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Finding Aid for the Mississippi Education Collection
(MUM00305)

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Finding Aid for the Mississippi Education Collection

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Descriptive Summary
PURL:	http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00305/
Title:	Mississippi Education Collection
Dates:	1924-2000
Collector:	University of Mississippi
Physical Extent:	1 box (0.5 linear feet)
Repository:	University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification:	MUM00305
Location:	General Special Collections
Language of Material:	English
Abstract:	The collection contains articles, newsletters, and miscellaneous documents related to education in Mississippi. Items were created 1924-2000.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Acquired from various sources

Custodial History

Items 1.67-1.78 were a gift of Bobby Mitchell.

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.

Additions

Occasional additions may be made to this collection.

Alternative Formats

All materials in this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ms_educ

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Subject Terms

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Formats

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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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User Information

Preferred Citation

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

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.

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Related Material

Resources at the University of Mississippi

All materials in this collection have been digitized and made available online: https://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/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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Container List

Folder 1.1

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

Folder 1.2

Rural School Kids Enjoy Faster, Safer Bus Service, circa 1950

Folder 1.3

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

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi Education Association

Folder 1.4

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

Scope: 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 1.5

Report to the Recess Education Committee, 1953

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

Folder 1.6

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 1.7

Eighth Annual Education Conference, 9 June 1954

Scope: Issued by Kenneth Toler

Folder 1.8

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

Folder 1.9

“Mississippi’s Colleges are Living on Borrowed Time!”, circa 1954

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

Folder 1.10

Mississippi Workshop on Economic Education, 12-30 July 1955

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

Folder 1.11

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

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

Folder 1.12

Southern Regional Education Board, 1957

Folder 1.13

Student Mississippi Education Association Handbook

Folder 1.14

Mississippi School Boards Association, Inc., 20 December 1957

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

Folder 1.15

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

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

Folder 1.16

A Report to the Mississippi State Legislature, January 1958

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

Folder 1.17

Modern Schools, October 1960

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi Power and Light Company

Folder 1.18

Our Stake in Higher Education, circa 1961

Folder 1.19

Mississippi Scholastic Press Association Journalist, Fall 1962

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

Folder 1.20

Town Survey Report – Education, 1963

Folder 1.21

The Mississippi Junior College Story, October 1963

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

Folder 1.22

Mississippi Parent Teacher, Summer 1966

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers

Folder 1.23

Textbook form, Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board, 1 July 1967

Folder 1.24

Mississippi Education Association Convention Program, 13-15 March 1968

Folder 1.25

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

Scope: Lafayette and Marshall Counties

Folder 1.26

The Beacon, June 1979 and March 1975

Scope: Issued by the Council for the Social Studies

Folder 1.27

The Magnolia Petals, Fall 1971

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi School Food Service Association

Folder 1.28

The Mississippi Education Journal, “From Survival to Service,” November 1971

Scope: Issued by the MTA-NEA

Folder 1.29

Inter – Alumni Council, 1972

Scope: The IAC endorses higher education budget request for 1972-1973

Folder 1.30

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

Folder 1.31

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

Scope: The Constitution of the MASSP

Folder 1.32

Career Report, University of Southern Mississippi, Spring 1974

Folder 1.33

Mississippi Music Educator, February 1975

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi Music Educators Association. Convention Issue.

Folder 1.34

Mississippi School Board News & Cues, November 1957

Folder 1.35

MSBA Annual Report, 1976

Folder 1.36

MEA Newsletter, December 1973-April 1975

Folder 1.37

Institute of Community Services Project Headstart for Poverty Families, undated

Folder 1.38

Educational Objectives, undated

Folder 1.39

A Handbook for Parents of Beginning School Children, undated

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers

Folder 1.40

The Mississippi Program of Education for Exceptional Children, undated

Folder 1.41

Supplementary Bibliography of Special Education Material, undated

Folder 1.42

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

Folder 1.43

Past and Present History of Latin in Lafayette County, undated

Folder 1.44

Discovering the Educable Mentally Handicapped Criteria for Selecting, undated

Folder 1.45

Regional Screening Center for Program for Exceptional Children, undated

Folder 1.46

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

Scope: “How to Order Books written by special education teachers and supervisors of the Rochester Public Schools for Retarded Pupils”

Folder 1.47

Resolution Urging the Reinstatement of a Compulsory Education Law, undated

Folder 1.48

Twentieth Annual Leadership Conference Program, 25-26 July 1969

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

Folder 1.49

Religious Freedom, 1995-1996

Scope: Issued by the Pontotoc County Citizens for School Prayer

Folder 1.50

Oxford High School Open House, 24 November 1963

Folder 1.51

The West Express, West Jones High School, March 1976

Folder 1.52

College Hill Academy Broadside, 1970-1971

Scope: CHA announces its 1970-1971 School Program

Folder 1.53

MS Vocational Education, undated

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

Folder 1.54

French Camp Academy, 1959-1973

Scope: Booklets, pamphlets, articles and brochures about French Camp Academy

Folder 1.55

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

Folder 1.56

University High School Vesper Service, 23 May 1954

Folder 1.57

Graduation Exercises University High School, 28 May 1951

Folder 1.58

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

Folder 1.59

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

Folder 1.60

MS Public School System

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

Folder 1.61

MS Teacher Fellowship Program, undated

Folder 1.62

The Mississippi Catalog, The Learning Store of ETV and PRM, undated

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

Folder 1.63

State Owned High School Textbooks Broadsheet, circa 1947

Scope: Issued by the Mississippi State Textbook Purchasing Board

Folder 1.64

Teachers College News, 21 June 1924

Folder 1.65

THY-HI News, April, 1936

Scope: Thyatira High School. Memorial Edition.

Folder 1.66

“Gleanings,” Meridian Public School System, 1973

Scope: “A Collection of Student Work Culminating from Creative Writing Courses Meridian High School English Department”

Folder 1.67

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

Scope: Theme: A Decade of Excellence in Education

Folder 1.68

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

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

Folder 1.69

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

Scope: Theme: Rededication to Purpose – Quality Education

Folder 1.70

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

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

Folder 1.71

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

Scope: Theme: Professionalism: The Cornerstone of Education

Folder 1.72

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

Folder 1.73

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

Scope: Theme: Joining Hands In Search of Excellence

Folder 1.74

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

Folder 1.75

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

Folder 1.76

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

Folder 1.77

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

Folder 1.78

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

Folder 1.79

“Religious Freedom on Trial in Oxford, Mississippi,” 1996