{"id":714,"date":"2016-11-14T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library-beta2\/?page_id=714"},"modified":"2016-12-08T19:17:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T19:17:30","slug":"past-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/departments\/archives-museum\/past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Events"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][heading]Past Events \u00b7 Back to Current Events<\/a>[\/heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][tabbed_section style=”default” alignment=”left”][tab title=”2014″ tab_id=”1478898808122-10″ id=”1478898842658-7″][vc_column_text]\n

The Mississippi Delta Chinese: An Exhibit
\n3rd floor of the Capps building
\nThis is a permanent exhibit.<\/p>\n

Vietnam: Tour 365
\n11 November 2014 \u2013 15 January 2015<\/p>\n

This Delta: Photographs by Debra L. Ferguson
\n24 August @ 2pm, Opening Reception
\n24 August \u2013 5 September 2014<\/p>\n

Freedom Rides: Journey for Change
\n25 February \u2013 14 April 2014<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2013″ tab_id=”1478898509881-7″ id=”1478898566329-3″][vc_column_text]\n

The Mississippi Delta Chinese: An Exhibit
\n3rd floor of the Capps building
\nThis is a permanent exhibit.<\/p>\n

World War II: Mission VICTORY<\/p>\n

Fighting the Air War
\n11 November \u2013 24 January 2014
\nOpening Reception, 11 November @ Noon
\nco-hosted by the Bolivar County Historical Society<\/p>\n

BluesLand by Easton Selby
\n13 August \u2013 8 November 2013
\nOpening Reception, 13 August @ 6pm
\nco-hosted by the Bolivar County Historical Society<\/p>\n

Trials of the Earth exhibition
\n7 April \u2013 31 July 2013<\/p>\n

Opening Reception: Trials of the Earth
\n7 April 2013, 2 \u2013 4pm
\nCapps Archives & Museum Building, Main Gallery<\/p>\n

OUT OF THE BLUE | Jane Robbins Kerr
\n11 February \u2013 22 March 2013
\nOPENING RECEPTION & LECTURE, 11 February @ 6pm Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum Building, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2012″ tab_id=”1478898557522-6″ id=”1478898577151-6″][vc_column_text]\n

The Mississippi Delta Chinese: An Exhibit
\n21 October @ 3pm, 3rd floor of the Capps building
\nThis is a permanent exhibit.<\/p>\n

Race to the White House: <\/strong>
\nU.S. Presidential Campaign Memorabilia, 1789 \u2013 2012<\/strong>
\n29 October 2012 \u2013 29 January 2013
\nMain Gallery<\/p>\n

Lucy Somerville Howorth<\/strong>
\n award honoring Fannie Lou Hamer<\/strong>
\nspecial guest lecturer, Dr. Linda Reed
\n23 September 2012 @ 2:30 pm
\nThe exhibit will run through 19 October 2012<\/p>\n

Mississippi\u2019s 10 Most Endangered Places
\nAn exhibit developed by Mississippi Heritage Trust
\n23 August \u2013 30 September 2012
\nFirst floor Lobby<\/p>\n

B.F. Smith: A Gentleman of the Delta & His Legacy
\n17 April \u2013 31 July 2012
\nMain Gallery<\/p>\n

\"Picturing<\/p>\n

The Business of Cleveland: How Cleveland Grew
\n27 February \u2013 30 July 2012
\nMartin & Sue King Railroad Heritage Museum, Downtown Cleveland<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2011″ tab_id=”1478898567329-6″ id=”1478898587087-5″][vc_column_text]\n

\"BBQ

BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbeque Belt On Display: 16 September \u2013 26 November 2010 Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum Building, main gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Delta
\nHow exactly do you spell BBQ?Barbecue. Its taste, textures and smells pull at a Southerner\u2019s heart strings like nothing else. Its various forms bring about as much debate as national elections \u2013 Dry vs. Wet, Pulled vs. Shaved, and on and on.Throughout his research and subsequent published work, David Gelin set out to capture the essence of a time-honored and passed down tradition of creating southern barbecue. Barbecue is unpretentious, but at the same time held in high regard. Family recipes are highly guarded secrets while the fare itself is openly offered.It has been called the South\u2019s \u2018most democratic food\u2019 being cooked, served and eaten by all classes of people. From political stumps to church yard gatherings, barbecue has held a central role in many of the South\u2019s grandest traditions.Delta State University Archives & Museum will present the exhibit, BBQ Joints: Stories & Secret Recipes from the Barbeque Belt from 16 September through 26 November. Throughout the exhibit, the art of southern hospitality, of extending kindness with the passing of a plate of barbecue, is as entwined in this story as the smoke in the flavor of the barbecue.The experts agree that Gelin\u2019s work focuses on the essence of barbecue and its place in Southern culture.\u201c\u2026a consensus of excellence is not this author\u2019s intent. He aims instead for a family portrait of Southern barbecue, and he delivers as much.\u201d -John T. Edge, Author of Southern Belly: The Ultimate Food Lover\u2019s Companion to the South\u201cWith so many ways to spell it, inconsistency just comes with the territory,\u201d states Gelin explaining that whether you start with smoky logs in a cast-iron cooker or a pit in the ground, whether it is doused with a sweet or savory sauce or dusted with a dry rub, the choice for determining \u2018good barbecue\u2019 is strictly subjective. Through his book and in the exhibition of the same title, BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbeque Belt, you are invited to take a look around the South at some of his chosen stops, evaluate for yourself and consider your history with.<\/p>\n

\"BBQ

Opening Reception & Lecture by David Gelin:16 September @ 5:30 pm \u2013 Lucy Somerville Howorth Seminar Room, Capps Archives & Museum building. A selection of BBQ will compliment the lecture presentation. This event is free and open to the public.Lunch & Learn with Amy Evans Streeter 5 October \u2013 Lucy Somerville Howorth Seminar Room, Capps Archives & Museum buildingA selection of BBQ will compliment the lecture presentation.Movie Night! Fried Green Tomatoes6 October @ 7pm \u2013 Recital Hall, Bologna Performing Arts CenterThe Politics of BBQ: Lecture presentation by Charles Westmoreland 13 October @ Noon \u2013 Lucy Somerville Howorth Seminar Room, Capps Archives & Museum building<\/p><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2010″ tab_id=”1478898578441-3″ id=”1478898598606-2″][vc_column_text]\n

\u00a0Nature of the Delta: Photography of Patty Smith<\/strong>
\nOn display: 1 April – 31 May 2010<\/strong>
\nCharles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum building, Main gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nature

Photo courtesy of the Tunica Times<\/p><\/div>\n

Patty Smith (pictured), a native of Helena, Arkansas, brings her photography collection to the Capps Archives this spring. Smith, a retired educator and self-taught photographer, offers up her collection of 50 photos, which showcase the majesty of Delta wildlife. Smith began photography as a hobby after being forced into retirement due to an illness, and is now receiving recognition for her artwork. Her work was featured in the 2009 Mississippi Outdoors calendar published by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.<\/p>\n

\n

A Compassionate Eye: Photography by William Anderson<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 February \u2013 30 April 2010<\/p>\n

For the past four decades, driven by nostalgia and humanitarian concerns, Atlanta photographer William Anderson has documented life among African Americans in the Southeast. His subjects are sharecroppers, rural families, worshippers in ecstatic religious ceremonies and others of humble origin who remind of his childhood in Selma, Alabama. Whether telling a story, attempting to reveal a hidden truth, or celebrating the beauty of human life, Anderson\u2019s aesthetic sensibility and iconographical themes combine to make a contextualized tapestry of black life. With an intensely, compassionate eye, his images reveal the history of the African American struggle for self-determination.<\/p>\n

Widely exhibited, Anderson\u2019s black-and white photographs have been acquired by numerous prestigious museums, including the National Gallery of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England, the High Museum of Art, Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. He recently retired as an associate professor at Morehouse College and is a sculptor, painters, printmaker, and musician as well as a photographer.<\/p>\n

Lunch & Learn Lecture \u2013 Dr. John Green
\n<\/strong>Views from the Grassroots: Disaster & Community Building on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
\n19 January 2010 @ noon
\nCapps Archives & Museum Howorth Seminar Room<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2009″ tab_id=”1478898589577-6″ id=”1478898614211-3″][vc_column_text]\n

2009 Events<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Backyards & Beyond: Mississippians & Their Stories The First Year After Katrina<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 November 2009 \u2013 31 January 2010<\/strong>
\n Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum Building, main gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Backyards & Beyond: Mississippians & Their Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guided Tour by HC Porter and Karole Sessums
\n15 November 2009 at 2:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The artists will give personal details and insights about selected painting, behind the scenes of creating the exhibition and being in the field doing the documentary work, the stories behind the subjects in the paintings and a personal understanding of the portraits. HC Porter and Karole Sessums will be available to sign copies of their book.<\/p>\n

