MSU President Emeritus Donald Zacharias (left) visits with MSU Student Association President Braxton Coombs prior to the program officially accepting the Grant Collection for MSU.
In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...
Yellow fever--Mississippi.; Diaries.; Dry Grove (Miss.)--History.; Williams family.
Small journal kept by John Calvin Williams during the yellow fever epidemic in Dry Grove, Mississippi, in 1878. According to the note pasted later into the front of the journal, Williams himself died of the fever on October 31, 1878.
Humphreys Co. (Miss.) ; Grant, L. E. (Leonard E.)--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
L. E. (Leonard E.) Grant family farm; multiple views. Farm of 1200 acres located in Isola, MS. Humphreys Co. agricultural agent Elmo Hill assisted with selection of farm family.
(l to r) Lindsey Wiseman, Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman, and MSU President Mark Keenum visit prior to the dinner commemorating the opening of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library.
Marty Wiseman (left), Director of MSU's Stennis Center for Government, visits with Executive Director of the Grant Association John Marszalek prior to the evening's dinner.
Williams, Frank; Marszalek, John; Coleman, Frances; Keenum, Mark
(l to r) Grant Association President Frank Williams, Grant Association Executive Director John Marszalek, MSU President Mark Keenum, and Dean of MSU Libraries Frances Coleman visit prior to the evening's dinner.
(l to r) Grant Association President Frank Williams, Grant Association Executive Director John Marszalek, and MSU President Mark Keenum pose for a photograph with a framing of President Grant after the evening's dinner.
