The Tupelo journal., 1910-07-08
Books Wanted.

OAl oOQ1
,ory Department Of the Indus
rial Institute and College is
eager to give next year to the
Juniors and Seniors a course in
Mississippi history. To do this
t will be necessary to have avail
able material on Mississippi and
Mississippians and there is very
little Of this material in the col
lege library. Many of the books
are out of print and difficult to
obtain and the college has very
little money to spend on books
for any one course.
We know that there are many
of these books scattered over the
state and that many of the own
ers would be glad to give them
to the college if our need could
be presented to them. We think
that the Daughters Of the Con
federacy could help us in making
our needs known and as they are
in having the history
of the state taught-to the young
people, they will be glad to as
us in getting this material
The course is to be an advanced
one and it is to have two objects.
One of them is to acquaint the
with the social, econom-
ic and political developments of
the state and with the part play
ed in this development and in
national affairs by our great men
and thus give them a knowledge
and an enthusiasm for it so that
they may become successful
teachers of the states history in
the schools. The other object of
the course is to give them some
training in the methods of his
torical research so that the stu
dents may be able to investigate
in a scientific way important
questions in our history and set
forth the past as it really was
and collect accurate data for use
in any questions of present inter.
test.
We enclose a list of the books
that we will need in giving any
thing like the course we have
planned but it will help us if you
will send US any book written by
any Mississippian, also any
newspapers, pamphlets, OF
Southern magazines published
before the war or during the
Reconstruction period. All pack
ages sent us should be addressed
to the Librarian of the Industrial
Institu. e and College.
We understand that in the
summer the clubs for the mos,
part take a vacation and it is moi
a suitable time to call on then
for assistance, but we feel sure
that the fact that we shall neeC
the books for work in the early
fall will be appreciated and We
shall have an early response.
Thanking the United Daugh'
tiers Of the Confederacy in ad.
vance for the help they will give
US, we are
Very truly yours,
The History Department of thu
!. L. & c..
LIST OF BOOKS.
Brown, A. G.-Speeches, Messages
and writings of the Hon. Albert G
Brown, a Senator of Mississippi, Edited
W. M. McClesky.
Flush Times in Mississippi
Claiborne, j. F. History of Mis-
sissippi; Life and Correspondence o.
John A. Quitman, I'd VOL; Life of San
Dale.
Cralle, Richard K.-Works of JOIN
Calhoun.
DAVIS, Reuben Recollactions Of Mis-
sissippi and Mississippians.
Foote, Henry C.-Casket OF Remin
iscences.
Gayarre-History of Louisiana.
Observation-Disclosures of Mississippi
Mayes-History of Education in Mis-
sissippl.
Montgomery, Frank A.-Reminis
cences of Mississippi in Peace and War
Prentiss-Memoirs of S. S. Prentiss
eiited by his brother.
Rowland, Dunbar-Encyclopedia o
Mississippi I'd vo'.
Smedes, Mrs. Susan Dabney-Me
moirs of a Southern Planter.
sparks, w. H.-Memories of FIT.
Years.
Waile- Agriculture and Geology i