This list of primary sources cataloged in the Archives & Special Collections focuses primarily on Mississippi (and to a lesser extent on the South). Topics include roads, highways, and motor vehicles.
Automotive Safety Foundation. A Supplemental Report to the Mississippi Legislature. Washington, DC: 1961. "Detailed engineering procedures, techniques and results of the appraisal of conditions on Mississippi state highways, country roads and city streets." Call Number: HE356 M7 A92.
Bette E. Barber. Ol' Man River Road. 1958. An exhibition of photographs of sites on the road from New Orleans along the Mississippi River; premiere showing for Mississippi River Highway Association. Call Number: F355 H36 1958.
Barr, Dunlop & Associates and Radar and Associates. Greenville Urban Area Transportation Study. 1971. Two volumes. Greenville, Mississippi. Call Number: HE372 G65 1971.
Roscoe A. Boyer. The Use of a Computer to Design School Bus Routes. University of Mississippi, 1964. Call Number: LB2864 B6.
I.W. Brown. Photogrammetry: Application and Results by the Mississippi State Highway Department. [Jackson, MS: 1956]. Presented at second annual Mississippi Highway Conference. Call Number: TA593 B763 1956.
Colson, B.E. and James W. Hudson. Flood Frequency of Mississippi Streams: Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Mississippi State Highway Department in Cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation. [Washington, DC]: 1976. Call Number: GB1399.4 M7 C64.
Council of Governments (Lee County, Miss.). Lee County Impact: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Yellow Creek Nuclear Plant, Natchez Trace, Highway Corridor System, Snowbelt-Sunbelt Migration. Tupelo, MS: Lee County Council of Governments, 1979. Call Number: HC107 M72 L44x.
George W. Dargan. Road from Vicksburg to National Cemetery. [Washington, DC: 1886]. Call Number: TE220 D37 1886.
Jerry Ellis. Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey along the Cherokee Trail of Tears. New York: Delacorte Press, 1991. Call Number: E99 C5 E484 1991.
Explorer: Natchez Trace News. Ridgeland, MS: Hott Inc. Special Collections has Vol. 1 No. 1 (1990). Call Number: F217 N37 E97.
Bill Fitzhugh. Highway 61 Resurfaced. New York: William Morrow, 2005. Fiction set in Mississippi. Call Number: PS3556 I8552 H54 2005.
Kalankamary Pily George. Final Report on Crack Control in Cement-Treated Bases: A Research Project for the Mississippi State Highway Department in Cooperation with U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Public Roads. University, MS: University of Mississippi, School of Engineering, Engineering Experiment Station, 1970. Call Number: TE210.5 S6 G4.
Harland Bartholomew & Associates. Long-range Traffic and Parking Plan, Prepared for the University of Mississippi. Memphis, TN: Harland Bartholomew Associates, 1963. Call Number: HE372 U5 B3 1963.
Hensley-Schmidt, Consultants. Going Our Way?: Directory of Public Transportation Services in Mississippi Prepared for Mississippi State Highway Department. Jackson, MS: Hensley-Schmidt, Consultants, 1978. Call Number: HE9 U5 H45x.
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff. Mississippi River Bridge: Natchez, Mississippi -- Vidalia, Louisiana: Exploratory Location and Feasibility Studies. [Kansas City, MO: Howard Needles Tammen & Bergendoff, 1973]. Call Number: TG25 N38 1973.
Jackson County (Miss.). Board of Supervisors. Statement of Objection Prepared in Response to Public Notice No. 8-7-70: Issued by the Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander -- 8th Coast Guard District: Concerning Proposed Construction of Twin Low-Level Fixed Bridges over the East and West Pascagoula Rivers on Interstate Highway 10, Jackson County, Mississippi. [Pascagoula, MS]: 1969. Call Number: F347 J3 S73 1969.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Trail, Biloxi, Mississippi. [Biloxi, MS: Camp Wilkes], 1980. Call Number: F349 B5 J44 1980.
R.N. Kinnaird. Motor Vehicle Revenues and Highway Financing Using Facts and Figures from Mississippi. [Jackson, MS]: Mississippi Highway Contractors' Association, 1942. Call Number: KFM7085 M62 K56 1942.
Laws Relating to Roads, Ferries and Bridges: Chapter 117, Annotated Code of Mississippi, 1892, and Amendments of 1894. St. Louis, MO: Geo. D. Barnard & Co., [1900]. Call Number: KFM7044 L39 1900.