A Treasured Past: An Exhibit Honoring LePoint Cassibry Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Somerville Howorth Award Recipient<\/strong><\/p>\n

11 \u2013 30 October 2009
\nCharles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum Building, main gallery<\/p>\n

Student Voices: Civil Rights Demonstrations at Delta State 1969<\/strong>
\n 18 \u2013 30 October 2009<\/strong>
\n Charles W. Capps, Jr. Archives & Museum Building, 2nd Floor lobby<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2008″ tab_id=”1478898601009-10″ id=”1478898640758-4″][vc_column_text]\n

Seen by Jane: Photography by Jane Kerr<\/b><\/p>\n

16 November 2008 \u2013 16 January 2009, Capps Archives Main Gallery<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Neglected Histories: The Importance of Preservation<\/b><\/p>\n

25 September \u2013 19 December 2008, 2nd Floor Lobby<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Pictures from the Past: A Celebration of MS Delta Chinese History<\/b><\/p>\n

Opening Reception 7 September at 3:30 pm<\/div>\n
7 September \u2013 3 November, 2008<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

\u201cWhat It\u2019s Like Being Chinese Where Everyone Else is Black or White\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

A Lecture by Dr. John Jung, author of Southern Fried Rice<\/i><\/p>\n

7 September 2008 at 2:00 pm \u2013 Jobe Auditorium<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Archives Spring Tea<\/b><\/div>\n

Bring along your favorite tea cup and saucer as we enjoy a pleasant Sunday afternoon entertained and enlightened by Mrs. Princella Nowell<\/p>\n

Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 2:30 pm \u2013 Capps Archives & Museum back patio<\/p>\n

Co-hosted by The Division of Family & Consumer Sciences and The Delta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Collectors Collections on Display<\/b><\/p>\n

18 March \u2013 30 May 2008<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Delta Dinner Bus Tour<\/b><\/div>\n

Doe\u2019s Eat Place 27 March 2008, 5:30 pm<\/p>\n

The Bourbon Mall 13 February 2008, 5:30 pm<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Collectors Collections On Display: Opening Reception<\/b><\/p>\n

18 March, 6:00 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Vintage Greetings from the Delta<\/b><\/p>\n

15 November 2007 \u2013 15 February 2008<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

\u201cVintage Greetings from the Delta: A Display of Historic Greeting Cards & Postcards\u201d <\/b><\/p>\n

This exhibit will display an older variety of special holiday cards, from Thanksgiving to Christmas to Valentine\u2019s Day and Easter. Deltans enjoyed keeping up with each other and this exhibit will show some of the lighter sides of their correspondences.<\/p>\n

15 November \u2013 15 February 2008<\/p>\n

Opening Reception 15 November 2007 at 6:00 pm<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2007″ tab_id=”1478898631652-5″ id=”1478898704409-7″][vc_column_text]\n

Cleveland\u2019s Historic Neighborhoods Exhibit<\/b><\/p>\n

In cooperation with the Cleveland Heritage Commission, this exhibit is a collection of memories, photographs, and other memorabilia of those who live or once lived on Pearman, Bolivar, and Leflore streets.<\/p>\n

9 October \u2013 18 December 2007<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

The Political and Social Context of the Bungalow Home, 1890-1990 <\/b><\/p>\n

A lecture by Dr. Martha Swain<\/div>\n
9 October at 6:00 pm, Howorth Seminar Room<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Turkish Delights: A DSU Student Art Show<\/b><\/p>\n

Exhibit features artwork created by Delta State students who participated in an academic class held in Turkey. Approximately 60 images and video media will be on display throughout the exhibit period. This exhibit will be located in the side galleries adjacent to the main gallery.<\/p>\n

23 September \u2013 31 October 2007<\/div>\n
Opening Reception 23 September 2007 at 2:00<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Everything New is Old Again <\/b><\/p>\n

Come enjoy recent donations to the Archives and Museum.
\nAugust 9, 2007 \u2013 October 31, 2007<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

History, Heritage & Culture: What Do They Mean to Us?<\/b><\/p>\n

A lecture by Dr. Jack Elliott<\/div>\n
August 9, 2007 6:00 p.m.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Delta Dinner Bus Tour<\/b><\/div>\n

City Grille \u2013 20 October 2007 (following tour historic homes and places of Como, MS)<\/p>\n

