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Subseries 9. Home Rule
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Scope and Content Notes: These files document in detail Thornburgh's persistent interest in home rule, which was one of the two areas on which he concentrated at the convention. The local government amendment subsequently adopted was the authority for all local government units to adopt home rule charters for their governance. A sub theme as Thornburgh and other reformers saw it was the opportunity to streamline the governmental process. There was then and over subsequent years continued resistance to the changes a home rule charter would promote and any reform that threatened existing political power structures. Not only is there much material from the drafting sub-committee and home rule committees at the convention but also considerable material following the convention regarding the promotion of home rule for Pittsburgh into the 1970s. Thornburgh in fact was Chair of a Drafting Sub-Committee of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Committee in 1969. Included, too, are speeches, event files and news releases by Thornburgh during 1967-68 and a paper with drafts which he wrote and distributed in 1969 entitled "Blueprint for Modern Government: A Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh." It is interesting to note that it was not until 1998 that Pittsburgh finally passed its home rule charter. These home rule files are unique in identifying the history of this topic in Pittsburgh over subsequent years as well as during the active period of the convention.
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Section: Advisory Subcommittee and Drafting Subcommittee
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Home Rule Advisory Committee and Drafting Sub-Committee 1969
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Clippings regarding formation of Advisory Committee and Drafting Sub-Committee early 1969
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Richard L. Thornburgh, Chair, Drafting Sub-Committee early 1969
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Report of Drafting Sub-Committee of Pittsburgh Home Rule Committee June 6, 1969
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Background Information for report on Drafting Sub-Committee March 18, 1969 - May 7, 1969
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"County Government under PA Constitution," by PA Economy League December, 1967
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Section: Speeches and Events
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Speeches October-November, 1970
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Events regarding Home Rule 1971-1974
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Section: News Releases
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Press Releases 1968-1972
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Section: Correspondence, Notes, Remarks and Drafts
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Correspondence related to "Blueprint for a Modern Government:..." and January 16, 1969 article from "Point" 1969
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Paper: "Blueprint for Modern Government: A Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh" by Thornburgh (with drafts) January 10, 1969
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Speech: "Metropolitan Government...Would You Repeat the Question?" as published in Legal Journal vol. 119 No. 3, 3/1/71 March 1, 1971
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Correspondence to Thornburgh- post draft: June, 1969-1974
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Correspondence and notes of Thornburgh 1968-1972
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Remarks, articles and reports by local and national officials and Thornburgh 1970-1972
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Section: Home Rule Charter for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
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Home Rule Charter- Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Discussion Drafts 1973-1974
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Studies and Reports 1972-1977
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Presentation to Allegheny County Government Study Commission by Committee for Progress in Allegheny County 1977
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Section: Pamphlets, Reports and Editorials
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Home Rule Editorials 1970-1974
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League of Women Voters Home Rule Fact Sheet and Information 1970-1974
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"Local Government Reform in Allegheny County: Can LEAA Help It Happen?" by James M. Seif under Local Government Seminar, University of Pittsburgh December 1970
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Pamphlets and Reports on Home Rule: Local and National Articles on Home Rule 1965-1969
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Local and National Articles on Home Rule 1966-1970
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