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Home > Archives and Special Collections > Manuscripts Division > T. H. Smith Collection > Postal History Collection

 

Postal History Collection

The T. H. Smith Postal History Collection was assembled by Thomas H. Smith (1928-2012), an architect and dedicated amateur postal historian from Jackson, MS. The collection is primarily composed of postcards, letters, and other materials that document the history of the postal service in Mississippi from statehood through the late 20th century.

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  • State College Box 96 U.S.A.

    State College Box 96 U.S.A.

    This postcard is from State College, Miss Box 96 U.S.A. to W5AGX.

  • Cabin Sloops in a Colse Finish

    Cabin Sloops in a Colse Finish

    This postcard depicts a group of sailboats on the Gulf near Biloxi, Mississippi. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Elks Club On The Beach

    Elks Club On The Beach

    This full color postcard depicts the Elk Clubs on the beach in Gulfport, Mississippi.

  • The White House, Abeautiful Resort Hotel,

    The White House, Abeautiful Resort Hotel,

    This full color postcard depicts a hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi.

  • Eastman Gardiner Lumber Mills

    Eastman Gardiner Lumber Mills

    This full color postcard depicts the Eastman Gardiner Lumber Mills in Laurel, Mississippi.

  • Government Building and Post office

    Government Building and Post office

    This full color postcard depicts Government Building and Post office building in Meridian, Mississippi.

  • Old Capital, Jackson, Miss-19

    Old Capital, Jackson, Miss-19

    This full color postcard depicts the Old Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Post office Building

    Post office Building

    This full color postcard depicts Post office Building in Columbus, Mississippi.

  • Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island At Ship Island, MS

    Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island At Ship Island, MS

    This full color postcard depicts Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island, Mississippi.

  • Balcony, The Buena Vista Hotel

    Balcony, The Buena Vista Hotel

    This full color postcard depicts a balcony at the Buena Vista Hotel. There is an handwritten note on the back.

  • Shattuck Hall, I. I. & C., Now Mississippi State College for Women

    Shattuck Hall, I. I. & C., Now Mississippi State College for Women

    This full color postcard depicts Shattuck Hall, I. I. & C., Now Mississippi State College for Women

  • Wilson Memorial Bridge

    Wilson Memorial Bridge

    This full color postcard depicts the Wilson Memorial Bridge in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Go Let You Know I Wish

    Go Let You Know I Wish

    This full color postcard depicts a outdoor scene with a Christmas greeting.

  • Laurel High School

    Laurel High School

    This full color postcard depicts Laurel High School in Laurel, Mississippi.

  • Old Capital

    Old Capital

    This full color postcard depicts the Old Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Post Office, McComb, MS

    Post Office, McComb, MS

    This full color postcard depicts the Post Office in McComb, Mississippi.

  • With Christmas Wishes

    With Christmas Wishes

    This Christmas postcard depicts Santa Claus carrying a bag and holly.

  • Heigh school

    Heigh school

    This black and white postcard depicts Heigh School in New Augusta, Mississippi.

  • Merry Xmas

    Merry Xmas

    This Christmas postcard depicts two children playing in the snow with the greeting beside them.

  • State Capitol

    State Capitol

    This full color postcard depicts State Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    This Christmas postcard depicts a little girl with white hat and cloak. She is holding holly and packages. There is a peom on the bottom of the postcard.

  • Fort Massachusetts

    Fort Massachusetts

    This black and white postcard depicts Fort Massachusettes On Ship Island, Mississippi.

  • From Friend to Friend

    From Friend to Friend

    This full color postcard depicts a winter scene with a greeting at the bottom.

  • Merry Christmas to You

    Merry Christmas to You

    This Christmas postcard depicts bells tied together with holly and a Christmas greeting at the bottom.

  • My Message for You

    My Message for You

    This Christmas postcard depicts a Christmas tree outside and a cottage in the background with Christmas greeting above them.

  • State Capitol

    State Capitol

    This full color postcard depicts State Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    This Christmas postcard depicts with a red setting sun with a peom. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • To You From Me

    To You From Me

    This Christmas postcard depicts a horsedrawn carridge traveling through a winter forest.

  • A Merry Christmas

    A Merry Christmas

    This full color Christmas postcard depicts a winter village picture bordered by a Christmas bells and holly. There is a Christmas greeting on the front. The Postmark is for Pascagoula, MS.

  • Benachi Avenue Arched by Moss Covered Live Oak Trees

    Benachi Avenue Arched by Moss Covered Live Oak Trees

    This full color postcard depicts Benachi Avenue arched by Spanish moss covered live oak trees in Biloxi, Mississippi. There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.

  • Great Southern Palms, Looking East

    Great Southern Palms, Looking East

    This black and white postcard depicts Great Southern Palms, Looking East in Gulfport, Mississippi.

  • Automobile Drive

    Automobile Drive

    This black and white postcard depicts three automobiles filled with people during a automobile drive at Brookhaven, Mississippi. There is an handwritten note on the back.

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    This Christmas postcard depicts a girl in a tan cloak with black trimming and a red hat and scraf.

  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    This Christmas postcard depicts a farm in a winter snow bordered by holly with a Christmas greeting underneath.

  • The seasons joys be yours

    The seasons joys be yours

    This Christmas postcard depicts a window bordered by ice and looks out onto a cotton in a winter scene.

  • U.S. Post Office, Columbus, MS

    U.S. Post Office, Columbus, MS

    This full color postcard depicts U.s. Post Office in Columbus, Mississippi.

  • New State Capitol

    New State Capitol

    This full color postcard depicts the New Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • U.S. Post office

    U.S. Post office

    This full color postcard depicts the U.S. Post office in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

  • Whitworth College

    Whitworth College

    This full color postcard depicts the Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

  • Wishing You All the Merriest

    Wishing You All the Merriest

    This Christmas postcard depicts a porch with two wreaths.

  • A Message From Camp Shelby

    A Message From Camp Shelby

    This full color postcard depicts a cartoon of a soldier in uniform holding a flag that says "Camp Shelby."

  • Hattiesburg Hospital

    Hattiesburg Hospital

    This full color postcard depicts the Hattiesburg Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

  • Kentucky Company Street

    Kentucky Company Street

    This black and white postcard depicts the "Kentucky" Company Street at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. There is an handwritten note on the back.

  • Tom Franklin Hospital, I. I. & C.

    Tom Franklin Hospital, I. I. & C.

    This full color postcard depicts Tom Franklin Hospital in Columbus, Mississippi.

  • West Virginia 150th Regimental Band, Camp Shelby

    West Virginia 150th Regimental Band, Camp Shelby

    This black and white postcard depicts the "West Virginia" 150th Regimental Band at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. There is an handwritten note on the back.

  • Wishing You a Merry Christmas

    Wishing You a Merry Christmas

    This Christmas postcard depicts two children with a sled and holly.

  • A Merry Christmas

    A Merry Christmas

    This full color Christmas postcard depicts poinsettias and titled "A Merry Christmas."

  • Christmas Thoughts

    Christmas Thoughts

    This Christmas postcard depicts a village in a winter scene in a circle border with a red poinsettias. There is a peom at the bottom.

  • May all good things be yours on Christmas Day

    May all good things be yours on Christmas Day

    This Christmas postcard depicts two children next to the Christmas greeting.

  • Mississippi Hall, Normal College

    Mississippi Hall, Normal College

    This full color postcard depicts Mississippi Hall at Normal College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

  • The Sunny South Side of the Great Southern Hotel

    The Sunny South Side of the Great Southern Hotel

    This full color postcard depicts the Great Southern Hotel in Gulfport, Mississippi.

  • To Wish You All the Joys

    To Wish You All the Joys

    This Christmas postcard depicts a picture with trees and snow bordered by holly.

  • Capital Street Methodist Church

    Capital Street Methodist Church

    This postcard depicts the streetview of the Capital Street Methodist Church in Jackson, Mississippi. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Sheep in a grassland

    Sheep in a grassland

    This full color postcard depicts Sheep in a grassland in Chatawa, Mississippi.

  • The Mansion and Ballard Hall, Tougaloo University

    The Mansion and Ballard Hall, Tougaloo University

    This full color postcard depicts the Mansion and Ballard Hall at Tougaloo University.

  • Christmas greetings

    Christmas greetings

    This Christmas postcard depicts a girl in a red christmas hood surrounded by pine leaves with a peom on the bottom left hand side.

  • Christmas Greetings NM and NA

    Christmas Greetings NM and NA

    This Christmas postcard depicts a church in a winter in a diamond shaped picture. Holly surrounds the picture, and there is a light blue background.

  • Galloway Memorial M.E. Church

    Galloway Memorial M.E. Church

    This full color postcard depicts Galloway Memorial M.E. Church in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Slogan Sign by none none

    Slogan Sign

    none none

    This full color postcard depicts building at night with Hattiesburg Hub sign.

  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    This Christmas postcard depicts a windmill in winter with a girl in a red cloak walking up to it.

  • West Street Scene

    West Street Scene

    This full color postcard depicts the West street Scene with County Court House, Federal Building, and Capital National Bank in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Fransioli, Milsaps, Hart Alexander and Capital National Bank Buildings

    Fransioli, Milsaps, Hart Alexander and Capital National Bank Buildings

    This full color postcard depicts the Fransioli, Milsaps, Hart Alexander and Capital National Bank Buildings in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Mall all be the sweetest

    Mall all be the sweetest

    This Christmas postcard depicts a man with packages walking to a door.

  • State Capital

    State Capital

    This full color postcard depicts State Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Biloxi Light

    Biloxi Light

    This postcard depicts the Biloxi Lighthouse beside a two land road with a grassy median. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Cloudless be thy Christmas sky

    Cloudless be thy Christmas sky

    This full color Christmas postcard depicts the following greeting "Cloudless be thy Christmas sky Not a care to thee be known. Every Good to thee be nigh, Fadeless Gladness be thine own." Above the greeting, there is a holly branch and below it is a house in a winter scene.

  • County Court House

    County Court House

    This full color postcard depicts the County Court House in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Hearty Christmas Wishes

    Hearty Christmas Wishes

    This Christmas postcard depicts a cottage in a winter scene borderd by holly and bells.

  • How We do Things At Winona MS

    How We do Things At Winona MS

    This black and white postcard depicts of a group of girls holding large piece of Melon with the rest of the melon beside them.

  • I'm Making an Impression

    I'm Making an Impression

    This full color postcard depicts a young couple in Edwardian clothing kissing by a pond.

  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    This Christmas postcard depicts red flowers with a Christmas Greeting.

  • Methodist Church, High School And Water Tower

    Methodist Church, High School And Water Tower

    This full color postcard depicts a street with Methodist Church, High School, and Water Tower in Biloxi, Mississippi.

  • Mississippi State Capitol

    Mississippi State Capitol

    This full color postcard depicts Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • My Christmas Wish

    My Christmas Wish

    This Christmas postcard has a Christmas greeting on a yellow background. Some letters are decorated in red ink.

  • Old State Capital

    Old State Capital

    This full color postcard depicts the Old State Capital in Jackson, Missisippi

  • Post Office

    Post Office

    This full color postcard depicts the Post Office in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Residences on North State Street

    Residences on North State Street

    This full color postcard depicts white mansions in a residencial area on North State Street in Jackson, Missisippi

  • S.H. Kress & Co. Store

    S.H. Kress & Co. Store

    This full color postcard depicts the S.H. Kress & Co. Store in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Bellhaven Female College

    Bellhaven Female College

    This full color postcard depicts Bellhaven Female College. There is a handwritten note on the front and back of the postcard.

  • Capitol Street looking West From Old Capitol

    Capitol Street looking West From Old Capitol

    This postcard depicts the streetview of the Capitol Street looking west from the Old Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    This Christmas postcard has a picture of a windmill in a winter scene and a basket of holly. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • County Court House

    County Court House

    This full color postcard depicts the County Court House in Water Valley, Mississippi.

  • House of Representatives

    House of Representatives

    This full color postcard depicts the House of Representatives in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Orange Groove

    Orange Groove

    This full color postcard depicts two men at an Orange Groove in Gulfport, Mississippi.

  • Wishing You The True Joy of Christmas

    Wishing You The True Joy of Christmas

    This Christmas postcard has the greeting bordered by holly.

  • Chapel

    Chapel

    This postcard depicts the Chapel at University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings

    This Christmas postcard depicts a plant with white berries surrounding a winter lake scene. There is a handwritten note on the back.

  • Cotton Warehouse

    Cotton Warehouse

    This black and white postcard depicts a cotton warehouse.

  • Happy Greetings

    Happy Greetings

    This black and white postcard depicts a young lady in a white dress and hat with a bouquet of flowers in her hands.

  • Lovers Lane

    Lovers Lane

    This full color postcard depicts a sidewalk in a park at University of Mississippi.

  • Series Beautiful Natchez Stanton College

    Series Beautiful Natchez Stanton College

    This black and white postcard depicts of Natchez Stanton College in Natchez, Mississippi.

  • Cotton Mills

    Cotton Mills

    This full color postcard depicts a cotton mill. There is a handwritten note on the front that is too faint to read.

  • Greeting May The Chimes

    Greeting May The Chimes

    This Christmas postcard has holly with bells and ice icicles.

  • Infirmary and Sigma Chi Chapter House, University of Mississippi

    Infirmary and Sigma Chi Chapter House, University of Mississippi

    This black and white postcard depicts the Infirmary and Sigma Chi Chapter House at University of Mississippi

  • Main Building, Merdian Female College

    Main Building, Merdian Female College

    This full color postcard depicts the Main Building at Merdian Female College

  • Old Capital

    Old Capital

    This black and white postcard depicts the Old Capital building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • State Capitol, Jackson, Miss.

    State Capitol, Jackson, Miss.

    This full color postcard depicts State Capital Building in Jackson, Mississippi.

  • Old Brook by none none

    Old Brook

    none none

    This black and white postcard depicts a house on the river named "Old Brook" in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

  • A Merry Christmas

    A Merry Christmas

    This full color Christmas postcard depicts three child angels with bells and holly. There is a sunset in the background. It is titled "Merry Christmas."

  • Best Wishes

    Best Wishes

    This Christmas postcard depicts three children in an automobile with a sign that says "Best Wishes." There is a handwritten note on the back.

 
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