Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title Civic Club of Allegheny County Records Creator
Civic Club of Allegheny County (Pa.)
Collection Number AIS.1970.02 Extent
30.09 Linear Feet
(41 boxes)
Date 1896-1974 Abstract The mission of the Civic Club of Allegheny County has been "to promote by education and organized non-partisan effort a higher public spirit and better social order." This collection contains the Civic Club by-laws and constitution; minutes of annual board of directors and committee meetings; records documenting the Civic Club's legislative campaigns and social services; Exceptionally Able Youth testing information and program evaluations; and voter directories for general and primary elections between 1930 and 1973. Language
English
. Author Zachary Brodt. Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections History
The history of the Civic Club began in 1890, when a group of Pittsburgh women came together to form the Women's Health Protective Association to encourage the development and growth of the city's public health works and charities. By 1895, the association was recommended to become a civic club with "the men [providing] the experience" and "the women the enthusiasm." John A. Brashear took a leadership role in the club by incorporating and chartering it in 1896.
The Civic Club's mission has been "to promote by education and organized non-partisan effort a higher public spirit and better social order." Interested in beautifying the community, providing public services to the working classes, and promoting patriotic and civic-minded education to the city's immigrant populations, this club embodied the progressive ideals of the early twentieth century and continued to promote social consciousness well into the post WWII era.
The accomplishments of the Civic Club included the establishment of city playgrounds, smoke abatement regulations, education programs of workers and immigrants, public baths and laundry in the Soho neighborhood, child labor regulations, contagious disease hospitals, public concerts, and the maintenance of public gardens. The Civic Club played a prominent role in passing legislation for improving the living standards of the city's residents. Some of the Civic Club's legislative causes included pure water acts, garbage collection, school inspections, free bridges, and an improved city charter. One of the Civic Club's most notable contributions was encouraging voter participation. The Civic Club published a voter directory for each primary and general election listing all candidates, their biographies, and qualifications in order to enable citizens to vote intelligently. Another noteworthy club venture, the Exceptionally Able Youth program, provided recognition and motivation to the talented students of Allegheny County from 1916 to 1974.
Due to difficulty obtaining the yearly finances needed to operate the organization, the Civic Club surrendered its charter in 1974 and dissolved.
Scope and Content Notes The initial records of the Civic Club of Allegheny County are found in Boxes 1-27. These records contain information about the history of the organization, annual meetings from 1896 to 1964, various programs and club activities, and committee work. Subject files about various organizations, social movements, institutions, and activities relating to the Civic Club mission as well as individual files about notable club members are also included. Topics of special interest include child labor legislation, the creation of public comfort stations, the establishment of the Stephen F. Foster Memorial, the maintenance of Pittsburgh playgrounds, Americanization, milk legislation, psychopathic offenders, and socialized medicine, among others.
The 1974 addition to the records of the Civic Club of Allegheny County is located in Boxes 28-44. Much of this addition relates to research and programs provided by the club as a service to Pittsburgh, but the addition also includes information about club history, committee activities, evaluations of legislation, and club members. A complete set of Voters' Directories published by the Civic Club has been removed from the collection and catalogued to provide greater access to their wealth of biographical information regarding local, state and national politicians; however, duplicates of most of these pamphlets may still be found within the collection. Other publications were maintained within the collection to provide background information on how issues, such as transit and anti-drug movements, among others, were handled outside of Allegheny County. Board of Directors meeting minutes and reports from 1895 to 1974 and photographs of Exceptionally Able Youth award ceremonies, Open Air Schools, Christmas tree lightings, and club members can be found within the addition. Films and audio tapes of various speeches and press conferences regarding topics such as the Golden Triangle and the North Side Stadium Project, among others, are also included.
Arrangement
The first series contains the records donated in 1970 and 1971. Series II through Series XIV contain materials donated in 1974.
Series I. Original 1970 and 1971 Donations
Series II. Civic Club History
Series III. Board of Directors Minutes
Series IV. Committees
Series V. Metropolitan Plan
Series VI. Home Rule
Series VII. Exceptionally Able Youth Program
Series VIII. Research and Subject Files
Series IX. Transit
Series X. Pollution
Series XI. Club Finances
Series XII. Voters' Directory
Series XIII. George W. Shankey, Jr.
Series XIV. Film and Audio Tapes
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Civic Club of Allegheny County on March 18, 1970, June 2, 1971, and in August 1974.
Previous Citation
Civic Club of Allegheny County Records, 1896-1974, AIS.1970.02, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Civic Club of Allegheny County Records, 1896-1974, AIS.1970.02, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center staff in installments in 1970 and 1971.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid was provided by Anna Maria Mihalega on October 19, 2000, and Kate Colligan on March 29, 2001. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1415609. The revision of the original accession and the processing of the 1974 addition was provided by Zachary L. Brodt in August 2006.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Separated Material
Publications were removed from this collection and cataloged by the University Library System. Publications produced by the Civic Club include a complete set of the Voters' Directory pamphlets, as well as the newsletters The Civic Club Voice, News from the Civic Club of Allegheny County, Civic Bulletin for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, The Monthly Bulletin, and Communicator, collectively ranging from 1914 to 1973. Other publications not produced by the club, but relating to their various research topics, have also been catalogued. Box 42 includes two 16 millimeter films and six one-quarter inch audio tapes which have been relocated to the Media Storage room.
Subjects Corporate Names Civic Club of Allegheny County (Pa.) Personal Names Brashear, John A. (John Alfred) Iams, Lucy Dorsey Schuchman, F. E. Shankey, George Other Subjects Politics Associations Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County Politicians -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Biography Election districts -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County -- Directories Transportation Container List Series I. Original 1970 and 1971 Donations , 1898-1960 Civic Club History , 1899-1945 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Civic Club Annual Meetings , 1896-1911 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Civic Club Annual Meetings , 1912-1937 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Affiliated Organization Activities , 1913-1945 Containers box 1 , folder 4 All Nations Festival , 1932 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Allied Boards of Trade , 1913-1916, 1924 Containers box 1 , folder 6 Anti-Expectoration , 1900 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Arbor Day Hillside Planting , 1898-1928 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Arsenal Park , 1901-1907 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Art in Public Schools , 1898-1904 Containers box 1 , folder 10 "As Thousands Cheer" Political Rally , 1934-1935 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Associated Charities , 1898-1912 Containers box 2 , folder 12 Associated Charities , 1913-1932 Containers box 2 , folder 13 Aviation , 1929, 1936 Containers box 2 , folder 14 Municipal Band , 1917-1923 Containers box 2 , folder 15 Billboards , 1903-1913 Containers box 2 , folder 16 Billboards , 1914-1922 Containers box 2 , folder 17 Billboards , 1926-1928 Containers box 2 , folder 18 Billboards , 1929-1935, 1940-1945, 1954-1958 Containers box 2 , folder 19 Block House (Point Park) , 1902, 1905, 1933 Containers box 2 , folder 20 Blue Laws , 1929-1931 