Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is a

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. It is the official

archive An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...

of the Mississippi Government.

Location

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is located in

Jackson Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

. The William F. Winter Archives and History Building was dedicated on November 7, 2003.

History

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History developed from the

Mississippi Historical Society The Mississippi Historical Society (MHS) is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The society was established in 1858 but was terminated soon after because of the outbreak of the American Civil War. It remained in hiatus u ...

in the interest of promoting and protecting "Southern Identity" through acquisition and preservation of historical records, especially those records pertaining to the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

.Speer, Lisa and Mitchell, Heather, ''The Mississippi Plan: Dunbar Rowland and the Creation of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History'', Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists, Vol. 22, Issue 1 (2004)
Retrieved 2015-01-28. Legislation authorizing creation of Department of Archives and History was signed by Mississippi Governor

Andrew Longino Andrew Houston Longino (May 16, 1854 – February 24, 1942) was an American politician from Mississippi who served as a United States Democratic Party, Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate, State Senate (1880–1884), the U.S. District Attorn ...

on February 26, 1902. The Department of Archives and History is the second oldest state department of archives and history in the United States.Agency Profile—Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Retrieved 2015-01-29. In 1902,

Dunbar Rowland Dunbar Rowland (August 25, 1864 − November 1, 1937) was an American attorney, archivist, and historian.board of trustees A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

presides over the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and its five divisions, which include:Mississippi Department of Archives and History (About MDAH)
Retrieved 2015-01-28. * Administration * Archives and Records Services * Historic Preservation * Museums * Programs and Communication Administrative offices, as well as archivist work areas and archive storage areas, are located in the William F. Winter Archives and History Building. Completed in 2003, the 6-story structure contains . The Historic Preservation Division is housed in the Charlotte Capers Archives and History Building, located at 100 South State Street, Jackson. This division administers Historical Markers in Mississippi,

Mississippi Landmark The following is a list of Mississippi Landmarks officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestow ...

s, and

National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

. The Museum Division provides administrative oversight for the following facilities and locations: * Eudora Welty House * Manship House Museum *

Old Capitol Museum The Old Mississippi State Capitol, also known as Old Capitol Museum or Old State Capitol, served as the Mississippi statehouse from 1839 until 1903. The old state capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. In 1986, th ...

* Grand Village of the Natchez Indians * Historic Jefferson College *

Windsor Ruins Windsor Ruins are in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States, about southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. The ruins consist of 23 standing Corinthian columns of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion ever built in ...

* Winterville Mounds *

Museum of Mississippi History The Museum of Mississippi History is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi. The museum opened December 9, 2017, in conjunction with the adjacent Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in celebration of Mississippi's bicentennial. The theme of the history mus ...

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is a museum in Jackson, Mississippi. Its mission is to document, exhibit the history of, and educate the public about the American Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970.

The Programs and Communication Division, established in 2017, oversees programming, public information, publications, marketing, and education.

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External links

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"A Sense of Place", the MDAH blog

Yates Construction: William Winters Archives and History Building
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