American Memory has a rich collection of photographs of the Mississippi landscape that inspired Faulkner's fiction. To find similar images from the 1930s and 1940s, search the collection "FSA/OWI Black and White Photography, 1935-1945" on keywords such as cotton, sharecropper, tenant or farmer.
Search on the keywords Oxford, Mississippi, in "Built in America" to see examples of Lafayette County, Miss., architecture, including Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, and other buildings.
A. Carl Van Vechten, photographer. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction information: Reproduction Nos.: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10445 DLC (digital file from original photograph), LC-USZ62-110952 DLC (b&w film copy neg.); Call No.: LOT 12735, no. 369
B. Rowan Oak, Old Taylor Road, Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss. Alternate Title: William Faulkner House. Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction information: Call Number: HABS MISS,36-OXFO,9-