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In addition to ruling over the MissPres universe with an iron fist, Malvaney enjoys reading, wandering around old buildings, stopping to smell the magnolias, fiddling with databases, and sitting on the porch with a good book and a big ol' dog. Non-interests include but are not limited to tweeting, texting, Instagramming, planking, Candy Crush, Donald Trump, and unecessarily destructive home renovation shows.

• Mississippi by Air: Jackson 1943

  By ELMalvaney on June 28, 2013 • ( 9 )

  

• Deupree’s Historic Homes of Mississippi: Blakely

  By ELMalvaney on June 27, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VII (1903). To Deupree’s image I’ve added photos taken by HABS in 1936 and 1940: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ms0167/. This house… Read More ›

• Mississippi=Chopped Liver?

  By ELMalvaney on June 26, 2013 • ( 22 )

  

  You may recall that our list of 101 Mississippi Places to See Before You Die arose from my expressed annoyance in a November 2011 post at Mississippi’s exclusion from the door-stop of a book 1001 Places to See Before You Die…. Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Longwood

  By ELMalvaney on June 20, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VII (1903). Longwood Longwood, the home of Sargent S. Prentiss, stood in the center of a noble forest… Read More ›

• Medgar Evers Slept Here

  By ELMalvaney on June 12, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  Excerpt from Beckwith v. State of Mississippi (1998 appeal) THE EVIDENCE THE DEATH OF MEDGAR EVERS 3. The last hours of Medgar Evers were recounted by the testimony of his widow, Myrlie. On direct examination, Ms. Evers testified as follows: Q…. Read More ›

• Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy

  By ELMalvaney on June 7, 2013 • ( 9 )

  

  We at MissPres like to keep a strict 5-day a week schedule, but this summer, we’ve all decided to relax a bit and post when we feel like it. We hope you will enjoy reading when we do post but… Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Beauvoir

  By ELMalvaney on June 6, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VII (1903). Beauvoir The property in Harrison county, lying along the Gulf coast about half way between Biloxi… Read More ›

• MDAH’s Fred Daniels Photographic Collection Online

  By ELMalvaney on June 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  MDAH recently announced the addition of the Fred Daniels collection to their Flickr photostream. The Daniels family managed a studio in downtown Jackson: The Daniel, Al Fred, Photograph Collection consists of 586 photographs from three studios managed by the Albert… Read More ›

• Vicksburg’s Balfour House, 1863

  By ELMalvaney on June 4, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Emma Balfour, wife of Vicksburg doctor and neighbor of the house that Gen. Pemberton occupied as his headquarters during the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863, kept a valuable diary of her life during the Civil War and especially during the… Read More ›

• MHT Announces New Executive Director

  By ELMalvaney on June 3, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  As you may recall, the Mississippi Heritage Trust’s executive director, David Preziosi, moved on to Texas last fall and MHT announced its open position. It took a while, but I think it was worth the wait: last week MHT announced… Read More ›

• Vacation Postcards: LaFont Inn, Pascagoula

  By ELMalvaney on May 31, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Pinehurst Hotel, Laurel

  By ELMalvaney on May 30, 2013 • ( 13 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Sea Isles Hotel Court, Gulfport

  By ELMalvaney on May 29, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Vacation Postcards: Washington Court, Natchez

  By ELMalvaney on May 28, 2013 • ( 5 )

  

  MissPres is on vacation this week, but we’re sending postcards back from Mississippi’s past.

• Memorial Day 2013

  By ELMalvaney on May 25, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

• Briber Gibson, the Hustling Contractor REVEALED!

  By ELMalvaney on May 24, 2013 • ( 4 )

  One of the things I love about MissPres is that it allows one person who has a tiny bit of information about Mississippi’s architectural history to throw it out there and see if others have other tiny bits of information that… Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: “Blue Mountain”

  By ELMalvaney on May 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). Blue Mountain Blue Mountain Home was built by Frederic Brougher, a pioneer of Tippah county, a… Read More ›

• Mississippi Hills

  By ELMalvaney on May 17, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Take a little time as you sip your Friday morning or afternoon beverage to watch the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area’s promotional video. Maybe you’ll catch sight of a place you want to go visit in person.

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Jacob Thompson’s Home

  By ELMalvaney on May 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). Jacob Thompson’s Home Among the historic homes of Mississippi in ante-bellum days there were none more… Read More ›

• Concrete Blocks of McComb

  By ELMalvaney on May 15, 2013 • ( 13 )

  

  As you know, we at MissPres are fascinated by concrete block and all the forms it took before it became boring old cinder block. Lately, I was driving around McComb and noticed a number of very finely detailed concrete-block houses,… Read More ›

• Mississippi by Air: Natchez-Vidalia Bridge

  By ELMalvaney on May 10, 2013 • ( 6 )

  

  After Suzassippi’s recent post about the New Deal Natchez-Vidalia Bridge and its toll plaza, I realized I had a postcard that would show the relationship better than we can see today with the new highway right-of-ways.

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Malmaison

  By ELMalvaney on May 9, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). For more about Malmaison and its tragic loss to fire, see Lost Mississippi: Malmaison. Malmaison Malmaison,… Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Wexford Lodge (Shirley House)

  By ELMalvaney on May 2, 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). This post is particularly timely, since we are now in the midst of the 150th anniversary… Read More ›

• Cruise the Capital, See Preservation In Action!

  By ELMalvaney on May 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Monday, May 13, 9:30 a.m.–noon at the Old Capitol Museum. Cruising the Capital. Join architectural historian Todd Sanders for a tour of Jackson by trolley. A box lunch and discussion of Jackson preservation projects will follow at the Old Capitol Museum…. Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Kirkwood

  By ELMalvaney on April 25, 2013 • ( 4 )

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). Kirkwood In the northeast corner of Madison county is Kirkwood, the home of Gov. McWillie. In… Read More ›

• New Capitol Crowded, AG Camps in Lt. Gov’s Office

  By ELMalvaney on April 24, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Whenever a large new building is built, or we move into a huge new house, two or three times bigger than we have ever had, there’s a period of delusion in which we can’t see how we will ever fill… Read More ›

• Deupree’s Historic Homes: Concord

  By ELMalvaney on April 18, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  Today’s post is a reprint from Mrs. N.D. Deupree’s “Some Historic Homes of Mississippi,” from Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. VI (1902). Concord, the old residence of the Spanish governors, was situated about three miles east of the… Read More ›