 1963-1973 24 Education transforms the Mississippi legislature 24

Civil rights advocates in the academy: white pro-integrationist faculty at Millsaps College 24 Lincoln, secession, and Mississippi: constitutional acts? 24 Peter little and the Pennsylvania connection in antebellum Natchez 24 Forgotten fire-eater: William Barksdale in history and memory 24 The Yamasee war, the bearded chief, and the founding of Fort Rosalie 24 In the shadow of defeat: tracking the Vicksburg parolees 23

Senators Poindexter, Davis, and Stennis: three Mississippi in the history of the United States capitol 23

Divided loyalties: reactions of Mississippians to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s supreme court reform proposal 23 Annie Devine: a mother in and of the civil rights movement 23 The Dixiecrats and the Mississippi Daily Press 22 Territorial Mississippi, 1798-1817 22 Driving out the slave traders: the Natchez uprising of 1833 22 “A monument better than Marble”: Jefferson Davis and the new South 22

“The ‘So-called’ civil rights movement”: white reactions to civil rights as seen as seen in the John C. Stennis collection 22

Teaching young dogs new tricks: early boys’ and girls’ clubs in Central Mississippi 22

Revisiting the Natchez pilgrimage: women and the creation of Mississippi’s heritage tourism industry. 22 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 61

Article # of pages Mississippi’s state parks: the new deal’s mixed legacy 21 Four ages of Alibamon Mingo 21

“A siege from the start”: the spring 1862 campaign against Corinth, Mississippi 21

The houma nation in Mississippi’s early French colonial period: modern interpretations and influences 21

Mississippi Historical Society minutes of the annual business meeting, March 4, 2006 21 Senator John Cornelius Stennis, Mississippi Statesman: the early years 21

Sex, social equality, and Yankee values: white men’s attitudes toward miscegenation during Mississippi’s reconstruction 20 Minutes of the Mississippi Historical Society 2008 business meeting 20

“Don’t stone her until you see her side”: New England editors and the Mississippi state sovereignty Commission’s public relations campaign of 1956 19

Transactions of the annual Mississippi Historical Society business meeting, March6, 2004 19

Vicksburg’s war on vice: drinking, gambling, and race in the antebellum South 19

Mississippi’s extraordinary month: the demise of the Sovereignty Commission and of unprofessional leadership at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, November 1973 19 Victory at any cost: the Yazoo pass expedition 19 Abraham Lincoln and the United States colored troops of Mississippi 19 William Winter and his campaigns for governor: 1967, 1975 and 1979. 19 Minutes of the Mississippi Historical Society 2010 business meeting 19

Not just for political historians: the abundance of research subjects in Mississippi’s Congressional collection 19 Greenwood Leflore: southern creole, Choctaw chief 18 Useful and ornamental: female education in antebellum Natchez 18 Recent manuscript accessions at Mississippi College and university libraries 18

Mississippi Historical Society minutes of the annual business meeting, March 3, 2007 18 Fifty years of legislative reapportionment in Mississippi 18

Mississippi Historical Society minutes of the annual business meeting, March 5, 2011 18

Profit and corruption in Civil war Natchez: a case history of union occupation government 17 “We are behind you”: the Choctaw occupation of Natchez in 1778 17 Breakthrough: the desegregation of Starkville public schools 17

Transactions of the annual Mississippi Historical Society business meeting, March 5, 2005 17

Chickasaws, tribal laws, and the Mississippi married women’s property act of 1839 17 Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 62

Article # of pages Recent manuscript accessions at Mississippi College and University libraries 17 Recent manuscript accessions at Mississippi College and University libraries 17

Religion and the closed society: religious emphasis week, 1956, at the University of Mississippi 16 Mississippi Historical Society minutes of the annual meeting 16

The Jeanes supervisor: agent of change in Mississippi’s African American education 16 Mississippi Historical Society minutes of the annual business, meeting 2003 16 Forest products: the south’s “forgotten industry” 16

Native son: rob hall and the daily worker coverage of the Emmett Till murder trial 16

