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Finding aid for the Mississippi Education Collection

MUM00305

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Summary Information

Repository
University of Mississippi Libraries
Creator
University of Mississippi
Title
Mississippi Education Collection
ID
MUM00305
Date [inclusive]
1924-2000
General Physical Description note
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Location:
General Special Collections
Abstract:
The collection contains articles, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents related to education in Mississippi. Items were created 1924-2000.

Preferred Citation

Mississippi Education Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

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Scope and Content Note

The collection contains articles, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents related to education in Mississippi. Items were created 1924-2000.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

University of Mississippi Libraries

Access Restrictions

The Mississippi Education Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

Custodial History

Items 1.67-1.78 were a gift of Bobby Mitchell.

Additions

Occasional additions may be made to this collection.

Acquisition Information

Acquired from various sources

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid begun by Chatham Ewing, September 2005. EAD encoding completed by Kathryn Michaelis, December 2011. Collection digitized by Lauren Banquer and Kathryn Michaelis, December 2011.

Alternative Formats

All materials in this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_educ/

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Related Materials

Resources at the University of Mississippi

All materials in this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/ms_educ/

John Elon Phay Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

Note: The John Elon Phay Collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit. Since the collection has been digitized in its entirety, researchers are strongly encouraged to use the digital collection rather than originals.

Mississippi Economic Council Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Mississippi Economic Council
  • Mississippi Education Association

Format(s)

  • booklets
  • programs (documents)
  • reports

Subject(s)

  • Education -– Mississippi –- History

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Collection Inventory

Box 1 

Folder 1: Some School Facts for the Ten-County Area, circa 1944 

Folder 2: Rural School Kids Enjoy Faster, Safer Bus Service, circa 1950 

Folder 3: Regional Meeting: Department of Classroom Teachers of the Mississippi Education Association, 3-4 November 1950 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi Education Association

Folder 4: Your Child’s Land, Every 16th Section, circa 1952 

Scope and Contents note

A Summary of the story of 16th Section School Lands in the Choctaw Purchase- and how you can help protect your child’s trust fund. Issued by the Mississippi Economic Council

Folder 5: Report to the Recess Education Committee, 1953 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by John Elon Phay. Contains findings and interpretations of data.

Folder 6 

Cost of Equalization Above Minimum Program, undated 

Table J of Report to the Recess Education Committee, 2 December 1953 

Table K of Report to the Recess Education Committee, 7 December 1953 

Folder 7: Eighth Annual Education Conference, 9 June 1954 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by Kenneth Toler

Folder 8: Teachers Handbook and Administrative Regulations, Marks, Miss. Schools, 1954-1955 

Folder 9: "Mississippi’s Colleges are Living on Borrowed Time!" 

Scope and Contents note

Pamphlet about college faculty salaries, issued by the University of Mississippi

Folder 10: Mississippi Workshop on Economic Education, 12-30 July 1955 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the University of Mississippi; Mississippi Advisory Council on Economic Education; Joint Council on Economic Education

Folder 11:  

School Health News, Vol. III, No. 1, Fall 1957 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi School Health Service of the State Department of Education and Mississippi State Board of Health

School Health News, Vol. VII, No. 1, Fall 1956 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi School Health Service of the State Department of Education and Mississippi State Board of Health

Folder 12: Southern Regional Education Board, 1957 

Folder 13: Student Mississippi Education Association Handbook 

Folder 14: Mississippi School Boards Association, Inc., 20 December 1957 

Scope and Contents note

Letter to Citizens of Mississippi supporting the addition of a ninth month added to the school year

Folder 15: Smith County Teachers’ Association Committee on Resolutions, 21 January 1958 

Scope and Contents note

Letter to J.L. Kennedy confirming the adoption of resolutions to be submitted to the legislation

Folder 16: A Report to the Mississippi State Legislature, January 1958 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Special Legislative Committee (Columbia Training School), Jackson, Miss.

Folder 17:  Modern Schools, October 1960 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi Power and Light Company

Folder 18: Our Stake in Higher Education, circa 1961 

Folder

Folder 19: Mississippi Scholastic Press Association Journalist, Fall 1962 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Department of Journalism of the University of Mississippi for the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association

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Folder 20: Town Survey Report – Education, 1963 

1.2

Folder 21: The Mississippi Junior College Story, October 1963 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by The Mississippi Junior College Association. Describes educational opportunities for all High School Graduates to continue their education.

Folder 22: Mississippi Parent Teacher, Summer 1966 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers

Folder 23: Textbook form, Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, 1 July 1967 

Folder 24: Mississippi Education Association Convention Program, 13-15 March 1968 

Folder 25: The Reporter – ICS Inc. Project Headstart, May 1969 and November 1970 

Scope and Contents note

Lafayette and Marshall Counties

Folder 26: The Beacon, June 1979 and March 1975 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Council for the Social Studies

Folder 27: The Magnolia Petals, Fall 1971 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi School Food Service Association

Folder 28: The Mississippi Education Journal,  "From Survival to Service," November 1971 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the MTA-NEA

Folder 29: Inter – Alumni Council, 1972 

Scope and Contents note

The IAC endorses higher education budget request for 1972-1973

Folder 30: Mississippi School Boards Association Legislative Report, 13 April 1972-13 March 1975 

Folder 31: Mississippi Association of Secondary School Principals News HI-Lites, circa 1973 

Scope and Contents note

The Constitution of the MASSP

Folder 32: Career Report, University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 1974 

Folder 33: Mississippi Music Educator, February 1975 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi Music Educators Association. Convention Issue.

