This collection consists of typescripts of programs broadcast over Station WJDX, Jackson. The series of radio broadcasts was entitled "Magnolia Sketches," and the material was prepared and delivered by Harris Dickson, Vicksburg, Advising Editor, Federal Writers' Project, W.P.A. Three volumes contain rough drafts of the fifteen minute programs, with letters to Miss Eri Douglass, State Director, Federal Writers' Project, and to Mr. Wiley P. Harris, Manager, Station WJDX. The letters concern the content of each proposed broadcast, and outlines and titles for future programs. Three volumes consist of the finished typescripts of the actual broadcasts, and there is a table of contents in each volume. The topics covered are historical sketches of towns in Mississippi, famous personalities in the state, anecdotes, stories of industry and business from early days to the time of the broadcasts, and other historical material.