Creator: Work Projects Administration (RG 60).

Collection Summary: Typed transcriptions of the laws of the Territory and State of Mississippi, 1799-1890. The transcriptions were created as part of the Work Projects Administration’s Historical Records Survey from a period between 1936 to 1939. Microfiche copies of the original typeset, published volumes of the laws are also available upon request in the Media Room. Files are arranged chronologically.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1799-1890; 1936-1939. 

Volume: 7.00 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in October 2024.

Related Materials: TBD.

Record Group History: The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was a federal program established on May 6th, 1935, in order to increase employment during the Great Depression. While the WPA was a federal program, it was implemented and managed on the state level with each state having their own director and office to guide the operation of the WPA for each state. The WPA was primarily focused on employing individuals for the purpose of creating public works and infrastructure, but a small portion of its funding was devoted to cultural and artistic endeavors which the files in this collection are primarily concerned with. Two of the major cultural projects the WPA undertook were the Federal Writers’ Project and the Historical Records Survey. The Federal Writers Project employed writers to create guides, histories, and chronicles for each state and the Historical Records Survey sought to catalogue the historical records of each state.

Collection Inventory:
Box Content 

Box Number

1799-180911037
1810-182111038
1821-182811039
1829-183911040
1840-184811041
1850-185211042
1854-185811043
1859-186511044
1866-187111045
1872-187411046
1875-187811047
1880-188211048
1884-188611049
1888-189011050