Program

Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access Projects

Period of Performance

6/1/2002 - 11/30/2005

Funding Totals

$280,594.00 (approved)
$280,500.00 (awarded)


Reformatting Audio Materials Related to the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi

FAIN: PA-24194-02

University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001)
Shana Walton (Project Director: July 2001 to October 2002)
Curtis Austin (Project Director: October 2002 to October 2004)
Stephen Sloan (Project Director: October 2004 to April 2006)

The preservation of 200 audiotapes comprising 1,300 hours of oral interviews, meetings, and speeches documenting the Civil Rights Era in Mississippi from 1944 to 1979.