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kimberly.rayborn@usm.edu
University of Southern Mississippi
Graduate Program – Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS)
University of Southern Mississippi – Bachelor of Arts History Degree
Graduate Student Processing Assistant – University of Southern Mississippi
McCain Library and Archives
-Assisted in the arrangement and description of manuscript and archival collections
-Worked with and organized correspondences, reports, photographs, letters, newspapers, film negatives, slides, and other materials
-Created finding aids and processed collections
Genealogist and published researcher for over 25 years
Author of Georgia Griner Family & Related Families with Royal Lineages: A Historical Documentation.
-Experienced and efficient in searching courthouses and archives for historic and government records.
-Extensive research at Family History Center in Salt Lake City; University of Georgia Archives; and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Collections researched and processed:
Mississippi County Courthouse Photographs
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1081
Ernest I. Watson Autobiography
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1186
Laurel Social and Service Club Yearbooks
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1360
James A. Bateman Papers
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/863
Mississippi Burning Collection
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1080
Ruby Mulloy Collection
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1259
Processed over 9000 slides for the Cherry Burns Collection
https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/3/resources/1357#
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