High authority of failed prophet? Alfred Holt Stone and racial thought in Jim Crow America 16 The Cox, Morris and Pace feud of Marion County, Mississippi, 1872-1876 16 Minutes of the Mississippi Historical Society 2009 business meeting 16

Zachariah McGirth, the creek Indian war, and the destruction of the Eastern creek nation. 16 Minutes of the 2012 Mississippi Historical Society business meeting 16

The highly effective first Mississippi volunteer regiment in the Mexican war, 1846-1848 15 Old Hickory and the Natchez Trace 15 When T. Webber Wilson crossed the President’s Pit bull 15 Mann’s Foray: a Grierson-like raid that failed 14 Elizabeth Croom Bellamy, the Delta and the enduring importance of family 13 Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: a comparison 13 Inside the mind of a Johnny Reb; the civil war letters of John Cato 12 Recent manuscript accessions at Mississippi College and university libraries 12 Sermons that became charges 12

Gamecocks in Mississippi: how a South Carolina company came to serve in a Mississippi regiment 12 “Some dark, mysterious business”: Aaron Burr in Mississippi territory. 12 Squirrel king and the Eastern Chickasaw band 11

Prologue to war: the Mississippi territory, 1803-1812; a conflict to be forgotten or celebrated? 11

Charles W. Eagles article “The range of 10-20 pages. So it can be have the word ‘Natchez’ followed by fight for men’s minds”: the aftermath inferred that majority of the articles William F. Winter (6) times. That of the Ole Miss Riot of 1962 become are in the range of 20 to 30 pages. means within this eleven years pe- the highest ranking articles as per Each significant word was as- riod of time, the authors selected number of page with maximum signed in each cell of an excel file Natchez and William F. Winter as number of 54 pages. Eight articles and total counts were done for the significant subjects followed by are in the range of 40- 50 pages; 23 same word and have been assigned civil war, Abraham Lincoln etc. The articles for 30-40 pages; 48 articles in the above table and it signifies that words like Mississippi, Annual busi- for 20-30 pages and 46 articles in the maximum number of articles (12) ness meeting, Programs etc. have Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 63 been considered for this table. Table 13: Significant words Significant words #of times The Book Reviews are a major Significant words #of times Jefferson Davis 3 section of this journal but they have Natchez Antebellum Natchez 2 12 not been considered for this present Civil Rights study. Probably in the future, there William F. Winter 6 Movement 2 will be another bibliometric study Civil War 6 Creek War 2 on book reviews to find the detailed Abraham Lincoln 4 Desegregation 2 analysis of this section. Choctaws 3 New Deal 2

