2009

Bo~. ~ Q, Harrison honored for CivilWar research Rick'J' HatTison. a dntfl–

inal four corners of Newton County and documentation of Gen. William Sherman's march from Decatut· to Laude•·dale County and his route in the western part of Newton Cow1ty dm·ing the Civil War. The printed t·eports of the class project a well as map and chm·ts gene1·ated by the projects are all part of tt E' collection of i\ewton County Archh·e....

ed at t he Society of ~tississippi Archivists' biennial conference at an awards luncheon at the Univcr<>ily of Southern ~lississippi Gulf Coast Campus in Long Beach on 1\pt·il 2:3. '!'he awa l'd recogniz s lhm·ison and class mem– bet"s fo1· their· extensive rt·scarch on historical proj– l <'ts. which included a sur– ' cy and location of the orig-

ing and design tcehnolol:(\' instructor nt East C'cnu·ul Community Colleg-e, hns received lbe !WOn .\ward of Excellence fot· l sc of Historical ReC'ords in Higher Education pt·c-;cnt– ed by the ~lississippi Historical 11<.·c·m·ds 1\dvisot'Y Bmud. Harrison, of Det'alur. is the first recipient of the prestigious honm·. pt·cscnt-

Present~ng Harrison witb the al\ard April 23 \\ere Julia Marks Young (second from. left) .a~~ Forrest Galey (left), officials with the Archives and Records Serv•ces Dms1~n f?r t~e Mississippi Dept. of Archhcs and History. AJso pic– ture~ are Ha_rnson s Wife, Janean (second from right) and Ann Burkes, repre– sentmg ~he ~e\\ ton County Historical and Genealogical Society, who nominat– ed Harn son for the award. (ECCC photo)

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NESHOBA DEMOCRAT----.,-– NEWTON COUNTY APPEAL ,/ WINSTON COUNTY JOURNAL __ CLARION-LEDGER------

CARTHAGINIAN------- SCOTT COUNTY TIMES ____ SPIRIT OF MORTON ______ MERIDIAN STAR -------