Although this roundup isn’t on our typical day, there’s been enough news this week to go ahead and post one this week. We’ll start with a story that most of you probably already know about – especially if you watched… Read More ›
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MissPres News Roundup 12-20-2010
Happy Holidays MissPres! This will end up being the last Roundup this year – and it’s all pretty good this time. Hopefully, any news that pops up the next two weeks will let the first roundup of the New Year… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 11-8-2010
No big intro this week – let’s jump right into the news: The weekly papers covering Waynesboro and Water Valley have recently published stories about how each community is looking at establishing National Register Districts. The meetings local officials have… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 6-4-2010
As you all no doubt remember, God made Fridays for News Roundups, but I’ve been off-kilter the last couple of months since being abandoned by formerly trusty W. White and have just been posting roundups on any ol’ day of… Read More ›
A Pilgrimage to Carrollton’s Churches
Strangely enough, while James Clark Harris did alot of design and construction work in Carrollton, it doesn’t appear that he was the architect or builder for any of the historic churches in town. He did design the Teoc Presbyterian Church,… Read More ›
New Heritage Travel Site, Gozaic
A friend recently sent me a link to the National Trust’s recently unveiled heritage travel website called Gozaic. According to the home page, Gozaic will let you: plan life-enriching travel and join a community that shares your passion for experiencing… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 9-25-2009
Well, there’s just too much preservation news to keep up with this week, so as of today the MissPres vacation is officially over. Sept. 11, 2009: According to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, perhaps better known to you savvy online… Read More ›
A Few Fall Happenings
Carrollton Pilgrimage A colleague showed me a nice little brochure yesterday for the Carrollton Pilgrimage and I wanted to make sure all MissPres readers got the news right away so you could plan ahead. Seems that for the first time maybe in… Read More ›
Katrina Survivors: Beauvoir
After last week’s long trail of lost landmarks, I thought we should brighten up the mood a little with a few survivor stories that show that all was not lost. There are still historic places on the Coast (and inland)… Read More ›
SAH Civil Rights Memorial Study Tour
The Society of Architectural Historians has recently announced an intriguing tour of Civil Rights memorials in Georgia and Alabama, October 8-12, 2009. According to the SAH website, the four-day tour will begin in Atlanta, visiting Auburn Avenue and the Atlanta… Read More ›
An Architectural Bonanza in the Clarion-Ledger
Was I in heaven this weekend? Was it a dream? I think there were not one, not two, but three really informative articles about architecture in the Clarion-Ledger. I know I usually leave such things to Friday’s News Roundup, but… Read More ›
Visitor Centers-Bah!
For your Sunday afternoon reading pleasure, and in light of my recent musings on the National Park Service and on the fate of heritage sites, may I suggest this article from Architectural Record’s March 2009 issue, “Rolling out the unwelcome mat for… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 7-31-2009
Can you believe it’s almost August? After our horrible hot dry June, July has flown by with beautiful rain, coolish nights, and not-very-hot days. This is my kind of summer! This week has been very eventful, and in a good… Read More ›
Battle of the Tour Buses
I had to actually Laugh Out Loud when I saw the cover of the New Yorker this week. It depicts two triple-decker tour buses passing on a narrow street in Manhattan, blazing away at each other with cannons like two battleships…. Read More ›
Whither House Museums?
Since we’re on the subject of heritage sites and the role of public history (and when I say “we” I mean “I”), I thought I would share a link I came across in my vast amounts of research on the… Read More ›
More Musings on the National Park Service
I’ve been thinking more this weekend about the role of the National Park Service in light of the issues raised last Thursday in On Recreating History. As an aside, would thinking about the role of the National Park Service on a… Read More ›
On Recreating History
I read an insightful short article in the Summer 2009 issue of The American Scholar (pp. 6-7) by Christopher Clausen titled “Sesquicentennial Excess: Must we erase evidence of later commemorations at Civil War sites?” (You can buy the journal at… Read More ›
Celebrate Independence
Statue of Liberty by jsnku (Flickr) The Statue of Liberty’s crown re-opens to visitors today for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001. Last one to the top’s a rotton egg!
Museum Myths in Movies
I know I’m way behind all of ya’ll in the pop-culture arena, so you’ve probably already seen Slumdog Millionaire. But if not, you should just because it’s a really good movie and isn’t depressing as you might expect, but also for… Read More ›
MissPres News Roundup 6-26-09
June 2, 2009: “Do Lake Plans Endanger Indian Mounds?” the Jackson Free Press asks. This is in regards to the so-called Two Lakes plan to develop the Pearl River in Jackson. I feel no need to wade into this controversial… Read More ›
Getting Back to Myths
I’m sure you all remember my post a couple of months ago about the fun stories I heard at the Columbus Pilgrimage explaining various architectural features (if you have a bad memory or, even worse, didn’t read it originally, you… Read More ›
Military-Themed Day Trip to Hattiesburg
Those of you who love both military history (and really, what’s not to love about guns and tanks and troop movements?) and museums have probably already checked out the Mississippi Armed Forced Museum at Camp Shelby. Camp Shelby, of course, has been… Read More ›
MDAH CLG Grants, 2009
While looking at the History Newsletter on the MDAH website, I noticed (albeit very belatedly) that MDAH has also announced their Certified Local Government grants for this year. Just in case you missed it, here’s the most relevant part of… Read More ›
Models in Vicksburg
No, I’m not talking about the kind of models that walk the runway looking thin and sullen, I’m returning to the subject of cool architectural models. Well, they’re all cool of course, but I had no idea that we had… Read More ›
Advanced Testing for Docents
Dear Prospective Advanced Docents: Before you may take this test, you must have passed the Beginning Host/Hostess Test, which you can find here. Passing this Advanced Docent Test will allow you to wear the special green Advanced Docent ribbon, which will ensure… Read More ›
To Clarksdale and Back
I’ve been up to the Delta recently, all the way to Clarksdale. I love going to the Delta–any time of year, it’s always interesting and it seems to have a certain light that makes it all seem more lush. People… Read More ›
NPS Stimulus Money in MS
Speaking of money–loads and loads of money from Uncle Sam–the National Park Service has announced the projects it will be funding with its cut of the stimulus package. According to their state-by-state breakout, Mississippi will have 9 projects coming in… Read More ›
Preservation in Mississippi 