Creator: Work Projects Administration (RG 60).

Collection Summary: Typed lists of World War I veterans from the following Mississippi counties: Attala, Calhoun, Covington, Grenada, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lowndes, Monroe, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Perry, Pontotoc, Smith, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Wayne, and Winston. For each soldier, the lists typically contain the name, race, serial number, dates of enlistment and discharge, whether served overseas, card number, and percent disabled. Arrangement is alphabetical by county.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1941; n.d.

Volume: 0.50 Cubic Feet.

Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in November 2024.

Related Materials: Series 1731: Miss. World War One Statement of Service Cards. 1917-1919.

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.

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County Rosters11061