Series 2481: Guide Book Maps. 1936-1938.
Work Projects Administration (RG 60). Federal Writers’ Project.

Series 2481: Guide Book Maps. 1936-1938.
Work Projects Administration (RG 60). Federal Writers’ Project.

      Maps produced for the WPA “American Guide Series” book Mississippi: A Guide to the Magnolia State. Many of the maps have corrections and annotations written on them, and for some maps there are various versions of the same subject. Two of the items, one an oversize map titled “Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, 1938,” the other a pictographic map of the state, were apparently never published in the Guide. Another oversize item, a 22” x 32 ½” printed color map of Mississippi, is one of those included with earlier printings of the Guide. This item features city maps of Jackson and Biloxi on its obverse, as well as a map index that lists towns in the state and their corresponding populations. The 1949 printing of the Guide did not have the large color state map; instead it was reprinted in smaller, black & white page-sized sections within the book. Thus, later printings of the book also lack the maps for Jackson and Biloxi.

See also:
      Federal Writers’ Project, Works Progress Administration. Mississippi: A Guide to the Magnolia State.
      MDAH call # 917.62 F32m.