Digital Archives
About the Hancock County Library Digital Archives
Our digital archives began with the digitization of microfilm and bound newspapers in our physical collection. With funding provided by The Library Foundation of Hancock County we were able to create a searchable digital collection of historic periodicals about Hancock County, Mississippi. Initial access to the Vault—a digital preservation and storage platform from the Internet Archive—was acquired with grant funding from the Community Webs program. As participating members of Community Webs, HCLS received 500GB of Vault storage from grant funding provided by the Mellon Foundation to preserve our digital collections.
HCLS is in the process of building our collections on the Internet Archive where we can expand access to researchers around the world and track the use of our digital collections.
HCLS welcomes born-digital and physical items from the community to preserve as part of our commitment to collecting the history of Hancock County for future generations.
Explore Our Digital Archives Collections
We are in the process of migrating our digital collections to the Internet Archive.
Our full periodicals collection can be found HERE.
Other Resources for Mississippi History
Mississippi Digital Library
Mississippi Department of Archives & History
Mississippi State University, University Libraries
Digitized Newspapers from Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Oral History Kits
Grant funding from Community Webs has been used to further our Strategic Plan goals of collecting Hancock County history through the acquisition of resources to support community archiving initiatives, including oral history kits, digital preservation resources, and programming and outreach.
Community members interested in donating recordings of oral history interviews may submit electronic files with a completed Oral History Agreement.