Containers box 2 , folder 21 Bridge Raising , 1908, 1915-1919, 1924 Containers box 2 , folder 22 Building Code Commission , 1910, 1915 Containers box 3 , folder 23 Child Labor , 1905-1923 Containers box 3 , folder 24-25 Child Welfare , 1897, 1913-1923 Containers box 3 , folder 26 Children's Service Bureau , 1909-1928 Containers box 3 , folder 27 Civic Art Commission , 1911-1917 Containers box 3 , folder 28 Civic Club—Program , 1933-1935 Containers box 3 , folder 29 Civic Club—Rummage Sale , 1932-1933 Containers box 3 , folder 30 Civic Club—Window Display , 1913-1922 Containers box 3 , folder 31 Civic Lectures Courses , 1909-1910 Containers box 3 , folder 32 Civic Club Ball , undated Containers box 3 , folder 33 Comfort and Waiting Stations , 1913-1921 Containers box 4 , folder 34 Public Comfort Stations , 1912-1917 Containers box 4 , folder 35 Conservation , 1943-1944 Containers box 4 , folder 36 Conservation and Roadside Beauty , 1949-1960 Containers box 4 , folder 36A Fire Protection , 1913 Containers box 4 , folder 37 Flood Control , 1910, 1936-1938 Containers box 4 , folder 38 Flower Shows , 1926-1932 Containers box 4 , folder 39 Stephen Collins Foster Anniversary Committee of the Civic Club , 1927-1938 Containers box 4 , folder 40 Stephen C. Foster Memorial , 1923-1926 Containers box 4 , folder 41 Stephen C. Foster Memorial (clippings) , 1928-1930 Containers box 4 , folder 42 Stephen C. Foster Memorial (clippings) , 1933-1954 Containers box 5 , folder 43-50 Stephen C. Foster Home (clippings) , 1934-1936 Containers box 5 , folder 51 Death of Mrs. Marion Foster Welch's (daughter of Stephen C. Foster) , 1935 Containers box 5 , folder 52 Stephen C. Foster, Miscellaneous (clippings) , 1953 Containers box 5 , folder 53 Gardens , 1911-1917 Containers box 6 , folder 54 Health and Welfare (comfort stations, garbage, rats) , 1944-1946 Containers box 6 , folder 55 Highways (Blvd. of the Allies, Liberty Tubes, Ohio River Blvd., Saw Mill) , 1917-1940 Containers box 6 , folder 56 Municipal Hospital , 1937-1942 Containers box 6 , folder 57 Pittsburgh Housing , 1912-1919, 1939-1960 Containers box 6 , folder 58-58C Immigration (clippings) , 1916 Containers box 6 , folder 59 Jail Removal , 1925-1940, 1950, 1952 Containers box 6 , folder 60 Juvenile Court , 1901-1907 Containers box 7 , folder 61 Juvenile Court , 1905-1934 Containers box 7 , folder 62 Juvenile Court Scrapbook , 1899 Containers box 7 , folder 63 Libraries , 1938 Containers box 7 , folder 64 Legal Aid Society , 1899-1939 Containers box 7 , folder 65 Legislative Program (state) , 1932-1933 Containers box 7 , folder 66 Medical Inspection in Schools , 1905-1910 Containers box 7 , folder 67 National Conference of Charities and Corrections, Conventions (Cleveland and Pittsburgh) , 1912, 1917 Containers box 7 , folder 68 Open Air Schools , 1909-1946 Containers box 7 , folder 69 Pittsburgh City Budget , 1908-1938, 1940 Containers box 7 , folder 70 Pittsburgh City Charter , 1901 Containers box 7 , folder 71 Political Posters , 1931-1934, 1942 Containers box 7 , folder 72 Social Security , 1945, 1949 Containers box 7 , folder 73 State Public Utilities Pay Raise , 1931 Containers box 7 , folder 74 "Manhattan Preferred" , 1930 Containers box 8 , folder 75 "What's Up" , 1931 Containers box 8 , folder 76 "Silver Domino" , 1932 Containers box 8 , folder 77 "All to the Point" , 1933 Containers box 8 , folder 78 "Hello Again" , 1934 Containers box 8 , folder 79 Pittsburgh Playgrounds , 1899-1904 Containers box 9 , volume 1 Pittsburgh Playgrounds , 1905-1907 Containers box 9 , volume 2 Pittsburgh Playgrounds , 1908-1909 Containers box 10 , volume 3 Immigration , 1915-1916, 1919 Containers box 10 , volume 4 Juvenile Court , 1903-1905 Containers box 11 , volume 5 Civic Club History and Progress Reports , undated Containers box 12 , folder 1 Constitution and By-laws , undated Containers box 12 , folder 2 Officers, Board of Directors, and Committeemen , 1895-1959 Containers box 12 , folder 03-04 Membership Lists , 1916, 1960 Containers box 12 , folder 5 Founding Members , undated Containers box 12 , folder 6 Meeting Minutes , 1930-1954 Containers box 12 , folder 7 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes , 1949-1956 Containers box 12 , folder 8 General Information , undated Containers box 12 , folder 9 Advisory Committee , 1958 Containers box 12 , folder 10 Better Housing Committee , 1952 Containers box 12 , folder 11 Child Welfare Committee , 1934 Containers box 12 , folder 12 City and County Budget and Finance Committee , 1951-1956 Containers box 12 , folder 13 Constitutional Revision Committee , 1934-1935 Containers box 12 , folder 14 Education and School Study Committee , 1957-1958, 1961 Containers box 12 , folder 15 Exceptionally Able Youths Committee , 1947, 1961 Containers box 12 , folder 16 Education and School Study Committee , 1943-1944 Containers box 12 , folder 17 Flower Market Committee , 1929 Containers box 12 , folder 18 General Information , undated Containers box 13 , folder 19 Legislative Committee , 1945 Containers box 13 , folder 20 Legislative Committee , 1949, 1951 Containers box 13 , folder 21 Legislative Committee , 1957-1959 Containers box 13 , folder 22 Education Subcommittee , 1948-1949 Containers box 13 , folder 23 Labor Subcommittee , 1947, 1955 Containers box 13 , folder 24 Public Welfare Subcommittee , 1949, 1955, 1959 Containers box 13 , folder 25 Public Health Subcommittee , 1957, 1959 Containers box 13 , folder 26 Taxation Subcommittee , 1949, 1951 Containers box 13 , folder 27 Subcommittee on three Platoon Firemen's Bill , 1942 Containers box 13 , folder 28 Long Range Committee , 1959 Containers box 13 , folder 29 Meetings Committee , 1920 Containers box 13 , folder 30 Membership Committee , 1946 Containers box 13 , folder 31 Municipal Affairs Committee , 1946-1949 Containers box 13 , folder 32 Municipal Music Committee , 1923 Containers box 13 , folder 32A Municipal Planning Committee , 1917 Containers box 13 , folder 33 Nominating Committee , 1930-1952 Containers box 13 , folder 34 Open Air School Committee , 1939 Containers box 13 , folder 35 Program Committee , 1944 Containers box 13 , folder 36 Publicity Committee , 1950 Containers box 13 , folder 37 Re-evaluation Committee , 1951-1954 Containers box 13 , folder 38-39 State Legislature Study Committee , 1951 Containers box 13 , folder 40 Thaw Memorial Committee , 1948 Containers box 13 , folder 41 Voter's Directory Committee , 1946-1947, 1952 Containers box 13 , folder 42 Miscellaneous , 1913, 1917, 1925-1969 Containers box 13 , folder 43 Tax Status , 1920-1960 Containers box 13 , folder 44 Memoranda , 1954-1959 Containers box 13 , folder 45 Annual Meeting Minutes , 1923-1964 Containers box 14 , folder 46 Annual Meeting Clippings , undate Containers box 14 , folder 47 Special Meetings , 1938, 1963 Containers box 14 , folder 48 Annual Meeting Reports , 1930-1957 Containers box 14 , folder 49 Annual Meeting News Releases , 1944-1959 Containers box 14 , folder 50 Membership Campaign , 1908-1967 Containers box 14 , folder 51 Legal Papers , undate Containers box 14 , folder 52 25th Anniversary , 1920 Containers box 14 , folder 53 30th Anniversary , 1925 Containers box 14 , folder 54 50th Anniversary , 1939 Containers box 14 , folder 55 Health and Welfare Panel , 1955 Containers box 14 , folder 56 Housewarming , 1930 Containers box 14 , folder 57 Luncheons , 1910-1940 Containers box 14 , folder 58 Public Forums and Minutes , 1919 Containers box 14 , folder 59 Public Forums , 1919-1920 Containers box 15 , folder 60 Publicity , undate Containers box 15 , folder 61 Publications , undate Containers box 15 , folder 62 Legislative Bulletin , 1937-1953 Containers box 15 , folder 63 Miscellaneous , undate Containers box 15 , folder 64 A.B.C. Restaurant Ordinance , 1948, 1952 Containers box 15 , folder 65 ADA, Pittsburgh Chapter , undate Containers box 15 , folder 66 Air Pollution , 1957 Containers box 15 , folder 67 Allegheny Conference on Community Development , 1946 Containers box 15 , folder 68 Allegheny County Government , 1957, 1959 Containers box 15 , folder 69 Allegheny County Finances , 1954, 1957 Containers box 15 , folder 70 Allegheny County Health Study Commission , 1954 Containers box 15 , folder 71 Allegheny County Joint Committee on Scholarship Aid , 1957 Containers box 15 , folder 72 Allegheny County Sanitary Authority , 1946-1956 Containers box 15 , folder 73 Allegheny County Sunday-Rest Association , 1907 Containers box 15 , folder 74 American Association for Promoting Hygiene and Public Baths , 1917 Containers box 15 , folder 75 American Civic Association , 1908-1934 Containers box 15 , folder 76 Americanization (clippings) , 1918 Containers box 15 , folder 77 Assessment Reform , 1922-1935 Containers box 16 , folder 78 Automobile Laws , 1956-1957 Containers box 16 , folder 79 Bridges , 1915-1916 Containers box 16 , folder 80 Building Code , 1959 Containers box 16 , folder 81 Bus Fare Protest , 1929 Containers box 16 , folder 82 Canalization of the Ohio River , 1929 Containers box 16 , folder 83 Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny , 1933 Containers box 16 , folder 84 Census , 1950 Containers box 16 , folder 85 Christmas Lighting and Decoration , 1926-1940 Containers box 16 , folder 86 Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation Center , 1946-1949 Containers box 16 , folder 87 City Manager , 1931-1939 Containers box 16 , folder 88 City Planning (clippings) , 1917-1935, 1957 Containers box 16 , folder 89 Civic Muzzler Bill , undated Containers box 16 , folder 90 Civic Opera Site , 1949 Containers box 16 , folder 91 Code of Ethics , 1959 Containers box 17 , folder 92 Civil Service , 1921, 1946-1947 Containers box 17 , folder 93 Conemaugh Dam Project , 1947, 1950 Containers box 17 , folder 94 Constitutional Amendments (state) , 1933, 1937 Containers box 17 , folder 95 Constitutional Revision (state) , 1920-1936, 1953 Containers box 17 , folder 96-97 Co-operative School Study Committee , 1958 Containers box 17 , folder 98 County Fair Civic Club Distribution , 1957 Containers box 17 , folder 99 County Government , 1936, 1959 Containers box 17 , folder 100 Day Nursing Committee of Allegheny County , undated Containers box 17 , folder 101 Dirty Milk , 1939-1945 Containers box 17 , folder 102 Education , 1911-1944 Containers box 17 , folder 103-107 Education , 1946-1947 Containers box 18 , folder 108 Education , 1958-1960 Containers box 18 , folder 109 Fair Employment Practices , 1947-1948, 1958-1959 Containers box 18 , folder 110 Federal Aid to Education , 1948, 1956-1958 Containers box 18 , folder 111 Fee Offices , 1911-1935 Containers box 18 , folder 112 Flood Control (includes report about effects of the Flood of March 18, 1936) , undated Containers box 18 , folder 113 Floods—Johnston, PA , 1899 Containers box 18 , folder 114 Foundations (Pittsburgh Foundation and Mellon Foundation) , 1948-1949, 1959 Containers box 18 , folder 115 Garbage (rules and regulations) , 1933-1934, 1952 Containers box 18 , folder 116 Home Rule , 1922-1958 Containers box 18 , folder 117 Junior Civic Club , 1922-1924 Containers box 18 , folder 118 Labor (clippings) , 1958-1960 Containers box 18 , folder 119 Lake Building , 1948 Containers box 18 , folder 120 Lakes, Ponds, Dams , 1948-1950, 1956 Containers box 18 , folder 121-122 Land Use , 1955 Containers box 18 , folder 123 Land Use , 1955-1956 Containers box 19 , folder 124-125 Legislation (Federal) -- Highway Construction and Commercial Exploitation , 1956 Containers box 19 , folder 126 Legislation (State) -- General , 1913-1959 Containers box 19 , folder 127-132 Legislation (State) -- Increasing City's Borrowing Power , 1928 Containers box 19 , folder 133 Libraries—Allegheny County, PA , 1947-1959 Containers box 19 , folder 134 Light's Golden Jubilee , 1929 Containers box 20 , folder 135 Metropolitan Planning , 1920-1928 Containers box 20 , folder 136 Planning , 1929-1958 Containers box 20 , folder 137 Milk Legislation (clippings) , 1939-1945, 1959 Containers box 20 , folder 138 Minor Judiciary , 1952 Containers box 20 , folder 139 Municipal Affairs (clippings) , 1909-1959 Containers box 20 , folder 140 Municipal Lodging House , 1909-1910 Containers box 20 , folder 141 National Association of Housing Officials , 1935 Containers box 20 , folder 142 Noise and Noise Abatement , 1929, 1946-1950 Containers box 20 , folder 143 Pennsylvania Pitt's Partners , 1947 Containers box 20 , folder 144-145 Pennsylvania Economy League , 1958 Containers box 20 , folder 146 People's Baths , 1908, 1933 Containers box 20 , folder 147 Pittsburgh—Organizational Chart , 1919 Containers box 20 , folder 148 Pittsburgh Board of Public Education (clippings) , 1958 Containers box 20 , folder 149 Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire , 1942, 1947, 1949 Containers box 20 , folder 150 Pittsburgh Bureau of Smoke Prevention , 1914, 1941-1955 Containers box 20 , folder 151 City Planning Commission , 1907-1912, 1951-1952 Containers box 20 , folder 152 Pittsburgh—Department of Public Welfare , 1934-1937, 1942 Containers box 21 , folder 153 Pittsburgh—Mayor's Commission for the Elimination of Smoke , 1941 Containers box 21 , folder 154 Pittsburgh Parking Authority , 1947-1953 Containers box 21 , folder 155-156 Pittsburgh—General , undated Containers box 21 , folder 157 Pittsburgh—Budget , 1934-1957 Containers box 21 , folder 158-159 Pittsburgh—Centennial , 1916 Containers box 21 , folder 160 Pittsburgh—Mayoral Election , 1929 Containers box 21 , folder 161 "The Pittsburgh Plan" , 1913 Containers box 21 , folder 162 Psychopathic Offenders , 1949-1950 Containers box 21 , folder 163 Public Health and Welfare , 1955-1956 Containers box 21 , folder 164 Public Utilities , 1950 Containers box 21 , folder 165 Public Welfare , 1958-1959 Containers box 21 , folder 166 Power Strike , 1946 Containers box 21 , folder 167 Rackets (clippings) , 1950 Containers box 21 , folder 168 Railways , 1918 Containers box 21 , folder 169 Reapportionment (clippings) , 1941-1942 Containers box 21 , folder 170 School Feeding , 1933 Containers box 21 , folder 171 School Board, Elective , 1919 Containers box 21 , folder 172 School Budgets—Pittsburgh , 1958-1959 Containers box 21 , folder 173-174 School Extension (clippings) , 1902, 1912-1918 Containers box 21 , folder 175 School Panel, Committee on Reorganization of Government in Allegheny County , 1955 Containers box 21 , folder 176-177 Schools—Pittsburgh , 1953 Containers box 21 , folder 178 Sewerage , 1952-1955 Containers box 21 , folder 179 Smoke Abatement Lectures (Notes of I.O. Arneson, Pittsburgh Coal Company) , undated Containers box 22 , folder 180 The Smoke and Dust Abatement League , 1912, 1916 Containers box 22 , folder 181 Smoke and Smoke Control , 1940-1959 Containers box 22 , folder 182-188 Smoke and Smoke Control (clippings) , 1941 Containers box 22 , folder 189-190 Smoke and Smoke Control (clippings) , 1941-1959 Containers box 23 , folder 191-198 Social Centers (clippings) , 1913-1916 Containers box 23 , folder 199 Socialized Medicine , 1943-1946 Containers box 23 , folder 200 Soho Public Baths History , undated Containers box 24 , folder 201 Soho Public Baths , 1908-1961 Containers box 24 , folder 202 Soho Public Baths Clippings , 1912-1943 Containers box 24 , folder 203 State Constitution Revision (Clippings) , 1953 Containers box 24 , folder 204 Sterilization , 1913 Containers box 24 , folder 205 Stream Pollution , 1913-1959 Containers box 24 , folder 206-210 Taxation , 1947-1958 Containers box 25 , folder 211 Publications Regarding Taxation , 1946-1949, 1955 Containers box 25 , folder 212 Taxation Clippings , 1923-1959 Containers box 25 , folder 213 Town Hall , 1949 Containers box 25 , folder 214 Traffic , 1950, 1958-1959 Containers box 25 , folder 215 Traffic (Clippings) , 1925-1927, 1946-1952 Containers box 25 , folder 216 Transit Authority , 1955 Containers box 25 , folder 217 United Smoke Control , 1942-1946 Containers box 25 , folder 218-220 United Smoke Control Publications , undated Containers box 25 , folder 221 Water Authority , 1951-1953 Containers box 25 , folder 222 Water Authority Clippings , 1952-1953 Containers box 26 , folder 223 Water Supply and Sewage Disposal , 1955-1958 Containers box 26 , folder 224 Waterfront Improvements , 1932-1936 Containers box 26 , folder 225 Women's Clubs , 1913-1915 Containers box 26 , folder 226 Women Labor , 1914, 1917 Containers box 26 , folder 227 Work Probe , 1950 Containers box 26 , folder 228 Zoning , 1949-1950, 1954, 1957 Containers box 26 , folder 229 Zoning Clippings , 1918-1959 Containers box 26 , folder 230 Miscellaneous , undated Containers box 26 , folder 231 Brashear, John , 1940 Containers box 26 , folder 232 Brown, John P. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 233 Christler, C.M. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 234 Cunningham, Charles , undated Containers box 26 , folder 235 Dermitt, Miss William G. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 236 Everstine, A. Perry , undated Containers box 26 , folder 237 Foster, Henry W., Jr. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 238 Gray, James H. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 239 Guthrie, Francis S. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 240 Hailman, James D. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 241 Hailman, Mrs. Johanna K.W. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 242 Iams, Lucy Dorsey , undated Containers box 26 , folder 243 Kirchway, Dr. George W. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 244 Knowles, Morris , undated Containers box 26 , folder 245 Lawrence, David L. , 1958-1959 Containers box 26 , folder 246 Martin, Park H. , undated Containers box 26 , folder 247 Lund, Harold C. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 248 Mason, Lee F. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 249 Munroe, D.D. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 250 Munroe, Mrs. Grace Ralston , undated Containers box 27 , folder 251 O'Connell, Dr. C. Leonard , undated Containers box 27 , folder 252 Philips, Samuel E. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 253 Rea, James C. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 254 Scurlock, J. Paul , undated Containers box 27 , folder 255 Stevens, Thomas Wood , undated Containers box 27 , folder 256 Thaw, Mrs. William, Jr. , undated Containers box 27 , folder 257 Wells, Carveth , undated Containers box 27 , folder 258 Miscellaneous Publications from Civic and City Clubs Outside of Pittsburgh , undated Containers box 27 , folder 259 Series II. Civic Club of Allegheny County History , 1895-1974 Scope and Content Notes In 1890 the Women's Health Protective Association of Allegheny County was created by a group of Pittsburgh women in an effort to ban public spitting, clean up air pollution, and create a regular garbage collection program. This was the first civic organization in Pennsylvania. In 1895 the Association became the Civic Club of Allegheny County and began to admit men as members in order to better influence the government. Until its dissolution in 1974, the Civic Club was maintained by caring citizens of Allegheny County as they worked to ensure that the region became a cleaner, healthier and more desirable place to live. Their mission was carried out through various programs and events detailed throughout the collection.
