Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: American Legion, Department of Mississippi, Records (Z/0016).
Creator/Collector: American Legion, and others.
Date(s): 1924-1941.
Size: 0.50 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, 1948.
Provenance: Gift of American Legion of Mississippi, on May 15, 1948.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: American Legion, Department of Mississippi, Records (Z/0016), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Scope and Content Note:

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings and pictures of American Legion activities in Mississippi.

Partial subject content is as follows:

Folder 1:

  1. National Economy League's investigation into the National Rehabilitation Division of the Legion (Editorial).
  2. The Mississippi Veteran (American Legion Newspaper).
  3. Various social functions and community services by the American Legion.
  4. Mennonite's attempt at colonization in Mississippi and the South (opposition to).
  5. Establishment of War Memorial and Department of Archives and History in Jackson.
  6. Magnolia Boys' State Program at Millsaps College.
  7. "Subversive" political movements.
  8. Personal records of the American Expedition to Siberia during the Russian Revolution.

 

Folder 2:

  1. Various social and political activities by A. L.
  2. Announcement of publication Social and Economic History of the World War (edited by Dr. James T. Shotwell).
  3. Appointment of Roy J. Ross as Associate Department of Justice Attorney.
  4. Discussion of the "soldiers bonus" passed by Congress.

 

Folder 3:

  1. Isolationist tendencies in America in 1935.
  2. The "Flood Bill" of 1928 (see backside of newspaper clipping).
  3. Editorial by Westbrook Regler on the 1937 appointment of Senator Black to Supreme Court.
  4. Announcement of construction of War Memorial (1939).
  5. Wildlife Federation Activities (1939).
  6. American attitudes toward war in Great Britain (1941).

 

Folders 4 and 5:

45 Photographs

 

Volume of Newspaper clippings, photos:

  1. Mississippi Blue Laws in 1929.
  2. The American Association of the Advancement of Atheism (1929).
  3. Prohibition (1927).
  4. The Universal Service Law (1929).
  5. Lobbying for V. A. Hospitals (1929).
  6. Senate Investigations of Pacifist Organizations (1929).
  7. State Boxing Commission (1929).
  8. Captain Alton Parker of the Byrd expedition (1930).
  9. Inter-City League of Jackson (1930).
  10. Mississippi Association for the Conservation of Wildlife (1930).
  11. The Employees' Aid Association (1931).
  12. The Sweet Bill (1931).
  13. Choctaw Centennial Celebration (1931).
  14. Senate action on veteran's benefits (throughout).