June 17, 2013

Summer Fun for Kids at MDAH Camps

The Department of Archives and History's museums and historic sites across the state are offering summer camps for a variety of ages, with focuses ranging from Native American culture to architecture to pioneer skills. Call soon for registration deadlines and further information. Sign up your youngster today-these camps fill fast!

"Lost" Artifact from DC Discovered at MDAH

A search for lost works of art from the United States Capitol led a Pennsylvania scholar to Mississippi's capital city-and eventually unraveled a decades-old mystery at the Department of Archives and History.

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New Driving Trail To Link State's Mounds

Work has begun on the new 350-mile Mississippi Mounds Trail, a project to help interpret and preserve the prehistoric earthworks, educate the public about Mississippi's rich Native American history, and promote heritage tourism. Reaching from Desoto County to Wilkinson County and following the Highway 61 corridor, the trail will highlight thirty or more earthworks built by prehistoric American Indian groups.

2013 Welty Fellowship Awarded

The 2013 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship was awarded to Ebony O. Lumumba, an advanced doctoral student in English at the University of Mississippi. Established by the Eudora Welty Foundation and the Department of Archives and History, the fellowship seeks to encourage and support research use of the Eudora Welty Collection by graduate students.