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)