Mississippi Historical Society

Mississippi Historical Society

The Mississippi Historical Society is a historical society located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

Overview

The Mississippi Historical Society was founded in Jackson on November 9, 1858.[1] After a thirty-year hiatus, it was restarted in 1890 on the University of Mississippi campus, in Oxford.[1]

It publishes the quarterly Journal of Mississippi History, the monthly Mississippi History Newsletter, and the online journal History Now.[1][2]

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