Society of Mississippi Archivists’ Conference

Archiving Audio: 

Managing Archival Music and Spoken Word Collections

  19th – 21st April 2007

University of Mississippi

Oxford, MS

 

All lectures and panels take place in the J. D. Williams Library, Archives & Special Collections, Faulkner Room in the , unless otherwise indicated. 

 

Thursday, April 19th

 

9:00-10:00 a.m.            REGISTRATION

 

10:00-10:45 a.m.          Presentation of Materials from Archives and Special Collections

                                    Jennifer Ford

 

11:00-11:45 a.m.          THE FLOWER FILES:  USING ARCHIVES TO RESEARCH HISTORICAL FLOWER

                                    ARRANGEMENTS

                                    Jim Del Prince

                                   

Noon-12:45 p.m.         Lunch – possibly at same location for Jim’s presentation; Yerby Center; Butler

                                    auditorium; or other venue.

 

1:00-1:10 p.m.             OFFICIAL WELCOMING REMARKS

                                    Emily Erwin Weaver

                                    Greg Johnson (housekeeping remarks)

 

1:15-2:15 p.m.             CREATING ONLINE ACCESS TO ORAL HISTORIES

                                    Stephen Sloan and Amy Evans

 

2:30-3:30 p.m.             Angels on the Backroads CD Project:  Researching the Blues

                                    Eddie Thomas and Frank Thomas

 

3:45-4:45 p.m.             TOPIC DODGEBALL

                                    Open discussion about issues pertinent to Mississippi Archivists

 

5:30-6:30 p.m.             Thacker Mountain Radio

                                    Guests TBA (www.thackermountain.com)

 

7:00- ? p.m.                 Evening entertainment.

 

                                   


Friday, April 20th

 

8:15-8:50 a.m.              Light breakfast and coffee (Archives & Special Collections)

 

9:00-10:00 a.m.            BLUES ARCHIVE PRESENTATION

                                    Greg Johnson

                       

10:30-11:45 a.m.          Tour of Rowan Oak

 

noon                             lunch on your own (or on the grounds – still determining)

 

1:30-2:30 p.m.            Union County Oral History Project

                                    Dr. Elizabeth Payne and UM history graduate students

                                   

2:40-3:30 p.m.             POLITICAL AUDIO COLLECTIONS

                                    Mike Ballard, Leigh McWhite, Celia Tisdale; moderated by Dianne Ross

 

3:45-4:45 p.m.             BUSINESS MEETING – election of new officers

                                    All SMA members welcome and encouraged to attend

 

5:40 p.m.- ?                 Dinner and fun