To expand on the club's beginnings, these records contain the club charter, by-laws and constitution. Different programs and events presented by the Civic Club were also scattered throughout its rich history. Included are documents about Stephen Foster Day and affiliate Civic Clubs just to name a couple of the programs represented in this series. Correspondence and clippings concerning the Civic Club's 25th, 50th, and 75th anniversaries are also present as well as correspondence of Civic Club presidents Schuchman, Gallup, Everstine and Murdock. The dissolution of the Civic Club is alluded to in correspondence regarding a canceled boat ride. Photographs of the Christmas tree lightings, the Open-Air School, Daycare, and the Civic Club office are also present. Ephemeral items include the club's meeting gavel and an Allegheny County flag.
Civic Club of Allegheny County Historical Background , 1916-1970 Containers box 28 , folder 1 Civic Club Annual Meetings , 1896-1911 Containers box 28 , folder 2 Civic Club By-Laws , 1896 Containers box 28 , folder 3 Copy of Civic Club Charter , 1896 Containers box 28 , folder 4 Charter Members and Contributors , 1895 Containers box 28 , folder 5 Proposed Amendments to By-Laws and Club Reorganization , 1901-1943 Containers box 28 , folder 6 Clippings- Civic Club History , 1902-1915 Containers box 28 , folder 7 Letters and Circulars , 1907-1913 Containers box 28 , folder 8 Letter to Civic Club from Dr. C.C. Wholey , 1907 Containers box 28 , folder 9 Correspondence of H.M. Dermitt , 1908-1930 Containers box 28 , folder 10 Civic Club Legal Documents , 1908-1972 Containers box 28 , folder 11 Photos of Civic Club Daycare , 1911 Containers box 28 , folder 12 Open Air Schools , 1911-1917 Containers box 28 , folder 13 Amendments to Club Policies , 1913 Containers box 28 , folder 14 Letter to Civic Club Board of Directors from Oliver McClintock , 1914 Containers box 28 , folder 15 Letter and Report Regarding Adam's Market , 1915 Containers box 28 , folder 16 Guarantee Fund , 1915 Containers box 28 , folder 17 Photos of the Club Float at the County Anniversary , 1916 Containers box 28 , folder 18 Clippings- Civic Club of Allegheny County 25th Anniversary , 1920 Containers box 28 , folder 19 Officer, Directors and Committee List and Club History , 1920-1939, 1948 Containers box 28 , folder 20 Junior Civic Clubs , 1921-1922 Containers box 28 , folder 21 Latimer Junior High Health Week , 1922 Containers box 28 , folder 22 Speech- Mayor Magee to Civic Club , 1924 Containers box 28 , folder 23 Stephen Foster Day , 1926 Containers box 28 , folder 24 Correspondence, Reports and Bulletins Regarding the Board , 1927-1965 Containers box 28 , folder 25 Christmas Lights , 1929-1933 Containers box 28 , folder 26 "Civic Club of Allegheny County 1895-1935" , 1895-1935 Containers box 28 , folder 27 Charter Revision Booklet , 1936 Containers box 28 , folder 28 Civic Club Membership and Club Goals , 1938 Containers box 28 , folder 29 Civic Club of Allegheny County Constitution , ca.1938, ca.1958 Containers box 28 , folder 30 Questionnaire and Correspondence , 1938-1968 Containers box 28 , folder 31 Letter and Clippings Regarding the Golden Jubilee Program , 1939 Containers box 28 , folder 32 "Civic Affairs" Bulletin , 1939-1948 Containers box 28 , folder 33 "Fifty Years of Civic Club History: 1895-1945" , 1895-1945 Containers box 28 , folder 34 Clippings- Civic Club of Allegheny County 50th Anniversary , 1945 Containers box 28 , folder 35 Correspondence Regarding 50th Anniversary Contributions and to Founding Members , 1945 Containers box 28 , folder 36 Proposed New Civic Club Constitution , 1946 Containers box 28 , folder 37 Correspondence of F.E. Schuchman , 1947-1967 Containers box 28 , folder 38 Correspondence of E.H. Gallup, Jr. , 1951-1952 Containers box 28 , folder 39 Correspondence of A. Perry Everstine , 1952-1955 Containers box 28 , folder 40 Correspondence of Hazel B. Scott , 1953-1956 Containers box 28 , folder 41 Correspondence with Organizations and Companies , 1952-1969 Containers box 28 , folder 42 Proposed Site for Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera , 1952 Containers box 28 , folder 43 Correspondence of Jacob M. Murdock , 1954-1956 Containers box 28 , folder 44 American Planning and Civic Association Honor Roll Certificate , 1954 Containers box 28 , folder 45 Correspondence- Acceptance of Committee Chairs , 1955 Containers box 28 , folder 46 Letter to Old Members and Past Committee List , 1957, 1968 Containers box 28 , folder 47 Civic Club of Allegheny County General History , 1958 Containers box 28 , folder 48 Documents Regarding a Civic Club Name Change , 1965-1966 Containers box 28 , folder 49 Correspondence of F.E. Schuchman and Flick-Reedy , 1966 Containers box 28 , folder 50 Stationary Samples , 1966-1974 Containers box 28 , folder 51 All-America Cities Awards Competition Allegheny County Application , 1969 Containers box 28 , folder 52 North Braddock Tax Payers Protective Association Correspondence and Reports , 1969-1972 Containers box 28 , folder 53 Correspondence with Legislators and Organizations , 1970-1973 Containers box 28 , folder 54 Memoranda and Correspondence , 1971-1974 Containers box 28 , folder 55 Turtle Creek Civic Club Correspondence and Bulletins , 1971 Containers box 28 , folder 56 Civic Club of Allegheny County 75th Anniversary , 1971 Containers box 28 , folder 57 Correspondence with Affiliate Civic Clubs , 1971-1972 Containers box 28 , folder 58 Concerned Tax Payers of Allegheny County Memoranda, Member List and Clippings , 1972 Containers box 28 , folder 59 National Information Bureau Report , 1972 Containers box 28 , folder 60 Letters of Thanks from John H. Neely , 1973 Containers box 28 , folder 61 Cancelled Boat Ride , 1974 Containers box 28 , folder 62 Photo of Civic Club Office at Hotel William Penn , undated Containers box 28 , folder 63 Miscellaneous Club Events and Honors , undated Containers box 28 , folder 64 Article, "Civic Organizations: Why? Where? How?" , undated Containers box 28 , folder 65 Correspondence between Club President and Members , undated Containers box 28 , folder 66 Civic Club Subscription Cards , undated Containers box 28 , folder 67 Gavel , undated Containers box 28 , other 1 Flag of Allegheny County , undated Containers box 28 , other 2 Annals of the Civic Club Vol.3 , undated Containers box 28 , other 3 Series III. Board of Directors Minutes , 1895-1974 Scope and Content Notes The Board of Directors for the Civic Club typically met once a month. The club president presided over the meetings which were attended by committee chairs, the club secretary, and any other speaker or special guest for which attendance had been arranged. At these meetings the Board of Directors discussed the plans and reports of several committees, approved club budgets and expenses, and were updated on new members as well as member resignations and deaths. Updates on proposed legislation and club programs, such as Exceptionally Able Youth and the Voters' Directory, were also presented. Occasionally the Board of Directors would hold special meetings when an issue required the club take an immediate stance. One such issue was that of the proposed privatization of garbage collection. In that case, the Civic Club decided to oppose the proposal due to their longstanding support of a city managed system. The Board of Directors minutes span the Civic Club's entire existence (1895-1974). Original minute books were maintained from 1895 to 1943 with handwritten minutes until 1914. Between 1914 and 1944, the club's secretary typed drafts of minutes and glued them into the minute books. Starting in 1944, minute books were no longer used and typed minutes were placed in folders.
