Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Stories
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Mississippi State University; Mississippi State University--History; Mississippi State University--Employees; Mississippi State University. Extension Service; Agriculture; Agriculture--Research; Interviews; Agricultural extension workers; Mississippi State University. Alumni and alumnae; Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building (Mississippi State, Miss.)
Description
Oral history; interview with Dr. Art Cosby, conducted April 13, 2012, at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Cosby was born in 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee, and first came to the MSU campus as a student in 1966. He received his PhD in Sociology from Mississippi State in 1969. From 1981 to 1987, Cosby was head of MSU's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, as well as the Thomas L. Bailey Professor. He became the director of the Social Science Research Institute in 1985, and continues that directorship as of 2012. From 1991 to 1993, he was the director of University Centers and Institutes, and in 2006, he was the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor. As of 2012, his research focuses on different approaches to investigating the social climate for improving the health and well-being in America. Cosby has also held faculty positions at Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University. In this interview, he fondly remembers his graduate studies in the Lloyd-Ricks building during the 60s and the interesting mix of people who worked in the building during that time. He discusses how the building and the people there played an important role in his life both professionally and personally, and the link between the building and the Social Science Research Center.
Contributor
Ballard, Michael B., interviewer
Date
5-15-2012
Time Period
2010-2019
Format (digital)
MP3
Object Type
sound; text
Digital ID#
A12_19_Cosby_Art_audiotape
Relation
Deeply Rooted
Annotation
Location: Starkville (Miss.)
Rights
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Recommended Citation
Echos of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Collection, Special Collections Department, University Archives Division, Mississippi State University Libraries
Contact Information
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