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[Ranch House in Marshall]

Description: A ranch house in a residential area of Marshall. The house and its location are unidentified.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[BishopCollege Dormitory, Marshall]

Description: Marston Hall, located on the historic Bishop College campus in Marshall, was a dormitory for college men. It was built between 1909 and 1915 on the site of an older dormitory, also called Marston Hall. The campus no longer exists. It was a Baptist college for African-Americans. In the picture, a reservoir is in the foreground. To the left of the building is a small bell tower.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Snow in Marshall]

Description: Snow in Marshall covers a residential area. The street and the homes are unidentified.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Children Help to Move Library]

Description: When the Marshall Public Library was founded, it had its first home at the corner of West Austin and Franklin streets (now the Chamber of Commerce building). Books from a lending library belonging to Marshall Women's Clubs became the core of the new collection. Approximately 25 children helped to move this core collection from its old home at 112 East Austin St.
Date: 1973
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Truck Transports Books to New Library]

Description: When the new Marshall Public Library was built in 1973, a box truck transported sacks of books from the old library to the new site.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[View of Library Workroom, Marshall]

Description: A view of the Marshall Public library's workroom, c1984, shows a "COM TERMINAL" piece of viewing equipment on the table in foreground. At the right of the terminal is a catalog card drawer. Storage pieces are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Woman Operates Equipment]

Description: A woman operates a piece of equipment. The identity of the woman, the location, and the equipment are not known.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Portrait of Mattie M. Turner]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. M. M. Turner, who is sitting, wearing a dark-colored dress, and visible from the chest up. The wwriting below the photo reads, "Mrs. M. M. Turner History."
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Old Cemetery Gate, Harrison County]

Description: Mr. U. R. Weisner, local leader in the Leigh Community of Harrison County, shows a gate to Antioch Cemetery that needs repair. The cemetery is traditionally an African-American site, owned by a church of the same name.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Community Leader and Educator, Marshall]

Description: An unidentified African-American educator is photographed in his office in Marshall. The telephone, other furnishings, and his clothing suggest a time during the first third of the twentieth century.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Three Women]

Description: Three women, unidentified, pose in a room. Framed pictures and other decorative objects are in the room.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Portrait of Rebecca A. M. Hudson]

Description: Photograph of Rebecca A. M. Hudson, who is standing, wearing a blue dress, and visible from the legs up. She is standing in front of a multi-colored curtain, and there is a bronze chair next to her.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Portrait of Elizabeth Bishop]

Description: Photograph of Elizabeth Bishop, who is standing, wearing a light-colored dress, and visible from the chest up. There is a man standing behind her, wearing a dark-colored suit.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Adults Watch over the Children at the Picnic]

Description: A library assistant, left, and a chaperone, right, keep a watchful eye at the children's play day which concluded the summer reading program at Marshall Public Library, c1976. The picnic and games were held on the library's grounds that year.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Child Races at the Picnic]

Description: A small boy races toward a finish line as other children wait their turn. An adult appears to stand in the right foreground. The event was a picnic and games day which concluded the summer reading program at Marshall Public Library, c1976.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Children Race at the Picnic]

Description: A picnic with games on the library grounds concluded the summer reading program at Marshall Public Library, c1976. A girl races across the grass as an adult cheers her on while other children wait their turn.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Children Register for RIF Distribution at the Library]

Description: Children register their choices after selecting books at RIF distribution day. The Marshall Public Library has participated in the Reading Is Fundamental program since its beginning.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Audio Recordings File at the Public Library]

Description: Marshall Public Library stored the LP (long-playing) recordings in their own files which were made for the purpose. This type of audio recording existed for a substantial part of the 20th century, and was current when the library was built in 1973.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library
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