urn:taro:utexas.cah.01137 A Guide to the Mississippi Photograph Album, ca. 1898-1899 Center for American History Encoded in XMetal 3 by Nicole Davis according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions October, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Mississippi Mississippi Photograph Album, ca. 1898-1899 1 album 91-316 Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin English. Scope and Contents

Scrapbook photograph album containing albumen and gelatin prints and cyanotypes documents parts of Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama around the turn of the century. The album emphasizes African- Americans at work and in school. Included are photographs of whites and blacks together, nature scenes, historic buildings and homes, street scenes and farms. Some identified places are Jackson, Vicksburg, Tougaloo, Robinson's Springs and Robinsons Plantation, Mississippi; Taladoga, Alabama; and East Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. Two persons, Burton and Mary Humphrey Adams, are identified.

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Mississippi Photograph Album, ca. 1898-1899, the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects Adams, Burton A.--Pictorial works. Adams, Mary Humphrey--Pictorial works. Alabama--History--1819-1950--Sources. Jackson (Miss.)--History--Pictorial works. Mississippi--History--Pictorial works. Tennessee, East--History--Pictorial works. Tougaloo (Miss.)--History--Pictorial works. Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Pictorial works. Afro-American children--Southern States--Pictorial works. Afro-American students--Southern States--Pictorial works. Afro-American teachers--Southern States--Pictorial works. Afro-American women--Southern States--Pictorial works. Afro-Americans--Education--Southern States--Pictorial works. Afro-Americans--History--1877-1964. Afro-Americans--Pictorial works. Afro-Americans--Southern States--Homes and haunts. City and town life--Southern States--Photographs. Historic buildings--Southern States--Photographs. Plantations--Southern States--Photographs. Inventory 3S6 Photographs