Series 2633: Mid-South Regional Commission Files. 1976-1980.
Governor's Office. Administration of Charles C. (Cliff) Finch (RG 27).
As of 08/21/2009
Series 2633: Mid-South Regional Commission Files. 1976-1980.
Governor's Office. Administration of Charles C. (Cliff) Finch (RG 27).
The Mid-South Regional Commission was a four-state regional development entity formed in the late 1970s under the provisions of Title V of the Federal Regional Economic Development Act of 1965. It includes the non-Appalachian counties of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The first co-chairman of the commission in1979 was Governor Cliff Finch of Mississippi. This commission was designed to allow the Federal and state governments to work together in a coordinated program of economic planning and development to resolve the complex problems of lagging regional economies. The files in this series document the formation of the Mid-South Regional Commission and the beginnings of its work during the Finch administration.
| Commission Designation Application and supporting files: 1977 | 28604 |
| Commission Meetings and Minutes: 1979 | 28605 |
| Correspondence: 1977-1980 | 28605 |
| Federal Laws and Procedures: 1975-1979 | 28604 |
| Mid-South Regional Development Plan: 1979 | 28604 |
| Resolutions of Support from Counties and Municipalities: 1976-1977 | 28606 |
| Statements before Various Congressional Committees: 1979 | 28605 |
| Study Papers: 1979, n.d. | 28605 |
| Uniform Code for Regional Development Commission (draft): 1979 | 28605 |