Gateway Rescue Mission (Jackson, Miss.) Papers Z/1212
This collection documents the early years of the Gateway Rescue Mission of Jackson, Hinds County. Included are meeting minutes, a pamphlet, and a poster. Of interest is a 1964 letter from Superintendent, George R. Roberson, announcing an open house celebration in honor of the Mission's sixteenth anniversary.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Read MoreThis collection documents the early years of the Gateway Rescue Mission of Jackson, Hinds County. Included are meeting minutes, a pamphlet, and a poster. Of interest is a 1964 letter from Superintendent, George R. Roberson, announcing an open house celebration in honor of the Mission's sixteenth anniversary.
Digitization of this collection was made possible by a grant through Lilly Endowment’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.
Image Arrangement and Numbering
The items were numbered by the curator in brackets at the bottom of each page.
Technical Details
Original Scans: Gateway Rescue Mission (Jackson, Miss.) Papers, 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 papers 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.
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