Table 12: Significant words

Aaron Burr Creek War Houma Nation Natchez Trace Parkway Stennis Abraham Lincoln David Halberstam Ida B. Wells Natchez, Mississippi Supreme Court Accession Davis Indian Biographies National Republican Reform African American Edu- Delavillebeuvre Interview Convention Of T. Webber Wilson cation Delta Jackson 1880 Territorial Mississippi Agrarian Experimentation Delta Cooperative Farm James O. Eastland New Deal Theodore G. Bilbo Alabama Desegregation Jefferson College New South Theodore Roosevelt Alfred Holt Stone Dissertations Jefferson Davis Occupied Natchez Transactions Alibamon Mingo Dixiecrat Jim Crow America Old Hickory Tribal Laws Annie Devine Drinking John C. Stennis Ole Miss Riot 1962 Tuberculosis Annual Business Meeting Eastern Chickasaw Band John Cato Pace Feud Of Mation Treatment Antebellum Mississippi Eastern Creek Nation John Girault County Tupelo Antebellum Natchez Edgar Francisco John Minor Paupers T VA Antebellum South Education Johnny Reb Pennsylvania Connec- Union Occupation Archives & History Build- Education Programs Kate Minor tion United States Colored ing Election Of 1824 Keesler Air Force Base Pit Bull Troops Awards And Officers Election Of 1828 Ku Klux Klan Poindexter University Libraries Bibliography Elite Women Legislative Reapportion- Program University Of Missis- Biloxi Elizabeth Croom Bellamy ment Pro-Integrationist sippi Black Confederate Pen- Emmett Till Murder Trial Lincoln Faculty Uprising Of 1833 sioners Evolution Of Race Lung Transplant Public History Vicksburg Black Organization Father Nathaniel Lyman C. Draper Publications Vicksburg Parolees Black Power FBI Malcolm McGee Racial Moderation White House Booker T. Washington Female Education Malvina Mathews Racial Reconciliation White Men Bourbon Era Feminization Manuscript Accession Racial Thought White Residential Boys’ And Girls’ Clubs FEPC Mexican War Reconstruction Religion Areas Buried City Forest products Millsaps College Robert Williams William Barksdale Campaigns For Governor Forgotten Industry Mississippi Ross Barnett William David Mc- Catholic Church Fort Rosalie Mississippi College Sarah Collins Cain Censorship Franklin D. Roosevelt Mississippi Daily Press Seafood Strike William F. Winter Chickasaws Frederic Bancroft Mississippi Legislature Secession William Faulkner Chocktaws Free Speech Mississippi Regiment Senator Blanche Kelso William Handlon Choctaw Chief Free State Of Jones Mississippi State Peniten- Bruce William McGee Choctaw Occupation Freedmen’s Bureau tiary Senator John Cornelium William P. Murphy Civil Rights Movement Freedom Summer 1964 Mississippi State Sover- Stennis Women’s Property Act Civil War French Colonial Period eignty Commission Sanatorium Of 1839 Civil War Centennial Gambling Mississippi State University Sermons World War I Civil War Historiography General Benjamin Mayber- Mississippi Statesman Sex Yamasee War Civil War Letters ry Prentiss Mississippi Territory Slave Traders Yankee Values Clyde Kennard Case Germany Mississippi’s Reconstruc- Social Equality Yazoo Co-Education Greenwood LeFlore tion South Jackson Zachariah McGirth Cointelpro-White Hate Greenwood Movement Morris Southern States Community Colleges Grierson Movie Theaters Sovereignty Commis- Congressional Collection Hodding Carter MUW sion Constitutional Act Holly Springs Natchez Squirrel King Corinth Home-Grown New Deal Natchez Pilgrimage Starkville Public Schools Cox Homesteads Natchez Trace State Parks Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 64 People In The News

Sarah Mangrum —◆— Mississippi Library Association in Access Services Librarian / Paul McCarver, Associate Pro- 1976, and has served as chair of the Assistant Clinical Professor Elections Committee, Intellectu- University of Southern Mississippi fessor, Senior Research Services Li- brarian, and Business Librarian at al Freedom Committee, and Mis- Dr. Matthew Griffis, Assistant Cook Library, retired at the end of sissippi Government Documents Professor for the School of Library June 2016. Roundtable, as well as being a mem- and Information Science at South- ber of the MAGNOLIA Database ern Miss, appeared as a featured Selection Committee. speaker at Emporia State Univer- The University of Southern Mis- sity’s National Library Week cele- sissippi Libraries invited friends and brations on April 14th. Dr. Griffis’s colleagues of Mr. McCarver to join paper, entitled “Town and Gown: them in a celebration of his lengthy Celebrating the Carnegie Libraries career in librarianship and to offer of Emporia, Kansas”, explored the best wishes for his retirement at a history of the town’s two Carnegie reception on June 16th. libraries: the Anderson Memori- —◆— al Library of the former College of Emporia, and the Emporia Public University of Mississippi Blues Curator and Associate Professor Carnegie Library, which served Em- Mr. McCarver began his career at poria residents for almost 70 years. Greg Johnson has received two The University of Southern Missis- awards for his book 100 Books Every sippi in October 1980 and has been Blues Fan Should Own (Rowman & an esteemed librarian and respected Littlefield, 2014). The book won the member of the Southern Miss com- Association for Recorded Sound munity throughout the intervening Collections’ award for “Best His- thirty-plus years. torical Research in Blues, Gospel, Paul McCarver earned a Mas- Rhythm & Blues,” and it was also ter of Library Science degree from the recipient of the Music Library Delta State University in 1978 and Association’s “Vincent H. Duckles a Master of Library Service degree Award,” the association’s “annual from the University of Alabama Photograph by Jinxuan Ma, Assistant Profes- prize for the best book-length bibli- sor at ESU in 1980. Mr. McCarver joined the ography or reference work in music.”

