| Title: |
McDuffie, S. Jay
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
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| Collection: |
Mississippi Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Dr. S. Jay McDuffie was born in Nettleton, Mississippi, grew up in Tupelo, and attended Tupelo High School. The son of a pharmacist, he was encouraged to study science in preparation to becoming a physician. At Mississippi State University, he earned a B.S. in premed, then entered the U.S. Public Health Service during World War II. At the end of the war, he entered the University of Mississippi where he earned his medical certificate in their two-year program; then, he finished his M.D. degree and his clinical work at the University of Tennessee. In the early 1950s, Dr. McDuffie opened a medical clinic in Nettleton, and he has worked there ever since. He was the executive director of the Northeast Mississippi Medical Society for nine years. He worked with LIFT to provide free medical services to the needy. Presently, he is the medical director of the Mississippi State Hospital Mental Division, a branch of Whitfield Psychiatric Hospital.
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| URL: |
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~spcol/coh/cohmcduffies.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
McDuffie, S. Jay
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Nettleton, MS; Mississippi; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physician
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| Document date: |
01-Nov-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Stephens, Kathryn
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| Locations discussed: |
Mississippi; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agriculture; Cities and towns--Mississippi; City and town life--Mississippi; Community; Local history; Mississippi; Mississippi--History; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025681-27593
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