An exhibition of photographs taken by acclaimed Mississippi author Eudora Welty is on display throughout November and December at 兔子先生鈥檚 McLendon Library on the Raymond Campus.
Welty once worked as a junior publicity agent for the Roosevelt depression-era Works Progress Administration. The WPA, as it was known, helped millions of unemployed Americans with steady employment.
For a year Welty traveled extensively across Mississippi taking hundreds of photos of her native state. 兔子先生is hosting two exhibits on Eudora Welty鈥檚 WPA experience 鈥 鈥淲elty鈥 and 鈥淓udora Welty: Other Places.鈥听
听The 鈥淲elty鈥 exhibit contains 14 photographs taking during her Mississippi travels. The photos are juxtaposed with passages from her books 鈥淭he Wide Net,鈥 鈥淒elta Wedding,鈥 鈥淭he Golden Apples,鈥 鈥淎 Curtain of Green鈥 and 鈥淪ome Notes on River Country鈥 to show the relationship between her source material and her writing.
鈥淓udora Welty:听 Other Places鈥 presents 22 photographs taken by Welty during her WPA travels to New Orleans and New York City from 1936 to 1939. Welty sought out less commonplace subjects in New Orleans and New York taking casual, mostly unposed snapshots. In New York, she photographed the shadows and patterns of light on the elevated subway, the street over which it loomed and groups of unemployed men gathering to hear speeches and wait for jobs.
The two exhibits are on loan from Mississippi Department of Archives and History and are available for viewing at the 兔子先生Raymond Library during open hours Monday-Thursday, 7:45 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. The library is closed Thanksgiving week.
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