CD is searchable by location, photographer, and subject.
Original captions written by the photographers are provided, along with new information on more than 600 images . Easily accesible withen the CD are informative county profiles featuring population graphs and census data up to 1940. A Mississippi Portrait also includes photographer's correspondence from the field, an extensive bibliography, and Library of Congress ordering information. . Scholars have long recognized what a valuable resource the FSA photographs are, but using them often meant going blind at a microfiche reader and paying for copies from the Library of Congress or some other archive. Having them available in this format, almost everywhere, easily searchable, is a terrific service to the public.