Creator: Building Commission (RG 43).

Collection Summary:  Blueprints, drawings, and reports relating to the construction, renovation, and repair of the New State Capitol Building.  Included are blueprints and transparencies of the original 1900 architects drawings; electrical renovations in 1949; restoration and refurbishing reports and specifications from the early 1970s; and renovation specifications from 1979.

Access Restrictions: Access to architectural drawings or blueprints of state buildings is limited. Application for access, with justification, must be submitted to the Director, Archives and Library Division, or to the Department Director.

Date(s): 1900-1982.

Volume: 5.0 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Ramsey McManus in June 2026.

Related Materials: TBD.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

1900: Original Drawings - blueprints, pages 3-13, 15-24, & 26-28, roof, cross sections5064
1900: Original Drawings - blueprints, unnumbered page [4], 5, & 7-10, first floor interior5682
pages 11-13 & 15-20, positive blueprint of exterior5684
pages 21-24 & 26-28, roof and ornamental details5686
parts of pages 11, 12, & 20, longitudinal section5688
1900: Original Drawings - transparencies, sheets 3, 8, 21-22, & 27-285118
sheets 4-6 & 23-245071
sheet 7 & 9-115072
sheets 12-13, 15, & 175116
sheets 16, 18-20, & 265514
1949: Switchboard Renovation - blueprints6536
Transformer Vault Installation - blueprints6536
1964: Parking Areas - plans5064
1970: Dome - color photographs6537
Eagle and Cupola - restoration & refinishing6537
Fire & Water Damage to Dome - survey6537
(June): Kudzu – volume 2, #76537
1971: Exterior Refurbishing - construction specifications6537
Ornamental Plaster Capitals – plans5064
1972: Construction Specifications6537
1973: Study and Recommendations for Renovation of the Miss. State Capitol Building [2 copies]6531
1978: Preliminary Submittal Report for the Renovation (in two vols.)6531
1979: Renovation, vols. 1 & 2 w/ addenda - specifications6496
1981: Renovation, existing tree surgery work – plan5064
1982: General Information, History, & Restoration [compiled]6537