Creator: Department of Education (RG 50)

Collection Summary: Applications for national defense vocational training buildings and programs from various Mississippi junior colleges.  The applications include statistics on student population within the junior college's area and details about the proposed programs and building(s).

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

Date(s): 1940-1941.

Volume: 1.5 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer in August 2024.

Related Materials: TBD

Record Group History: The first two state constitutions, 1817 and 1832, did not provide for a system of public education, and it was not until 1846 that the first common school law of the state was enacted. Prior to 1868, the establishment and funding of public schools rested with county officials. The state constitution of 1868 provided for the first Superintendent of Public Education, which specified that he shall be elected for a term of four years, at the same time and in the same manner as the governor. The Superintendent of Public Education was also to have general supervision of the common schools and educational interests of the state. The Department of Education in the modern era is charged with the execution of all laws relating to the administrative, supervisory and consultative services to the public schools, agricultural high schools, and junior colleges in the state. 

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

Applications for national defense vocational building(s)/training units

8165

Copiah-Lincoln Junior College plans

Limited access

East Central Junior College plans

Limited access

East Mississippi Junior College plans

Limited access

Harrison-Stone-Jackson Junior College plans

Limited access

Hinds County Junior College plans

Limited access

Holmes County Junior College plans

Limited access

Jones County Junior College plans

Limited access

Pearl River Junior College plans

Limited access

Southwest Junior College plans

Limited access

Sunflower County Junior College plans

Limited access