Observatory Building, exterior, students in front of building

Edward Carlisle Boynton, a Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at the University of Mississippi from 1856 until 1861, was an avid photographer. The collection contains glass plate negatives of antebellum scenes of the University of Mississippi campus as well as family photographs and self-portraits. Photo dates between 1856-1861.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/boynton/1040/thumbnail.jp