The Journal of Mississippi History

Published quarterly since 1939 by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in cooperation with the Mississippi Historical Society

The Journal of Mississippi History is an illustrated quarterly magazine with stimulating articles by distinguished scholars on the history of Mississippi, the Lower Mississippi Valley, and the South, prehistory through the twentieth century. Bibliographies of books and dissertations related to Mississippi history as well as acquisitions of historical materials to college libraries in the state are regular features, along with book reviews and news of people and events in the history community. Issues average 100 pages each. Cumulative indexes are available; an annual index is mailed with each summer issue. To subscribe to the Journal of Mississippi History, become a member of the Mississippi Historical Society.

Summer 2001, No. 2

• "To Make the Best Better: The Establishment of Girls' Tomato Clubs in Mississippi, 1911-1915," by Danny Moore

• "Yellow Fever Strikes Bay St. Louis: The Epidemic of 1897," by John W. Scott

• "The Political Culture of Slavery and Public Poor Relief in the Antebellum South," by Christopher L. Stacey

• Book Reviews

• Historical News and Notices

To order individual issues, call the Old Capitol Shop, (601) 359-6921.

Editor-in-chief:
Elbert R. Hilliard, Department of Archives and History

Editor:
Kenneth McCarty, University of Southern Mississippi

Managing Editor:
Christine Wilson, Department of Archives and History
Post Office Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
tel. (601) 359-6850
fax (601) 359-6975
email: cwilson@mdah.state.ms.us

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