The Mississippi Department of Archives and History announces Home Places: 5 Photographs by Eudora Welty, the first in a series of limited edition sets featuring black and white photographs by Eudora Welty. The theme of the first edition, home places, is reflected in images of home taken during the 1930s in Utica, Grenada, and Jackson, Mississippi. The photographs were selected by Eudora Welty and Patti Black, former director of the Old Capitol Museum.

Printed by James Patterson from original negatives in the Department's Welty Collection, the photographs are archivally processed to meet the standards of the Image Permanency Institute. The photographs are printed on 11" x 14" sheets of silver paper, toned and unmounted. The image size is determined by the format of the negative. Each photograph will bear an imprint for the Welty Collection and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Prints are available individually or in a set of five.

The Eudora Welty Print Series is a fund-raising project for the Welty House Trust Fund (for the future preservation of her Belhaven home) and the Archives Trust Fund. Each edition will contain five images, with 300 prints of each image. The first 150 prints (five images) will be sold as sets only at $500 per set (plus $35 state sales tax and $8.50 per set shipping); prints not assembled as sets will be available for individual purchase at $100 each (plus $7.00 state sales tax and $6.25 each shipping). Prepublication orders for sets are being accepted by mail order only. No more than five sets may be ordered on a single purchase; there are no discounts for multiple-set purchases or to dealers. Sets (for customer pickup) will be available at the Old Capitol Shop on or after May 19. Individual photographs may be purchased at the Old Capitol Shop or ordered by mail. For more information, write or call the Shop, P. O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571; telephone 601-359-6921.