Dr. Todd A. Herring, a graduate of Mississippi State University, began collecting historical material while still in elementary school. Starting in 2009, Dr. Herring began donating parts of his collection to the Manuscripts Department of Special Collections at Mississippi State for the purpose of supporting undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning. The collection is both complex and wide-ranging, and features a broad variety of documents and artifacts. Areas of strength include Early American and European manuscripts, early American newspapers, and plantation culture in Mississippi and Louisiana, including family letters, legal documents, and records of enslaved persons.