Lillo\u2019s \u2013 25 September 2007<\/p>\n

Madidi \u2013 18 September 2007<\/p>\n

How Joy \u2013 20 February 2007 (Chinese New Year)<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
Archives Teacup Tea<\/b><\/div>\n
22 April 2007 at 2:30 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Delta State\u2019s School of Nursing: Past, Present & Future<\/b><\/p>\n

10 April \u2013 18 June 2007<\/div>\n
Opening Reception 10 April 2007 at 6:00 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

In Their Own Words: The Story of Delta Black Farmers
\n<\/b>A Lunch & Learn Lecture<\/p>\n

29 March 2007 at 12:00 pm \u2013 Howorth Seminar Room<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

In Their Own Words: A History of Delta Black Farmers<\/b><\/p>\n

13 February \u2013 30 March 2007<\/div>\n
Opening Reception 13 February 2007 at 6:00 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Mississippi Delta Chinese<\/b><\/p>\n

11 January through 30 March 2007<\/div>\n
Opening Reception 11 January 2007 at 6:00 pm<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2006″ tab_id=”1478898693368-6″ id=”1478898716215-3″][vc_column_text]\n

Students, Soldiers & Veterans: Delta State During the War Years<\/b><\/p>\n

21 October 2006 \u2013 31 December 2006<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Historic Delta Courthouses<\/b><\/p>\n

15 September \u2013 22 November2006<\/p>\n

Delta Dinner Bus Tour<\/b><\/div>\n

Blue Parrot \u2013 10 October 2006, 5:30 pm (following tour of Greenwood Courthouse)
\nDoe\u2019s Eat Place \u2013 24 October 2006, 5:30 pm (following tour of Greenville Courthouse)<\/p>\n

Shack-Up Inn<\/div>\n

Bourbon Mall \u2013 23 March 2006, 6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Blue Levee Caf\u00e9 \u2013 9 March 2006, 6:00 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Disaster Recovery Workshop
\n<\/b>Sponsored by the Mississippi Department of Archives & History, this free<\/i> workshop will provide information on best practices for recovering manuscript, photographic and other types of materials after a disaster.<\/p>\n

July 16, 2006 \u2013 Howarth Seminar Room<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\u201cFrom What We Can See\u2026\u201d
\n<\/b>Images on display from the art students in the Documentary Photography class at Delta State.<\/p>\n

27 April \u2013 31 August 2006<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Archives & Museum White Glove Tea<\/b><\/p>\n

In celebration of \u201cThe Year of Cleveland\u201d the DSU Archives & Museum is hosting the Archives White Glove Tea. This tea should have all the elements essential to southern teas of the past. Who would not enjoy delicate sandwiches and other refreshments served by local hostesseses, welcomed by Mrs. Vicki Fioranelli and entertained and enlightened with a presentation presented by Dr. Edith McMillen?<\/p>\n

9 April 2006 at 2:30 pm \u2013 Capps Archives back patio<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Genealogy Workshop<\/b><\/div>\n

FREE workshop sponsored by Clarksdale Carnegie Public Library and DSU Archives & Museum brings us Professor Mike Brubaker of the Atlanta History Center\u2019s Kenan Research Center. Professor Brubaker will offer guidance and assistance as he demonstrates the best techniques for genealogists. Lunch on your own followed by internet instruction in the Robets-LaForge Library\u2019s Blibographic Room on the first floor.<\/p>\n

April 4, 2006 at 9:30 am \u2013 Capps Archives, 3rd<\/sup> floor classroom<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
Vanishing Delta \u2013 A Photo Exhibit<\/b><\/div>\n

As Deltans, sometimes we do not recognize the subtle changes that come over time. Photographer Debra Ferguson has seen the Delta through her photo lens for several years. Now she has prepared an exciting exhibit of images she has collected of Delta landscapes that have changed slightly or dramatically over the years. Visit the exhibit that documents the gradual changes and groth of Bolivar County and the surrounding Delta.<\/p>\n

26 March \u2013 30 July 2006<\/div>\n
Opening reception 26 March at 3:00 pm<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Boogaloo: An Exhibit<\/b><\/div>\n

Greenville photographer Ralph Jones\u2019 photography exhibit of Delta bluesman, Boogaloo, captured through performances throughout the Delta.<\/p>\n

Opening reception 2 March 2006 at 6:30 p.m.<\/div>\n
2 March \u2013 7 April 2006<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Cleveland Collects<\/b><\/div>\n

