Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Amory, Mississippi, School System Manuscript (Z/0020).
Creator/Collector: Mrs. I.W. Beauchamp; Mrs. John Cayce Wax.
Date(s): 1952.
Size: 0.10 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, 1952.
Provenance: Gift of Mrs. I.W. Beauchamp and Mrs. John Cayce Wax of Amory, MS, in 1952.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Amory, Mississippi, School System Manuscript (Z/0020), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography:

Etta Elizabeth Dozier Beauchamp

Etta Elizabeth Dozier was born on June 12, 1891, in Chapel Hill, Marshall County, Tennessee, the daughter of Lena Rivers Morton (1865-1901) and William Franklin Dozier (1855-1929). Her siblings included Howard Douglas Dozier (1880-1953), Mary Sue Dozier (1883-1929), Sammie Anna Dozier (1893-1974), and Hettie Dozier (1899-1970).

Etta married Isaac William Beauchamp (1870-1959), a dentist from Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi, on June 25, 1924, at the home of her parents in Chapel Hill. The couple had an infant child who died and one son, William Dudley Beauchamp (1912-1969).

Etta began her career as a faculty member in 1919, teaching home economics and later teaching Latin. She was elected Principal of Amory High School, starting in 1929. She was also a member of the Amory High School Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), of which she was elected treasurer in 1940. In October of 1958, the auditorium of Amory’s new junior-senior high school was named in her honor during a dedication ceremony attended by about 400 people and presided over by Dr. C.P. Hogarth, president of Mississippi State College for Women (Mississippi University for Women).

Etta Elizabeth Dozier Beauchamp died on August 15, 1966, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, and was buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi.

Rozelle Morrison Callaway Wax

Rozelle Morrison Callaway was born October 29, 1896, in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, the daughter of Frances “Fannie” Jane Stegall (1861-1944) and Richard Barry Callaway (1860-1939). Her sisters included Verna Callaway (1884-1970), Mildred “Millie” Gertrude Callaway (1889-1984), Mary Callaway (1892-1979), and Richard Barrie Callaway (1902-1978).

Rozelle attended and graduated from the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College (Mississippi University for Women) with her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree on May 24, 1917.

In 1920, Rozelle married John Cayce Wax (1894-1976), owner and co-manager of a wholesale seed company in Amory. The couple’s children included John Callaway Wax (1921-2009) and Richard Terry Wax (1927-2010).

In 1957, Rozelle attended the 67th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which met in Washington, D.C. She won first place for her scrapbook on Mississippi traffic safety. She was a voting delegate from the Greenwood Leflore Chapter at Columbus, Mississippi.

Rozelle Morrison Callaway Wax died on June 30, 1969, in Amory, and was buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Amory, Monroe County, Mississippi.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Manuscript (typed, carbon copy) entitled "A Sketch of Amory City School System, 1890–1950–1952," prepared by Mrs. I. W. Beauchamp and Mrs. John Cayce Wax. The manuscript contains 8 pages.

 
Box List:

Box 1
Folder 1: Manuscript, " A Sketch of Amory City School System, 1890-1950-1952." (8 pages). 1952.