French Language Subject Guide: Home
Subject Guide Directory
The Archives & Special Collections material identified in this subject guide features books and other items dating from the sixteenth century through 1815.
The subject guide is organized in the following manner:
- Almanacs, Memoirs, & History with separate sections arranged chronologically by publication date for the Ancien Regime (1518-1788), the French Revolution (1789-1799), and the Napoleonic Era (1799-1815).
- Literature, Philosophy, & Writing
- Music, Theatre, & Art
- Math, Science, & Technology
- Food & Home Economics
- Manuscript Collections. While the other pages in the subject guide list catalogued publications, this page outlines French-language material (dating from sixteenth-century to 1815) found within the holdings of manuscript collections.
John Latham
The vast majority of the French language books in Special Collections dating from the 15th through the 19th centuries were the gift of John Latham. Latham attended the University of Mississippi for a year prior to entering the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. He later became a foreign representative of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. Latham began making donations to the library in 1968, and many more volumes arrived in a bequest following Latham's death in 1983. The collection reflects Latham's interest in French history and French books printed prior to the revolution as represented by a large number of almanacs, official military reports, city and artist guides, and the satirical fiction of the Philosophes.
Contact Information
Archives & Special Collections
Located on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library and open Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm (except during holidays).
Email: archivesdept@olemiss.edu
Phone: (662) 915-1595