To coincide with \u201cThe Year of Cleveland,\u201d local citizens share their personal collections with the Archives & Museum. On display are collections of teapots, Boy Scout badges, cuff links, miniature porcelain figurines and more! Viewer\u2019s Choice Awards were given to Mr. Hugh Gamble for his cuff links collection, Dr. Myrtis Tabb for her glass art collection and Mr. Robert Montesi for his Boo Ferriss collection.<\/p>\n

Opening reception 26 January 2006 at 6:30 pm<\/div>\n
26 January \u2013 3 March 2006<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Toys! \u2014 A Playful Delta History<\/b><\/div>\n

This exhibit explores the history of children\u2019s toys from around the Delta. Displays of toys, photographs and stories are highlighted by loans from the Jim Henson Museum and Sharkey-Issaquena Public Library\u2019s \u201cThe Great Delta Bear Affair\u201d memorabilia.<\/p>\n

Opening reception 11 November 2005 at 7:30 am, in conjunction with the Veteran\u2019s Day presentation<\/p>\n

11 November 2005 \u2013 6 January 2006<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2005″ tab_id=”1478898705679-9″ id=”1478898730592-10″][vc_column_text]\n
Emmett Till: An Exhibit<\/b><\/div>\n

Using newspapers, photographs and letters, the Emmett Till story is retold from the perspectives of the people who lived through it.<\/p>\n

Opening reception 27 August 2005, with a panel discussion led by Dr. David Beito<\/p>\n

27 August \u2013 9 September 2005<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Mississippi\u2019s Ten Most Endangered Places<\/b><\/div>\n
27 August 27 \u2013 7 September 2005<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

The Delta Photo Road Show: A Save Our History Project<\/b><\/p>\n

The Mississippi Delta has a rich heritage composed of diverse stories. Fortunately, there remains photographic evidence of many of these stories, but unfortunately, many of these photographs have never been made public. In an attempt to preserve and publicize historic photos from the Delta, the \u201cDelta Photo Roadshow\u201d was held on April 2, 2005. The event was organized by The DSU Delta Center for Culture and Learning, as part of the Lighthouse Arts & Heritage Program presented through the Cleveland D.M. Smith Middle School. Modeled after the popular PBS program Antiques Roadshow, the project paired the students with professional documentary photographers and scholars who helped them discover stories related to the photographs. The most compelling images were scanned into digital forma and matched with oral history interviews that the Lighthouse students conducted onsite with the owners of the original photographs. In all, 12 participants submitted more than 1000 photographs, over 200 of which were preserved digitally. They range in subjects from turn-of-the-century logging operations to 1930s fishing drives to sharecropping cotton. A fraction of these photographs have been included in this exhibit, telling several heritage stories about the land and people of the Mississippi Delta. These and others will be included in a pictorial history booklet to be published in June 2005. After these images were collected, the D.M. Smith students under the guidance of Lighthouse art instruction Catherine Koehler spent several weeks colorizing photocopies of them with colored pencils and watercolors. The colorized images were then cut out and place in collages according to seven different themes: Education, Recreation, Portraits, the Delta as Frontier, Transportation, Industry and Agriculture, and Delta Life. An exhibit of this artwork was presented at the Charles Capps, Jr. Archive and Museum in May of 2005. This project was funded by a grant of $10,000 from the History Channel to The Delta Center for Culture & Learning, in collaboration with the Capps Archives. As an initiative of the Delta Center, the Lighthouse Program uses Mississippi Delta heritage and the arts to engage Bolivar County youth. The Delta Center\u2019s mission is to promote the history and culture of the Delta and its significance to the rest of the world, and the after-school program is one way the Center accomplishes that mission. The program is also designed to increase community involvement among Delta State students. College students in service-learning courses at Delta State volunteer as tutors and art interns in the program and also participate in some of the heritage workshops. The Lighthouse Program is funded through an ongoing grant from Learn & Serve America. Arts instruction is provided by Communities in Schools of Greenwood-Leflore The Partners in this project would like to thank the photographers and scholars who served as jurors: Barbara Andrews, Director of Curatorial Services of the National Civil Rights Museum; David Darnell, Chief Photographer at the Memphis Commercial Appeal; Lynn Linnemeier, an Atlanta artist and graduate student at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture; Greenville photographer Ralph Jones; Brooke White a DSU art professor in digital photography; an Jaman Matthews, a graduate student in folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

