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Looking Back: Hurricane Katrina

“Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, MS. Monday, September 19, 2005. Looking southwest, from Main Street, at Hancock County Courthouse.” Call number: PI/2005.0024, item 53 (MDAH)

Images from the Hurricane Katrina Photographs collection (PI/2005.0024) document the devastation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. In the weeks after Katrina, MDAH staff traveled to the Coast to assist property owners and help libraries, museums, and courthouses salvage and preserve collections damaged by the storm.

“Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS. Friday September 16, 2005. Pascagoula Public Library. Workers stack books on floor in preparation to remove shelving in the law library section.” Call number: 2005.0024, item 16 (MDAH)
“Biloxi, Harrison County, MS. Monday, September 19, 2005. Museum artifacts recovered from debris on grounds of Beauvoir.” Call number: PI/2005.0024, item 62 (MDAH)
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Andrew Marschalk’s Uniform Coat

Nan Prince, assistant director of collections, brings us this post about interesting artifacts in the Museum Division collection.

Andrew Marschalk's uniform coat. Accession number: 1992.14.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)
Andrew Marschalk’s uniform coat. Accession number: 1992.14.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)

This Mississippi Territorial Militia uniform coat was worn by Andrew Marschalk, who was a newspaper publisher in Natchez. Marschalk was a major in the Mississippi Territorial Militia from 1809 to 1811 and became a colonel in 1811. The uniform was handed down through his family and donated to the Department of Archives and History in 1992, by his great-great-great-grandson.

Reverse of Andrew Marschalk's uniform coat. Accession number: 1992.14.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)
Reverse of Andrew Marschalk’s uniform coat. Accession number: 1992.14.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)

In preparation for its display in the new Museum of Mississippi History, this jacket was recently conserved.

Andrew Marschalk, Hall of Fame portrait. Accession number: 1978.10.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)
Andrew Marschalk, Hall of Fame portrait. Accession number: 1978.10.1 (Museum Division collection, MDAH)

Marschalk is a member of the Mississippi Hall of Fame and his portrait, pictured above, is currently on display in the Old Capitol Museum.