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Cultural Conversations

Videos from MSU Libraries' monthly program celebrating Mississippi's rich cultural heritage and highlighting the Libraries' cultural heritage events, exhibits, collections, and services. 

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Cultural Conversations

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CAVS Mixed Reality Lab

Fred Smith interviews John Mitchell, Media Specialist, about the Digital Media Center at Mitchell Memorial Library.

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Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum

Fred Smith discusses Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum with Chip Templeton.

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Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum and Charles Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival

Sarah McCullough discusses the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Music Museum and the Charles Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival with Stephen Cunetto.

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Congressional and Political Research Center

Sarah McCullough discusses the Congressional and Political Research Center with Ryan Semmes.

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Digital Media Center

Sarah McCullough discusses Digital Media Center services with Pattye Archer.

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Lucius Luke Lampton, Images in Mississippi Medicine

Dr. Lucius Luke Lampton is the editor of the Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. He discusses his new book Images in Mississippi Medicine.

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Manuscripts and Special Collections

Sarah McCullough discusses collections in Manuscripts and Special Collections with Jennifer McGillan.

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Manuscripts Collection

Fred Smith discusses the Manuscripts Collection with Jennifer McGillan.

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Manuscripts Division of Special Collections

Fred Smith discusses the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections with Jessica Perkins Smith.

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Margaret Valiant collection

Special Collections Manuscripts Librarian Jenifer Ishee discusses the Valiant collection, featured for Women's history month.

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Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant

Dr. Luke Lampton discusses the connections between Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant.

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Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, 2017 annotated edition

David Nolen discusses the new annotated edition of the Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.

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Rare Books

Sarah McCullough discusses the Rare Books Division of Manuscripts and Special Collections with Fred Smith.

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Rare Books by Mississippi Writers

Sarah McCullough discusses rare books by Mississippi writers with Fred Smith.

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Scholarly Communication and Open Access

Sarah McCullough discusses Scholarly Communication and Open Access with Claudia Holland

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The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Sarah McCullough discusses The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana with donor Chief Justice Frank J. Williams

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The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Sarah McCullough discusses The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant with David Nolen.

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Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library

Sarah McCullough discusses the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library with Dr. John F. Marszalek

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Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Fred Smith discusses the grand opening of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and the Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana with Stephen Cunetto.

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University Archives

Fred Smith discusses with Jessica Perkins-Smith about the University Archives and its collections.

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