Collection Summary: Manship House Museum files transferred to the archives in 2022 after the museum’s indefinite closure. The house was built in 1857 and is a rare example of Gothic Revival architecture in the South. Charles Henry Manship (1812-1895) was the mayor of Jackson during the Civil War, an ornamental painter and grainer, and was active in community affairs in Jackson throughout his life. Four generations of Manships owned the property continuously until it was acquired by the state in 1975. The house is interpreted to the year 1888, when Charles and Adaline Manship celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Access Restrictions: Access to architectural drawings of state buildings is limited. Application for access, with justification, must be submitted to the Head of the Archives and Library Division or the Director of the Department of Archives and History.

Collection Inventory
Box Content

Box Number

Monthly Reports, 1980-200735827
Monthly Reports, 2008-201535828
Correspondence, 1982-1993
Family Reunions
Budgets, 1987-1997
35829
Archaeological and Architectural Materials, 1980-200735830
Programs and Exhibit Research, 1980s35831
Programs and Exhibit Research, 1990s35832
Programs and Exhibit Research, 2000s35833
Programs and Exhibit Research, 2000s35834
Programs and Exhibit Research, 2010s35835
Printed Materials35836
Printed Materials, Architectural, AV Material35837
Architectural Plans:
      Structural Repairs, 2011
      Manship Kitchen (photocopy), 1998
      Manship Kitchen (blueprint), 1998
      Finial Plan, 1979
      Sprinkler Plot Plan, 2000
      Furniture Plan, Undated
      Plant & Tree Location Plan, 1977
      Bell Mount Plan, 1980
      Phelps House, 1980
35839
Manship Family Genealogy35987
Genealogy, Phelps House35988
Disaster Plan, Accreditation Files35989
Accreditation Files35990
Accreditation Files35991