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From the Map Collection. Map of a stretch of the Mississippi River from Sargent's Bend to Grand Gulf that shows changes in the course of the river from the Davis Cut Off in 1867 to 1874. Surveys were completed in 1866 by Green, Porter, etc., with engineers M.J. Thompson and G.W.R. Bayley. River course data were compiled by A.F. Wrotnowski.

From the Alexander Melvorne Jackson Papers. A letter from Alexander M. Jackson to Cordelia Kavanaugh regarding reassurance of his love and affection for Cordelia as well as reasons that he cannot leave his position in the war.

From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., circa 1870s. Title from cover. Publisher inferred from advertisement on back cover. First and last leaves pasted down to covers. Wood-engraved illustrations. Contents: The frog's lecture -- Peter Little and the lucky sixpence -- The pet lamb.

From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in New York by McLoughlin Bros., circa 1870s. Title and imprint from cover.

From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by George Routledge & Sons, circa 1870s. Cover title. From cover: "One shilling: or, mounted on cloth, two shillings." Part of Routledge's new series of shilling toy books. Summary: Tom, a tiny boy no bigger than his father's thumb, finds that his small size leads him into many adventures and dangers.

From the Rare Books Collection. Cover of The poems of Goethe, published in 1874, with English translation in original metres by Edgar Alfred Bowring.

From the Mississippiana and Rare Book Collection. A booklet titled "Dramshops, Industry, and Taxes: an Address to the people of Mississippi" regarding temperance and prohibition. The address was given by A. Burwell in Vicksburg, MS on October 24, 1874.

From the de Grummond Books Collection. Published in London by Frederick Warne and Company and in New York by Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong. Descriptions of zoo animals with illustrations.