Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

 Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission.  Dr. John Barnes.  Retrieved March 22nd, 2018.

Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission.  Paul Nash Nunner.  Retrieved March 22nd, 2018.

I arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 8:00 am.  I resumed digitizing oral histories.  Dr. John Barnes was at one time chairman of the Mississippi Baptist Convention.  Within his recording, Dr. Barnes discussed the role that the Mississippi Baptist Historical Convention played in the development of Mississippi Woman's College (Not Mississippi University for Women) which eventually became William Carey College, located in Hattiesburg.  There came the argument for Mississippi Woman's College to be reorganized as either a Junior Co-Educational College or Senior Co-Educational College (MBHC).  The Convention voted for it to become a Senior Co-Educational College.  I took a break for lunch at 1:30 p.m. and returned at 2:00 p.m. 

I digitized the oral history of Paul Nash Nanner, whom was at one time the Executive Director of the Baptist Children's Village.  It was interesting learning about the ways in which Mr. Nunnery became involved in the Children's Village.  Evidently, he had been an adoptive father four times over and he and his wife had been foster parents which is why he chose to leave his law practice to be an attorney for the organization and work his way up (MBHC).  Originally, the name was Mississippi Children's Village (the term 'orphanage' was considered misleading and 'derogatory'). 

I left the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 4:30 p.m.