Thursday February 15th, 2018

I arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 8:00 a.m.  I resumed digitizing audio cassettes.  This time, I digitized oral histories conducted by former Mississippi College President Dr. Aubrey McLemore in 1974 and 1975 with former Professors of the early years of Mississippi College.  The first professor was very outspoken and discussed a lot of the ethical issues that surrounded the formation and early years of Mississippi College.  He even gives a reference to Richard Nixon which I liked because it reminded me of what point in American History that the interviews took place.  I took a break for lunch at 12:25 p.m. and returned at 12:55 p.m.  The next cassette would not work.  It was discouraging but it can be expected  with audio cassettes that are so old.  The next interview was with a Professor whom was involved in the English Department in the early days of Mississippi College.  I completed the digitization of half of his oral history.  In the interview, the Professor discussed many of the religious related issues that surrounded the origins of the school's academic curriculum.  It was interesting hearing him talk about the moral standards that a Christian institution felt they had to abide by back then.  I have now completed two whole boxes of audio cassettes and two audio cassettes in a third box.  I left the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 4:30 pm.