Along with the Board of Directors minutes are reports regarding Civic Club finances, membership and the Soho Bath House. These minutes and reports help illustrate the activities and concerns, as well as the organization and business behind the politically and socially active Civic Club. Biographical information on some of the Board of Directors members from 1970 is also present.
Index to Board of Directors Minute Books , 1895-1899, 1918-1924 Containers box 29 , folder 1 Materials for an Index to Board of Directors Minute Book , 1899-1909 Containers box 29 , folder 02-04 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes , 1899, 1903 Containers box 29 , folder 5 Board of Directors Minute Books , 1895-1924 Containers box 29 , volume 1-13 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes , 1924-1945 Containers box 30 , volume 01-12 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and Reports , 1944-1974 Containers box 31 , folder 01-38 Board of Directors Mailing List , 1969-1972 Containers box 31 , folder 39 Board Member Biographies , 1970-1971 Containers box 31 , folder 40 Series IV. Committees , 1895-1974 Scope and Content Notes The Civic Club organized its members into committees in order to efficiently examine and create programs to solve problems concerning the welfare of Allegheny County. An example of such is the Legislative Committee which studied and proposed legislation that would be presented in the State House of Representatives and Senate. Other committees assisted in maintaining the Civic Club itself, such as the Membership Committee which was in charge of gaining new members as well as retaining active members, an essential function of the club.
These records contain lists of committees and subcommittees along with its mission and objectives. Also present are committee meeting minutes including original handwritten minute books of the Education Department of the Civic Club from 1896 to 1909 and committee members lists and reports.
Folders 41-50 are concerned with the affairs of several committees and arranged chronologically. The remaining files are arranged alphabetically by committee name and then chronologically. This series contains two subseries concerning the Membership and Public Relations Committees.
Committees, general , 1895-1973 Report about Committees and Committee Listing , 1895-1910 Containers box 31 , folder 41 Board of Directors and Officers List and Attendance Record , 1918-1919 Containers box 31 , folder 42 Board and Committee Member List and Objectives , 1939-1942 Containers box 31 , folder 43-44 Committee Duties and Responsibilities , 1944 Containers box 31 , folder 45 Committee and Subcommittee Member Lists and Reports , ca.1947 Containers box 31 , folder 46 Committee Duties and Objectives , undated Containers box 31 , folder 47 Annual Report of Mrs. Iams, Chairman Department of Social Science , 1907 Containers box 31 , folder 48 Various Committee Reports , 1913-1914 Containers box 31 , folder 49-50 Advisory Committee Report , 1958 Containers box 31 , folder 51 14th Annual Meeting of National Municipal League and American Civic Association , 1908 Containers box 31 , folder 52 Annual Meeting Committee Reports and Minutes , 1911-1949 Containers box 31 , folder 53-58 Annual Meeting Speech by David L. Lawrence , 1958 Containers box 31 , folder 59 Annual Membership Meeting , 1928-1974 Containers box 32 , folder 01-03 Better Housing Committee , 1952-1953 Containers box 32 , folder 4 City and County Budget Committees , 1952-1955 Containers box 32 , folder 5 Committee Chairmen Meeting Minutes , 1916 Containers box 32 , folder 6 Education Department Meeting Minutes and Reports , 1896-1940 Containers box 32 , folder 07-13 Election of Officers Ballot , 1974 Containers box 32 , folder 14 Federation of Charities Minutes , 1907-1908 Containers box 32 , folder 15 Finance Committee Meeting Transcript , 1972 Containers box 32 , folder 16 Government Reorganization Committee Correspondence and Reports , ca. 1955 Containers box 32 , folder 17 Juvenile Court Committee Reports , 1908 Containers box 32 , folder 18 Legislative Committee Reports and Minutes , 1901-1973 Containers box 32 , folder 19-28 Legislative Committee Member List and Miscellaneous Papers , 1973 Containers box 32 , folder 29 Library Committee , 1938, 1954 Containers box 32 , folder 30 Membership List by Year , 1895-1960 Containers box 32 , folder 31 Original Index of Civic Club Members , 1898-1902 Containers box 32 , folder 32 Original Index of Member Addresses and Board and Committee Members , 1898-1902 Containers box 32 , folder 33 Original Index of Members and Paid Dues , 1904-1907 Containers box 32 , folder 34 Kate Cassatt McKnight Report and Letter , 1905, 1934 Containers box 32 , folder 35 Kate Cassatt McKnight "In Memoriam" booklet , 1907 Containers box 32 , folder 36 List of Civic Club Members , 1911 Containers box 32 , folder 37 Requests for New Members , 1918 Containers box 32 , folder 38 Clippings- Membership Campaign , 1920 Containers box 32 , folder 39 Membership Campaign , 1920 Containers box 32 , folder 40 Dr. John and Phoebe Brashear , 1925 Containers box 32 , folder 41 List of Original Civic Club Members and Living Relatives , 1945 Containers box 32 , folder 42 Membership Reports , 1953-1955 Containers box 32 , folder 43 Correspondence- Individual Membership , 1967-1972 Containers box 32 , folder 44 Correspondence- Membership Applications, Dues and Cancellation , 1967, 1970 Containers box 32 , folder 45 Correspondence- Corporate Membership , 1968-1970 Containers box 32 , folder 46 Membership Solicitation , 1969-1973 Containers box 32 , folder 47 Membership Drive , 1972 Containers box 32 , folder 48 Photo of Members with County Commissioners , ca.1972 Containers box 32 , folder 49 Photos of Members at a Club Dinner , 1973 Containers box 32 , folder 50 Biographies of Prominent Members , undated Containers box 32 , folder 51 Member Photos A-Z , undated Containers box 32 , folder 52-53 Correspondence- Affiliate and Associate Membership , undated Containers box 32 , folder 54 Members Listed by Legislative District , undated Containers box 32 , folder 55 Noon Luncheon Minutes , 1966-1967 Containers box 32 , folder 56 Public Health and Welfare Committee , 1949 Containers box 32 , folder 57 Public Relations, Clippings , 1914-1972 Containers box 32 , folder 58 Public Relations, News Releases , 1952-1970 Containers box 32 , folder 59 Public Relations, Correspondence with Television and Radio Stations , 1966, 1969 Containers box 32 , folder 60 Public Relations, Public Relations Collage , 1968 Containers box 32 , folder 61 Public Relations,Correspondence and Policies Regarding Civic Club Ads , 1972 Containers box 32 , folder 62 Public Relations, Re-evaluation Committee Minutes and Reports , 1951-1954 Containers box 32 , folder 63-64 Public Relations, Welfare Bond Issue Citizens' Committee , 1928 Containers box 32 , folder 65 Public Relations, Zoning Committee Reports , 1954 Containers box 32 , folder 66 Series V. Metropolitan Plan , 1910-1959 Scope and Content Notes Beginning in the 1910s, one of the Civic Club's main concerns was that of a Metropolitan Plan for the Pittsburgh area. If adopted, this plan would gather all the municipalities of Allegheny County under the collective government and title of Pittsburgh. By accepting the Metropolitan Plan, small municipalities could retain their name and have an equal share in government instead of risking later annexation by Pittsburgh without these benefits. This would have made Greater Pittsburgh the fourth largest city in the country. The issue was heavily researched and supported in the early twentieth century, but it appears that efforts began to taper as the 1950s came to a close.
