Official MissPres 101 Places to See Before You Die Map

Official MissPres 101 Places to See Before You Die Map (Preservation in Mississippi blog)

Black History Month

The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library is featuring local African American history in Ferbruary on its “Local History Announcements” blog.

The National Archives has photographs related to the Tuskegee Airmen. Find out more in this blog post from NARAtions.

Read about the 1942 Negro League World Series and the match up of two great African American baseball players in this post from the National Museum of American History’s “O Say Can You See?” blog.

This post from the “Picture This” blog surveys civil rights era photographs in the Library of Congress collection.

The Smithsonian Collections Blog uses a photograph of composer Duke Ellington to discuss issues related archival practice and digitization.

Valentine’s Day

The National Museum of American History explores love stories in its collections in this post from the “O Say Can You See?” blog.

Explore historic Valentine’s Day cards on the “Picture This” blog of the Library of Congress.

Of Interest

Check out the “Official MissPres 101 Places to See Before You Die Map” on the Preservation in Mississippi blog.

What did Washington, D.C., look like in the 1860s? Find out in this post from the National Museum of American History’s “O Say Can You See?” blog.

Listen to audio clips from Monitor Records albums such as “Russian Cabaret” and “Vienna by Night” on the Smithsonian Collections Blog.

"Downtown Jackson At Night, Time Exposure - Shot From Balcony of Old Capitol Building." 195-. Call Number: PI/COL/1981.0066, item 72 (MDAH Collection)

"Downtown Jackson At Night, Time Exposure - Shot From Balcony of Old Capitol Building." 195-. Call Number: PI/COL/1981.0066, item 72 (MDAH Collection)

Hugh Warren Shankle (1921- ) was a photo technician with WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, during the late 1950s and ’60s. He was also the official photographer for the Mississippi Art Association and timpanist in the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. This collection consists of two hundred sixty eight images of local personalities, beauty contestants, inauguration ceremonies, and historical houses and buildings in Jackson and other locations in Mississippi, as well as Ole Miss football, including the January 2, 1962, Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. Click here to view the collection.

Photographs of Gulf Coast landmarks such as the Biloxi Lighthouse and Beauvoir are in the collection, as well as Windsor Ruins and the aftermath of the 1966 Candlestick Park, Jackson, tornado.

Editor’s Note: The blog has been neglecting the task of announcing additions to our digital holdings (usually non-digitized items that have recently been scanned). This will be the last post dedicated to updating readers about collections that are now available to view online (that is until more collections are scanned)!

Passport affidavit, August 5, 1811. From Series 501: Passport Records 1811-1814 (MDAH Collection)

Passport affidavit, August 5, 1811. From Series 501: Passport Records 1811-1814 (MDAH Collection)

These records are available to view online through the Government Archives page of the Digital Archives or by clicking the links below.

"Cakes and smiles at McAdams Girls Homemaking Unit." "NYA. III-A-4" "The Home Economics teacher and cooks." NYA Work Projects Photograph Album. Call Number: Series 2018, No. 165 (MDAH Collection)

"Cakes and smiles at McAdams Girls Homemaking Unit." "NYA. III-A-4" "The Home Economics teacher and cooks." NYA Work Projects Photograph Album. Call Number: Series 2018, No. 165 (MDAH Collection)

"Hattiesburg Auto Shop at old location. Top view shows youth turning down armature on lathe." "NYA. II-B-18" 1938. NYA Work Projects Photograph Album. Call Number: Series 2018, No. 160 (MDAH Collection)

"Hattiesburg Auto Shop at old location. Top view shows youth turning down armature on lathe." "NYA. II-B-18" 1938. NYA Work Projects Photograph Album. Call Number: Series 2018, No. 160 (MDAH Collection)

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Editor’s Note: The blog has been neglecting the task of announcing additions to our digital holdings (usually non-digitized items that have recently been scanned). The rest of this month’s blog posts will be dedicated to updating readers about collections that are now available to view online!

"Walk down the main street and you’ll probably pass 10 Pooles," Gloster, Miss. Collection. Call Number: PI/1982.0159 Number 5 (MDAH)

From the Gloster, Miss. Collection. Call Number: PI/1982.0159 Number 5 (MDAH)

This collection consists of twenty-five photographs of scenes in and around the town of Gloster in Amite County. Most of the images date from the 1920s to the 1940s, but there are several earlier photographs in the collection. View the photographs via the Gloster, Miss. collection catalog record (PI/1982.0159). Click “Create set of down-linked records” to view the records for the digitized images.

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 PI/1994.0004.244

Man and truck. Sign on truck says "See The Mystery Before you buy a Washing Machine, Price Only $25.50." Crystal Springs, 193- Call Number: PI/1994.0004, Item 244 (MDAH Collection)

The Luther Hamilton Photograph Collection was recently added to the Digital Archives! Nearly 1000 images in the collection depict what was going on in Crystal Springs, Mississippi during the first decades of the twentieth century. Explore the beautiful portraits and the snapshots of daily life at that time by clicking the link above. Here are a few images from the collection:

PI/1994.0004.398

Crystal Springs High School football team. PI/1994.0004, Item 398

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Unidentified woman. PI/1994.0004, Item 609

PI/1994.0004.332

Interior of cafe. PI/1994.0004, Item 332

PI/1994.0004.31

Twins. PI/1994.0004, Item 31

PI/1994.0004.294

Tom Thumb wedding. PI/1994.0004, Item 294

PI/1994.0004.261

Cabbage. PI/1994.0004, Item 261

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