Administrative files, 1962-1978.

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Administrative files, 1962-1978.

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The governor is the chief executive officer of the state whose function is to administer the laws of the state. One of the activities used to accomplish this function is the administering of executive decisions and actions. This series consists of the administrative files from the gubernatorial administrations of three Alabama governors. The records of the administrations were interfiled which makes it impossible to separate them. They include correspondence, reports, publications, telegrams, newspaper clippings, and other material documenting activities in numerous state agencies; developments in the legislature; and events affecting the state. Some state agencies represented in the series include the State Highway Dept., the State Planning and Industrial Development Board, the Dept. of Education, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Dept. of Public Health, and the Dept. of Pensions and Security. A couple of federal agencies in the records include the Environmental Protection Agency and the Selective Service System. The files cover a wide variety of topics. The Civil War Centennial, the Alabama Sesquicentennial, and the American Bicentennial are covered. There are files on the conflict in Vietnam and prisoners of war resulting from the conflict. The establishment of the U.S.S. Alabama as a memorial is discussed in the records. A rising concern with the environment is evident in files on air pollution, land fills, water pollution, and water improvement. Also of interest are files on the status of women. The governor's attendance at the National Governor's Conference and the Southern Governor's Conference is recorded. Files on Hurricane Camille are also included. The files also reflect events of the civil rights struggle. Some significant issues covered by the records include the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.; the Selma to Montgomery march; voting rights; and busing for school integration. The records also contain files on the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Muslims, segregation, the Black Power movement, and the State Sovereignty Commission.

298 cubic ft. (298 records center cartons)

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Alabama Development Office

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Authorities: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Acts 1935, No. 401, p. 871. Acts 1943, No. 183, p. 163. Acts 1955, No. 342, p. 765. Acts 1969, No. 657, p. 1187. Acts 1973, No. 1274, pp. 2164-2177. Acts 1976, No. 534, pp. 685-696. Code of Alabama, 1975. Alabama Government Manual, 1982. In 1935, the State Planning Commission was created. The Commission ...

Alabama. Dept. of Public Safety.

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Authorities: Alabama. Dept. of Public Safety. Annual Report, 1983-1984. Alabama. Department of Public Safety. Our Fortieth Year. Montgomery: The Department, 1975. Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Code 1975, 32:2:1-44. Markley, Anne Ethelyn. Author Headings for the Official Publications of the State of Alabama. Chicago: American Library Association, 1948. The Department of Public Safety was created for the purpos...

Alabama. Dept. of Mental Health

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Alabama. Dept. of Education

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Alabama. Dept. of Public Health.

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Sources: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1975, Sec. 22-2-1 to 22-2-14. Acts 1874-1875, No. 34, Feb. 19, 1875. Code of Alabama 1940, Title 22, Sec. 9. Dept. of Public Health, 1988 Annual Report. The State Department of Public Health exercises general control over the enforcement of laws relating to public health. The principal goal of t...

United States. Environmental Protection Agency

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Alabama. State Dept. of Pensions and Security.

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Governors' Conference

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Alabama. Department of Conservation

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Alabama. Legislature

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Alabama Civil War Centennial Commission

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Alabama (Battleship : BB-60)

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Alabama. Governor (1971-1979 : Wallace)

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United States. Selective Service System

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Ku Klux Klan 1915-....

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Alabama. Governor (1963-1967 : Wallace)

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Alabama. Governor

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Authorities: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. 1819 Alabama Constitution, Art. IV, Sec. 1-15, 16, 18. Acts 1933, No. 177, p. 189. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1876. Code of Alabama 1975. 1901 Alabama Constitution, Art. V, Sec. 116, 126-128, Amendment 282. The Governor is the chief executive of the State. He sees that laws are faithfully and equitably exe...

Alabama. State Sovereignty Commission.

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Aalbama. State Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

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Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Alabama. Board of Pardons and Paroles

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