- Collection:
- Sovereignty Commission Online
- Title:
- Mississippi Crime Commission
- Creator:
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Publisher:
- from Mississippi Crime Commission, Sovereignty Commission records, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12/1968-01
- Subject:
- Governmental investigations--Mississippi
Crime--Mississippi
Mississippi. Crime Commission
Coroners--Mississippi
Wiretapping--Mississippi
Criminal investigation--Mississippi - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- texts (document genres)
letters (correspondence)
memorandums - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Records collected by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission on the Mississippi Crime Commission. The file contains a letter recommending that coroners attend a state school conducted by the state crime lab; two versions of proposed comments by Mississippi governor Paul B. Johnson concerning commission recommendations; a letter requesting a crime report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; contact information for members of the Crime Commission and various sub-committees; a request for Erle Johnston's attendance at a Crime Commission meeting; handwritten notes from a meeting; and notes about recommendations on wire tapping.
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Wiretapping - Metadata URL:
- http://www.mdah.ms.gov/arrec/digital_archives/sovcom/imagelisting.php?foldercheckbox%5B%5D=1066%7C99%7C107%7C%7C0
- Rights Holder:
- The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records are state government records made available to the public pursuant to American Civil Liberties Union v. Fordice, 969 F.Supp. 403 (S.D.Miss.1994). The web-enabled version of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records is intended for public use in research, teaching, and private study in accordance with the provisions of the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). MDAH makes no warranty or assurances that materials contained in this collection are free from U.S. copyright claims or other restrictions on free use and display. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or distributing materials found in this collection. MDAH requests that prior to publication of Sov. Com. images the user submit an MDAH Broadcast/Publication Permission form for approval by the Department. This form must be accompanied by documentation which proves that copyright requirements have been satisfied. Contact MDAH Reference Staff for details on how to obtain and complete the B/PP form: (601) 576 6876 or refdesk@mdah.state.ms.us. There are no MDAH Use Fees associated with use of Sov. Com. images. MDAH asks that each image used in a presentation, display, or publication be accompanied by a credit line, which at a minimum includes the name of this collection, the unique resource identifier for each image, the name of this institution, and URL. ; Cite images according to the following structure: Original Creator, "Title", Original creation date (if known), Unique Resource Identifier, Series Number and Title, Archival Repository, date of last web page revision, image location/URL, (image viewed on date).
- Contributing Institution:
- Mississippi. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
