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Project B.I.G.

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@ Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

Description

Records collected by the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission on a public relations campaign dubbed "Project B.I.G." which sought to improve the public opinion of Mississippi in areas of business, industry, and government. The file contains correspondence between Erle Johnston and M. B. Zerwick from the New York Public Relations firm Commco PR Inc. The file also contains newspaper articles about the work of the commission. Draft legislation seeking to establish a Mississippi Information Agency is included as well as a newspaper article about the proposed change.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia