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Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers 1960 - 1979

Title: Jerome P. Cavanagh Papers 1960 - 1979

The papers of Mr. Cavanagh, mayor of Detroit from 1962 to 1970. They include correspondence, reports, studies, speeches, minutes, and other materials of the mayor's office and commissions and departments of the city. Efforts, both local and national, in improving economic and racial conditions in Detroit are recorded in the collection. Subjects of interest include 1967 Detroit riot; Detroit Police Dept.; urban redevelopment programs; Detroit and Michigan politics; New Detroit, Inc.; poverty programs; housing; civil disorders and police problems; and all aspects of the urban complex. Smaller groups within the collection are the files of James L. Trainor, Fred Romanoff, Richard Strichartz, Jack Casey, and Sandra McClure, all members of the mayor's staff. Correspondents are government officials on every level: U .S. presidents, vice presidents, senators, congressmen, state officials, mayors of other cities, and other prominent public figures.

ArchivalResource: 334.5 Linear Feet

https://elibrary.wayne.edu/record=b5356442~S47 View

Alfred M. Pelham collection.

Title: Alfred M. Pelham collection.

This collection consists of records, covering the years 1958-1967, of various advisory and study committes, appointed by the chief executive, and served on by Alfred M. Pelham. Includes summary, draft, revision and final official copy of reports to the governor, charges to the committee members, lists, informational materials, papers reporting findings from research, outlines for progress and meetings, and correspondence and news releases, relating mainly to Commission on Urban Problems, 1967. Other committees include the Constitutional Convention Citizens' Committee on Finance and Taxation, Education, and Judicial Department (1961), Constitutional Reform Study Commission (1960), Study Commission on Metropolitan Area Problems (1958-1960), Commission on Senior Citizens' Property Tax Relief (1965), and the Committee on Reorganization of State Government (1958-1960).

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cu. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40999296 View