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Archives and Special Collections Exhibits

 

The Department of Archives and Special Collections has several display cases on the 3rd floor of the J. D. Williams Library, each devoted to the strengths of the collection: Blues Archive, Modern Political Archives, University Archives, Visual Collections, and General Special Collections, which includes Mississippiana. Occasionally, departmental collections are used in the 2nd floor exhibit cases. There are additional display cases in the Faulkner Room, where exhibits generally last for a calendar year, and the Seymour Lawrence Room, which has permanent displays from the Lawrence Collection.

Additional exhibits from Archives and Special Collections:

  • Cabinet of Curiosities (2025)
  • More Than Words (2024)
  • The Southern Plate (2023)
  • Bring It On Home: An Exhibition of Sonny Boy Williamson II Materials... (2022)
  • As Good Luck Would Have It (2016)
  • Mississippi Matinée: An Exhibition of the State and the Silver Screen (2006)
  • Murder with Southern Hospitality (2004)

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  • Display Case. Print, harmonicas, photo by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Display Case. Print, harmonicas, photo

  • Display Case. Sonny Boy Williamson and British Blues Explosion (2) by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Display Case. Sonny Boy Williamson and British Blues Explosion (2)

  • Display Case. Trumpet Records (1) by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Display Case. Trumpet Records (1)

  • Display Case. Trumpet Records (2) by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Display Case. Trumpet Records (2)

  • Photo. King Biscuit Time, announcer and musicians. by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Photo. King Biscuit Time, announcer and musicians.

  • Photo. King Biscuit Time. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sam Anderson, Robert Lockwood, Jr. by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Photo. King Biscuit Time. Sonny Boy Williamson, Sam Anderson, Robert Lockwood, Jr.

  • Photo. Signed bag of Sonny Boy white corn meal by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Photo. Signed bag of Sonny Boy white corn meal

  • Poster: collage of Sonny Boy Williamson photos by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Poster: collage of Sonny Boy Williamson photos

  • Poster of assorted record labels for Sonny Boy Williamson by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Poster of assorted record labels for Sonny Boy Williamson

  • Poster of Sonny Boy Williamson's contract with Trumpet Records by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Poster of Sonny Boy Williamson's contract with Trumpet Records

  • Poster of Sonny Boy Williamson with display case by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    Poster of Sonny Boy Williamson with display case

  • White Corn Meal, 2-pound bag by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    White Corn Meal, 2-pound bag

  • White Corn Meal sack from King Biscuit Flour by Sonny Boy Williamson II

    White Corn Meal sack from King Biscuit Flour

  • Betty Rose Mermelstein Scrapbooks: The Jewish Community in Natchez, Mississippi by Jennifer Ford

    Betty Rose Mermelstein Scrapbooks: The Jewish Community in Natchez, Mississippi

  • Foodways: New Additions to Special Collections by Jennifer Ford

    Foodways: New Additions to Special Collections

  • African American History: New Archival Resources by Leigh McWhite

    African American History: New Archival Resources

  • Votes for Women: A Centennial Celebration of the Women's Suffrage Movement in America by Leigh McWhite

    Votes for Women: A Centennial Celebration of the Women's Suffrage Movement in America

  • Observatories & Equipment at the University of Mississippi

    Observatories & Equipment at the University of Mississippi

  • Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles. Title page. by James Ferguson

    Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles. Title page.

  • Crazy Blues at 100: Mamie Smith and the Beginning of the Classic Blues Era by Greg Johnson

    Crazy Blues at 100: Mamie Smith and the Beginning of the Classic Blues Era

  • VIP Correspondence from the John E. Rankin Collection by Leigh McWhite

    VIP Correspondence from the John E. Rankin Collection

  • Space: Exploring the Final Frontier in the Archives by Leigh McWhite and Christina Streeter

    Space: Exploring the Final Frontier in the Archives

  • Dual Keel Space Station. Scale Model. by NASA

    Dual Keel Space Station. Scale Model.

  • An Introduction to Astronomy. Title page. by Denison Olmstead

    An Introduction to Astronomy. Title page.

  • Rowan Oak, image 077 by Martin J. Dain

    Rowan Oak, image 077

  • Rowan Oak, front exterior, image 2 by J. R. Cofield

    Rowan Oak, front exterior, image 2

  • No Two Alike: A Special Collections and University Museums Exhibition by University of Mississippi Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections. and University of Mississippi. Museum and Historic Houses

    No Two Alike: A Special Collections and University Museums Exhibition

  • William Faulkner in Paris by Unknown

    William Faulkner in Paris

  • Romance and Revelry by University of Mississippi Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections

    Romance and Revelry

  • William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit by University of Mississippi Libraries. Department of Archives and Special Collections

    William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit

  • John C. Stennis Space Center by NASA

    John C. Stennis Space Center

  • Good Old Boy. Guest Register.

    Good Old Boy. Guest Register.

  • Boarding House Blues. Advertisement. by All-American News Corporation

    Boarding House Blues. Advertisement.

  • Boarding House Blues. Slipcase. by Alpha Video Distributors

    Boarding House Blues. Slipcase.

  • Genghis Blues. Slipcase. by Roko Belic

    Genghis Blues. Slipcase.

  • A Well Spent Life. Slipcase. by Les Blank and Skip Gerson

    A Well Spent Life. Slipcase.

  • The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins. Slipcase. by Les Blank and Skip Gerson

    The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins. Slipcase.

  • Stallion Road. Screenplay. by Louis Daniel Brodsky and Robert W. Hamblin

    Stallion Road. Screenplay.

  • Intruder in the Dust. Autographs. by Clarence Brown and Claude Jarman Jr.

    Intruder in the Dust. Autographs.

  • Big Bad Love. Liner notes of film soundtrack by Larry Brown

    Big Bad Love. Liner notes of film soundtrack

  • Samaritans. First page. by Larry Brown

    Samaritans. First page.

  • Samaritans. Manuscript detail. by Larry Brown

    Samaritans. Manuscript detail.

  • The Rough South of Larry Brown. Framed poster. by Larry Brown

    The Rough South of Larry Brown. Framed poster.

  • The Reivers. Photograph (a) by Cinema Center Films

    The Reivers. Photograph (a)

  • The Reivers. Photograph (b). by Cinema Center Films

    The Reivers. Photograph (b).

  • The Reivers. Photograph (c) by Cinema Center Films

    The Reivers. Photograph (c)

  • The Reivers. Photograph (d) by Cinema Center Films

    The Reivers. Photograph (d)

  • The Reivers. Pressbook. by Cinema Center Films

    The Reivers. Pressbook.

 

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