Welcome back, students, faculty & staff!  There are many renovations and improvements happening on campus right now.  A great opportunity for preservation and archiving the living history of this beautiful campus. 

Over the Summer, I sorted through several boxes of photos and still have many unnamed photos.  I'll be posting them as we move forward.  If you recognize anyone, please feel welcome to email me at ejones@marionmilitary.edu with any information you may have. 

I'm also working on a history of the High School.  If you attended the HS and want to share your stories - or add them to our Oral History Project, we would love to hear from you!

Here's to a great year!
Erin Jones
Archivist
MMI Foundation Archives
ejones@marionmilitary.edu
334 302 1038

Chapel Windows

Last week I had the pleasure of showing Rear Admiral S Stosz around MMI's historic Chapel building. I thought I'd share some excerpts from the pamphlet "Providing Windows of Character". (c) 1968 MMI






E. Jones
MMI Archivist
334 302 1038
ejones@marionmilitary.edu

1931 Advantages of Military Education Pamphlet

While going through some recent donations, I found this little gem tucked into the pages of another book.

October 2011

I'd like to share with you some of the photos that are currently on my plate.

Col. Sheffield teaching.

Cadet Smith, 1962

(A different) Cadet Smith

Delta Company, 1992

Cadet Williams, 1962

Things are busy here in the Archives as I continue to process a large donation of files and photos. As with all photos, any details you have, please feel free to share them with us. The more we know, the more we can share.

E. Jones
MMI Archivist
ejones@marionmilitary.edu
334 302 1038

Going through some files here in the Archives, I've found some photos I'd like to share.

J. R. Coleman

Sara Clements, Secretary

Timothy Chambers and Group

The Archives will be open the Friday of Parents Weekend, but closed on Saturday. Images from the 1919 student photo album will be on display in the Auditorium. I hope to see you there!

E. Jones
MMI Archivist
ejones@marionmilitary.edu
334 302 1038

September 2011 - 1919 Photo Album

Today, while doing research on early 1900's Cadet classes, I stumbled upon a most fascinating of finds: a personal Cadet photo album from 1919. So, of course, I put everything on hold so I could scan and preserve this amazing piece of MMI history. I can't resist sharing some of those images with you here.

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Back to research!
Erin Jones
MMI Archivist
334 302 1038
ejones@marionmilitary.edu

August 2011: Old and New

Congratulations to all the Cadets who were Crested on Friday.

Photos: MMI Archives

You can watch a video taken by Kelly Griffiths, Library Director here.

To celebrate the newest Cadets, allow me to share some more photos in the Unlabeled Photo Project: the oldest yet, from 1933-34.