Digital Snapshots

The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 displaced almost three-quarters of a million men, women, and children, caused 247 deaths, and submerged 27,000 square miles of land. These photographs reveal the destruction faced by Mississippians—but especially the significant damages African American communities faced in the Delta.

Quakers Hannah and Mary Townsend created The Anti-Slavery Alphabet for the Anti-Slavery Fair held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1846. They hoped it would be used in households to inspire young boys and girls to understand the horrors of slavery.

The overall collection consists of thirty-nine exterior-view photographs of buildings — thirty-eight of which are of churches and one of a courthouse — in urban, town, and rural contexts. Located across the state, the photographs were taken circa the 1930’s by the Works Progress (or Projects) Administration.

The 90 photographs include images of Benjamin and Isaiah Montgomery, Benjamin Green, Frederick Douglass (a correspondent of Isaiah's brother, William Thornton), as well as numerous members of the Montgomery, Lewis (who were relatives of Benjamin Montgomery's wife, Mary), and Green families, in addition to other family-members and friends.

The Foner (Thomas) Freedom Summer Papers collection include a variety of black-and-white photographs, newspaper article clippings, correspondences from Tom Foner to his parents, and a program for voter registration. Together, these historical sources provide an experience of the Freedom Summer movement.

This “Digital Snapshot” Exhibit features photographs and archival items from various digital collections related to Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Katrina, providing a glimpse into the aftermath of these natural disasters, and how these hurricanes directly affected communities.

The 63 photographs (included in this digital exhibit) capture Mississippi leaders' efforts to combat major health concerns like tuberculosis to malaria, to professionalize the practice of medicine, and to launch early education through home health programs.

The Mississippi State Penitentiary (Parchman) as a “prison farm,” specifically the agricultural labor that individuals imprisoned in the facility were forced to complete and the conditions in which they lived and labored.

The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission (MSSC) was a state-sponsored investigative unit created in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education to combat racial desegregation in the Magnolia State. These educational resources surround segregation/Civil Rights Era Mississippi.

The Eudora Welty Digital Archives highlights materials by and related to Eudora Welty. A well-known writer and photographer, this exhibit focuses on imagery either of or by Welty, specifically items from the Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs. Of the nearly 1,800 photographs within the digital archive, this exhibit features forty photographs that were either produced by Welty or are of Welty.

Hystercine Rankin and her quilting represents an unrepresented and underappreciated art in quilts and fabric goods, but also the artistry of Black women. Quilts are not only for utilitarian use, but is a medium through which generations of women connected and told stories.