Included are Metropolitan Plan Committee minutes, pamphlets outlining the benefits of a metropolitan Pittsburgh, correspondence and reports regarding other cities with a metropolitan plan, and proposed Metropolitan Plan Charters.
Pittsburgh Civic Commission Correspondence , 1910 Containers box 33 , folder 1 Metropolitan Plan Mounted Pamphlets , 1919, 1928-1929 Containers box 33 , folder 2 Reports Regarding Metropolitan Plans of Other Cities , 1919-1928 Containers box 33 , folder 3 Metropolitan Plan Correspondence and Articles , 1920, 1927 Containers box 33 , folder 4 Metropolitan Legislation Correspondence and Reports , 1920-1926 Containers box 33 , folder 5 "Metropolitan Organization of Municipal Activities" Report by Civic Development Department , 1924 Containers box 33 , folder 6 Commission to Study Municipal Consolidation in Counties of the Second Class in Allegheny County , 1924-1925 Containers box 33 , folder 7 Metropolitan Plan Organization Charts and Tables , 1927 Containers box 33 , folder 8 William A. Magee Report on Metropolitan Planning and Resulting Correspondence , 1927 Containers box 33 , folder 9 Metropolitan Plan Recreation Welfare , 1928 Containers box 33 , folder 10 Pittsburgh Federation of Social Agencies Correspondence and Reports Regarding Metropolitan Plan , 1928 Containers box 33 , folder 11 Correspondence- Metropolitan Plan , 1928-1929 Containers box 33 , folder 12-15 Appeal of Metropolitan Plan Commission to Pennsylvania Supreme Court , 1929 Containers box 33 , folder 16 Abstract of Proposed Metropolitan Plan Charter , 1929 Containers box 33 , folder 17 Letters from Civic Club Members Approving the Metropolitan Charter , 1929 Containers box 33 , folder 18 "Bibliography on the Reorganization and Consolidation of Local Government" , 1934 Containers box 33 , folder 19 County Management by Wylie Kilpatrick , 1935 Containers box 33 , folder 20 Metropolitan Plan Committee Minutes and Transcripts , 1935 Containers box 33 , folder 21 Metropolitan Plan Reports and Correspondence , 1935, 1938 Containers box 33 , folder 22 City and County Consolidation Pamphlets for New York City and Philadelphia , 1935-1936 Containers box 33 , folder 23 Metropolitan Plan Reports , 1935, 1940 Containers box 33 , folder 24 Miscellaneous Metropolitan Plan Pamphlets , undated Containers box 33 , folder 25 Tentative Draft of Metropolitan Charter , 1939 Containers box 33 , folder 26 Metropolitan Plan Correspondence and Articles , 1946, 1952 Containers box 33 , folder 27 Report of the Metropolitan Study Commission , 1955 Containers box 33 , folder 28 Correspondence- Metropolitan Plan , 1955-1959 Containers box 33 , folder 29 Reports Regarding Metropolitan Consolidation in Other Cities , undated Containers box 33 , folder 30 Series VI. Home Rule , 1919-1974 Scope and Content Notes In addition to the Metropolitan Plan, the Civic Club spent much of its time since the 1920s promoting the idea of Home Rule in Allegheny County. The concept of Home Rule maintains that a city or county would draft its own charter, thus allowing the city or county, instead of the state, to dictate how its government will be structured. In the 1970s "Pittsburgh, Yes" and the Government Study Commission were assembled to discuss Home Rule and some of their reports and minutes are present in this series. Political parties refused to proclaim their support or opposition toward Home Rule, thus discouraging voters from supporting the issue in local ballots. In 1974 a Home Rule charter was passed in the city of Pittsburgh.
Besides commission reports and minutes, other records include proposed Home Rule bills and charters, news clippings, reports about Home Rule in other cities, the Pittsburgh Package Bill, and transcripts from State House and Senate hearings about Home Rule.
Clippings- Home Rule , 1919-1972 Containers box 33 , folder 31-34 Proposed Home Rule Charters , 1922, 1969 Containers box 33 , folder 35 Reports on Home Rule , 1922-1955 Containers box 33 , folder 36 Home Rule in Other Cities , 1923-1947 Containers box 33 , folder 37 Home Rule Bill Reports and Correspondence , 1940-1941 Containers box 33 , folder 38 Senate Bill Regarding Home Rule , 1941 Containers box 33 , folder 39 Transcripts Regarding Home Rule , 1941 Containers box 33 , folder 40 Home Rule Hearings in State House and Senate , 1941 Containers box 33 , folder 41 Letters Regarding Proportional Representation by George H. Hallett, Jr. , 1943 Containers box 33 , folder 42 Report on City Fiscal Affairs , 1943 Containers box 33 , folder 43 Pittsburgh Package Bill , 1947 Containers box 33 , folder 44 Pittsburgh Package Correspondence, Reports and Minutes , 1947 Containers box 33 , folder 45 Government Consolidation in Allegheny County , ca.1958 Containers box 33 , folder 46 Urban Home Rule Charter for Allegheny County and Report , 1955 Containers box 33 , folder 47 Charter Panel Correspondence and Reports , 1955 Containers box 33 , folder 48 Citizens' Council for the County Charter Fact Book , 1957 Containers box 33 , folder 49 Lists Used in Building County Charter Committee , 1957 Containers box 33 , folder 50 "A Study of Civic Agencies in the Pittsburgh Area" , 1958 Containers box 33 , folder 51 Correspondence- Home Rule , 1969-1974 Containers box 33 , folder 52 Home Rule Alliance for a "Yes" Vote , 1972 Containers box 33 , folder 53 Home Rule Charter Discussion Draft , 1973 Containers box 33 , folder 54 Home Rule Charter Preliminary and Discussion Drafts by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1973-1974 Containers box 33 , folder 55 Government Study Commission City of Pittsburgh Minutes , 1973-1974 Containers box 33 , folder 56 Government Study Commission of Allegheny County Reports Regarding Home Rule , 1974 Containers box 33 , folder 57 Series VII. The Exceptionally Able Youth Program , 1916-1973 Scope and Content Notes The largest part of the 1974 addition to the Civic Club records is about its Exceptionally Able Youth (EAY) Program. This program began in 1916 and continued until the Civic Club dissolved in 1974. Students from Allegheny County were chosen to take the EAY tests based on their class rank and combined SAT and Potential Leader Qualifications scores. The goal of the EAY Program was to encourage students with great potential to further their education after graduating high school. Although no scholarships were given directly, awardees were presented with a certificate during a small ceremony and could request letters of recommendation from the Civic Club for college application. In 1948, the EAY program introduced the Vocational Opportunities Division for students who did not wish to enter college but preferred education in a skilled trade. In 1970 and 1971 there was a failed movement to expand the EAY Program on a national scale.
