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MDAH Launches Flickr Page

On June 20, 2012, in Digital Archives, Maps, Photographs, by Amanda
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The MDAH Flickr page.

The MDAH Flickr page.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the MDAH Flickr page highlighting our digitized collections. Since the Library of Congress began posting its historic materials to Flickr in 2008, the platform has proven an excellent venue for showcasing scanned collections with a wider audience that is interested in photography, history, and culture. MDAH has an immense store of archival photographic material, a growing portion of which we are able to scan and provide online. We always strive to reach a wider audience, and we believe the community at Flickr is an excellent opportunity to do so.

Flickr also provides a rich medium for enhancing our knowledge of MDAH collections through user generated content such as tags and comments. Do you recognize someone in a photograph? You can leave a comment with that information. Have a story about a place or event depicted? Feel free to share those recollections in the comments as well. ‘Tagging’ a photo can also add information – you can group photos by their shared tags. Interactions like these increase the information available about the images, benefiting scholars, genealogists, and researchers everywhere.

Flickr has a brief tour that can introduce you to the site. You do not need an account to view our photos, but you do need an account to use the site features such as tags and comments.

Please visit our Flickr page where you will find our first set of collections!

- Daisy Community Photo Collection
- Parchman Farm
- Cooper Postcard Collection
- Daniel, Al Fred Collection
- Historical Map Collection
- 1927 Flood photos
- Single items

New photos will be added weekly to existing collections, and new collections will be posted as well.

Your feedback is welcome, and if you have questions about our account on Flickr, please send them to flickr@mdah.state.ms.us.

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More Maps Online

On June 6, 2012, in Digital Archives, Maps, by Amanda
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Marion County, County Highway Maps, 1938-1972. Call Number: Series 1604 (MDAH Collection)

Marion County, County Highway Maps, 1938-1972. Call Number: Series 1604 (MDAH Collection)

These maps were recently scanned and made available in the MDAH online catalog. Click the map title to view the map or click “Link to the catalog” to view its catalog record.

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Maps Available Online

On May 30, 2012, in Digital Archives, Maps, by Amanda
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Plot of Vicksburg District for leasing abandoned plantations, 1864. Call Number: MA/94.0045 (c) MDAH Collection

Plot of Vicksburg District for leasing abandoned plantations, 1864. Call Number: MA/94.0045 (c) MDAH Collection

These maps were recently scanned and added to the online catalog. Click the map title to view the map or click “Link to the catalog” to view its catalog record.

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Winter Blog Roundup

On February 28, 2012, in Artifacts, Digital Archives, Maps, Photographs, by Amanda
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Blank 1940 United States Census form (Source: National Archives and Records Administration website)*

Genealogy Notes

Resources for getting a head start on your 1940 census research are available via the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library “Local History Announcements” blog. The 1940 census will be released on April 2, 2012 (the federal census remains closed for 72 years for privacy reasons).

Read some interesting facts about the 1940 census at NARAtions, the blog of the U.S. National Archives.

For researchers tracing families in North Carolina: the North Carolina State Archives recently digitized their WPA Cemetery Surveys. Read about it in this blog post and view the cemetery records here.

Martin Luther King Day

The Arts

The work of Mississippi artist Theora Hamblett is the subject of this blog post from the Mississippi Library Commission.

The Mississippi Museum of Art discusses its upcoming exhibition, Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey, in this blog post.

Fans of the television series Downton Abbey will appreciate this exploration of that period’s popular music by the Library of Congress “In the Muse” blog.

Can a Stradivari violin be duplicated? Apparently so, using CT scans and advanced manufacturing equipment. Researchers used an instrument from the Library of Congress collection to make the replica.

Of Interest

This blog post describes an interesting function of the Library of Congress: selecting twenty-five films that merit permanent preservation for their “cultural, aesthetic, and historical value.” See this year’s list at http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/12/the-registry-and-beyond/.

The United States Copyright Office is now blogging at http://blogs.loc.gov/copyrightdigitization. They discuss issues surrounding the digitization of nearly seventy million pre-1978 copyright records.

The Library of Congress just digitized the 30,000th map for its online collection. Read more at http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/05/the-view-from-30000-maps/.

The National Archives wants you! …To help transcribe and tag documents in order to make them more accessible to the public. Check out the “Citizen Archivist” initiative at the NARAtions blog.

*Image from National Archives and Records Administration, “1940 Federal Population Census, Part 1: General Information, 1940 Census Forms,” http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/general-info.html#form (accessed February 17, 2012).

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More Historic Maps Available Online

On February 1, 2012, in Maps, by Amanda
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A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi, 1719. Call Number: MA/92.0009(b) MDAH Collection

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi, 1719. Call Number: MA/92.0009(b) MDAH Collection

Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its fortifications, 1863? Call Number: MA/88.0004 (c) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi, 1719. Call Number: MA/92.0009 (b) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record (pictured above).

Map of the country between Monterey, Tenn. & Corinth, Miss. showing the lines of entrenchments made & the routes followed by the U.S. Forces under the Command of Maj. Genl. Halleck, U.S. Army, in their advance upon Corinth, in May 1862. Call Number: MA/92.0125 (c) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. U.S. Grant, U.S. Vls., Maj. F. E. Prime, Chief Engr. Call Number: MA/92.0150 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Colton’s map of the state of Mississippi, 1867. Call Number: MA/92.0178 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Carte des environs du Mississipi], ca. 1701. Call Number: MA/94.0062 (a) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Post route map of the states of Alabama and Mississippi, with adjacent parts of Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana showing post offices, with the intermediate distances between them, 1883. Call Number: MA/2002.0039 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

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