MISSISSIPPI UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN ARCHIVES
Columbus, MS
Founded in 1884 as the first publicly supported women’s college in the United States, Mississippi University for Women is a public liberal arts university dedicated to providing high-quality undergraduate and graduate education. Co-ed since 1982, MUW provides educational opportunities in a diverse and inclusive environment, promoting lifelong learning through high-quality instructional programs that emphasize teaching, research, scholarship, and creativity.
The mission of Beulah Culbertson Archives and Special Collections is to collect, share, and preserve the history of The W and, more broadly, Mississippi women’s history and leadership. The archives live out this mission by preserving and providing access to approximately 1000 linear feet of paper records, photographs, scrapbooks, bound volumes, and other objects that document this history. The MUW archives’ collection in Mississippi Digital Library contains about 800 images relating to the history, people, and culture of the university.
The W was the 2015 recipient of the Cultural Heritage Digitization Award. View more information regarding the CHDA here.
Type of Institution: Academic Library
Partner since: 2015
Website: MS University for Women Archives
Contact: email Stephanie Salvaterra
Address: Beulah Culbertson Archives and Special Collections
1100 College St, Columbus, MS 39701
These materials are presented online for educational purposes only. Images may contain copyrighted material. Use of these materials on websites, in exhibits, or in publications requires the permission of Mississippi University for Women Archives and/or the legal copyright holder. The user bears full responsibility for securing any and all appropriate permissions. Please contact Mississippi University for Women Archives for further information.