Included are news clippings; correspondence regarding principals, awardees, the EAY Committee, requests for financial support, and the EAY expansion plan; Awardees Meeting and EAY Committee Meeting minutes; reports about EAY effectiveness; and awardees lists. Blank student personal data forms, a test, certificates, and documents concerning EAY related events are also included, along with photographs of EAY participants in the 1920s and 1950s as well as EAY Awards Ceremonies from the 1970s.
The records are arranged chronologically. A subseries was created for the 1972 nominee applications which are arranged alphabetically by school.
Subseries 1. Programs, general Exceptionally Able Youths History , undated Containers box 34 , folder 1 Notice of Exceptionally Able Youths Testing , 1916 Containers box 34 , folder 2 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1916-1926 Containers box 34 , folder 3 List of Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees , 1921-1929 Containers box 34 , folder 4 Exceptionally Able Youth Committee Meeting Minutes , 1923-1939 Containers box 34 , folder 5 Photos of Exceptionally Able Youth Students , 1925, 1929, 1952 Containers box 34 , folder 6 Allegheny County Joint Committee on Scholarship Aid , 1926-1932 Containers box 34 , folder 7 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1927-1929 Containers box 34 , folder 8 "The Eugenic Aspects of the Pittsburgh Exceptionally Able Youths Movement" by Mary C. Warmbier , 1928 Containers box 34 , folder 9 Exceptionally Able Youths Press Releases , 1929-1950 Containers box 34 , folder 10 Reports on Scholarships , 1929 Containers box 34 , folder 11 Exceptionally Able Youth Awardees Reunion Lists and RSVPs , 1930 Containers box 34 , folder 12 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Club , 1930-1931 Containers box 34 , folder 13 List of Exceptionally Able Youths Test Takers and Awardees , 1930-1937 Containers box 34 , folder 14 Studies Regarding Exceptionally Able Youth Program's Success , 1930 Containers box 34 , folder 15 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1930-1931 Containers box 34 , folder 16 Exceptionally Able Youths Press Releases Regarding Tests and Awards , 1930, 1947-1956 Containers box 34 , folder 17 Allegheny County Joint Committee on Scholarship Aid , 1932-1951 Containers box 34 , folder 18 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1932-1934 Containers box 34 , folder 19 Letters to Principals Regarding Exceptionally Able Youths , 1932-1971 Containers box 34 , folder 20 Letters to Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees , 1933-1940 Containers box 34 , folder 21 Exceptionally Able Youths Report to Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship Promotion Committee , 1935 Containers box 34 , folder 22 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1935-1938 Containers box 34 , folder 23-24 Sample Exceptionally Able Youths Certificates , 1938-1942 Containers box 34 , folder 25 Friends of Youth , 1939 Containers box 34 , folder 26-27 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1939 Containers box 34 , folder 28-29 Awardees Lists , 1939-1967 Containers box 34 , folder 30 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meetings , 1940-1947 Containers box 34 , folder 31 Exceptionally Able Youth Correspondence , 1940-1968 Containers box 34 , folder 32 Lists of Scholarship Applicants , 1940-1943 Containers box 34 , folder 33 Letters to Newspapers , 1940-1946 Containers box 34 , folder 34 Exceptionally Able Youth Test Takers , 1940-1947, 1961 Containers box 34 , folder 35 Exceptionally Able Youths Clippings , 1940-1941 Containers box 34 , folder 36-37 "Studies of Exceptionally Able Youth Program Effectiveness" by David Henderson , undated Containers box 34 , folder 38 Exceptionally Able Youth Clippings , 1942-1945 Containers box 34 , folder 39-40 Correspondence and Test , 1944 Containers box 34 , folder 41 Memos Regarding Exceptionally Able Youth Program , 1943-1946, 1950-1953 Containers box 34 , folder 42 Exceptionally Able Youth Nominee Lists , 1943-1946, 1967 Containers box 34 , folder 43 Exceptionally Able Youth Committee Meeting Minutes , 1946-1953 Containers box 34 , folder 44 Exceptionally Able Youth Clippings , 1946-1953 Containers box 34 , folder 45-48 Student Information Sheets , 1947 Containers box 34 , folder 49 Correspondence Regarding Exceptionally Able Youths Testing , 1947 Containers box 34 , folder 50 Exceptionally Able Youths Semi-Annual Test Announcements , 1947-1956 Containers box 34 , folder 51 This Week in Pittsburgh Exceptionally Able Youths Announcements , 1947-1948 Containers box 34 , folder 52 Vocational Opportunities Division of Exceptionally Able Youths , 1948-1951 Containers box 34 , folder 53-54 Exceptionally Able Youths Committee Awardees Meeting , 1949 Containers box 34 , folder 55 "The Social Status and Vertical Social Mobility of a Selected Group of High School Graduates" Bound Thesis by David Henderson , 1950 Containers box 34 , folder 56 General Scholarship Information , 1950-1959 Containers box 34 , folder 57 Survey of Principals Regarding Date Change of Tests , 1951 Containers box 34 , folder 58 Miscellaneous Exceptionally Able Youths Letters , 1951-1954 Containers box 34 , folder 59 List of Exceptionally Able Youth Test Takers Requesting Placement , 1952 Containers box 34 , folder 60 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meeting , 1952 Containers box 34 , folder 61 Vocational Opportunities Division Applications A-Z , 1953 Containers box 34 , folder 62-64 "A Study of Exceptionally Able Youth in Allegheny County: 1916-1953" by Paul H. Masoner , 1916-1953 Containers box 34 , folder 65 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meetings , 1953-1954 Containers box 35 , folder 1 Correspondence Regarding Exceptionally Able Youths Students and Procedure , 1954-1959 Containers box 35 , folder 2 "A Scholarship Program for Exceptionally Able Youth" Report by Paul H. Masoner , 1954 Containers box 35 , folder 3 Exceptionally Able Youth Clippings , 1954-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 04-07 Exceptionally Able Youth Committee Minutes and Agendas , 1954-1958 Containers box 35 , folder 8 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meetings and Testing , 1955-1956 Containers box 35 , folder 9 "Survey of Vocational Plans and Counseling Needs of Exceptionally Able Youths" and pamphlets , 1955, 1958 Containers box 35 , folder 10 Allegheny County Joint Committee on Scholarship Aid , 1956 Containers box 35 , folder 11 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meetings , 1957-1958 Containers box 35 , folder 12 List of Pittsburgh Schools , 1958 Containers box 35 , folder 13 Letters of Recommendation for past Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees , 1959-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 14 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees Meeting and Rank List , 1960 Containers box 35 , folder 15 Requests for Exceptionally Able Youths Test Result Forwarding , 1961 Containers box 35 , folder 16 Exceptionally Able Youths Program and Legislation , 1963-1964 Containers box 35 , folder 17 Exceptionally Able Youth Programs , 1963-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 18 Letters to Awardees , 1966, 1968 Containers box 35 , folder 19 Requests for Financial Support , 1966-1970 Containers box 35 , folder 20 Exceptionally Able Youth Development , 1966-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 21 Correspondence , 1966-1971 Containers box 35 , folder 22 Correspondence- Exceptionally Able Youths Committee , 1966-1972 Containers box 35 , folder 23 Exceptionally Able Youths Award Presentation , 1966-1967 Containers box 35 , folder 24 Exceptionally Able Youth Committee Meeting Minutes , 1966-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 25 Scholarship Donors , 1967-1971 Containers box 35 , folder 26 Exceptionally Able Youths Counselors Diner , 1967-1968 Containers box 35 , folder 27 Exceptionally Able Youths Expenses , 1967-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 28 Correspondence with Speakers of the Award Presentation , 1967-1968 Containers box 35 , folder 29 Letters from Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees , 1967-1971 Containers box 35 , folder 30 List of Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees and Career Counselors , 1968 Containers box 35 , folder 31 Alphabetized Student List , 1968 Containers box 35 , folder 32 Exceptionally Able Youths Nominee Statistics , 1968-1969 Containers box 35 , folder 33 Article about Exceptionally Able Youths by Barbara Lowe , 1970 Containers box 35 , folder 34 Exceptionally Able Youths Expansion Prospectus and Votes , 1970 Containers box 35 , folder 35 Correspondence with Chatham Communications Regarding Exceptionally Able Youths Expansion , 1970-1971 Containers box 35 , folder 36 Exceptionally Able Youths Award Presentation , 1970 Containers box 35 , folder 37 Photos of Awards Ceremony , 1970-1971 Containers box 35 , folder 38-39 School Information , 1971 Containers box 35 , folder 40 Assessment of Exceptionally Able Youth Program , 1971 Containers box 35 , folder 41 Requests for Exceptionally Able Youths Support , 1971-1972 Containers box 35 , folder 42 Subseries 2. Exceptionally Able Youths Program Subseries 2. Junior and Senior Designee Program , 1972-1973 Containers box 35 , folder 43-44 1972 Nominee Applications , 1972 Scope and Contents note This subseries includes a complete set of Exceptionally Able Youth nominee applications for 1972. The applications were filled out by students and their counselors or principals representing school districts from all over Allegheny County.
