Mississippi Business Journal » cultural heritage http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Jefferson Davis descendant named director of Beauvoir http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/13/jefferson-davis-descendant-named-director-of-beauvoir/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jefferson-davis-descendant-named-director-of-beauvoir http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/13/jefferson-davis-descendant-named-director-of-beauvoir/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:07:29 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59581 BILOXI — The great-great-grandson of Jefferson Davis is now the director of Beauvoir, the last home of the president of the Confederacy. The Sun Herald reports Bertram Hayes-Davis accepted the keys to the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library Wednesday. Former acting director Richard Forte Sr. will continue as chairman of the combined boards of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/13/jefferson-davis-descendant-named-director-of-beauvoir/feed/ 0 Delta group wants state funds for Grammy Museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/01/delta-group-wants-state-funds-for-grammy-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=delta-group-wants-state-funds-for-grammy-museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/01/delta-group-wants-state-funds-for-grammy-museum/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:05:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53175 CLEVELAND — A Cleveland group raising funds for a Grammy Museum to celebrate the state’s musical heritage is seeking $6 million to support its cause. Project manager R. Allan Hammons told a crowded room of legislators that the museum would be the first satellite of the national Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. The Cleveland Music [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/01/delta-group-wants-state-funds-for-grammy-museum/feed/ 0 Blues Archive gets memorabilia of Mayfield, Fulson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/28/blues-archives-gets-memorabilia-of-mayfield-fulson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blues-archives-gets-memorabilia-of-mayfield-fulson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/28/blues-archives-gets-memorabilia-of-mayfield-fulson/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:49:37 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=50144 OXFORD — The memorabilia of two legendary bluesmen has found a home in the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi, thanks to two patrons who generously donated the materials. Thousands of items once owned by singer-songwriters Percy Mayfield and Lowell Fulson were donated by Mick and Molli Kolassa to the archive housed in UM’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/28/blues-archives-gets-memorabilia-of-mayfield-fulson/feed/ 0 Mayor: No more taxpayer money for museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/04/mayor-no-more-taxpayer-money-for-museum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayor-no-more-taxpayer-money-for-museum http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/04/mayor-no-more-taxpayer-money-for-museum/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:22:31 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=44249 BILOXI — Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway is making it clear that he does not want to use tax dollars to support the Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art. Holloway discussed the issue yesterday morning at his annual “Breakfast with the Mayor.” As he discussed the city budget that he and the City Council are working on, [...]

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