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Dr. James G. Hollandsworth<\/SPAN><\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TABLE> Dr. James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. will present the ninth annual Sammy O. Cranford Memorial Lecture in History at Delta State University, Tuesday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in the Jobe Hall Auditorium on campus.<\/P> A yearly event on the Delta State campus, the lecture series honors the memory of Dr. Sammy Cranford, a member of the history department for 25 years and University Archivist for 19 years before his untimely death in 1994. <\/P> The Cranford Lecture first debuted in 1998, as then chair of the history department, Allen Dennis noted, \u201cbecause our department wanted to honor Sammy\u2019s memory in a significant way. He valued good teaching and good writing, and it is a fitting tribute to him that we bring a historian to our campus each year who excels in both.\u201d <\/P> Hollandsworth\u2019s resume fits the twin bill, as his presentation, \u201cAlfred Holt Stone: Delta Native and Racial Theorist\u201d will prove. The lecture topic relates to his voluntary labors compiling a carefully annotated index for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History\u2019s Stone Collection. <\/P> In 1942, Greenville native Alfred Holt Stone donated to the MDAH a large collection of materials on \u201cThe Negro and Cognate Subjects,\u201d a treasure trove of over 3,000 documents dating from 1690 to 1909. Hollandsworth\u2019s 600-page index was formally opened to the public at a ceremony in Jackson earlier this month.<\/P> Hollandsworth brought to his task the fruits of a remarkably varied academic career. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in history from Davidson College in 1966, but after service as an officer in the United States Army (1966-68), his scholarly interest shifted to psychology. He earned a master\u2019s (1972) and doctorate (1975) degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in 1976 joined the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. <\/P> He has won awards for both teaching and scholarship in the field of psychology. Published in 1990, his second book, \u201cThe Physiology of Psychological Disorders: Schizophrenia, Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Abuse\u201d appeared on the Outstanding Academic Book List of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and he won both USM\u2019s Innovation in Teaching Award (1982) and the Mississippi Psychological Association\u2019s Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award (1990). <\/P> In the 1990s, Hollandsworth returned to his original field of academic interest, publishing three books on Civil War and Reconstruction history. The first, \u201cThe Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War\u201d earned a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association of State and Local History. His most recent volume, published in 2001, is entitled \u201cAn Absolute Massacre: The New Orleans Race Riot of July 30, 1866.\u201d<\/P> In addition to his teaching and scholarship, he has also served as Associate Vice-president for Academic Affairs, Associate Provost, and Dean of the Graduate School at USM. He retired in 2004.<\/P> The Cranford Lecture is sponsored by the Delta State history department, in cooperation with the Delta Center for Culture and Learning. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Delta State history department at (662) 846-4170.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. James G. HollandsworthDr. James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. will present the ninth annual Sammy O. 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