Creator: Planning Commission (RG 15).

Collection Summary: Subject files maintained by the State Planning Commission concerning WPA projects in Mississippi.  Many of the files relate to the Sixteenth Section and Lieu Lands Survey, but other topics include the Mississippi Parkway Project, the Natchez Trace, and folk tales. General WPA items such as bulletins and memoranda, employee manuals and procedural manuals are also found in this series. The series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1935-1942.

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

County maps – WPA correspondence (16th Section Survey).

644

WPA employment manual – WPA workers’ rating sheets.

645

Oversized Items.

29410