12 May \u2013 12 August 2005<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

When They Were Strangers at Our Gates: Tracy Sugerman Illustrations & Photographs of Freedom Summer 1964<\/b><\/p>\n

20 January 2005 \u2013 4 March 2005<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Lunch & Learn Lectures <\/b><\/div>\n

Dr. Jerry Ward \u2013 10 February 2005<\/p>\n

Jessica Crawford \u201cPrehistoric Indians in the Delta\u201d \u2013 6 October 2004<\/div>\n


\n<\/i>African American Life Histories: The Oral & the Written
\n<\/b>Capps Archives, Howorth Seminar Room<\/p>\n

The speaker examines views of twentieth-century life in Mississippi as it is represented in oral history from the Delta and the life stories of Richard Wright, Ann Moody, Clifton Taulbert and Endesha Ida MaeHolland.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2004″ tab_id=”1478898720190-0″ id=”1478898741997-4″][vc_column_text]\n

Key Ingredients: America by Food<\/b><\/div>\n

The food on the American table may not define exactly what we are as a nation, but the traditions surrounding out foods speak volumes about who we are. \u201cKey Ingredients: America by Food,\u201d a new Smithsonian traveling exhibition, delves into the historical, regional and social traditions that merge in everyday meals and celebrations of the American table.<\/p>\n

20 November 2004 \u2013 9 January 2005<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Delta Food Traditions<\/b><\/div>\n

Come explore the Delta through our rich culinary histories.<\/p>\n

23 September \u2013 13 November<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
A Cabinet of Curiosities Exhibition<\/b><\/div>\n

The Delta\u2019s local history slips away with each passing day. A Cabinet of Curiosities exhibits an array of local history pieces that are being collected and preserved by the Delta State University Archives and Museum. From early Delta State University faculty, staff and student memorabilia to scenes of early Cleveland and journals kept of Deltans as they traveled to Europe in the early 1900\u2019s, this exhibit focuses on the importance of collecting and preserving our local history through artifacts, manuscripts and images.<\/p>\n

8 July \u2013 30 August 2004<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Delta Scenes Revisited: A Photographic Exhibit<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\" \"\"<\/div>\n

On the left is the Rosedale home of Walter Sillers in 1907, and on the right, the home as it stood in 2004.<\/p>\n

5 May \u2013 30 June 2004<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Delta State\u2019s Men: A Presidential Exhibit<\/b><\/p>\n

Established by an act of the Legislature in 1924, Delta State Teachers College officially opened its doors on 15 September 1925. For over seventy-five years, Delta State has provided superior educational enrichment for thousands of students. Faculty, staff and students have created the rich history of Delta State under the guidance of each president. In honor of the inauguration of Dr. John M. Hilpert, the seventh president of Delta State, Delta State\u2019s Men: A Presidential Exhibit highlights each of the seven presidents who have served and continue to serve Delta State.<\/p>\n

Please visit our virtual web exhibit<\/a> located on the Archives Home Page. <\/i><\/p>\n

6 April \u2013 30 April 2004<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Faces of Freedom Summer<\/b><\/div>\n

\"\/images\/capps_archives\/rand0651.jpg\"<\/p>\n

The summer of 1964 represents a watershed year for Civil Rights progress in Mississippi and one that thrust the state into the national spotlight. Volunteers from throughout the country joined Mississippi residents in efforts to supplement the inadequacies of segregated black public schools with basic education, as well as with classes in subjects not normally taught in these schools. Freedom Summer volunteers also provided instruction in government and encouraged adult members of the black community to register to vote. Not all Mississippians welcomed outside volunteers to the State. Individuals were harassed and the Freedom Schools meeting sites were often targets of vandalism and threatening activities.<\/p>\n

1 February \u2013 31 March 2004<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Faces of Freedom Summer Accompanying Programs<\/b><\/div>\n
1 February 2004<\/div>\n

Exhibit Opening featuring Panel Discussion with Senator David Lee Jordan,
\nMrs. Thelma Barnes, and Mr. Charles McLaurin, moderated by Dr. Luther Brown, Director of theDelta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
5 February 2004, 7:00 pm<\/div>\n

Film Screening: Ghosts of Mississippi<\/i> and lecture lead by Dr. Luther Brown of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
7 February 2004, 12:00 pm \u2013 4:00 pm<\/div>\n

Civil Rights Sights in the Delta<\/i>: Bus Tour
\nLead by Dr. Luther Brown and Dr. Henry Outlaw of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