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Sarah Mangrum USGA Executive Director John creating fund to donate history re- Access Services Librarian / Marszalek and his wife, Jeanne, lated materials to the library’s col- Assistant Clinical Professor have been strong supporters of Mis- lection each year. Dean Coleman University of Southern Mississippi sissippi State University Libraries. suggested that in addition to the pur- AUTHOR EDWINA CAMPBELL Fourteen years ago, the Marszaleks chased materials, the library should KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT 2016 approached Frances Coleman, Dean bring in a speaker each year and MARSZALEK LECTURE SERIES of MSU Libraries, with the idea of work with the history department, Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 65 where graduate students could Euro-Atlantic Future. Dr. Campbell —◆— apply to present their work. The spoke on her forthcoming book, SOUTHERN MISS SLIS PROFES- John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Li- Citizen of a Wider Commonwealth: SOR RECEIVES IMLS GRANT brary Fund & Lecture Series made Ulysses S. Grant's Post Presidential The School of Library and Infor- its debut in the spring of 2003. This Diplomacy, published by Southern mation Science at the University of year’s event, the 14th lecture in the Illinois University Press. The hard- Southern Mississippi is also pleased series, was held at MSU Wednesday, back edition is currently available to announce that Dr. Matthew Griff- March 23 in Mitchell Memorial Li- from all major booksellers. is’ project, “The Roots of Communi- brary's John Grisham Room. ty: Segregated Carnegie Libraries of the American South as Community Learning Spaces” has been funded with a research grant from the In- stitute of Museum and Library Ser- vices (IMLS). The three-year project will examine how public libraries in the past have been used as community learning spaces by members of marginalized and minority groups. Griffis’ project was one of 20 funded this spring through the Institute’s Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. The Institute of Museum The 2016 Marszalek Lecture Ryan Lawrence, a senior at MSU, and Library Services is the prima- speaker was author and USGA mem- presented his paper entitled “Mutu- ry source of federal support for the ber Dr. Edwina S. Campbell. Dr. al Misunderstandings: A Study on nation’s 123,000 libraries and 35,000 Campbell is a former U.S. Foreign Ida Honoré Grant’s Austrian Expe- museums. Its mission is to inspire Service officer who worked on sev- rience.” The 2016 Marszalek Lecture libraries and museums to advance eral presidential visits and summit Series student essay winner’s work innovation, lifelong learning, and meetings during her years with the centers on the transnational inter- cultural and civic engagement. Its Department of State. After leaving actions and cultural interpretations grant making, policy development, the diplomatic service, she taught between Ida Grant and the Austri- and research help libraries and mu- American foreign policy at the Uni- an aristocracy during Fred Grant’s seums deliver valuable services that versity of Virginia, was a professor appointment as minister to Austria make it possible for communities of grand strategy at National De- from 1889 until 1893. The collection and individuals to thrive. fense University, and retired in 2014 of Ida Honoré Grant’s letters, donat- as a professor of national security ed to the Grant Library by Ulysses studies at Air University. Since 1985 Dietz, were invaluable to the com- she has been a frequent practitioner pletion of this paper. of public diplomacy for the U.S. In- For more information on MSU formation Agency and the Depart- Libraries, the Marszalek Lecture ment of State. Campbell’s numerous Series, and the upcoming lecture, To learn more, visit http://www. publications include Germany’s Past please visit http://library.msstate. imls.gov and follow USIMLS on and Europe’s Future: The Challenges edu/Marszalek. Facebook and IMLS on Twitter. Submitted by of West German Foreign Policy and Submitted by Brad Moreland The Karen Rowell Co-chair, Public Relations Committee Relevance of American Power: Admissions and Events Coordinator Mitchell Memorial Library School of Library and Information Science The Anglo-American Past and the Mississippi State University The University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 66

