Creator: Planning Commission (RG 15).

Collection Summary: Subject files containing correspondence, speeches, maps, photographs, newspaper clippings, press releases, and other materials on a variety of topics such as rural electrification, state-owned lands, drainage, recreation, WPA projects, and balancing agriculture with industry. Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1927-1943.

Volume: 1.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in August 2024.

Related Materials: TBD

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

Planning Commission Subject Files

601

Oversized Items

29409