This article demonstrates how, following Hurricane Katrina, local governments enacted discriminatory housing policies that made it difficult for residents to site permanent Mississippi Cottages.

Letter from WASP Cornelia Yerkes to her parents discussing the weather, food, trying to travel with friends, bonds and finance, recent correspondence about her brother Francis, requirements for becoming a WASP and reflections on what it is like to be one, flying the UC-78, and her friend Marion.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to A. G. Paxton thanking him for the kind note and expressing some concerns over his increased responsibility as vice president of the American Cotton Shippers Association.

Letter from Oscar Johnston to Thos. L. James discussing his experience with hiring displaced families from Europe.

Letter from Ross A. Collins to I. H. Kempner telling him that his friend Peggy Howerton would be doing some work at the College of Houston over the summer and recommending that the Kempners meet her.

A photograph print showing the Mississippi Central (reporting marks MSCI, MSC, & MIS) 123, 2-8-2, Hattiesburg, MS.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story saying that there are vast areas of farm land under water in the southern part of Mississippi.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a familiar sight in dairy cases years ago where glass milk bottles may be on the way back in.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a weather news story. Flash floods watches remained in effect for parts of Mississippi and Arkansas in the wake of heavy overnight rains.

Postcard of a photograph of three-story, light colored building with a large group of children crowded onto the front steps, under the balcony on the third floor. Text at the bottom of the postcard identifies the building as a public school in Magnolia, Mississippi. There is handwritten text on the other side of the postcard to Mr. Leslie Boone in San Marcos, Texas.

Postal card from Sternberg Pecan Company advertising Sternberg's Creole Pecan Pralines available for shipment and listing quantities and prices.

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending July 25 to the week ending August 29, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending May 24 to the week ending June 28, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.

Weekly report of the Texas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending February 22 to the week ending March 29, during 1985 and 1986 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.

Weekly report of the Texas Agricultural Statistics Service on broiler chick numbers in Texas and compared with other states. It includes compiled statistics across six consecutive weeks, from the week ending October 24 to the week ending November 28, during 1986 and 1987 for broiler eggs set, chicks hatched, and chicks placed.