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MISSISSIPPI LIBRARY COM- The Mississippi Library Commis- On Wednesday, April 13, Keith MISSION HOSTED “LIBRARY sion supports innovative programs Wilson, President of the North DAY” AT THE STATE CAPITOL and initiatives to strengthen and en- Bay Civitan Club, visited Gunter The Mississippi Library Com- hance library services for all Missis- Library with balloons, donuts, and mission (MLC) hosted “Library sippians. The agency is funded by poster to offer thanks for supporting Day” at the Mississippi State Capi- the Mississippi Legislature, with ad- the Club. Gunter Library has part- tol on Tuesday, March 8, 2016. The ditional funding provided through nered with the North Bay Civitans event was held on the First Floor the Institute of Museum and Library on service projects such as promot- Rotunda from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Services under provisions of the Li- ing their annual special needs Eas- There were costumed characters brary Services and Technology Act ter Egg Hunt and Gobble Wobble from some classic children’s books, (LSTA), offering leadership in li- Thanksgiving Bridge Walk to collect demonstrations of 3-D printers, and brary services, advocacy, and train- food for The Lord is My Help. many other exciting things showing for library professionals and casing what is going on in today’s paraprofessionals. libraries. Representatives from the Mississippi Library Association (MLA) and Friends of the Missis- sippi Libraries, Inc. joined MLC to share the news from the libraries in their communities. This event provided an opportunity for MLC and its supporters to talk with state lawmakers about the Photograph by Danielle Bailey value of libraries in their communi- Photograph by Susan Liles Shown from left to right are Library Assis- tant Maryanne Anthony, Librarian Joyce ties and how libraries enhance and Submitted by strengthen the state. For those who Shaw, and North Bay Civitan Club President Susan Liles Keith Wilson. were unable to attend the event, a Public Relations Director Mississippi Library Commission note or call to lawmakers is encour- Submitted by aged. For more information about —◆— Joyce Shaw “Library Day” or about advocat- Head of Gunter Library and Professor NORTH BAY CIVITAN CLUB ing for libraries, contact MLC at THANKS LIBRARY DURING Gunter Library 601-432-4111. NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK The University of Southern Mississippi

