Series 414: Statewide Drainage Survey Working Documents. 1911-1941.
Creator: Planning Commission (RG 15).
Collection Summary: Maps, profiles, charts, specifications, bid documents, excavation sheets, and other items related to drainage districts in Mississippi. These items were generated and compiled during the course of the Statewide Drainage Survey conducted by the State Planning Commission (and its successor, the Board of Development) and the Works Progress Administration. Since the engineers and other workers on the survey used pre-existing drainage district maps and data where available, some of the material in this series significantly predates the survey itself. However, the majority of these materials are the direct result of work by the survey engineers and project planners. The materials in this series are arranged by county as a way of giving some organization to these items. Many drainage districts actually cross county boundaries. Please see the tables on the following pages, which contain more detailed box contents. One of the tables is arranged alphabetically by county, and the other is arranged alphabetically by drainage district. Note that the word “documents” in the box contents list below refers to bid documents, specifications, and other letter-sized items, as opposed to the oversized items which make up the bulk of this collection.
Access Restrictions: None
Date(s): 1911-1941.
Volume: 50.00 Cubic Feet
Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in March 2025
Related Materials: Series 416: Statewide Drainage Survey District Reports. 1939-1940. Series 417: Drainage District Subject Files. 1935-1941.
Record Group History: The Mississippi Planning Commission was created by the Mississippi Senate via Senate Bill 551 in 1936. The Commission was tasked with creating a master plan for the physical development of the state and prepare a program for the continued development of major improvements in the state. Additional duties of the commission were the preparation of maps and surveys for the use of state agencies and the performance of administrative and engineering work throughout Mississippi. In 1940, the commission was abolished, and its duties were transferred to the newly created Board of Development.
- Collection Inventory:
Box Content Box Number
Adams 19051 Adams 612 Alcorn 612 Alcorn 19051 Attala 612 Attala 19051 Benton 612 Benton (documents) 19052 Bolivar 19051 Bolivar 17585 Bolivar 613 Bolivar (documents) 19052 Calhoun 20453 Calhoun 17593 Carroll 17593 Chickasaw 17593 Chickasaw 20453 Choctaw 17593 Clay 614 Coahoma 614 Coahoma 19051 DeSoto 614 Grenada 615 Harrison 615 Holmes 615 Holmes 20453 Humphreys 20453 Humphreys 615 Issaquena 20453 Itawamba 615 Jefferson 615 Lafayette 615 Lafayette 20453 Leake 615 Leake (documents) 19052 Lee 616 Leflore 616 Leflore (documents) 19052 List of organized drainage districts in Mississippi: 1941 622 Marshall 20454 Marshall 616 Monroe 617 Montgomery 617 Neshoba 617 Neshoba 20459 Neshoba 20458 Neshoba (documents) 19052 Newton 617 Newton (documents) 19052 Oktibbeha 617 Panola 617 Pontotoc 617 Prentiss 20454 Prentiss 17601 Prentiss (documents) 19052 Quitman 17601 Scott 17601 Sharkey 17601 Sharkey 20455 Sharkey 19052 Sunflower 618 Sunflower 19052 Tallahatchie 19052 Tallahatchie 20453 Tallahatchie 618 Tate 618 Tate 20455 Tate 19052 Tippah 19052 Tippah 20457 Tippah 20456 Tippah 619 Tippah (documents) 19052 Tishomingo 619 Tishomingo 20457 Tishomingo 19052 Tunica 19052 Tunica 20457 Tunica 619 Unidentified 620 Union 620 Union 20457 Union 19052 Union 20461 Washington 20461 Washington 20460 Washington 20456 Washington 620 Webster 620 Webster 19052 Wilkinson 20457 Wilkinson 620 Winston 19052 Winston 622 Yalobusha 19052 Yalobusha 622 Yazoo 622 Yazoo 19052 Yazoo 20457