Series 2880: PRBDD Subject Files. 1964-2018.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).
As of 09/12/2019
Series 2880: PRBDD Subject Files. 1964-2018.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).
A large collection of subject files from the Pearl River Basin Development District. These records detail the numerous projects related to agency activities and include correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, clippings, and minutes. Published materials, maps/plans/blueprints, and photographic materials were removed and placed in separate collections. Due to the large size of the collection, further processing will be necessary in the future. As such the following box descriptions are illustrative rather than comprehensive.
Agency History: The Pearl River Basin Development District was created by the Mississippi legislature in 1964 to serve as local coordinator for federal programs of water resource development including: pollution abatement, flood management, soil conservation, and water recreation. County membership in the district fluctuated over the course of the agency’s history but included the following counties: Attala, Copiah, Hancock, Hinds, Lawrence, Leake, Lincoln, Marion, Neshoba, Pearl River, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson and Walthall. The District was governed by a thirty-member Board of Directors. Two members were appointed by each county's Board of Supervisors, four appointed from major state agencies, and one appointed by the Governor. Notable projects initiated by the PRBDD include: The Pearl River Boatway (which consists of twelve parks stretching from Neshoba County to the Gulf Coast), the Shoccoe Dry Dam Project, the Highway 25 Clearing Project, and Riverside Park (now LeFleurs Bluff State Park) in Jackson.
| Engineering Proposals, legal files, insurance files, Hwy 25 Clearing Project | 34589 |
| Hwy 25 Clearing Project, D'Lo WP, Crossroads WP, East Pearl Diversion | 34590 |
| Michael Baker correspondence | 34591 |
| Bahala Creek, Walkiah Bluff Water Park, Merit Water Park | 34592 |
| Lester Engineering, Walkiah Bluff lawsuit | 34593 |
| NAUFMA, general correspondence | 34594 |
| General correspondence, Edinburg Reservoir | 34595 |
| Washington trip 1981, flood plain management | 34596 |
| Flood plain management, Corps of Engineers - West Pearl Navigation Project | 34597 |
| East Pearl Diversion Project, public hearings | 34598 |
| Federal agencies correspondence, HUD, BOR, Soil Conservation Service | 34599 |
| Federal agencies correspondence, EPA, Bureau of Outdoor Rec. | 34600 |
| Federal agencies correspondence, Resources Advisory Board, SEBIAC | 34601 |
| Attala County, Copiah County, Compugraphics | 34602 |
| Lawrence County, Joint Management Program, legislative files | 34603 |
| Hinds County water resources evaluation, Jackson water system master plan | 34604 |
| Lincoln Co, Neshoba Co, Flood Control Task Force | 34605 |
| Levee alignment, Riverside Park, PRVWSD | 34606 |
| Board of Directors correspondence, Rankin Co Board of Supervisors | 34607 |
| Corps of Engineers flood studies, Simpson County | 34608 |
| EPA, Soil Conservation Service | 34609 |
| Rankin Co water resources study, Shoccoe Dam, US DOJ | 34610 |
| Board meetings, Rivers and Harbors Association | 34611 |
| Recreation study, Jackson water quality management plan | 34612 |
| Simpson co, Rankin co, Scott co | 34613 |
| Public workshops, project summaries | 34614 |
| Engineering reports, interim reports | 34615 |
| Hancock, Copiah, Lawrence, Rankin. McLeod WP, Georgetown WP. | 34616 |
| Hancock, watershed projects | 34617 |
| Executive committee meeting, hazardous waste, Pearl River easements | 34618 |
| Levee surveys, MS Water Resources Association | 34619 |
| Jackson Clearing Plan, MS Water Resources Association | 34620 |
| Clearing project, Flood Control Advisory Committee, Exec committee meeting | 34621 |
| Lower Pearl River Diversion Project, Midpoint Park, Exec committee meeting | 34622 |
| Solid waste master plans, Hinds Co comprehensive plan, Utica LWCF project | 34623 |
| Barnett Reservoir, Madison Joint Water Management District | 34624 |
| Hinds Co water resources evaluation, Shoccoe Dam | 34625 |
| Shoccoe Dry Dam Project, warranty deeds | 34626 |
| Riverside Park | 34627 |
| Riverside Park, Resources Advisory Board, SEBIAC | 34628 |
| SEBIAC | 34629 |
| Comprehensive Basin Study, MS Civil Defense Council, governor's office | 34630 |
| Governor's office, congressional files, Rivers and Harbors Association | 34631 |
| EPA progress reports, regional sewerage plan, Jackson Flood Control Study | 34632 |
| Jackson Flood Control, governor's contracts, PRBDD org. material 1964-65 | 34633 |
| Corps of Engineers, sovereign immunity, Pearl River Land Conservation Assoc. | 34634 |
| MS Water Management Council, Walthall Co vs Board of Supervisors | 34635 |
| Solid waste, West Pearl River Navigation Project | 34636 |
| East Pearl River Diversion Study, West Pearl River Navigation Project | 34637 |
| Flood Control Advisory Committee, joint funding agreements | 34638 |
| Board of Directors quarterly meetings, Shoccoe Dam Project, Corps of Engrs. | 34639 |
| Shoccoe Dam Project, Hinds, Rankin, Lawrence Co | 34640 |
| Regulations and bylaws, slide presentations, Pearl River Task Force | 34641 |
| Board of Directors files, Pearl River flood control recreation report | 34642 |
| PRBDD Administrative Manual (1985) | 34642 |