The administrative files of the State Sovereignty Commission include minutes of Commission meetings, memoranda between members, routine correspondence, pamphlets and correspondence from the Louisiana and Mississippi state sovereignty commissions, personnel records, and contracts with special investigators and consultants. Reference files in the records contain information on court cases involving voting rights, integration of public schools, and anti-busing legislation. The files also contain news articles, correspondence, and photographs dealing with the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965 and the subsequent film, with accompanying script produced by the Commission to "expose" the "subversive influences" behind the march. Of special note are the newspaper articles accusing the Commission of being an organization that was "outdated." In these the Commission is alleged to have been a promoter of white supremacy and to have financially supported White Citizens Councils within and outside of the state. It is important to note that the Commission's records were exempt from provisions of any other law regulating the public records of Alabama, but could be made available only to members of the commission and of the legislature, upon their request in writing. Although the basic activities of the Commission are documented, the files appear to be incomplete.