Laws Relating to Roads, Ferries and Bridges: Chapter 123, Code of Mississippi 1906. Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies Co., 1907. Call Number: KFM7044 L39 1907.
William McKeen. Highway 61: A Father-and-Son Journey through the Middle of America. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. Call Number: E169.04 M379 2003.
Mel Conner & Associates, Inc. and Rader and Associates. A Summary Report Prepared for the Mississippi State Highway Dept. [Tallahassee: Florida Print.], 1969. Jackson, Mississippi urban area transportation. Call Number: HE310 J2 M46 1969.
Memphis-Jackson Highway 51 Committee. Shortest Route Down South: Romantic Old Stagecoach Road -- Paved All the Way. Winona, MS: [1950]. Call Number: F339.3 S52 1950.
Michael Baker Jr. Inc. Bayou Casotte and Jackson County Master Industrial Development Plan: Tentative Master Plan for Industrial Development -- East Pascagoula River Area. Rochester, PA: Michael Baker Jr., Inc., 1964. Prepared for submittal to the Mississippi State Highway Department. Call Number: HC107 M7 M412 1964.
Mid-West Map Company. Central States Map Showing Highways Leading to Cairo Bridge, Vicksburg Bridge. Aurora, MO: Mid-West Map Co., 1932. Mississippi River bridges. Call Number: G4042 M5 P24 M53 1932.
Mississippi Automobile Dealers Association. Official Membership Directory and Buyers Guide. Jackson, MS: Special Collections has 1962 and 1963 editions. Call Number: HD9710 U53 M7.
Mississippi. Dept. of Public Safety. Annual Summary of Traffic Accident and Enforcement Activities of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety for Calendar Year... Jackson, MS. Special Collections has 1986 report; other years available in State Documents. Call Number: HE5614.3 M7 A55.
Mississippi. Dept. of Public Safety. Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. [Jackson, MS: State of Mississippi, Dept. of Public Safety, 1964]. Call Number: HV7571 M7 M54 1964.
Mississippi. Dept. of Public Safety. Mississippi Driver's Manual. Jackson, MS: 1980. Call Number: HE371 M7 D7 1980.
Mississippi. Dept. of Public Safety. Mississippi Driver's Manual. Jackson, MS: 2004. Call Number: HE371 M7 D7 2004.
Mississippi. Dept. of Public Safety. Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Jackson, Mississippi. [Jackson, MS: 1965]. Call Number: HV7571 M7 M55 1965.
Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation. Planning Division. Mississippi Road Atlas. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1997. Call Number: G1345 P2 M5 1997.
Mississippi. Division of School Building and Transportation. Instructor's Guide for Training School Bus Drivers. Jackson, MS: 1975. Call Number: LB2864 M7 I58.
Mississippi Driveways. Jackson, MS: Independent Petroleum Marketers Federation of Mississippi. Special Collections has issues from 1975 and 1976. Call Number: HD9567 M7 M48.
Mississippi Economic Council. County Unit Road Administration for Mississippi. Jackson, MS: 1956. Call Number: HE355.3 M7.
Mississippi Economic Council. Highway Finance in Mississippi: A Survey of Sources and Uses of Highway, Road, and Street Funds in Mississippi. [Jackson, MS: 1959]. Call Number: HE355.3 M7 M5.
Mississippi Economic Council. New Federal Aid Highway Program: Questions Answered at a Series of Highway Forums, Dec. 3-5, 1957. Call Number: HE356 M7 N49 1957.
Mississippi Economic Council. Report and Recommendation of the Mississippi Economic Council to the Legislative Highway Planning Committee. [Jackson, MS: Mississippi Economic Council], 1965. Call Number: HE356 M7 M57 1965.
Mississippi Highway Patrol. A Proposal to Implement a Personal Communications System for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. [Jackson, MS: Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, 1975]. Call Number: HV7571 M7 P76 1975.
Mississippi. Legislature. Highway Planning Committee. Today and Tomorrow: State Highways, County Roads, City Streets; an Engineering Analysis of the Highway Transportation System in Mississippi. [Jackson, MS: 1949. Call Number: HE356 M7 A5 1949.
Mississippi. Governor's Highway Safety Program. Annual Report -- Governor's Highway Safety Program, State of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. Special Collections has 1976-77 report. Call Number: HE5614.3 M7 M58 ax.
Mississippi Road Supply News. Special Collections has issues from 1953 to 1960. Call Number: HE331 M57.
Mississippi. State Committee on Driver Education. A Guide for Administrators and Teachers of Driver Education in Mississippi Schools. Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Department of Education, 1979. Call Number: TL152.6 G85 1979.
