Located on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library, the Department of Archives and Special Collections houses important collections of Mississippiana. Since 1975, our primary purpose has been to acquire, conserve, and make accessible rare books, manuscripts, maps, visual and audio materials, and ephemera related to the University of Mississippi, the state of Mississippi, and the Blues.
The Department of Archives and Special Collections invites patron visits
during our regular hours from 8:00 to 5:00, Monday through Friday, except
during selected University holidays.
The Department of Archives and Special Collections also maintains two blogs. This Week in Mississipi History takes a look at historical events while the Blues Blog focuses in on anything and everything Blues related. Be sure to take a look at all of our library blogs!
Mark your Calendar!
The Department of Archives & Special Collections at the University of Mississippi J.D. Williams Library would like to invite you to the official opening of a new exhibition on Thursday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Room. “William Faulkner’s Books: A Bibliographic Exhibit,” features 20 cases devoted to the life and work of the Nobel Prize winning author.
Dr. Jay Watson, UM Howry Chair for Faulkner Studies and Professor of English, will speak on the new exhibition and Faulkner’s legacy. The event takes place on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library and is free and open to the public.
The exhibit will be available for viewing through December 12, 2014. For more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Ford at 662-915-7408 or jwford@olemiss.edu.
Hot off the Press: New and Newly Available Archive Collections
On display in the Faulkner Room on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library, this exhibition is open from May 31st-December 16 of this year and highlights new acquisitions and newly processed collections from Special Collections’ literary, historical, visual, political and blues collections.
We invite visitors to Special Collections to view the new exhibition during our current hours. For more information please contact Dr. Jennifer Ford at jwford@olemiss.edu.
Ed Meek and Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection Available
The Department of Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce the Ed Meek and Meek School of Journalism and New Media Collection is now available via the Library’s Digital Collections.
This collection contains images and written materials created by Dr. Ed Meek from his time as staff writer in the University of Mississippi’s Public Relations Office and following years. Documented are James Meredith’s first days on campus and ensuing riot, along with other fascinating images of the University and surrounding areas.
The Ole Miss Yearbooks Have Been Digitized and Available Online
Volumes of University of Mississippi yearbooks printed between 1897 and 2013 can be viewed online, thanks to the project that digitized the books for archival purposes.
The project was made possible by the Lyrasis Digitization Collaborative, a Sloan Foundation grant-subsidized program and by the Dr. Gerald Walton Endowment.
