Welcome to our Library section of special collections

Please use the links below to find out about the collections that are available in the Evans Memorial Library.

Genealogical Collection: A Research Guide
The Evans Genealogical Collection began with the research of Dr. W. A. Evans on his family and other families of Monroe County. Miss Lucille Peacock continued the development of the Genealogical Collection, which now attracts visitors from all of the fifty states.

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The F.S. McKnight Photographic Collection
The F. S. McKnight Photographic Collection consists of the photographer's camera, studio equipment and customer registers along with over 14,000 dry glass plate negatives and an equal number of photographs. The images, made in Aberdeen, Mississippi between 1894 and 1930 include street scenes as well as studio and group portraits from all races and classes.

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The Evans Manuscript Collection

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