Mississippi. State Highway Commission. Biennial Report of the State Highway Commission to the Legislature of Mississippi. Jackson, MS. Special Collections has 1925/27 report. Call number: TE24 M7 A4.
Mississippi. State Highway Commission. Official Road Map, State of Mississippi, 1965. [Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Highway Commission, 1964]. Call Number: G3981 P2 1964 O44.
Mississippi. State Highway Dept. Roadways of Mississippi. [Jackson, MS]. Special Collections has an October 1974 issue. Call Number: TE1 R63.
Mississippi. State Highway Dept. Official Road Map, State of Mississippi, 1946. Jackson, MS: Hederman Bros., [1946]. Call Number: G3981 P2 1946 O44.
Mississippi. State Highway Dept. Official Road Map, State of Mississippi, January 1942. Jackson, MS: Hederman Bros., [1942]. Call Number: G3981 P2 1942 O44.
Mississippi State University. College of Business and Industry. Alcohol as a Major Cause of Highway Accidents. State College, MS: Mississippi State University, 1970. Call Number: HE5620 D7 A3 1970.
Mississippi. Transportation Planning Division. Official Highway Map of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: Transportation Planning Division, 1976. Call Number: G3981 P2 1976 M5.
Mississippi. Transportation Planning Division. Official Highway Map of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Highway Dept., [1989]. Call Number: G3981 P2 1989 M5.
Mississippi. Transportation Planning Division. Official Highway Map of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: The Division, 1992. Call Number: G3981 P2 1992 M5.
Mississippi Transports. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Trucking Association. Special Collections has 1966 issue; further issues available in Main Library. Call Number: HE5633 M7 M6.
Motor Vehicle Tragedies: 1935 Deaths in Mississippi. [Jackson, MS: Mississippi State Board of Health, 1936]. Call Number: HE5614.3 M7 M68 1936.
M-R-S Manufacturing Company. Mississippi Wagon. [Jackson, MS: 1946]. Catalog for road machinery. Call Number: TE227 M2 1946.
M-R-S Manufacturing Company. Mississippi Wagon. [Jackson, MS: 1948]. Catalog for road machinery. Call Number: TE227 M2 1948.
Multi-Mode Map. Columbus, GA: Multi-State Transportation System, [1978]. Includes information on transportation, highway planning, and road repair in Mississippi. Call Number: G3861 P2 M85 1978.
National Highway Association. History of Convention of Mississippians Creating and Locating Jefferson Davis Highway Link in Mississippi. Call Number: TE24 M7 N3.
National Highway Users Conference. Facts of Mississippi: A Condensed Summary of State Statistics, with Some Comparable National Tools. Washington, DC: National Highway Users Conference, 1945. Call Number: HE356 M7 N3.
Regional Highway Safety Conference. Proceedings. Special Collections has 1968 report for the Southern States. Call Number: HE5614 N5.
Tony A. Ross, Garry D. Smith, Richard D. Ross, and Roscoe A. Boyer. Development of a Fortran Computer Program to Design School Bus Routes. University, MS: University of Mississippi, 1969. Call Number: LB2864 R6.
Larry T Smith. Thoroughfares Plan for the Jackson Metropolitan Area. Jackson, MS: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1973. Call Number: HT393 M74 S65 1973.
Elizabeth Brandon Stanton. Sidelights on the Picturesque and Romantic History of Ye Old Natchez Trace of the Mysterious Natchez; the 20th Century Highway 61 of the U.S.; Prehistoric-Aboriginal-Colonial-Territorial State Highways, Transversing the South and the Length and Breath of the Great State of Mississippi Diagonally. [Natchez, MS: 1934. Call Number: F341 S72.
Summerlin, Cathy and Vernon Summerlin. Traveling the Trace. Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1995. Natchez Trace guidebook. Call Number: F217 N37 S86 1995.
D.L. Thompson. Automobile and Motorcycle Laws of Mississippi: Chapter 120, Laws of 1914. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co., 1914). Call Number: KFM6897 T36 1914.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District. Specifications for Construction of Steambank Erosion Protection, County Road Bridge over Leaf River near Mahned, Mississippi. Mobile, AL: U.S. Army Engineering District, Mobile, [1978]. Call Number: TG320 S64 1978.
United States. Bureau of Census. 1972 Census of Transportation. Truck Inventory and Use Survey. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1972-1973. Section 25 on Mississippi. Call Number: HF5780 U5 T7 1972.