Points of Interest include such towns as Greenwood, Money, Ruleville and Cleveland. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored in part by Student Services and Office of the Provost.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
13 February 2004, 12:00 pm \u2013 1:15 pm<\/div>\n

Brown Bag Lecture featuring Mark Schneider, Former Civil Rights Worker, with special introduction by Dr. Garry Jennings, Director of The Madison Center<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
17 February 2004, 12:00 pm<\/div>\n

Race Relations and Reconciliation in Mississippi<\/i><\/p>\n

Brown Bag Lecture featuring Governor William Winter, with special introduction by Dr. Garry Jennings, Director of the Madison Center
\n
\n<\/i>19 February 2004, 7:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm<\/p>\n

Film Screening: Emmett Till Documentary
\n<\/i>Lecture lead by Dr. Luther Brown, Director of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
26 February 2004, 7:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm<\/div>\n

Film Screening: Eyes on the Prize
\n<\/i>Lecture lead by Dr. Luther Brown, Director of the Delta Center for Culture and Learning<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n
4 March 2004, 7:00 pm \u2013 8:30 pm<\/div>\n
Race Relations in the Delta<\/i><\/div>\n

A lecture by Dr. Matthew Holden, Doherty Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia<\/p>\n

25 March 2004, 7:00 pm \u2013 9:00 pm<\/div>\n

Presentation and Panel Discussion with Local Civil Rights Activists<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

DSU hosts Dunlap Broadside: The Declaration of Independence<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/b><\/p>\n

9:00 \u2013 Welcome and Introductions
\n9:05 \u2013 Girl Scout Troop 298 presents American Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
\n9:10 \u2013 National Anthem presented by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
\n9:15 \u2013 Dr. Garry Jennings, Director of The Madison Center, on the history of the Declaration of Independence<\/p>\n

9:30 \u2013 Presenters read the Declaration of Independence
\nPresenters include:
\nDr. John Hilpert, DSU President<\/p>\n

Representative Charlie Capps
\nFather Tom Lalor, Our Lady of Victories
\nDr. Mary Alice Cates
\nDr. Bo Morgan, History Department Chair, DSU
\nDr. Mark Bonta, Associate Professor of Geography
\nMr. Henry Phillips, West Bolivar Schools Superintendent
\nJudge John L. Pearson
\nJudge Gwendolyn Thomas, Youth Court Judge, Cleveland
\nPrincipal Luckett, Principal, East Side High School, Cleveland<\/p>\n

Undergraduate associates of The Madison Center will be on hand to assist in the voter registration process. Special thanks to the Boy Scout Troop 23 for their volunteer services. <\/em><\/p>\n

14 February 2004 from 9:00 am \u2013 1:00 pm<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2003″ tab_id=”1478898731937-10″ id=”1478898750364-4″][vc_column_text]\n

Life in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta, 1865 \u2013 1900<\/strong><\/p>\n

This exhibit features items from the DSU Archives\u2019 collections. The collections drawn from include the Boyd-Walters-Bobo and Gibert-Knowlton Lytle Family Papers, The Milburn Crowe-Mound Bayou Collection, The Eugene Leftwich Collection and Doro Plantation artifacts.<\/p>\n

Opening Reception 7 September 2009 at 2:00 pm, with special guest speaker Dr. Tom Boschert, Professor of History at DSU<\/p>\n

7 September 2003 \u2013 19 December 2003<\/p>\n

Daily Lives: Peasant Art of China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening Reception 2 March 2002 at 2:00 pm, with guest speakers Edward and Sylvia Krebs, who are responsible for bringing the exhibit to Delta State.<\/p>\n

March 2 \u2013 April 11, 2003<\/p>\n

Lucy Somerville Howorth Award Presentation
\n<\/strong>This year\u2019s Lucy Award honoree is Mrs. Keith Dockery McLean. She will be honored at a special program on Sunday, March 23, at the Capps Archives and Museum. The program begins at 4:00 pm in the Howorth Seminar Room.<\/p>\n

Exhibit honoring Mrs. Keith Dockery McLean
\n<\/strong>Will be on display in museum side room<\/p>\n

March 23 \u2013 May 2, 2003<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2002″ tab_id=”1478898509778-8″ id=”1478898787098-2″][vc_column_text]\n

The Hooks Brothers Collection: A Portrait of 20th Century African-American Life in Memphis, Tennessee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening Reception 3 Octorber 2002 at 12:15 pm<\/p>\n

