Tuesday March 20th, 2018

I arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 8:00 a.m.  I resumed digitizing oral histories.  In addition, since my Archival Practicum is coming to a close, I put together an instruction manual for whomever comes in next to volunteer to know how to digitize cassettes.  I made sure it was very detailed and in layman's terms.  I digitized the oral histories of Dr. Zach Hederman whom served on the Board of Trustees at Baptist Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.  I took a break for lunch at 1:15 p.m. and then returned at 1:45 pm.The other oral history I digitized was of Dr. David Ruff Grant whom served as Chairman of the Gulfshore Baptist Assembly.  Dr. Grant discussed what the assembly did after Hurricane Camille.  This was very interesting to me as I survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when I was living in Hattiesburg, Mississippi while I was working on my undergraduate degree at the University of Southern Mississippi.  According to most people I've spoken with, Hurricane Camille was the most talked about hurricane in Mississippi before Katrina happened.  With Hurricane Katrina so ingrained within the psyches of so many Mississippians, it was interesting to revisit commentary on a storm that had a similar effect among prior generations.  I left the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 4:30 pm.