Digital Snapshots

Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs

This “Digital Snapshot” Exhibit features forty black-and-white photographs located in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) Eudora Welty Digital Archives Photographs digitized collection.

This collection highlights the members and experiences of the Welty family, such as images from Eudora Welty’s youth, as well as her efforts to photographically catalog the lives of Mississippians and Mississippi life and culture.

This program is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities through the Mississippi Humanities Council.

Permission to use the photographs featured in this exhibit is granted by Eudora Welty, LLC. Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection -- Mississippi Department of Archives and History. (Permission to publish required).


  • Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History (Permission to publish required).

    About Eudora Welty

    Read a contextual essay and access secondary sources.

  • Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History (Permission to publish required).

    Snapshot Exhibit

    Browse a "Snapshot" of photographs from the full Eudora Welty Photograph collection.

  • Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection – Mississippi Department of Archives and History (Permission to publish required).

    Educator Resources

    Access K-12 activities based on images in this Snapshot.


In addition to including the above copyright statement, cite images according to the following structure:

Original Creator, “Title,” Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, image URL.

Example:

Eudora Welty, “The Dolls.,” 158203-photo-0988-1, Eudora Welty Collection Series 27 Item 988. Welty Prints, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, www.dh-mdah.org/welty-photo-series27-item988.

Copyright Statement Regarding Use of Welty Items:

Eudora Welty, LLC, claims all copyright interest in items created by Eudora Welty and Welty family members and therefore, permission to publish is required. MDAH requires that each Eudora Welty, LLC, image used in a presentation, display or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:

Copyright © Eudora Welty, LLC; Courtesy Eudora Welty Collection -- Mississippi Department of Archives and History
(Permission to publish required).

Copyright ownership for items not created by Eudora Welty varies and may be undetermined. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication for these materials be accompanied by the following credit statement:

Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Note on the reproduction of items from the Eudora Welty Collection:

Reproductions of items from the Welty Collection must receive permission from the Eudora Welty, LLC. Written requests may be sent to either MDAH or to the literary agents representing Eudora Welty, LLC. Further information obtaining reproduction permissions can be found under the “Images from the Eudora Welty Collection” tab found at mdah.ms.gov/research.

Suggested bibliographic citation format for items in this exhibit: