University Archives Photograph Collection
The University Archives Photograph Collection includes images of postcards, memorabilia, students, athletics, and campus life in general. The collection has been in development since 1878 and provides a glimpse into the history of MSU.
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MSU Bookstore
picture taken looking inside the doors of the Bookstore--Cashiers are pictured along with students.
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MSU Book Store
picture taken of the inside of the book store-students walking around looking at books
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MSU Campus
Residents of the local penitentiary performing construction work in front of the Perry Cafeteria
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MSU Cheerleaders
picture of the cheerleaders running down the football field with cowbells and pom-pons--Fans are shown sitting in the stands.
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MSU Cheerleaders, Dee Gee Biggs, Mike Brister
MSU Cheerleaders Dee Gee Biggs and Mike Brister are pictured performing a partner stunt on the sidelines of the football field.
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MSU Computing Center
picture of MSU's new analog computer (valued at some $500,000 and recognized as probably the finest such facility in any Southern University) as it is installed--Assisting in the installation are (from left) Willard Toole, Robert D. Guyton, and Johan Anderson.
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MSU Fashion Board
A female member of the 1978 MSU fashion board is shown modeling a dress along with a hat and sunglasses during a fashion show.
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MSU Fashion Board
Members of the MSU Fashion Board are shown as they make preparations for Fashion Board try-outs. They are (kneeling) Lisa Jarvis, (from left) Mary Hunt, Beth Green, Betsy Post, Amy Brikell, Janie Bunner, Cindy Hughes and (standing) Liz Flowers.
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MSU Fashion Board
A female member of the 1978 MSU fashion board is shown modeling a dress during a fashion show.
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MSU football coach -- Charles Shira
MSU football coach Charles Shira pictured with another gentleman
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MSU Football Players, 1966
Kenny Hart, Alton Ellis, Bill Rucker, and Calvin Harrison posing on football field
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MSU Fraternities
black and white picture of Sigma Alpha Epsilon officer; W.V. Byars, Jr. of Starkville (second from left)
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MSU Fraternities
black and white picture of Farmhouse Fraternity Officers: Phil Pepper of Canton (president), Charles Curtis of Utica (secretary), Lee Herren of Utica (vice president), Cecil Burt of Hattiesburg (treasurer)
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MSU Fraternities: David Speights, Mrs. Fielding Wright
black and white picture of MSU senior David Speights, president of Omicron Delta Kappa, presenting Mrs. Wright with an ODK membership key
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MSU Fraternity Social
black and white picture of older gentlemen and lady standing around punch bowl; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Social
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MSU Hereford Cattle
MSU Hereford Cattle taken in woods lot South of old sheep farm looking Southwest
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MSU Homecoming Queen -- Mary Williams
1970 / 1971 MSU Homecoming Queen, Mary William (being crowned)
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MSU Industrial Education Club
These hardworking 'elves' are really members of the Industrial Education Club at Mississippi State University, keeping the workshop busy repairing toys for Christmas. The Starkville Junior League collected the repairable toys during the summer for distribution, by area churches, to underpriviledged children at Christmas
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MSU Majorettes, Amy McQuary, Tina Simmons
MSU Majorettes Amy McQuary and Tina Simmons are shown performing a routine with other Majorettes.
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MSU/Ole Miss Rivalry, Student Life, YMCA Building
Signs and a dummy hanging in a tree on the MSU campus in front of the YMCA Building are pictured showing MSU's rivalry with Ole Miss.
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MSU Open Golf Tournament, Shellye Hutchinson, Wade Walker, Jimmy Wilcutt
Shellye Hutchinson and Wade Walker, winners of the first annual MSU Open Golf Tournament, are pictured with Jimmy Willcutt, assistant director of the University Union which co-sponsors the event along with the MSU Physical Education Club.
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MSU President - James D. McComas; British Consulate - David Crawford
President McComas speaks at dinner meeting; British Consulate Crawford attends
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MSU Sign
'sign describing MSU, telling when it was founded (1878), what its first name was (Agricultural & Mechanical College),& what its name was changed to (Mississippi State College, 1932)'
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MSU Staff
Dean Francis Rhodes (far left); Mrs. Eva P. Goddis (second from right); Eugene F. Mitchell (far right)
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MSU Staff
seated: Dr. John K. Bettersworth; standing left to right: Dr. Barry Box, Dr. Neil Amos, Dr. James Wall, Dr. Merrill M. Hawkins
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MSU staff and student -- Allen M. Douglas Development and Public Relations
Mr. Douglas Allen, director of development and public relations, (left) talking with student (name unknown)
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MSU Staff -- Business and Industry -- Dr. Gaines Rogers
MSU staff Dr. Gaines Rogers (left) Head of Business and Industry
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MSU Staff -- Ed C. Martin -- Landscape School
picture taken at landscape school; Ed C. Martin Jr., MSU landscape architect, points out landscaping projects at MSU to Mrs. Sam Peeples of Vicksburg, president of the Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc., during 13th Annual Landscape School at MSU.
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MSU Staff -- Francis Rhodes -- Merrill M. Hawkins -- J.K. Bettersworth
pictured left to right: Francis Rhodes, Merrill M. Hawkins, J.K. Bettersworth
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MSU Staff -- Henry H. Leveck
MSU staff, Henry H. Leveck (right), Director of Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station (now MAFES)
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MSU Staff -- Henry H. Leveck
MSU staff, Henry H. Leveck, Director of Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Sation (MAFES) 1961 - 1968
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MSU Staff -- James Anderson -- Sears Scholarship -- College of Agriculture
Dr. James Anderson (far right) dean of the College of Agriculture at MSU, accepts a check from Roger Stanfill, Starkville, (far left) representing the Sears - Roebuck Foundation, for scholarships in the College of ; Agriculture. Scholarship recipients pictured from left : L.J. Shackleford (Ripley), Tommy Walker (Magee), Frank McCardy (Morton), James McCool (Columbus), and Joe Kennedy (Greenwood); Not pictured : James Whitfield (Jackson), Danny Baily (Vardaman) and Donald Varner (Canton); each of whom alson recieved $300 scholarships
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MSU Staff -- Microscopy -- Elvis Gaines
Elvis Gaines -- microscopist at MSU Chemical Laboratory and national vice - president of the American Association of Feed Microscopists
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MSU Staff -- Ross Hutchins
MSU staff , Ross Hutchins, sitting at table reading Wild Ways: A Book of Animal Habits
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MSU Staff -- ROTC Summer Camp -- Dr. John K. Bettersworth
Dr. John K. Bettersworth, vice - president for Academic Affairs, fires M. 79 grenade launcher at ROTC Summer Camp, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