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Michele Frasier-Robinson “John Roy Lynch had an Irish fa- Lynch’s childhood was typical: Librarian for ther and an enslaved mother.” Sad- promises of freedom, a succession Education & Psychology faced children dressed in ill-fitting, of owners, moves from fields to University of Southern Mississippi ragged shirts overlook the cotton fancy plantation homes, and back to plants, hoe-wielding slaves, and the fields at the whim of a master. Then, Barton, Chris. tiny shacks of a plantation. Thus apparently having escaped the plan- The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch. begins the picture book biography tation, as a young teenager Lynch Grand Rapids, Michigan: William of a freed slave who rises to suc- found paying jobs: waiter, cook, B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, cess in the unfamiliar context of pantry man on a Union steamer, 2015. 50pp, $17.00 (Hardcover) Reconstruction. and photographer’s assistant. In the Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 68 meantime, Lincoln had signed the very readable biography and a must of contents. I would venture to guess Emancipation Proclamation. By age for both school and public libraries. that most readers will feel this way. nineteen, Lynch was running the Debbie Allen In some ways this book feels like a local portrait shop and attending a Librarian, Sudduth Elementary School reference book. Since so many re- night school taught by Northern- Starkville, MS al-life individuals are referenced, ers. Soon, John Roy Lynch was ap- —◆— the author includes an index of all pointed Justice of the Peace, then Hailman, John. the individuals and towns profiled. elected to the Mississippi House of I very much enjoyed reading this Return to Guntown: Classic Trials of Representatives, and then—at age book and look forward to reading the Outlaws and Rogues of Faulkner 25—elected to the United States Hailman’s first Guntown. The author Country. House of Representatives. Howev- not only spins a great tale, he has the Jackson, Mississippi: University er, as the North fell on hard times, goods to back up his stories as well. Press of Mississippi, 2015. 368 pp. legal equalities won by African I recommend this book to public $29.95 (Hardcover) Americans were fiercely contested libraries and libraries that collect by white Southerners. The federal This is a sequel of sorts to John works by Mississippi authors. Shellie Zeigler government looked the other way Hailman’s first book, Midnight to for nearly a century. Lynch lost his Talking Book Services Director Guntown, however it can be read Mississippi Library Commission Congressional seat, lived as a soldier independently of the first book. In and writer, and eventually settled in the preface he essentially explains —◆— Chicago. who he is and how he came to be an Morrison, Minion. Chris Barton tells John Roy attorney. In addition, for those who Aaron Henry of Mississippi: Inside Lynch’s story through simple sen- have not read his first book, this sec- Agitator. tences and colorful anecdotes. For ond volume provides a handy pref- Fayetteville, Arkansas: University example, the author explains how, ace summarizing the contents of the of Arkansas Press, 2015. 460 pp. in Sunday school, young ears “heard first volume. Hailman assures the $34.95 (Hardcover) more than they were intended to.” reader that he is working on a third He noticed how his mistress twist- Guntown book. The unforgiving caste system that ed scriptures to teach obedience to a The book is divided into different dominated Mississippi after Re- master. In addition to Barton’s infor- genres of cases (i.e. Fancy Frauds, construction caused many African mative text, Don Tate’s illustrations Crime Victims Fight Back, etc.). Americans to endure a difficult life furnish both historical and emo- These cases are told in a story type with little room to dream. Minion tional detail. All through the pages manner. This work reads like a book Morrison’s biography Aaron Henry dedicated to Lynch’s childhood, the of short stories. Short stories that just of Mississippi: Inside Agitator shows woebegone faces of slave children happen to all have occurred in Mis- that his subject was not among this reflect their hopelessness. From the sissippi. Each story is given a name crowd. Morrison’s books follows cover’s “Natchez” steamboat to the and listed in the table of contents. the rise of Henry from his share paintings of whippings and lynch- One of my favorites was called, “Not cropper beginnings, into military ing parties, the illustrator provides without My Daughter’s Teeth.” The service, and eventually to a career historical context, and he does it in a stories told are sometimes hilarious, as a public statesman. What’s most style that is gentle enough to present sometimes sad, but always attention impressive about Morrison’s book is harsh realities to children. grabbing. how he is able to show that Henry Lynch’s life presents hope in the I found it difficult to read this was both above and apart of his cul- face of hard times—times that are book straight through as if you ture. During every major step in very difficult to teach to children. would a regular book. I found much Henry’s life he is confronted with a Historical notes, a timeline, maps, a more pleasure in skipping around racial system that rejects him as an bibliography, and afterword by the and reading the stories that sound- autonomous actor. At Camp Shelby author and the illustrator make this ed interesting to me from the table he and other black servicemen were Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 69 treated unfairly by his superiors. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Coffee a library card. Tiger tells her story Upon opening his own business he House Press, 2015. 186 pp. $16.95 in sixteen scenes, some only a sen- could only cater to other people of (Paperback) tence, a paragraph or a poem, others color. During his time as represen- several pages long. tative of Clarksdale he was looked Selah Saterstrom, a Mississippi The Preacher’s story is a single upon as a nuisance. But Morrison author currently living in Colora- act with one scene, mostly a ser- consistently shows that despite these do and teaching at the University mon given on the beach, and the slights, and in some cases, because of Denver, was drawn to document story of a fortune teller in New Or- of them, Aaron Henry continued his the chaos, disorder, and bleakness leans. Reading cards for a young girl tireless work for racial equality. of a devastated coast following Hur- named Harriet, the fortune teller in Readers unfamiliar with Henry ricane Katrina. With her roots in act two reminds us that “Something will enjoy learning about the sub- the rich loam of Coastal Mississip- comes to an end…a gate card, the ject’s early life. Morrison paints a pi and Louisiana, Saterstrom cre- heart’s path…diaspora. It is what it vivid picture of sharecropping in the ates a type of kinetic synthesis of is. And the best you can do is accept harsh Mississippi delta. Morrison pre- and post-Katrina voices united it.” This statement is akin to the feel- shows that despite these conditions into the story of Tiger, the narrator, ings and emotions that swept the re- many people within the delta main- who waits on a concrete slab amid gion after Hurricane Katrina. tained an entrepreneurial spirit that storm debris. The Gulf and a land- This is Saterstrom’s third book pushed many working class farmers scape in ruins is the starting point and it continues themes from other to better their conditions. The book of a conglomeration of drama and earlier works by following the life follows Henry’s life as he grows into theater, prose and poetry, memoir, of a young southern woman who adulthood. Morrison details the or- and interview by Barbara Walters. wanders a wrecked and damaged ganizations that Henry led and how Saterstrom's narrative takes some landscape, living in a nameless “Big each shaped his life. The most inter- concentration and energy to chase City” where predatory older men esting chapters show how Henry’s on the pages. But she keeps her prey on youthful naiveté and inno- personal charisma inspired others writing succinct and mostly concise. cence. Tiger, as others before her, is to make changes within the Mis- The book itself is divided into two flawed and compelling, tragic and sissippi political structure. The best “acts” as if it were a play. Peppered drawn to deeper meanings. She is example comes in chapter eight as throughout the book are poems, changed by her environment, but is Morrison discusses Henry’s tireless stand-alone paragraphs, questions she better off? effort to heal a fractious Democratic from Barbara Walters, a post card, Slab is not a novel, but it is “novel.” party. a playing card, and drawings of the I recommend it for libraries which The persistence needed for Henry rebel flag. The story is as chaotic, collect works by Mississippi writ- to make changes in a racialized disordered, and bleak as the set- ers, academic libraries supporting system that rebuffed his very existing, but with a comic resiliency and modern literature programs, and li- tence is inspiring. Morrison’s novel whimsical weirdness. braries collecting books about Hur- does great service to his subject and Tiger is beautiful, a dancer, a ricane Katrina. shows why Henry still casts a long dreamer, and a stripper who in- Joyce M. Shaw shadow over the Democratic Party corporates a “Profound Woman” Professor in Mississippi. Helen Keller into her act. A former Gunter Library Gulf Coast Research Laboratory Jesse Kelley Miss Mississippi, she visits schools Instructional Resources Librarian to promote gun safety awareness. University of Southern Mississippi Delta State University Tiger’s experience with guns in- —◆— cludes her grandfather’s suicide —◆— Webster, Anne L., ed. and the gun she uses while sitting Saterstrom, Selah. on the slab. Is Tiger also an author Mississippians in the Great War: Se- Slab: On that Hallelujah Day when and a chef? She likes dogs and has lected Letters. Tiger & Preacher Meet. Mississippi Libraries Vol. 79 No. 2 • Summer 2016 Page 70

