Item 1 – Five copies of "Check List for a Good Public Relations Program to Secure a New City Charter" (5 copies), January 14, 1971

Item 2 – Memo from "Frank" to Whitley, January 14, 1971

Item 3 – Outline of speech made by Whitley to the Milledgeville Jaycees, January 14, 1971

Item 4 – Letter from Whitley to Mr. J. Edward Hall, with several letters attached concerning consolidation in Milledgeville, GA, including: from J. Edward Hall to Whitley (dated January 18th), letter from Charles E. Crowder to J. Edward Hall (dated December 21st, 1970), letter from Whitley to J. Edward Hall (dated December 10th, 1970), letter from J. Edward Hall to Whitley (dated December 8th, 1970), and a letter from Whitley to Hubert Dewberry (dated November 23rd, 1970), January 19, 1970

Item 5 – Agenda of a meeting of The Links, Incorporated, with a copy of Whitley's speech, January 27, 1971

Item 6 – Letter from Whitley to Mr. Wm. E. Spangle, replying to a letter from George H. Brundage to Whitley (dated January 18th) and a letter from Wm. E. Spangle to Mr. Edward Baker (dated December 31st, 1970), February 2, 1971

Item 7 – Letter from Mrs. Faye Ledford to Dr. Whitley concerning the proper name of the consolidated entity, attaching a copy of letter from Rand McNally & Co to Charles E. Crowder (dated February 18th, 1971), and two pages of the July-October 1970 issue of Metropolitan Area Digest where there is an article entitled Columbus-Muscogee County Merge in Georgia, February 24, 1971

Item 8 – Letter from J. McDonald Wray to Whitley, February 26, 1971

Item 9 – February 26, 1971 – Letter from Broadus Willoughby to Dr. Whitley concerning the potential Americus-Sumter County consolidation, with letters attached Whitley to Robert E. Lashley (dated February 17th), a letter from Robert E. Lashley to Whitley 9 (dated February 12th), a memo from Charles Crowder to Whitley (dated February 12th), A report of the Americus-Sumter County Planning Conference, and the itinerary of the Americus-Sumter Co. Long-Range Planning Conference (dated February 24h), February 26, 1971

Item 10 – February, April 1971 – A series of letters between Dr. Thomas Whitley, Charles E. Crowder, Gene B. Clark, and John R. Bertrand concerning the "Leadership in the 70s" program conducted at Berry College in Rome, GA. Included is a program listing all seminars and a handout which lists all speakers and summarizes the theme of the program, February-April, 1971

Item 11 – April 20, 1971 – Speech given by Whitley at Berry College concerning consolidation, in addition to a summary of consolidation, April 20, 1971

Item 12 – April 21, 1971 – Letter from Whitley to Mr. Wesley Johnson concerning the Fourth Annual Community Fair, replaying to a Johnson's letter of the 19th, April 21, 1971

Item 13 – Letter from Whitley to D. Bertrand, April 21, 1971

Item 14 – Letter from Whitley to David B. McCorkle, April 21, 1971

Item 15 – Letter from Gene B. Clark to Whitley, April 23, 1971

Item 16 – Letter from John R. Bertrand to Whitley, April 24, 1971

Item 17 – Letter from Whitley to Mrs. E.W. Hubbard, replying to her undated letter, April 26, 1971

Item 18 – CC of a letter from Charles Crowder to Carl Collins, April 27, 1971

Item 19 – Letter from Whitley to James Burgess, June 28, 1971

Item 20 – Booklet titled Know Your Town, Huntsville, Alabama, published as a public service by the League of Women Voters, Huntsville, Alabama, August, 1971

Item 21 – Photocopy (bad condition) of the Georgia Department of Law's views on the consolidation of City-County Government in Columbus, GA, October 15, 1971 Item 22 –November 15, 1971 – Letter from James Burgess to Whitley, November 15, 1971 Item 23 – Urban Action Clearinghouse, Case Study Number 18, November, 1971 Item 24 – December 1971 – Letters from Whitley to members of the Muscogee Co. Legislative Delegation, December 1971

Item 25 – Letter from Arthur K. Bolton, Georgia Attorney General to Representative Earl T. Davis concerning the Municipal Home Rule Act of 1965 as an alternative method of amending the Charter of Columbus, December 8, 1971

Item 26 – Letter from James Burgess to Whitley concerning amending the Charter, attached to a December 17th letter from J. Gordon Young, a letter of December 14, 1971 from Martelle Layfield to members of the Muscogee Co. Charter Commission, and a letter from Arthur K. Bolton to Earl T. Davis, January 4, 1972

Item 27 – Letter from Whitley to Floyd Hudgins concerning amending the Charter, attached to a January 18th letter from Earl T. Davis to Whitley, a January 19th letter from H. Norwood Pearce to Whitley, a January 19th letter from Jack A. King to Whitley, and a January 17th letter from Harry C. Jackson to Whitley, January 12, 1972

Item 28 – "Local Government Study Commission", Guidelines for Sub commissions and Working Groups, with a study plan for education sub commission studies attached, April 13, 1972