About CHARM
Mission
CHARM's mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of the role played by agriculture, forestry, and rural life in Mississippi's past by collecting, preserving, and providing access to important historical materials as a foundation for teaching, learning, and research, with special attention to the leadership of Mississippi State University, a land-grant institution.
The Consortium carries out its mission by:
- Identifying, collecting, and cataloging published and primary information sources
- Creating and implementing an ongoing oral history program
- Providing access to collected historical resources in physical and electronic form via the library and the Internet
- Promoting scholarly endeavors based upon the collection
- Developing educational outreach programs
- Fostering ongoing collaboration among those who share an interest in the history of
agriculture, forestry, and rural life in Mississippi.
Members and Contributors
Project Coordinators
Dr. Gregory A. Bohach - Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry & Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Gary Jackson - Director of MSU Extension Service
Partners
- MSU Libraries
- Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES)
- MSU Extension Service
- MSU College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
- MSU College of Forest Resources
- MSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Steering Committee
Stephen Cunetto - Associate Dean, University Libraries
Dr. Kent Hoblet - Dean, MSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. George Hopper - Dean/Director, College of Forest Resources/Forest and Wildlife Research Center
Dr. Michael Newman - Professor/Director, School of Human Sciences
Pat Matthes - Associate Dean for Technical Services, MSU Libraries
