Manuscripts Division
The collections held by the Manuscripts division primarily document Mississippi from the early 19th century to the present. Types of records include individual and family papers, business records, architectural drawings, audio-visual recordings, photographs, maps, artifacts and textiles, including historic costumes. Collection strengths include Agricultural and Rural Life, African American History, Architecture, Civil Rights, War and conflict 1861-1945, Journalism, and Women’s History.
Browse the Manuscripts Division Collections:
Alice Puckett Posey Collection
Andrew Bowles Holder Archival Collection
Boswell and Stevens Family Papers
Charles Johnson Faulk Archival Collection
CHARM Oral History Transcript Collection
Chickasaw Female College Catalog Collection
Cobb Family and Related Materials
Dantzler Lumber Company Records
Delta and Pine Land Company Records
Drennan Love Family Collection
Duncan High School Collections
Henderson High School and Oktibbeha High School and Training School Composite Photos
History of Possumneck, Attala County, Mississippi
Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week
- Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week Photographs
- Howard Langfitt Farm Families of the Week Television Scripts
James “Buddy” Goodman Family Papers
James R. Atkinson Family Papers
James T. Carlisle Family Papers
Jerry Boyd Jones Photographs Collection
Kelvie and Jewel Jennings Family Papers
Kenneth Dean Archival Collection
Lenoir Family Plantation Records
Lieutenant Colonel Rollin S. Armstrong Collection
Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Collection
Luther and Fannye Rhodes World War II Letters
Martin Bates Law Firm Collection
Mississippi Forestry Association Records
Mrs. Estes Blocker and Mrs. Martin M. Miller Collection
Mrs. Henry Duke Watson and Mrs. Charles Wallace Papers
Nannie Herndon Rice Family Papers
North Mississippi Probate and Chancery Court Records Collection
Poplar Springs Normal College Catalogue
Ronald C. Moe Archival Collection
Sanders, Lee and Sargent Families Papers
Shaw Family Papers – McKell Collection
Spring Hill Baptist Church (Choctaw County, Mississippi) Records
Steve Nash and Willie Nash Taylor Archival Collection
T. C. Wier Letters and Family Papers
Todd A. Herring Archival Collection
Waverley Miscellaneous Collection