Series 2887: PRBDD Newsletters, News Releases, and Press Releases. 1963-1998.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).
As of 07/01/2020
Series 2887: PRBDD Newsletters, News Releases, and Press Releases. 1963-1998.
Planning and Development Districts (RG 114). Pearl River Basin Development District (SG 3).
This series consists of newsletters, news releases, press releases, magazines, pamphlets, and bulletins composed by or pertaining to the Pearl River Basin Development District (PRBDD). This information was released on a regular basis to brother/sister agencies and detailed the work projects and weekly events the Development District was responsible for overseeing. Due to the large size of the collection, further processing may be necessary in the future. As of now the finding aid is organized roughly by agency. If a particular agency or event had enough documentation to warrant it, the related material is organized by that agency. For example, the US Army Corps. of Engineers did a lot of work for and with PRBDD, so any newsletters relating to them or released by them that were found in the PRBDD collections are listed under “US Army Corps. of Engineers” on this Finding Aid. However, most of the documents were simply compiled under “PRBDD”. The information is thereunder organized chronologically. Please not that, in an effort to ensure simple processing and researching, all folders are simply labeled as “Newsletters” to avoid confusion between differing subject headers (Newsletters vs News Releases, for example).
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 30 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.
MS Game and Fish Commission
| MS Game and Fish Newsletters (1968-1971) | 34849 |
Atwood Bluegrass Festival
| Atwood Bluegrass Festival Newsletters (1978-1979) | 34849 |
MS Office of Economic Opportunity
| Newsletters (1967-1972) | 34849 |
MS Research and Development Center
| Newsletters (1966-1978) | 34849 |
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS)
| Newsletters (1968-1969) | 34849 |
Federal Power Commission
| Newsletters (1974) | 34849 |
MS Business Review
| Newsletters (1976-1978) | 34849 |
Pearl River Valley and Water Supply District
| Newsletters (1963-1969) | 34849 |
US Dept. of Justice
| Newsletters (1992-1995) | 34849 |
“Port of Natchez”
| Newsletter page (Not Dated) | 34849 |
Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District
| Newsletters (1975-1985) | 34849 |
“MS Monitor (Southeast Area)”
| Newsletters (1970) | 34849 |
US Dept. of Agriculture
| Newsletters (1962-1968) | 34849 |
MS Institute of Higher Learning
| Newsletters (1965-1979) | 34849 |
MS Dept. of Public Welfare
| Newsletters (1973-1974) | 34849 |
State Dept. of Education
| Newsletters (1970-1976) | 34849 |
MS Forestry Commission
| Newsletters (1969-1976) | 34849 |
US Dept. of the Interior
| Newsletters (1969) | 34849 |
North Dakota State Outdoor Recreation Agency
| Newsletters (1969) | 34849 |
MS Air and Water Pollution Control Commission
| Newsletters (1969) | 34849 |
State Tax Commission
| Newsletters (1969) | 34849 |
US Army Corps of Engineers
| Newsletters (1964-1980) | 34849 |
MS Water Resources Association
| Newsletters (1998) | 34849 |
National Waterways Conference, Inc.
| Newsletters (1986) | 34849 |
Pearl River Basin Development District (PRBDD)
| MS Civil Defender Newsletters (1970-1975) | 34849 |
| “Your Reservoir and its Development” Newsletters (1964) | 34849 |
| Newsletters/Election of Officers (1970-1977) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (Not Dated) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1965) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1966) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1967) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1968) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1969) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1970) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1971) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1972) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1973) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1974) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1975) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1976) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1977) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1978) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1979) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1980) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1981) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1982) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1984) | 34849 |
| Newsletters (1986) | 34849 |