ALA honoring MSU for digitization of Ulysses S. Grant Papers
The American Library Association is honoring Mississippi State University for its recent online digitization of the Ulysses S. Grant papers.
On March 11, 2010, the ALA’s web site, IloveLibraries.org, designated MSU Libraries as the “digital library of the week” for recently providing free online access to the collected papers of the former president and Civil War general.
MSU serves as host for the U.S. Grant Association’s web site, http://digital.library.msstate.edu/collections/usgrant. For the announcement of the papers’ public access, visit http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4827.
Housed in Mitchell Memorial Library, Grant’s collected papers begin in 1837 as he was soon to leave for the U.S. Military Academy in West Point. They conclude with the retired chief executive’s 1885 death from cancer as he rushed to complete his memoirs.
In addition to the Grant papers, MSU Libraries’ other digital archives include over 22,000 pieces of sheet music from the Charles H. Templeton, Sr. Sheet Music Collection, selections from the Congressional and Political Research Center, and a variety of items and materials from the CHARM (Consortium for the History of Agriculture and Rural Mississippi) Project.
The ALA is the world’s oldest and largest library association. In addition to academia, its members include public, government, and special libraries.
For more information on Mississippi State University Libraries, please visit http://library.msstate.edu/.
Submitted by
Angela M. Patton
Library Assistant
Mississippi State University Libraries
Entry Filed under: News
Posted on: March 17th, 2010
