Mississippi Historical Collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs, booklets, pamphlets, periodicals, postcards, and letters about Mississippi.
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1976
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Extent
3.25 Cubic Feet (total) : Box 1, 2, 5-7 SAFE
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
The Mississippi Historical Collection is an artificial collection of materials purchased through the Thomas W. and Marilyn M. Culpepper Endowment, the Douglas A Noverr Grant for Collection Enhancement for Institutions to Build Popular Culture and American Culture Research Collections (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association) and by donation.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- African Americans.
- DVDs.
- Flags.
- Logging.
- Lynching.
- Mississippi -- History -- 19th century.
- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
- Mississippi -- History -- To 1803.
- Mississippi -- History.
- Mississippi State Penitentiary.
- Railroads -- Mississippi.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Slavery.
- Slaves--United States.
- Sports.
- Timber -- Mississippi.
- Title
- Mississippi Historical Collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
118 College Drive - 5148
Hattiesburg MS 39406-0001
601.266.4345
