February 8, 2010

MDAH Launches Year-long Territorial Records Project

The Department of Archives and History has begun a year-long, $100,000 project that will help ensure irreplaceable historical documents in the state's oldest counties will be properly preserved for future generations.

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Historical Society to Meet in Gulfport March 4–6

The Gulf Coast and its recovery after Hurricane Katrina's devastation is the focus of the Mississippi Historical Society's 2010 annual meeting in Gulfport.

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4th Mississippi Infantry Civil War Flag Restored

Thanks to the efforts of a local group, another historic Civil War flag from the MDAH Museum Division collection has been conserved. More than $80,000 has been donated by the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans through the "Save the Battleflags" program. Ten historic flags have been conserved with the funding, and funds continue to be raised for work on additional flags.

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MDAH Closings

The William F. Winter Archives and History Building will be closed Saturday, February 13, due to the Dixie National Parade.

All MDAH offices, with the exception of the Historic Properties Division, will be closed Monday, February 15 in observance of the birthday of George Washington. For more information, call 601-576-6850.

Grand Village Archaeology Program Series

As part of the Archaeology Program Series, on Thursday, February 11 at 6:30 p.m. Brad Lieb, special assistant in Cultural Affairs under the Chickasaw Nation's Division of History and Culture, will present "The Natchez Indian Refuge Among the Chickasaws" in the Grand Village of the Natchez Indians auditorium.

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Frank Blair Subject of Next Brown Bag

As part of the History is Lunch brown bag series, on Wednesday, February 10, Mississippi State University history professor emeritus William Parrish discusses his book Frank Blair: Lincoln's Conservative.

For more information call 601-576-6857.

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