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Muscogee County Charter Commission File, 1970, May

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19

Scope and Contents

Item 1 – Pamphlet entitled What is Consolidation: Well, Let's Talk About it! which supports and promotes consolidation, May 1970

Item 2 – Memorandum announcing May 7th meeting of the Charter Steering Commission, May 1, 1970

Item 3 – Letter from Whitley to E.A. Freeman, Vice President of the Citizens and Southern Bank of Albany, with letters between E.A. Freeman and Joe Windsor, Vice President and General Manager of WTVM, and Whitley and Joe Windsor, May 5, 1970

Item 4 – Handwritten letter to Whitley from Evelyn O. Rowe of Talbotton, Georgia, thanking him for his many kindnesses to her during her college career, May 6, 1970

Item 5 – Letter from J. R. Allen to Dale Joiner concerning the protection of the Chattahoochee preserve park areas, with an April 28th letter to Allen from the ECOS c/o Biology Department, Columbus College and a copy of the responsibilities of the Environmental Improvement Division, May 7, 1970

Item 6 – Letter from Norman Bishop to members of the Chamber of Commerce concerning the special referendum on consolidation, with a copy of the pamphlet entitled What is Consolidation: Well, Let's Talk About it!, May 8, 1970

Item 7 – Letter from Whitley replying to a request of May 6th from Dianne Nelson, a student at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for information about the problems and advantages of changing from a two year College to a four year College to be used in a class presentation, May 11, 1970

Item 8 – Letter from Whitley to Mrs. Evelyn O. Rowe of Talbotton, May 12, 1970

Item 9 – Photocopy of an article from The Columbus Ledger entitled Secrecy Not Necessary Part of Consolidated Government, May 13, 1970

Item 10 – Photocopy of article entitled Let's Clear the Record from The Columbus Enquirer, May 13, 1970 Item 11 – Letter from Whitley to the 76 members of the Ministerial Alliance thanking their organization for endorsing the proposed Charter, May 15, 1970

Item 12 – Memo to Media Representatives from Bethell Edrington, Jr about the weekly Kiwanis Club meeting where the proposed charter will be discussed, May 18, 1970 Item 13 – Telephone message from Forest R. Smith to Dr. Whitley about a meeting of the Civitan Club, May 19, 1970

Item 14 – Photocopy of a newspaper article entitled Three Cities Show that Consolidation Can Work, May 20(?), 1970

Item 15 – Photocopy of article entitled Near Unanimity on Merger from The Columbus Ledger, May 20, 1970

Item 16 – Letter from Whitley to Mr. T. Hiram Stanley, May 20, 1970

Item 17 – Letter from Jim Burgess to Thomas Whitley inviting him to an informal party to watch the charter referendum returns, May 22, 1970

Item 18 – Church bulletin from South Columbus United Methodist Church in which the congregation is urged to vote in the charter referendum election, May 24, 1970

Item 19 – May 28, 1970 – Photocopies of articles from The Columbus Enquirer, The Atlanta Constitution, and The Atlanta Journal after Columbus and Muscogee Co. voters voted to consolidate the county and city governments (3 copies), May 28, 1970

Item 20 – May 29, 1970 – Letter from Whitley to John Rigdon, May 29, 1970

Dates

  • Other: 1970, May

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Columbus State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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Columbus Georgia 31907 United States