Sewer bond campaign, 1951

The records of the Greater Springfield and Clark County Association contain a variety of materials. These include meeting minutes, brochures, committee reports, pictures, and newspaper clippings. Holdings are scattered or nonexistent for all or parts of some years.

Series I is primarily composed of meeting minutes. These are arranged in chronological order by year. First are the Board of Directors meetings, including treasurer's reports and committee reports for the years 1944-1954. The executive committee meetings are next. The early executive committee was referred to as the strategy committee and ran from 1945-1952. The past presidents meeting minutes follow and consist of one folder for the years 1950-1952.

Series II contains the correspondence and efforts of the various committees of the GSCCA. File folders are in chronological order and are grouped together according to committee or project. The projects included in this series are: a bond issue campaign - 1945, hospital renovation costs - 1950, sewer bond campaign - 1951, home beautification contests - 19501954, main street grade elimination project - 1945-1954, citizens committee - 1948, various school committees, levies, and promotions - 1945-1953 including various letters from officials, and the water project 1944-1946, 1950-1952, which was headed by J. Robert Groff.

Series III is miscellaneous. Included are the constitution and by-laws, correspondence of GSCCA presidents, Winwood and Groff from May-Dec. 1945, membership lists for 1944-1951, contribution lists 1944-1951, various brochures put out by the GSCCA, a script from the town meeting which was broadcast May 25, 1948 and sponsored by the GSCCA, and scattered financial records for 1953-1954.

Series IV consists of newspaper clipping files and seven scrapbooks. The scrapbooks, covering the period May 1945 to May 1949, are a collection of articles clipped from the Springfield News - Sun. These clippings pertain to events or members of the GSCCA. The files consist of the following: The town meeting 1948, Main street grade elimination project, Home beautification contests, Water project news, and various clippings from 1953-1954.