What This Search Function Does

This search will execute a keyword search of content that is on the Mississippi Department of Archives and History website only. The Mississippi Department of Archives has a number of other online resources for research in its Online Catalog, Digital Archives, and Historic Resources Inventory database.

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Foraging Where We Live

Nissan Foundation Donates $30,000 for Field Trips to State History, Civil Rights Museums

The Nissan Foundation has donated $30,000 to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to underwrite field trips to the Two Mississippi Museums.

MDAH Board of Trustees Approves New Preservation Fund, Elects Kimberly Campbell

On Friday, July 16, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History elected a new board member and approved the establishment of the Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund.

R.E.A.D. (Read, Engage, and Discover)

Nissan Café by Nick Wallace Opens at State History, Civil Rights Museums

The new Nissan Café by Nick Wallace Culinary is now open at the Two Mississippi Museums.

National Register of Historic Places Nominations

History Is Lunch: Bobby Rush and Brinda Willis, "My American Blues Story"

History Is Lunch: Christian Pinnen and Charles Weeks, "Colonial Mississippi"

History Is Lunch: Carolyn Brown and Ellen Ruffin, "The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection"

History Is Lunch: Suzi Altman, "Margaret's Grocery: Preserving a Historic Site"

Catalog

Use our catalog to search our entire archival collection, including government records, historic papers, documents, photographs, maps, newspapers, and audiovisual media. Many of these items are only available at the state archives, but some materials are available online. Follow this helpful hint to locate online items. Choose “advanced search,” select “electronic records,” and enter your keyword.

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Digital Archives

Browse our Digital Archives and discover a wide range of resources, such as personal diaries, letters, photographs, and interviews, as well as materials from government agencies and officials, including lists of educable children, governors' correspondence, and Confederate pension applications.

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Historic Resources Inventory

Search the Historic Resources Inventory database for information about Mississippi’s landmarks and architecture. The database draws on thousands of design-related historical documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, blueprints, drawings, and other media within the MDAH Historic Preservation collection.

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