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Recent News

June 19, 2017 | News Releases

Emory Student Named Welty Fellow

Sophia K. Leonard, a doctoral student at Emory University in Atlanta, has been named the 2017 Eudora Welty Fellow. Leonard will use archival holdings at MDAH related to Welty’s short fiction published in the "New Yorker" to better understand that magazine’s construction of the South at midcentury.

June 26, 2017 | News Releases

Bobby J. Smith II Named 2017 Evers Scholar

Bobby J. Smith II, a doctoral student from Cornell University, has been named the 2017 Medgar Evers Research Scholar.

February 16, 2017 | News Releases

Toyota Announces $750,000 Museums Gift

Toyota Motor North America has made a $750,000 contribution for the 2 Mississippi Museums project. Toyota’s donation will advance programming at the Museum of Mississippi History and create the Toyota Gallery at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

March 08, 2017 | News Releases

Society Presents Mississippi History Awards

The Mississippi Historical Society presented its award for the best history book to Jason Morgan Ward for "Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and America’s Civil Rights Century."

December 09, 2016 | News Releases

Five Elected to Mississippi Hall of Fame

The MDAH board of trustees chose Evelyn Gandy, James Hardy, Aaron Henry, Elvis Presley, and Ida B. Wells as the 2016 inductees of the Mississippi Hall of Fame at a special December board meeting.

Online Resources

Online Catalog

The online catalog allows users to browse the descriptions of most materials at the state archives—from books and manuscripts to photographs and newspapers. This can be an especially useful tool for out-of-town researchers, allowing them to compile a list of relevant resources before traveling to the archives to work on their projects.

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Digital Archives

MDAH Digital Archives include electronic records received from government agencies and officials, donated and acquired electronic resources, digital copies of original materials from MDAH collections, including paper documents, photographs, maps, audio, and video.

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Education

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History collects, preserves, and provides access to the archival resources of the state, administers museums and historic sites, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation, government records management, and publications. The department’s public outreach includes exhibits, programs and publications for teachers and students.

From the Delta to Jackson to Natchez, the department offers a variety of opportunities for students of all ages to explore Mississippi’s rich history. This guide is designed to help educators take advantage of the department’s resources, including field trips, classroom outreach programs, and teacher training.

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