September 15 \u2013 December 13, 2002<\/p>\n

Brown Bag: Ed Frank, from the University of Memphis
\n<\/strong>Speaking on the City of Memphis in the 20th Century<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 10, at 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Brown Bag: Peter Palmer, from the University of Mississippi
\n<\/strong>Speaking on The Memphis Fire and Police Strike of 1978<\/p>\n

7 November 2002 at 12:15 pm<\/p>\n

Brown Bag: Dr. David Beito, from the University of Alabama
\n<\/strong>Speaking on the Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou.
\nDr. Beito will also be available to sign copies of his book From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890 \u2013 1967.<\/p>\n

A Plant and Animal Survey of the Mississippi Delta: The National Youth Administration Project, 1936-1938.
\n<\/strong>Opening Reception 9 September 2002 at 2:00 pm, guest speaker will be Dr. Sam Faulkner, Professor of Biology and Environmental Sciences.<\/p>\n

9 September 2001 \u2013 15 March 2002<\/p>\n

Produce For Victory: Posters on the American Home Front, 1941 \u2013 1945
\n<\/strong>This exhibit, which includes 26 reproductions of World War II posters, examines how posters circulated by government and private organizations were key to mobilizing and maintaining stateside support for the war effort. The posters are drawn from the collection at the Smithsonian Institutes\u2019 National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is made possible through the partnership of the Smithsonian Institute and the Mississippi Humanities Council.<\/p>\n

Opening Reception 5 April 2002 at 6:30 pm, featuring Live Big Band Music
\nApril 5th \u2013 May 18th, 2002<\/p>\n

Brown Bag: Hollywood Goes to War
\n<\/strong>Dr. Brian O\u2019 Neil, film historian at the University of Southern Mississippi, will lecture on Hollywood\u2019s role in the War effort.<\/p>\n

8 April 2002 at 12:10 pm<\/p>\n

WWII Film Series<\/strong><\/p>\n

We introduce our WWII Era Film Series, which will continue for the duration of the Produce for Victory Exhibit. Films and dates are listed below. All movies begin at 6:30 and will be shown in the Howorth Seminar Room at the Capps Building on a large screen.<\/p>\n

9 April \u2013 Sergeant York<\/em>, 1941. Starring Gary Cooper.<\/p>\n

16 April \u2013 American Heroes of WWII: Tuskegee Fighter Pilots and Black Wartime Radio<\/em><\/p>\n

23 April \u2013 Casablanca<\/em>, 1942. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman<\/p>\n

30 April \u2013 Since You Went Away<\/em>, 1944. Starring Claudette Colbert, Shirley Temple & Lionel Barrymore.<\/p>\n

7 May \u2013 D-Day to Berlin<\/em><\/p>\n

Brown Bag: German POWs in the Mississippi Delta
\n<\/strong>Participants in the Archives\u2019 recent oral history project concerning the POW camps here in the Delta during WWII will speak about the camps. The project was funded in part by the Mississippi Humanities Council. The lecture begins at 12:10 in the Howorth Seminar Room in the Capps Building. Refreshments provided.<\/p>\n

7 May 2002<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab title=”2000″ tab_id=”1478898791474-2″ id=”1478898820796-0″][vc_column_text]\n

\u201cIf It Ain\u2019t Seasoned, It Ain\u2019t Much of Anything\u201d (2000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to a description of Lebanese cooking by Queenie Nassour of Vicksburg \u201cIf it ain\u2019t seasoned, it ain\u2019t much of anything.\u201d That idea is applied to the cultural diversity of Mississippi in a traveling exhibit of the same name from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.<\/p>\n

\u201cDear Miss Virginia. . .\u201d (2000) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of men and women, students and faculty, from Delta State joined the war effort during 1941-1945, and Virginia Thomspon, or \u201cMiss Virginia,\u201d as the students called her, corresponded with many of them, keeping them updated on each other and their alma mater through her letters and newsletters. A selection of this correspondence is on display at the Capps Archives and Museum Building in the exhibit \u201cDear Miss Virginia.\u201d In addition to the letters, occupation money, foreign and military newspapers, photographs, clippings, and postcards are included.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][\/tabbed_section][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][heading]Past Events \u00b7 Back to Current Events[\/heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][tabbed_section style=”default” alignment=”left”][tab title=”2014″…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"parent":14,"menu_order":99,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-714","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/714\/revisions\/1955"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}