Series 1711: Armories, Bases, Camps, and Maneuver Grounds Files. 1902-1980.
Creator: Military Dept. / Adjutant General’s Office (RG 33).
Collection Summary: This series contains files relating to the physical plans and additions to National Guard armories, bases, camps, and maneuver grounds. The material includes: camp abandonment listings, acquisitions of property by the state, armory/storehouse rentals, blueprints/schematics of future National Guard facilities and renovations, correspondence, newspaper clippings, adequacy requirements for National Guard armories, inspection reports for sites, reports, and leases of property and facilities.
Access Restrictions: None.
Date(s): 1934-1941; n.d.
Volume: 16.00 Cubic Feet.
Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer in October 2025.
Related Materials: TBD.
- Collection Inventory:
Box Content Box Number
1953-1957: Acquisition of Real Property 33910
1964: Armory Inventory 33910
1914-1956: Armory Plans, Drawings- Storage Facilities, and Armories 33910
1946-1955: Army Air Bases and Aviation Fields- Key Field, MS 33910
1947-1952: Bases- Coast Guard Area Base- Biloxi, MS 33910
1956: Bases- Gulfport Training Base 33910
1948-1951: Boards- National Defense Reserve Facilities Board 33911
1956: Boards- MS. Reserve Forces Facilities Board 33911
1916-1932: Camps- Abandonment of Camps 33911
1916-1942: Camps- Acquisition and Construction 33911
1923-1930: Camps- Biloxi, MS- Acquisition and Construction 33911
1925-1928: Camps- Contracts for Construction 33912
1930-1933: Camps- Non-Military Organization Use 33912
1960: Camps- Hattiesburg, MS- Moving of USP and FO to Camp Shelby 33912
1938-1940: Camps- Hattiesburg, MS- Road/Wall Renovations 33912
1902-1933: Camps, Cantonments, and Maneuver Grounds 33912
1935-1941: Camps, Cantonments, and Maneuver Grounds 33913
1954-1957: Camps, Cantonments, and Maneuver Grounds 33914
1914-1938: Correspondence- Regarding Maps, Drawings, and Blueprints 33914
1917: Maps/Blueprints- Standard Pyramidal Tent Frame 33914
1925: Maps/Blueprints- Showing National Guard Lands in Jackson County 33914
Not Dated: Maps/Blueprints- Cost Estimates for Military Reservation Roads 33915
Not Dated: Maps/Blueprints- Showing Lands to put up as Security 33915
1980: MS. Army National Guard- Heliport Directory 33915
1950: News Release- Hospital Reports Concerning Explosion at Booneville Armory 33915
1950: Report- Raymond, MS- Investigation of National Guard Armory Destruction 33915
Sept. 13, 1899: Map of Lucedale, MS. 33916
Not Dated: Hospital Blueprint for MS. National Guard Rifle Range 33916
Not Dated: Mess Hall Blueprint for MS. National Guard Rifle Range 33916
Not Dated: Storehouse Blueprint for MS. National Guard Rifle Range 33916
Not Dated: Company Toilet Blueprint for MS. National Guard Rifle Range 33916
Not Dated: Officer’s Quarters Blueprint for MS. National Guard Rifle Range 33916
Not Dated: Office of the Chief Quartermaster- Camp Kitchens Blueprint 33916
Jan. 2, 1930: Harrison County, MS- Map of Fern and Thompson Property 33916
Sept. 16, 1926: Biloxi, MS- National Guard Camp Officer’s Mess Hall 33916
Sept. 16, 1926: Biloxi, MS- Overall Camp Plan/Building Locations 33916
Sept. 15, 1926: Biloxi, MS- Topographical Map/Camp Layout and Light System 33916
May 27, 1926: Office of Quartermaster General- Reinforced Concrete/Cribbing Types 33916
Feb. 4, 1918: War Dept. Construction Division- Administration Buildings 33916
Jan. 30, 1918: War Dept. Construction Division- Lavatory 33916
Dec. 18, 1917: War Dept. Construction Division- Regimental Storehouse 33916
Not Dated: City Map of Jackson County locating Camp McClellan 33917
Not Dated: Sewer Blueprints (unspecified camp) 33917
Not Dated: Camp Shelby, MS. - Proposed MS. Highway Connection #24 Blueprint 33917
Apr. 13, 1954: Collins, MS. - Armory Building Revision 33918
Aug. 29, 1935: AL. National Guard- Proposed one-unit Armory (Basement Plan) 33918
Aug. 29, 1935: AL. National Guard- Proposed one-unit Armory (1st Floor) 33918
Not Dated: Bay Springs, MS. - Proposed Armory Facilities Floor Plan 33918
Not Dated: Bruce, MS. / Company C 108th Calvary Regiment- Temp. Armory Facilities 33918
Not Dated: Hollandale, MS. - Armory Floor Plan 33918
Not Dated: City Map of Biloxi, MS showing Naval Park 33918
Not Dated: MS. National Guard; Camp Shelby- Ordinance Magazines (Sheet 1-2) 33919
Not Dated: MS. National Guard; Camp Shelby- Post Exchange Building (Sheets 1-3) 33919
Jan. 1937: Temporary Enlisted Men’s Kitchen and Mess 33919
Jan. 1937: Metal Toilet Partitions/Enlisted Men’s Lavatory Buildings 33919
Jan. 1937: Camp Shelby, MS. - Screened Tent Frames and Floors Blueprint 33919
Jan. 1937: Camp Shelby, MS. - Temporary Officer’s Lavatory Blueprint 33919
Jan. 1937: Camp Shelby, MS. - Temporary Pump House Blueprint 33919
Not Dated: City Map of Biloxi, MS. Showing Naval Reserve Park (second copy) 33919
Not Dated: Map of New Augusta, MS. Gun/Artillery Ranges 33919
Not Dated: Camp Shelby, MS. - Caretaker’s Residence Blueprints (sheets 1-7) 33920
Jan. 1937: Temporary Enlisted Men’s Lavatory 33920
Apr. 25, 1935: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Enlisted Men’s Lavatory (sheets 1-2) 33941
Apr. 25, 1935: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Dispensary Building (sheets 1-2) 33941
Apr. 25, 1935: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Regimental Store House (sheets 1-2) 33941
Apr. 25, 1935: Camp Shelby, MS. – Plans and Details of Present Storehouses (sheets 1-2) 33941
Not Dated: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Camp Headquarters (sheets 1-3) 33942
Jan. 31, 1931: General Map of Camp Beauregard 33942
Sept. 19, 1925: Summer Training Camps, Kitchens, and Mess 33942
Not Dated: MS. Valley Map Showing Flood Relief and Rehabilitation 33943
Apr. 25, 1935: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Camp Store Houses 33943
Apr. 19, 1949: Biloxi, MS. – Fencing Site Plan for Biloxi Air Station 33943
Not Dated: Biloxi, MS: National Guard Repairs/Additions to Coast Guard Facilities 33943
Not Dated: Pass Christian, MS. – Merchant Marine School Blueprint 33944
Jul. 10, 1944: Mobile, AL. – Detailed Map of Field Lighting System 33944
Jun. 3, 1935: MS. Camp Shelby National Guard- Camp Layout Plan 33944
Apr. 7, 1925: NY. National Guard- New York State Tentative Amateur Radio Network 33944
Jul. 30 – Oct. 15, 1936: Hattiesburg, MS. – Surveys and Drawings 33945
Not Dated: Camp McClellan Plaque Inscription 33945