Photoreproduction Services

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History maintains the world's finest collection of images related to Mississippi. It includes more than a quarter-million historical photographs, postcards, and other images documenting the state's people, places, and events. Copies of most images may be ordered for a nominal price.

• Complete Research, Ordering and Usage Guide
  • How to Request Research
  • How to Order Products and Services
  • How to Request Use Permission (to publish, broadcast, or display)
• Cost and Fee Schedule
• Broadcast/Publication Permission Form

Black-and-White Photographs

Standard orders of black-and-white photo prints are archivally processed on double-weight resin-coated paper with a semi-matte finish. Prints on fiber-based photo paper may be special ordered.

Print Size	Cost
5”x7”	$10
8”x10”	$12
11”x14”	$20

Color Photographs

All color items—maps, color photographs, and slides—must be reproduced digitally.

Digital Images

Digital copies may be ordered of most images in the collection. Scans of items are produced at 300 or 600 pixels per inch and provided as .TIFF files on a CD.

Print Size	Cost
300 or 600 ppi TIFF on CD (of an existing digital file)	$4
600 ppi TIFF on CD (of 12x17 or smaller original)	$7
300 ppi TIFF on CD (of an original over 12x17)	$24

Delivery and Pick-Up Options

Orders can be picked up at the Winter Building or mailed to patrons for $3 apiece. Oversize items may incur additional charges. Items can also be sent via FedEx and billed to an account provided by the patron.

Search the Photo Collection Online

Many patrons prefer to visit the archives and view the actual images before ordering copies. However, it is possible to order copies from the collection without ever coming to the Winter Building.

Most of the images from the collection are not viewable online, but descriptions for the entire collection are listed in the online catalog. Existing digital files may be viewed in our Digital Archives collection. To order, print and fill out the order form. Be sure to include each item's accession number and box and folder numbers, if available, on the order form.

Mail the completed form with check (payable to MDAH, Archives and Records Services Division) to Archives and Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571. For more information email us or call 601-576-6837.

Images from the Eudora Welty Collection

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History's Eudora Welty Collection consists of manuscripts, photographs, printed works, and other materials given to MDAH by Eudora Welty during her lifetime and by her heirs, incorporated as Eudora Welty, LLC, after her death.

While MDAH owns the prints and negatives, copyright to the material is held by Eudora Welty, LLC, and all requests to reproduce images from the Welty Collection must receive permission from them. When producing photographic copies, MDAH standard is to print from the negative as is. Different specifications for processing must be included in the approval from Eudora Welty, LLC.

Written requests are submitted to MDAH, who forwards them to Eudora Welty, LLC. Upon approval of the request, a order form may be placed with MDAH. Prices for standard photographic prints and scans are the same as those listed in the charts above. MDAH does not assess use fees for materials from the Welty Collection.