Overview
The purpose of the MSU Digital Library is to produce, maintain, preserve, and provide access to digital collections that support the mission of the University and the Libraries. In particular, the Digital Library strives to support teaching, service and research by developing digital projects that provide greater access to Library collections and other unique University holdings.
To date, digitized materials representing selected holdings in the Manuscripts, University Archives, U.S. Grant Association, and the Congressional & Political Research Center areas of the MSU Library are accessible through the Digital Library. These include diaries, correspondence, ledgers, photographs, transcripts, sheet music, and other unique materials, as well as publications.
Material continues to be added to existing collections and planning for future digitization projects is ongoing.
Collections
The Ulysses S. Grant Digital Collection
The Ulysses S. Grant digital collection includes the full text searchable 31 volume The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, as well political cartoons and sheet music from the collection.
Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson
Mississippi State University's Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building, built in 1929 to house agricultural programs, is home to the School of Human Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. "Echoes of Lloyd-Ricks-Watson" collects oral histories from people who have worked in this building.
CHARM Digital Collections
The CHARM digital collection includes photographs, documents, correspondence, diaries, and other materials which document the people, products, and related social and economic aspects of forestry and agriculture in Mississippi.
Congressional & Political Research Center Digital Collections
The Congressional and Political Research Center digital collection includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to local, state, and national legislatures and politics.
Charles H. Templeton Digital Sheet Music Collection
The Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Sheet Music digital collection contains titles in the following genres: Ragtime, Blues, Movie tunes, Foxtrots, Popular music, Minstrel music, Show tunes, Irving Berlin, War songs, and Specialty.
Charles H. Templeton Music Players Digital Collection
The Charles H. Templeton Music Players Digital Collection includes photographs and information about the cylinder players, gramophones, phonographs, and instruments on display in the Charles H. Templeton Sr. Music Museum.
Cully A. Cobb Forest Resources Tool Collection
The Forest Resources Tools digital collection includes photographs and descriptions of antique woodworking tools, farm implements, and household equipment from the Cully A. Cobb Antique Tool Museum.
Intellectual Underpinnings of the American Civil War
Part of the ASERL project "Civil War in the American South," this collection comprises 150 documents published between 1850 and 1865, primarily documenting Mississippi and Mississippians from many localities within the state, and containing subject matter that contributes to a better understanding of the non-military aspects of the Civil War.
MSU Libraries Events
The MSU Libraries Events digital collection contains images, videos, and other materials documenting events hosted by the Libraries.
University Archives Photograph Collection
The University Archives digital collection contains photographs of campus scenes, events, buildings, and people.