Folder 34: Mississippi School Board News & Cues, November 1957 

Folder 35: MSBA Annual Report, 1976 

Folder 36:MEA Newsletter, December 1973-April 1975 

Folder 37: Institute of Community Services Project Headstart for Poverty Families, undated 

Folder 38: Educational Objectives, undated 

Folder 39: A Handbook for Parents of Beginning School Children, undated 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers

Folder 40: The Mississippi Program of Education for Exceptional Children, undated 

Folder 41: Supplementary Bibliography of Special Education Material, undated 

Folder 42: The Master’s Degree in Mississippi, by Mrs. Calvin S. Brown, Oxford, Miss., undated 

Folder 43: Past and Present History of Latin in Lafayette County, undated 

Folder 44: Discovering the Educable Mentally Handicapped Criteria for Selecting, undated 

Folder 45: Regional Screening Center for Program for Exceptional Children, undated 

Folder 46: “Important – This is What We Have Been Seeking!”, undated 

Scope and Contents note

"How to Order Books written by special education teachers and supervisors of the Rochester Public Schools for Retarded Pupils"

Folder 47: Resolution Urging the Reinstatement of a Compulsory Education Law, undated 

Folder 48: Twentieth Annual Leadership Conference Program, 25-26 July 1969 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Department of Classroom Teacher of the MEA. Theme: In Space: Reaching for Better Education, Belhaven College, Jackson, Miss.

Folder 49: Religious Freedom, 1995-1996 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Pontotoc County Citizens for School Prayer

Folder 50: Oxford High School Open House, 24 November 1963 

Folder 51: The West Express, West Jones High School, March 1976 

Folder 52: College Hill Academy Broadside, 1970-1971 

Scope and Contents note

CHA announces its 1970-1971 School Program

Folder 53: MS Vocational Education, undated 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the State Department of Education Vocational Division. Six brochures.

Folder 54: French Camp Academy, 1959-1973 

Scope and Contents note

Booklets, pamphlets, articles and brochures about French Camp Academy

Folder 55: The Bulletin: Mississippi Elementary School Principals’ and Supervisors’ Association, June 1952-February 1953 

Folder 56: University High School Vesper Service, 23 May 1954 

Folder 57: Graduation Exercises University High School, 28 May 1951 

Folder 58: Annotated List of Junior and Senior High School Books by Mississippi Authors by Frances H. Lord, circa 1950 

Folder 59: Art Education in Mississippi and the Art Section of MEA by Ralph M. Hudson, November 1951 

Folder 60: MS Public School System 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the MEA. Includes various charts, bulletins, circulars to do with the School Board and budget.

Folder 61: MS Teacher Fellowship Program, undated 

Folder 62: The Mississippi Catalog, The Learning Store of ETV and PRM, undated 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Mississippi, Inc.

Folder 63: State Owned High School Textbooks Broadsheet, circa 1947 

Scope and Contents note

Issued by the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board

Folder 64: Teachers College News, 21 June 1924 

Folder 65: THY-HI News, April, 1936 

Scope and Contents note

Thyatira High School. Memorial Edition.

Folder 66:  "Gleanings," Meridian Public School System, 1973 

Scope and Contents note

"A Collection of Student Work Culminating from Creative Writing Courses Meridian High School English Department"

Folder 67: Mississippi Private School Education Association Tenth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 12-13 March 1981 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: A Decade of Excellence in Education

Folder 68: Mississippi Private School Education Association Twelfth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 3-4 March 1983 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: Our Responsibility – Youth’s Destiny. Two copies.

Folder 69: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Thirteenth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 1-2 March 1984 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: Rededication to Purpose – Quality Education

Folder 70: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Sixteenth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 5-6 March 1987 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: M – MPSA P – Provides S – Superior E – Educational A – Achievement

Folder 71: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Seventeenth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 10-11 March 1988 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: Professionalism: The Cornerstone of Education

Folder 72: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Twenty-Second Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 4-5 March 1993 

Folder 73: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Twenty-Third Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 10-11 March 1994 

Scope and Contents note

Theme: Joining Hands In Search of Excellence

Folder 74: Mississippi Private School Education Association, Twenty-Fourth Annual Spring Convention program, Jackson, Miss., 2-3 March 1995 

Folder 75: Mississippi Private School Association Directory of Member Schools, 1986-1987 

Folder 76: Mississippi Private School Association Directory of Member Schools, 1993-1994 

Folder 77: Mississippi Private School Association Directory of Member Schools, 1995-1996 

Folder 78: Mississippi Private School Association Directory of Member Schools, 1991-1992 

Folder 79:  "Religious Freedom on Trial in Oxford, Mississippi," 1996