Series 559: Reports and Publications. 1939-1944.
Development, Board of (RG 11).

Series 559: Reports and Publications. 1939-1944.
Development, Board of (RG 11).

      Nine documents written, compiled, sponsored, and/or published by the Mississippi Board of Development.

• Index of Manufacturers in Mississippi. December, 1940. Thirty-seven pages of typescript and handwritten notes containing employment and wage data for manufacturing industries in Mississippi and the sales value of products manufactured in the state.
• Summary Report of Organized Drainage Districts in Mississippi. April, 1941. A published report illustrated with charts, tables, maps and photographs.
• A map of the Indian Creek Drainage District No. 1 with sub drainage districts Nos. 1 and 2 in Panola, Quitman and Tunica counties. 1939. The map displays existing ditches and levees, section and township lines, intermittent streams, county lines, and district boundaries. Refer to Appendix A of the publication above for a full report on the Indian Creek Drainage District.
• A Presentation to the 1942 Mississippi Legislature. A fifteen-page typescript demonstrating why Mississippi “should invest in an aggressive advertising program” to attract new residents, tourism and industry.
• Compilation of Property Identification Maps, Harrison County, Mississippi. [ca. 1942]. An eighteen-page typescript of working procedures for compiling property maps as part of a larger project for surveying and indexing “all real properties and real property assessments in Harrison County.” Note that this item does not actually contain such data, but is only a manual detailing how to conduct such a study.
• Final Report of Property Identification Maps Project of Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi. January, 1942. This is a report of how much work was accomplished by project staff, not a compilation of actual property data in Laurel.
• Mississippi. [1943]. An undated six-page typescript with factual data about the state’s area, population, educational opportunities, agricultural products, industry, mineral products, finances, and politics.
• Advertising and Industrial Division. [ca. 1942]. Three-page typescript outlining projects undertaken by the Advertising and Industrial Division of the Mississippi Board of Development. These include answering inquiries about the state; the publication of a tourist guide, the Index of Manufacturers in Mississippi, A Soldier’s Guide to Jackson, and a 1940 census bulletin; and the division’s role as a clearing house for the provision of information about Mississippi.
• Mississippi, Land of the Future. 1944. An eight-page, illustrated pamphlet describing the "potentialities for future industrial development" in the state.