Papers of Sarah E. Ellis, 1945-1979.

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Papers of Sarah E. Ellis, 1945-1979.

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Mrs. Ellis' papers contain correspondence, clippings, meeting minutes, reports, and pamphlets about local issues and citizens' associations in which Mrs. Ellis was involved. These included the Chillum Heights Association, the D.C. Federation of Citizens Associations, Junior Village, Committee for the Rights of the D.C. Business Community, urban renewal, home rule, and mass transit. Of significance is a 1972 report titled "Report of the Special Citizens Advisory Committee on Urban Renewal to D.C."

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Washington (D.C.). Junior Village.

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Chillum Heights Citizens' Association (Washington, D.C.)

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Ellis, Sarah, 1952-

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Mrs. Ellis was born on a Potomac River farm in St. Mary's County, Maryland. She moved to Washington, D.C. with her husband Cy Ellis sometime after World War I to start their oyster bar restaurant. She became a citizen activist after urban renewal forced her in 1959 to relocate the restaurant started by her late husband. She was again forced to move from a second location at E, N.W., when Metro began construction there in the 1960s. Her fight in the courts helped establish the "grandfather clause...

Committee for the Rights of the D.C. Business Community.

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Federation of Citizens Associations of the District of Columbia

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In March of 1910, representatives from 22 established citizens' associations met to form an alliance to represent their combined interests to Congress, the President, and the D.C. government. William Clayton, Allen Davis, and Charles Lancaster were some of the key founders. The Federation has championed establishment of the Public Utilities Commission, voting rights for D.C. citizens, congressional representation as well as working on issues affecting transportation, police, fire, fiscal matters...