Community Improvement Committee (La Crosse, Wis.) Records,
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection include membership lists (1967-68), meeting minutes (1963-68), materials that relate to issuses they addressed in their meetings (1962-68), and notes taken during the meetings.
Dates
- 1962-1968
Creator
- Community Improvement Committee (La Crosse, Wis.) (Organization)
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for patron use.
Historical Note
The Community Improvement Committe started in La Crosse in 1963 as the Citizen's Participation Committee, and remained active through at least 1968. The committe met primarily in the La Crosse City Hall. The meetings focused on a variety of issuses related to the development of La Crosse, such as expansion of public or private buildings, housing and transportation issuses, and the beautification of La Crosse.
The Committee's fuctions were to learn about development problems in the community, help let the public know of building projects going on, and make recommendation for improvement of La Crosse to the City Council. The committee brought in guest speakers to the meetings who suggested projects or brought up concerns within the community. They committee would review these projects or issuses before bringing them to the Common Council for approval or funding.
Extent
0.2 cubic_foot
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Community Improvement Committe started in La Crosse in 1963, and remained active through at least 1968. The committee focused on issuses related to the development of La Crosse. The materials in this collection include membership lists (1967-1968), meeting minutes (1963-1968), and materials related to topics discussed in meetings.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic.
Acquisitions Information
Unknown; possibly received in 1994.
Physical Description
1 box
Processing Information
Processed by Mag Karlstad, January 2013; finding aid written by Mag Karlstad, January 2013
Creator
- Community Improvement Committee (La Crosse, Wis.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Community Improvement Committee Records, 1962-1968
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mag Karlstad; Cate Putirskis
- Date
- 2013 January
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the La Crosse Public Library Archives Repository