Asof 11/05/2003

Series 1887: Office Files, Selective Service System, Mississippi. 1940-1947, 1972.
U. S. Military Records (RG 58)

      Regulations, reports, letters, circulars, memoranda, bulletins, and correspondence relating to the organization and operation of the Selective Service System in Mississippi before, during, and immediately after America’s involvement in World War II. There are organization charts that list the paid employees and unpaid volunteers who staffed the state office in Jackson and the local boards in the counties. The letters, circulars, memoranda, and bulletins promulgate national and local policies and procedures concerning the registration, classification, and selection of men for service in the U. S. military during World War II. The reports summarize the accomplishments of the various divisions of the state office and were the basis for the state reports to the National Selective Service System office in Washington, DC. Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title and then chronological within each folder.

Agricultural Plan – Check-off Lists for Registrars10022

Circular Letters: 1942-19439958
Circular Letters: 1944-19459939

Circular Letters: Nov 1945 – Conferences, Dec 194310022

Civilian Advisory Panel on Military Manpower Procurement: 196710103

Conferences: Jan-Jun 1944 – Hardship Cases10025

Correspondence: 1944-19479936

Handbook for Uncompensated Personnel: 197210013

Hearings before House Committee on Armed Services: 1952, 196710103

Hearings before Senate Committee on Armed Services: 196710103

Hearings before Senate Committee on Military Matters: 194510103

History of Furnishing Statement of Service Cards to the States: 1792-1948 – “Man, Money,
      Monopoly and Misery in Mississippi”		10027

Manpower Bulletin #9 – Medical Association10027

Manpower Bulletins: 1942-19459980

Medical Bulletins: 1941-19459984

Medical Bulletins: 1946 – Miss. Totals, Progressive Report on Registration: Dec 31, 194610027

Monthly Activity Reports: 1942 – Negro Reemployment Committeemen10028

News Releases: 1940-19429967
News Releases: 1943-19459968

Number of Men Enlisted, Inducted, Discharged, and Now in Service: Jun 30, 1946
      – Occupation of Registrants		10028

Office Memoranda: 1941-19439937
Office Memoranda: 1944-19459950

Office Memoranda: 1946 – Proclamationsz10028

Oversized blueprints10036

Oversized charts and maps10037

Procurement Circulars: 1940-19439942
Procurement Circulars: 1944-19459983

Procurement Circulars: 1946 – Purchase Authority10028

Public Relations Files: 194110105
Public Relations Files: 1940-194210106

Racial Relations – Report of Activities: 194310030

Report of Activities: 194310031
Report of Activities: 1944, Annual Report10011
Report of Activities: 1944, Annual and Semi-Annual Reports10031
Report of Activities: 1944, Part 19954
Report of Activities: 1944, Part 29953
Report of Activities: 1945, Annual Reports10013

Report of Activities: 1945, Annual and Semi-Annual Reports – Report of Classification10031

Report of Activities: 1945, Semiannual Reports10021

Report of Conference on Miss. Selective Service System: Nov 19449954

Report of Employment and Payrolls – Report of Selective Service Conference10031

Report to Accompany House Resolution 1752: 194510103

Reports of Audit Systems: 1944-194510015

Reports of Classification10031

Reports of Coordination and Policy Visits: 194510017

Reports of Policy Visits: 194410017

Reports of Regional Meetings – Roster of Personnel for Selective Service Medal Salaries
      and Payrolls – Specifications for Basement		10033

State Director's Advice to Local Boards: 1944-194510013

State Director's Advice to Local Boards: 1946 – State Directors10033

State Headquarters Memoranda: 19409973
State Headquarters Memoranda: 1941-19429957
State Headquarters Memoranda: 1943-19459973

State Headquarters Memoranda: 1946 – Veterans' Pamphlets, etc.:194410033

Veterans' Pamphlets, etc.: 1945 – X-rays10034