As of 10/13/2010

Series 417: Drainage District Subject Files. 1935-1941.
Planning Commission (RG 15).

      Subject files concerning drainage districts, drainage basins, and other drainage-related topics. A great deal of the material concerns the Statewide Drainage Survey conducted by the State Planning Commission (and its successor, the Board of Development) and the Works Progress Administration. A short history/overview of the Statewide Drainage Survey may be found in Box #627.

      Materials include reports, maps, charts, invoices, bills, expense statements, press releases, legislation, statistics, and personnel records. Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title.

See also:
      Series 559: Reports and Publications. 1939-1944 (RG 11).

Altamaha Mobile Basin – Drainage History625
Drainage Law Digest – Lower Miss. “A” Subcommittee, Yazoo Basin626
Lower Miss. Valley Basin – Miss. State Soil Conservation Dist. Law627
Pearl/Pascagoula Basin – Yazoo Miss. Delta Levee Board628
Oversize items20526
Oversize items29431