If you enjoy Antiques Roadshow on PBS, come by and check out Personal Treasures!
This popular program will be held at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library on Thursday, October 7 from noon-4 p.m. in conjunction with the quarterly Board of Trustees meeting. Categories are books and maps, paper items, and photographs. MDAH staff will help identify objects (more…)
Call Number: MA/2002.0228(a) MDAH Collection
The archives staff has scanned and linked more maps to their online catalog records. This means that you can view them online as Zoomify JPEG files! Click on the links below to go to the map’s catalog record, once there click “Link to Electronic Resource” to view the map.
Bolivar County, survey of townships, 1881
Jackson, map of Capitol grounds, 1875
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, 1870
Southern States (pictured above), 1878
Synod of Mississippi, showing Presbyterial boundaries, 1892
Synod of Mississippi, showing Presbyterian destitution, 1892
Tishomingo City plan, late 1800s
Accession Number: 1971.24.23ab (Museum of Mississippi History Collection)
This dress is part of the collection of historic clothing of the Museum of Mississippi History that spans the time period, 1780 – 1980. This particular dress is from the 1890s and is part of the John Abert Neilson Collection from Columbus (Lowndes County).
Artifacts in the collection of the Museum of Mississippi History are available for viewing by appointment only. Please contact Cindy Gardner, Director of Collections or Nan Prince, Asst. Director of Collections by email to schedule an appointment.
