Online Exhibits

  • Carolyn Bennett-Patterson
    From the time she was a child in Kosciusko reading about author Robert Louis Stevenson's travels through the mountains of France, Carolyn Bennett Patterson wanted to write. Years later, as the first woman editor at National Geographic Magazine, she would retrace Stevenson's steps. On April 12, 1999, Patterson traveled to Mississippi State to donate papers that span her 37-year career at the Washington publication.
  • Civil War NonCombatants
    A poster session by LaDonne Delgado and Mike Ballard.
  • GladRags: Sketches, Swatches and Costume Designs by Myrna Colley-Lee
    GladRags was a physical exhibit held November 2, 2006 – January 28, 2007 in Mitchell Memorial Library's John Grisham Room. The exhibition consisted of nearly 100 works by Colley-Lee, a leading costume designer, set designer, and art director for television and film. Displayed items included working sketches and fabric swatches, production photographs and finished costumes that represent a portfolio spanning three decades. The artwork, much of which was hand-drawn by Colley-Lee, provides the director and the production team an insight into the overall concept the designer has in mind for the entire production.
  • Glimpses of the Past: Mississippi State Baseball
    The photographs in this exhibit are of MSU baseball teams from the late 1890s through the early 1920s. The young men that played on these teams sometimes had to make do without a coach, yet they persisted, and all together they laid the groundwork for a premier baseball program.
  • Living in a Material World: How Fashion Fits In
  • Mississippi State University: The A & M Years A photographic essay of life from 1880-1932 on the campus of Mississippi State University. The University was founded as Mississippi A&M College in 1878 and campus operations began in 1880. In 1932 the name was changed to Mississippi State College, and in 1958 to Mississippi State University.
  • The University's Historic Buildings
    A photographic essay of historic buildings on the campus of Mississippi State University. The University was founded as Mississippi A&M College in 1878 and campus operations began in 1880. The buildings pictured here were constructed during the early years of the university and represent various architectural styles of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
  • Howard Langfitt WLBT "Farm Family of the Week" Exhibit
    In 1990, Howard Langfitt donated his collection consisting of 342 television scripts and about 16,600 negative images from the television program "RFD Televisit." The program ran from 1954 to 1961, and featured farming families from Mississippi and parts of Louisiana. Langfitt was the host of the show as well as its scriptwriter. This exhibit contains nearly 7000 photonegatives from the "RFD Televisit" program.

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