Tag: Statewide

Maps

More Historic Maps Available Online

Post author By Amanda
Post date February 1, 2012

Panorama of the Mississippi Valley and its fortifications, 1863? Call Number: MA/88.0004 (c) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

A map of Louisiana and of the river Mississipi, 1719. Call Number: MA/92.0009 (b) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record (pictured above).

Map of the country between Monterey, Tenn. & Corinth, Miss. showing the lines of entrenchments made & the routes followed by the U.S. Forces under the Command of Maj. Genl. Halleck, U.S. Army, in their advance upon Corinth, in May 1862. Call Number: MA/92.0125 (c) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. U.S. Grant, U.S. Vls., Maj. F. E. Prime, Chief Engr. Call Number: MA/92.0150 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Colton’s map of the state of Mississippi, 1867. Call Number: MA/92.0178 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Carte des environs du Mississipi], ca. 1701. Call Number: MA/94.0062 (a) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Post route map of the states of Alabama and Mississippi, with adjacent parts of Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana showing post offices, with the intermediate distances between them, 1883. Call Number: MA/2002.0039 (d) MDAH Collection. Click here to view the catalog record.

Tags Civil War, Colonial Period, Statewide

Maps

More Maps Digitized!

Post author By Amanda
Post date December 6, 2011

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia comprehending the Spanish provinces of east and west Florida as fixed by the Treaty of Peace between the United States and the Spanish dominions, ca. 1792. Call Number: MA/92.0022(a) MDAH Collection

Take a look at these maps which were recently digitized! Click the title to view the map image or click “View the catalog record” to see that map’s catalog record.

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia comprehending the Spanish provinces of east and west Florida as fixed by the Treaty of Peace between the United States and the Spanish dominions, ca. 1792. Call Number: MA/92.0022 (a). View the catalog record. (pictured above)
Map of the Southern States of North America with the forts, harbours & military positions, 1861? Call Number: MA/92.0023 (d). View the catalog record.
The Chickasaw country in 1796-1800. Call Number: MA/92.0034 (a). View the catalog record.
A new map of Mississippi with its roads & distances, ca. 1842. Call Number: MA/92.0181(a). View the catalog record.
Mississippi, 1840. Call Number: MA/94.0022 (a). View the catalog record.
Carte de partie de la coste du Nouveau Biloxy avec les isles des environs, 1722? Call Number: MA/98.0068 (a). View the catalog record.
Les Natchez, 1728. Call Number: MA/79.0003 (a). View the catalog record.
Plan et scituation des villages Tchikachas, 1921. Catalog Number: MA/98.0086 (a). View the catalog record.
Roman’s map of Choctaws of east Mississippi. Call Number: MA/98.0177 (a). View the catalog record.
Battle of Ackia, 1736? Call Number: MA/99.0005 (a). View the catalog record.
Map of Elliot Mission, Grenada County, Miss., 1821. Call Number: MA/98.0194 (a). View the catalog record.

Tags Civil War, Colonial Period, Gulf Coast, Natchez, Native Americans, Statewide

Digital Archives Maps

Historic Map Inventory Online

Post author By Amanda
Post date October 20, 2011

Louisiana with part of Western Florida, Georgia and Southern Carolina, 1778. Call Number: MA/94.0003(b) MDAH Collection

This great new resource is now available to researchers looking for specific historic maps or specific features of maps. It includes MDAH maps as well as those in other repositories, such as the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Administration, and various universities and libraries. The maps have been described with fifteen different categories (such as title, situation date, and geographic coverage). Over 850 maps have already been added to the database with more to come. The database also includes links to digital images where they exist.

Click here to visit the Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi.

Tags Colonial Period, Statewide, Territorial Period

Digital Archives Maps

More Maps Online

Post author By Amanda
Post date June 9, 2011

"A new and accurate map of East and West Florida," 1763-1765. Call Number: MA/94.0004(a) MDAH Collection — “A new and accurate map of East and West Florida,” 1763-1765. Call Number: MA/94.0004(a) MDAH Collection

Check out these maps that were recently digitized! Click the map link to view the map or click the “catalog record” link to view each map’s catalog record.

A new and accurate map of East and West Florida, 1763-1765. Call number MA/94.0004(a), pictured above. Or view the catalog record.

A New Map of Mississippi, 1849?. Call number MA/92.0183(a). Or view the catalog record.

Colton’s Mississippi, 1855. Call number MA/92.0176(a). Or view the catalog record.

La Floride divisee en Floride et Caroline, 1749. Call number MA/94.0005(a). Or view the catalog record.

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana & Arkansas Territory, 1828. MA/94.0017(a). Or view the catalog record.

Mississippi, 1827. Call number MA/94.0018(a). Or view the catalog record.

Mississippi, ca. 1828-1830. Call number MA/94.0019(a). Or view the catalog record.

Township no. 24 range no. 1 west (Tallahatchie County, Miss.), 1834. Call number MA/94.0020(a). Or view the catalog record.

Tags Colonial Period, Gulf Coast, Statewide

Digital Archives Maps

More Maps Online

Post author By Amanda
Post date April 14, 2011

Editor’s Note: The blog has been neglecting the task of announcing additions to our digital holdings (usually non-digitized items that have recently been scanned). The next few posts will be dedicated to updating readers about collections that are now available to view online!