This list of primary sources cataloged in the Archives & Special Collections focuses primarily on Mississippi (and to a lesser extent on the South). Topics focus on air and space travel.
The 1976 Up-Date to the Keesler Air Force Base Approved Five Year EEOC Plan of Action (1975 through 1979). [Biloxi, MS: Keesler Technical Training Center, 1976]. Call Number: UG634.5 K4 N56 1976.
"Americans Kidnapped by Alien Creatures: Scientists Claim Story Holds Up under Hypnosis." Article in National Close-Up (December 1973) on Mississippi sightings of unidentified flying objects. Call Number: TL789.5 M7 A64 1973.
Before the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D.C.: Joint Exhibit of the University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi; the City of Oxford, Oxford, Mississippi; Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce, Oxford, Mississippi. [1968]. Proceedings of the Southern Airways, Inc. route realignment investigation. Call Number: HE9813 M7 B44 1968.
Brief of the University of Mississippi and the City of Oxford, Mississippi, to Examiner Henry F. Martin Jr. University, MS: 1962. "In the matter of Southern Airways, Incorporated "use it or lose it" investigation." Call Number: TL552 B7.
Commissioning of United States Ship John C. Stennis CVN-74, Norfolk, Virginia, December 9, 1995. [1995]. U.S. Aircraft Carrier named after senator from Mississippi. Call Number: VA65 J6 C66 1995.
Comprehensive Planners, Inc. Golden Triangle Regional Airport Impact Area Land Development Plan. West Point, MS: Comprehensive Planners, Inc. 1971. Call Number: HT393 M7 C6 1970.
Columbus Army Flying School, Columbus, Mississippi: Southeast Army Air Forces Training Center. Houston, TX: E.M. Berry, [1942]. Call Number: TL713 C65 C65 1942.
Flavors of the Old South. Atlanta, GA: Delta Airways, Inc., 1974. Cook book. Call Number: TX716 C39 F52 1974.
Geological Survey (U.S.). Environmental Conditions and Resources of Southwestern Mississippi. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1970]. Prepared for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Call Number: HT393 M7 A5 1970.
Tyrus C. Gibbs. Chronicles of Tyrus C. Gibbs Sr.: The War Years, World War II. [199-]. Gibbs served in the 8th Bomb Group, 93rd of the U.S. Air Force. Call Number: D805 G3 G533 1990z.
Greenwood Army Air Field, Greenwood, Mississippi. [Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing Company, 1943]. Call Number: UG634.5 G7 G7.
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. Guide to Greenwood and Leflore County, Miss.: For Service Men and Their Families. Greenwood, MS: Lawrence, 1943. For Greenwood Army Air Field during World War II. Call Number: F349 G82 G85 1943.
Jackson Army Air Base, Jackson, Mississippi: Specialized Flying School, Army Air Forces. Houston, TX: E.M. Berry, [1944]. Call Number: UG634.5 J3 J33 1944.
Jackson in Print. Jackson, MS: Sperry Vickers, Aerospace-Ordanance-Marine Division. Special Collections has a 1976 issue. Call Number: HD9711.5 U6 J33.
John C. Stennis Space Center. [199-]. Call Number: TL4027 M72 J645 1990z.
Joint Exceptions of the University of Mississippi...the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County...the City of Oxford...[and] the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce...to the Initial Decision of Examiner Joseph L. Fitzmaurice in the Matter of the South Central Area Local Service Case. University, MS: 1958. Airline service. Call Number: TL522 M7 J6.
Joint Exhibit of the University of Mississippi...the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County...the City of Oxford...[and] the Oxford-Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce...In the Matter of the Application of Trans-Texas Airways for an Amendment of Its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route No. 82. University, MS: 1957. Call Number: TL522 M7 J62.
Joint Exhibit of the University of Mississippi...[and] the City of Oxford...Before the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D.C. in the Matter of the Proceedings Known as the Southern Airways, Inc. "Use It or Lose It" Investigation, Docket 12429. University, MS: 1961. Call Number: TL552 J63.
Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi. [Atlanta]: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, [195-]. Call Number: UG634 M7 K39 1950.
Keesler Army Airfield (Miss.). Office of the Post Safety. Safeguards for the Army Baker. [1943]. Call Number: UC734 M7 S24 1943.
Keesler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi. [Atlanta: Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1944]. Call Number: UG634 M7 K39 1944.
Keesler Field, Mississippi. San Antonio: Universal Press, 1942. Keesler Army Air Field during World War II. Call Number: F349 B5 K44 1942.
R. van der Laan. Royal Netherlands Military Flying-School in United States of America. [New York: E.W. Smith Co., 1943]. Based in Jackson, Mississippi during World War II. Call Number: UG635 N4 L33 1943.
Charles H. Lewis Jr. The Lewis Luck. 1976. Memoir of military pilot. Call Number: UG626.2 L49 L49 1976.
John Clark Love. Dedication of the University-Oxford Airport: An Address by John Clark Love. [1957]. Call Number: F341.5 L6.
