Reverend William Phineas Browne Notebook and Letter Z/0142.000/S
The notebook kept by the Reverend William Phineas Browne, Sr., of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, includes an autobiographical sketch of Browne and his family, newspaper clippings, and notes about Bishop Green Training School. A letter from W. P. Browne to a Mr. Tucker, dated December 29, 1921, accompanies the notebook.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThe notebook kept by the Reverend William Phineas Browne, Sr., of Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi, includes an autobiographical sketch of Browne and his family, newspaper clippings, and notes about Bishop Green Training School. A letter from W. P. Browne to a Mr. Tucker, dated December 29, 1921, accompanies the notebook.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The pages of the notebook were numbered by the curator in brackets at the bottom of each page. The front and back covers of the notebook and pages of the notebook and letter were scanned consecutively. Blank pages were not imaged.
Technical Details
Original Scans: The Reverend William Phineas Browne Notebook and Letter were scanned by Lilly Endowment grant-funded staff under the supervision of MDAH staff in 2024-2025, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees' approved imaging procedures, following ANSI/AIIM recommended practice. The notebook and letter were saved as uncompressed, 24-bit RGB TIFF files at 300 pixels per inch.
Conversion: TIFF files were converted to JPEG tile sets for Internet access in 2025.
Rights Management
The Reverend William Phineas Browne Notebook and Letter 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
300ppi 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.