Z 1993.000
JACOBSON (HARRY ANDREAS) PAPERS


Biography/History:

Harry Andreas Jacobson was born in Burlington, Wisconsin, on June 13, 1886. Around 1916, he moved to Yokena, Warren County, Mississippi, where he was engaged in farming. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1940. Jacobson served on several House committees, including those on agriculture (chairman), claims, conservation of natural resources, education, forestry, manufactures (vice-chairman), and railroads and public corporations. Two of the leading issues Jacobson dealt with during his years in the House were the construction of the Mississippi River bridge at Vicksburg and a proposal to raise the state gasoline tax. Jacobson died on December 4, 1956, leaving a wife and five children, including sons Wallace G., Richard C., and Robert T. Jacobson.

Scope and Content:

This collection contains incoming and outgoing correspondence of Harry Andreas Jacobson regarding a variety of subjects. Included is a partial transcript of a trial in which Jacobson testified about a delivery of gasoline and kerosene. A partial list of Mississippi House of Representatives members (with biographical information) and a list of bills signed by the governor during the 1950 regular session of the Mississippi legislature are also included. A photograph of a legislative bill signing and a booklet on water use in Mississippi form the balance of the collection. Of particular interest is a letter to Jacobson from the Vicksburg Bridge Company and an attached list of the bond owners. There is also a letter to Jacobson from William F. Winter who assumed the chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee from Jacobson in 1952.

Series Identification:

  1. Correspondence (Incoming and Outgoing). 1942-1954. 1 folder.

  2. Papers (Miscellaneous). ca. 1950; n.d. 1 folder.

    3. Partial trial transcript (undated); partial list of House members, with biographical information (undated); list of bills signed by the governor for the 1950 regular session of the Mississippi legislature.

  3. Photograph. n.d. 1 folder.

    4. Photograph of a legislative bill signing.

  4. Printed Material. 1953. 1 folder.

    5. Booklet entitled The Beneficial Use of Water in Mississippi.