Governors Portraits photograph collection PI/1989.0008
The Governors Portraits photograph collection is made up of forty-eight color transparencies of official portraits of Mississippi governors hanging at the Mississippi State Capitol. The transparencies were created by Mississippi historian and writer David G. Sansing for his book, The Governor’s Mansion: A Pictorial History, which was published in 1975 in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for the restoration of the Mississippi Governor's Mansion. Two of the paintings feature first ladies during their husbands' terms of office. The last photograph includes five former Governors standing on the lawn of the Governor's Mansion on June 8, 1976, during the opening ceremonies of the mansion's restoration.
read more...The Governors Portraits photograph collection is made up of forty-eight color transparencies of official portraits of Mississippi governors hanging at the Mississippi State Capitol. The transparencies were created by Mississippi historian and writer David G. Sansing for his book, The Governor’s Mansion: A Pictorial History, which was published in 1975 in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History for the restoration of the Mississippi Governor's Mansion. Two of the paintings feature first ladies during their husbands' terms of office. The last photograph includes five former Governors standing on the lawn of the Governor's Mansion on June 8, 1976, during the opening ceremonies of the mansion's restoration.
General & Tech Data Catalog Record
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The Governors Portraits photograph collection is made up of 48 color transparencies of official portraits that were numbered in the order they were received.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The original scans of the Governors Portraits photograph collection were made in 2009, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The images were scanned as uncompressed, 8-bit RGB Color TIFF files at 600 pixels per inch.
Conversion: For Web display, the original scans of the Governors Portraits photograph collection were saved as JPEG tile sets.
Rights Management
The postcards in the Governors Portraits photograph collection are in the public domain and therefore free of copyright or other use restrictions. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by the following credit statement:
Credit: Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Copy Availability
High-resolution TIFFs of the images may be purchased from MDAH. The MDAH Public Order procedure and fee schedule apply. Consult the Photoreproduction and Digital Imaging policy or contact MDAH Reference Staff for order options as well as information on how to obtain and complete the necessary Public Order forms: 601-576-6876 or refdesk@mdah.ms.gov.