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Mississippi Historical Society
2006 Annual Meeting
March 2–4, Natchez, Mississippi
Thursday, March 2
10 a.m.–4 p.m.Federation of Mississippi Historical Societies Workshop, "Conservation: Do It Yourself vs. Call the Pros," Historic Natchez Foundation, 108 South Commerce
3–5 p.m. Registration, coffee, Lobby, Eola
5:30–7 p.m. Welcoming Reception, Rosalie, 100 Orleans Street
Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution and Joe Rohl, building preservation student from Massillon, Ohio, present original HABS drawings of Mississippi buildings to MDAH
7 p.m. Board of Directors Dinner Meeting, Monmouth, John Quitman Parkway at Melrose Avenue
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Friday, March 3
8–10 a.m. Registration, coffee, Lobby, Eola
8 a.m. Breakfast Meeting, editorial staff and Board of Publications, Journal of Mississippi History, Cafe LaSalle, Eola
8:15–9 a.m. Annual Meeting, Federation of Mississippi Historical Societies, Bar, Eola
9–11 a.m. First General Session, Ballroom, Eola
Opening of 2006 Annual Meeting
Martha Swain, Starkville
President, Mississippi Historical Society
Welcome: The Honorable Phillip West
Mayor, City of Natchez
Mississippi Towns: Shaping the Landscape, Shaping the Community
Moderator: Connie Lester
University of Central Florida
Editor, Florida Historical Society
"A Creek and its People: Turkey Creek Community and the Changing Mississippi Coast"
Stephen Sloan, University of Southern Mississippi "There's Nothing Like a Woman Scorned: Hurricane Katrina and the Destruction of the Gulf Coast"
Curtis Austin, University of Southern Mississippi "The Historic Site of Tatum Lumber Company: From Abandonment to Restoration to Active Timber Business"
Dick Molpus, president, Molpus Woodlands Group, Jackson
Tom Howorth, Howorth and Associates, Oxford
11:30 a.m. Luncheon, Ballroom, Eola
Presiding: Jeanne Luckett, Communication Arts Company Invocation: Father Brendan Murphy, SVD, Assumption Church, Natchez Introduction of speaker: Cora Norman, Jackson "Writing Toxic Drift"
Pete Daniel, president, Southern Historical Association
1-2:30 p.m. Second General Session, Ballroom, Old Capitol Inn
A River Runs By It: Mississippi River Control and Flood Relief
Moderator: Princella Nowell, Winterville
"William Starling: River Engineer, 1882–1900"
Stephen Sloan, University of Southern Mississippi "Overlooked and Forgotten: Women's Relief Work in the 1927 Flood"
Sara Morris, doctoral student, Purdue University "Dear Diary: Accounts of Flood Victims, 1890–1927"
Princella Nowell, Winterville
3–5 p.m. Tours
William Johnson House, Natchez National Historical Park, 210 State Street, Natchez, and
Natchez in Historic Photographs, First Presbyterian Church, State and Pearl Streets. Tour group will assemble in Eola lobby at 3 p.m.
6–7 p.m. President's Reception, Bontura, 107 S. Broadway
Sponsored by the family and friends of Martha Swain and her sisters and daughters in scholarship.
7 p.m. Banquet, Ballroom, Eola
Presiding: Martha Swain, president Invocation: The Reverend Sam Tomlinson, Natchez Introduction of speaker: John Marszalek, Professor Emeritus, Mississippi State University "The Hereditary Environment: Space, Place, and Southern Identity"
James C. Cobb, Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, University of Georgia
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Saturday, March 4
8 a.m. Coffee and refreshments, Lobby, Old Capitol Inn
9–9:45 a.m. Annual Business Meeting Ballroom, Eola
Presiding: Martha Swain, president
10–10:45 a.m. Third General Session, Ballroom, Eola
Mississippi's Natural History
Moderator: Dennis Mitchell, Mississippi STate University–Meridian
"Strawberry Plains Audubon Center: A Living Legacy"
Madge Lindsey, director, Audubon Mississippi "Frances A. Cook: Pioneer Conservationist and Scientist, 1889–1964"
Libby Hartfield, director, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
11 a.m. Awards Brunch, Carriage House Restaurant, Stanton Hall, 401 High Street
Presiding: Martha Swain, president Invocation: Marion Smith, Natchez Presentation of Awards Introduction of president-elect Adjournment
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