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exhibit poster includes modes of transportation: car, bus, ship, plane, train

No time or funds for a long vacation? Then take a short trip to the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library to view the Archives & Special Collections exhibit “I’ve Got on My Travelin’ Shoes”: Archival Journeys Around the World. Explore the adventures of Mississippians who traveled at home and abroad. View photographs, postcards and other travel ephemera in addition to correspondence, journals, and publications describing these excursions. Remember travel broadens the mind!

January 20 to December 16, 2026
J.D. Williams Library, Faulkner Room

  • The Know Mississippi Better Train

    The Know Mississippi Better Train

  • Around the World in 1945

    Around the World in 1945

  • Greetings and Pip Pip: The Travels of Mississippi Authors

    Greetings and Pip Pip: The Travels of Mississippi Authors

  • Roman Springs, Spanish Music, and the Bundren Family’s Cortège: Travel in Mississippi Fiction

    Roman Springs, Spanish Music, and the Bundren Family’s Cortège: Travel in Mississippi Fiction

  • Travel with the Keatings

    Travel with the Keatings

  • Travelin’ a Blues Road

    Travelin’ a Blues Road

  • James Meredith’s Travels in Nigeria

    James Meredith’s Travels in Nigeria

  • Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholar Trips

    Ole Miss Women’s Council Scholar Trips

  • Franklin Moak Collection and Rotary Exchange

    Franklin Moak Collection and Rotary Exchange

  • The Magnolia State and its “Fountains of Youth”

    The Magnolia State and its “Fountains of Youth”

  • Black American Travel Guides

    Black American Travel Guides

  • Wish You Were Here: Postcards and Travel Ephemera

    Wish You Were Here: Postcards and Travel Ephemera