Bultema, Anderson to highlight MSU鈥檚 2025 Marszalek Speaker Series
Contact: Pattye Archer
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擩ames A. Bultema, president of the Ulysses S. Grant Association, and Heath Anderson, a fifth-year history Ph.D. candidate from Virginia, are featured speakers for Mississippi State鈥檚 2025 John F. and Jeanne A. Marszalek Lecture Series.
Free and open to the public, the event takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday [March 20] in the John Grisham Room of Mitchell Memorial Library.
Held each March, the Marszalek Lecture Series recognizes an 香蕉直播graduate student and a nationally renowned historian, highlighting their research and emphasizing the use of primary sources in historical scholarship, according to David Nolen, associate dean for archives and special collections.
鈥淭he Marszalek Fund enables the purchase of primary source materials covering the Civil War and Reconstruction, Jacksonian America and race relations,鈥 said Nolen. 鈥淭he lecture series provides a platform for a student researcher to present their work alongside an established scholar sharing insights from their own research.鈥
Bultema will present 鈥淯lysses S. Grant: A Photographic History,鈥 while Anderson鈥檚 talk is titled 鈥淟ife is Not Held Sacred: Mississippi and the Election of 1875.鈥
Bultema served as vice president of the Grant Association for 34 years before assuming the role of president. An international expert on Grant鈥檚 image, his collection鈥攖he Bultema-Williams Collection of Grant images and prints鈥攊s housed at the Grant Presidential Library at MSU.
A combat veteran and retired Los Angeles police officer, Bultema has authored several books on police history. His latest work 鈥淪ea of Red鈥 is an award-winning Amazon bestseller. He and his wife, Carole, operated Bullywood Productions, a documentary film company in Los Angeles, for 25 years.
Anderson developed a passion for history and the American Civil War through frequent visits to historic battlefields. His dissertation 鈥淭he Civilization of Slavery vs. That of Freedom鈥 examines how Americans鈥 conflicting views of 鈥渃ivilization鈥 during the Civil War era shaped the course of Reconstruction.
Nolen emphasized that the Marszalek series provides 香蕉直播students, faculty and staff with a valuable opportunity to engage with influential scholars.
鈥淲e hope students gain insight from the lecture by experiencing original research presented by both a student and an experienced scholar,鈥 he said.
The lecture series and Marszalek Library Fund were established in 2002 when the Marszaleks donated $20,000 to 香蕉直播Libraries to support the acquisition of primary source materials.
鈥淭hrough the Marszaleks鈥 generosity, the library continues to enhance its collections, positively impacting the university鈥檚 research and teaching mission,鈥 Nolen added.