Jackson, Mississippi: University and Jackson. written almost a hundred years Press of Mississippi, 2015. 231pp. Arranged in chronological order, ago accessible in a number of ways. $65 (Hardcover) the letters begin with eager young When available, brief background men training to become soldiers information about each letter writ- It is all too easy to look at a history before they are shipped to Europe. er is included, such as their occu- book depicting a war long past and The middle chapters detail the let- pations before and after the war gloss over battles and dates without ters from terrified, homesick, and and whether or not they survived a thought of the cost to the individ- brave soldiers as well as letters from the conflict. Although not available uals who played a part in that war. It doctors in the trenches trying to for most, there are a few pictures is much harder to do that when you keep a brave face for the folks back of the letter writers as well. Web- read the heartfelt letters written to home. The letters conclude with tri- ster also provides notes describing loved ones in Mississippians in the umphant Mississippians joyously songs, poems, people, and phrases Great War: Selected Letters. awaiting reunion with their loved that were easily recognizable during Webster provides a unique ones after surviving not only shells, World War I, but are no longer glimpse of what Mississippians from gas, and gunfire, but epidemic dis- known by most people today. all walks of life experienced during eases such as influenza. Although This book is recommended for World War I. She compiled vari- not as numerous, Webster includes libraries that have a Mississippi his- ous letters published in Mississippi letters from women who acted as tory collection and for those look- newspapers and transcribed letters nurses and relief workers, and let- ing for primary source materials for from the Mississippi Department of ters from African American men World War I. Archives and History to reveal the who proudly served overseas in the Maya Berry impact the war had on people from face of segregation. Digital Librarian Northwest Mississippi Community College places such as Pontotoc, Natchez, Webster makes these letters

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