Paul Magriel, ed. Art and the Soldier. Biloxi, MS: Special Service, Keesler Field, [1943]. Keesler Air Field during World War II. Call Number: N6512 M25.
McPress Engineering Incorporated. Oxford International Airport Design, Lafayette County, MS. [1991]. Call Number: F349 O9 O93 1991.
Mississippi Aeronautics Commission. Rules and Regulations of the Mississippi Aeronautics Commission: Adopted September 8, 1948. [Jackson, MS: 1948]. Call Number: KFM6905 A4 1948.
Mississippi Aeronautics Commission. Statement of Position and Exhibit of Mississippi Aeronautics Commission: In the Matter of the Application of Trans-Texas Airways, Inc.: For an Amendment of Its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route No. 82: Before the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D.C. Jackson, MS: [1957]. Call Number: TL726.3 M7 M57 1957.
The Mississippi Mystery. Poughkeepsie, NY: Western Pub. Co., 1974. Comic book on unidentified flying objects sighted in Mississippi. Call Number: TL789 M57 1974.
MTF, Mississippi Test Facility, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Huntsville, AL: Marshall Space Flight Center, [1962]. Call Number: TL862 J65 M84 1962.
Rebel International Consultants. Proposal and Preliminary Plans for Oxford/University Airport. Oxford, MS: Rebel International Consultants, [1991]. Call Number: F349 O9 R43 1991.
Thomas P. Reynolds. The Belle of the Brawl: A Biographical Memoir of Walter Malone Baskin. Paducah, KY: Turner, 1996. Contains diary and correspondence of Mississippi fighter pilot in World War II. Call Number: D790 B355 1996.
Robert G. Smith. A Proposal to Conduct a Feasibility Study for a New Town-Urban Research and Development Complex at the NASA Mississippi Test Facility. Alexandria, VA: Matrix Research Co, [1969]. Call Number: TL862 J65 S65 1969.
Southern Airways Inc. The Southernaire. Special Collections has issues from 1952 and 1959 of this periodical. Call Number: HE9803 A1 S727.
Stennis International Airport and Industrial Park: Hancock County on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. [Bay St. Louis, MS: Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission, 1975]. Call Number: HC107 M7 H36 1975.
A Survey of Air Transportation Requirements for the South Carolina-Georgia-Alabama-Mississippi Area. [Washington, DC: Ray & Ray, 1952]. Call Number: TL720 S8.
UFO's over Mississippi: A 7-Day Space Odyssey. Pascagoula, MS: Mississippi Press, [1973]. Collection of stories, pictures, and drawings as compiled by the reporters and editors of the Mississippi Press. Call Number: TL789.5 M7 U37 1973.
United States. Air National Guard. Air Refueling Wing, 186th. Key Field AGS, Meridian, MS: The Argument Against Realignment, Supporting Documentation, 14 July 2005, New Orleans, LA. [Meridian, MS: 186th Air Refueling Wing, 2005]. Call Number: TL711 R4 K49 2005.
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Before the Civil Aeronautics Board, in the Matter of Southeastern Area Local Service Case, Docket No. 7038, et al.: Exhibits in Support of the Intervention of the City of Meridian, Mississippi, the County of Lauderdale, Mississippi and the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, G. Rayner Gaillard, Attorneys for Applicant. Washington, DC: U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, [1957]. Call Number: HE9780 B64 1957.
United States. Civil Aeronautics Board. Statement of Position and Exhibit of Mississippi Aeronautics Commission: In the Matter of the Application of Trans-Texas Airways, Inc.: For an Amendment of Its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route No. 82: Before the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, D.C. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Aeronautics Commission, [1957]. Call Number: TL726.3 M7 M57 1957.
United States. Civil Air Patrol. Mississippi. Mississippi Wing CAP Radio Station Roster. [Jackson, MS: 1975]. Call Number: UA928 M7 R33 1975.
United States. National Transportation Safety Board. Southern Airways, Inc., Douglas DC-9-15, N92S, Gulfport, Mississippi, February 17, 1971. Washington, DC: [1971]. Accident report. Call Number: TL553.525 M7 S68 1971.
United States. Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Meridian, Miss. Welcome Aboard! [Meridian, MS: Armed Forced Directory Service, 196?]. Call Number: VG94.5 M5 U5.
USS John C. Stennis CVN 74: The Millenium Cruise 2000. [2000]. U.S. Aircraft Carrier named after senator from Mississippi. Call Number: VA65 J6 U87 2000.
Wings over America. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Pub. Co. of Louisiana, [1944]. Grenada Army Air Field in Grenada, Mississippi during World War II. Call Number: UG634 M7 G7.
Wings over America. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Pub. Co., 1942. Jackson Army Air Base in Jackson, Mississippi during World War II. Call Number: UG634 M7 J3.
Wings over America. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Pub. Co. of Louisiana, [1945]. Keesler Army Air Field Base in Biloxi, Mississippi during World War II. Call Number: UG634 M7 K4.
C.E. Woolman. Delta-C&S in Mississippi Skies. [Atlanta, GA]: Delta-C&S Air Lines, [1954]. Address to the Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board; commercial air lines. Call Number: TL545 W6.