Ex-lawmaker joins Mississippi Archives and History board
July 19, 2021 GMT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) A former state lawmaker is the newest member of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees.
Trustees met Friday and elected Kimberly L. Campbell of Jackson to finish a six-year term started by former state Supreme Court Justice Reuben Anderson, the department said in a news release Monday. Campbell will serve through 2022.
The department is responsible for collecting and preserving historical documents. It also administers various museums and historic sites.
Anderson had served on the nine-member Archives and History board since 2007, when he was chosen to fill another person’s unexpired term. He was reelected in 2010 and 2016, and is the board’s most recent president.
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