United States. Bureau of Public Roads. Report on a Recommended Route for the Great River Road (Mississippi River Parkway) through the State of Mississippi: (a Distance of Approximately 358 Miles). [Washington, DC]: 1958. Call Number: HE356 M7 U55 1958.
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Linking the Delta Region with the Nation and the World. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1995. Call Number: HE209 L56 1995.
United States. National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office. Feasibility Study De Soto National Historic Trail: Draft Report. 1989. Call Number: F210 U55 1989.
United States. National Park Service. Natchez Trace Parkway Survey. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting in Response to Senate Resolution No. 222, a Report of a Survey of the Old Indian Trail, Known as the Natchez Trace, Made by the Department of the Interior, through the National Park Service, Pursuant to an Act Approved May 21, 1934, with a View to Constructing a National Road on This Roue to Be Known as the Natchez Trace Parkway. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1941. Call Number: F341 U56.
United States. Post Office Dept. Post Route Map of the States of Alabama and Mississippi with Adjacent Parts of Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana. [Washington, DC]: 1876. Call Number: G3981 P8 1876 U6.
University of Mississippi. Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Highway-User Tax Plans for Mississippi (a Supplement to Money for Miles in Mississippi) a Report to the Legislative Planning Committee. [University, MS: 1963]. Call Number: HE35 M7 M535 supp.
University of Mississippi. Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Interstate Right-of-Way Acquisition and Road Closures in South Mississippi, Some Early Findings. [University, MS: 1963]. Call Number: TE24 M7 M58.
University of Mississippi. Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Money for Miles in Mississippi: A Highway Finance Report to the Legislative Highway Planning Committee. [University, MS: 1962]. Call Number: HD356 M7 M535.
University of Mississippi. Bureau of Business and Economic Research. Money for Miles in Mississippi, a Summary Report; a Highway Finance Report to the Legislative Highway Planning Committee. [University, MS: 1962]. Call Number: HE356 M7 M53.
University of Mississippi. Bureau of Governmental Research. Opinions on Selected Highway Issues: A Report to the East Mississippi Council. [University, MS]: 1977. Call Number: HE356 M7 O62 1977.
University of Mississippi. Dept. of Conferences and Institutes. Proceedings of the Annual Mississippi Highway Conference. Special Collections has vol. 7 for 1961. Call Number: TE5 M5.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. Construction Report: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement. University, MS: 1962. Call Number: TE24 M7 M554x.
University of Missisippi. Engineering Experiment Station. The Division of Rural Land by a Limited Access Highway: Interstate Route 55, Panola County, Miss. Prepared by the University of Mississippi for the Mississippi State Highway Department in Cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. [University, MS: 1961]. Call Number: HE356 M7 M55.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. A Planned Interchange in a Residential Area: Some Interim Influences, Jackson, Mississippi. A Preliminary Report Prepared by the University of Mississippi, for the Mississippi State Highway Department in Cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. [University, MS 1961]. Call Number: HE356.5 J3 U5.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. Post Construction Report: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement. University, MS: 1962. Call Number: TE24 M7 M555x.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. Progress Report: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement. University, MS: 1963-64. Three volumes. Call Number: TE24 M7 M556x.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. Special Report on Occurrance of Extra-Wide Cracks: Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement. University, MS: 1962. Call Number: TE24 M7 M553x.
University of Mississippi. Engineering Experiment Station. Summary and Status Report on the Study of an Experimental Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement, Interstate Highway No. 59, Jones County, Mississippi; a Research Project for the Mississippi State Highway Department and the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads. University, MS: 1964. Call Number: TE24 M7 M6.
Van Sickel, Kay and Kenneth W. Heathington. Mississippi Statewide Public Transportation Study. [Jackson, MS: Hensley-Schmidt, 1978]. Call Number: HE213 M53 V36.
Visit Dixie Via Memphis to New Orleans, U.S. 61: "Ole Man River" Route, Paved All the Way. Call Number: F215 V57 1900z.
Donald R. Wells An Economic Impact Study of the Effects of Interstate 55 on the Highway-Related Businesses in Five Northern Mississippi Towns. [University, MS: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Research in Business and Government], 1967. Call Number: HE356 M7 W4.
Why Colored People in Philadelphia Are Excluded from the Street Cars. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Son, Printers, 1866. Call Number: AC901 M5 v.484 no.12. Call Number: AC901 M5 v.484 no.12.
Wilbur Smith and Associates. Meridian Urban Area Transportation Study: Meridian, Mississippi. [1970] Special Collections has numbers 2-9. Call Number: HE372 M47.