Allegheny Academy , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 45 Allegheny High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 46 Avalon High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 47 Avonworth Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 48 Baldwin High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 49 Bellevue High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 50 Bethel Park Senior High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 51 Bishop's Latin School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 52 Braddock Senior High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 53 Brentwood High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 54 Canevin High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 55 Carlynton High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 56 Carrick High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 57 Central Catholic , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 58 Chartiers Valley Senior High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 59 Cornell High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 60 Deer Lakes High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 61 Divin Providence Academy , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 62 Duquesne Senior High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 63 Edgewood , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 64 Elizabeth Forward , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 65 Elizabeth Seton High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 66 Fifth Avenue High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 67 Fontbone Academy , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 68 Fox Chapel High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 69 Gateway Senior High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 70 Gladstone High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 71 Hampton High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 72 Hilltop Catholic , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 73 Holy Ghost High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 74 Holy Innocents High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 75 Thomas Jefferson High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 76 Keystone Oaks High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 77 Langley Junior-Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 78 Lawrenceville Catholic High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 79 Mon-Yough Catholic High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 80 Montour High , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 81 Moon Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 82 Mount Alvernia High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 83 Mount Assisi Academy , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 84 Mt. Lebanon High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 85 North Allegheny Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 86 North Catholic High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 87 North Hills High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 88 David B. Oliver High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 89 Our Lady of Mercy Academy , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 90 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 91 Peabody High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 92 Penn Hills Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 93 Perry High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 94 Plum Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 95 Quaker Valley High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 96 Riverview High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 97 Sacred Heart High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 98 Saint Basil High School , 1972 Containers box 35 , folder 99 Saint Benedict Academy , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 1 Saint Joseph High School - Mount Oliver , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 2 Schenley High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 3 Scott High School (General Braddock Area) , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 4 Sewickley Academy Senior School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 5 South Allegheny High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 6 South Fayette Township Junior/Senior High , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 7 South High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 8 South Hills Catholic High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 9 South Hills High , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 10 South Park , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 11 South Side Catholic High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 12 Springdale High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 13 St. Elizabeth High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 14 St. Francis Academy , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 15 St. Joseph High , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 16 St. Mary High , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 17 St. Mary of the Mount High , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 18 St. Paul Cathedral High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 19 St. Thomas District High school , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 20 Sto-Rox Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 21 Swissvale Area Joint High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 22 Taylor Alderdice High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 23 Turtle Creek Area High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 24 Upper St. Clair High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 25 Ursuline Academy , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 26 Vicentian High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 27 West Mifflin North High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 28 West Mifflin South High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 29 Westinghouse High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 30 Wilkinsburg Senior High School , 1972 Containers box 36 , folder 31 Letters Regarding Readers' Digest Article about Exceptionally Able Youths , 1973 Containers box 36 , folder 32 Exceptionally Able Youths Award Presentation , 1973 Containers box 36 , folder 33 Photos of Awards Ceremony , 1973 Containers box 36 , folder 34 Letters of Congratulations to Parents and Awardees , undated Containers box 36 , folder 35 Awardees Personal Statements , undated Containers box 36 , folder 36 Blank Student Personal Data Form , undated Containers box 36 , folder 37 "Program for Detecting Able Youth" by James Snoke" , undated Containers box 36 , folder 38 "Psychological Counseling for High School and College Students" , undated Containers box 36 , folder 39 "Study of the Social and Economic Progress of Exceptionally Able Youths after College" , undated Containers box 36 , folder 40 Exceptionally Able Youths Awardees , 1938-1966 Containers box 36 , folder 41-42 Series VIII. Research and Subject Files , 1913-1974 Scope and Content Notes In order for the Civic Club to be well versed in the various concerns of Allegheny County, it was important that committee members find materials regarding all topics needed for study. Members often read of solutions to problems in other industrial cities and would then work to apply them to challenges in Pittsburgh. These topics were researched and reported on by committees to the Board of Directors and local and state government officials. This series mainly focuses on issues from the 1960s to the 1970s. Some of these topics include local government budget and structure; stadium construction; taxation; parking; housing; public baths; Pittsburgh public schools; economic development; and civil disturbances such as violence, drugs, and blatant sexuality of which rock and roll was seen as a catalyst.
Included are clippings, correspondence, reports, articles and pamphlets concerning these topics and more of Allegheny County's most pressing social and political issues mainly of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the documents found in these records are research materials; however, some interesting inclusions are the leases for Three Rivers Stadium to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates and photographs of Pittsburgh's courthouses.
Allegheny Regional Planning Council Newsletter , 1973-1974 Containers box 36 , folder 43 Americans for Constitutional Action , 1967-1970 Containers box 36 , folder 44 Another Side Correspondence and Newsletters , 1967-1973 Containers box 36 , folder 45 Anti-Drug Correspondence and Pamphlets , 1971-1972 Containers box 36 , folder 46 Anti-Violence Documents , 1969-1970 Containers box 36 , folder 47 The Associated Charities of Pittsburgh Constitution and Board List , undated Containers box 36 , folder 48 Bidwell Cultural Center , undated Containers box 36 , folder 49 City Budget and Finance Clippings and Report , 1962-1973 Containers box 36 , folder 50 City Budget and Finance Correspondence , 1968-1971 Containers box 36 , folder 51 City Budget Correspondence and Transcripts , 1971-1974 Containers box 36 , folder 52 Civic Searchlight Pamphlet and Letter , undated Containers box 36 , folder 53 Civil Disturbance Clippings , 1963-1969 Containers box 36 , folder 54 Civil Disturbance Correspondence , 1968-1970 Containers box 36 , folder 55 Civil Disturbance Reports "Toward Reducing Crime in Pennsylvania" Volume 1 and 2 , 1970 Containers box 36 , folder 56 Civil Rights and Black Studies Programs , 1968-1970 Containers box 36 , folder 57 Commonwealth Compensation Commission , 1972-1973 Containers box 36 , folder 58 Constitutional Convention Preparation , 1968 Containers box 36 , folder 59-60 "Constitutions: Contracts for Survival" Seminars , 1970 Containers box 36 , folder 61 Coroner Wecht Correspondence and Testimony , 1971-1972 Containers box 36 , folder 62 Correspondence Regarding County Government , 1922, 1973 Containers box 36 , folder 63 County Budget Reports , 1954-1972 Containers box 36 , folder 64-65 County Budget and Finance Clippings , 1967-1973 Containers box 36 , folder 66-67 County Industrial Development Authority Budget Clippings , 1968-1969 Containers box 36 , folder 68 County Jail Clippings , 1957 Containers box 36 , folder 69 County Report "1958-1965: Eight Year Capital Improvement Program for the County of Allegheny" , 1958-1965 Containers box 36 , folder 70 Courthouse Photos , undated Containers box 36 , folder 71 Courts and Judgeships Correspondence , 1963-1974 Containers box 36 , folder 72 Education Clippings , 1963, 1971-1974 Containers box 36 , folder 73 Federal Eminent Domain and Post Office Location , 1970 Containers box 36 , folder 74 "Financing Municipal Government: Recent Trends and a Proposal" by Stephen F. Gates , 1969 Containers box 36 , folder 75 Government Reorganization in Allegheny County , 1967 Containers box 36 , folder 76 Government Study Commission City of Pittsburgh Correspondence and Articles , 1970-1973 Containers box 36 , folder 77 Great High Schools Correspondence and Articles , 1967-1972 Containers box 36 , folder 78 High School Violence Clippings , 1970-1971 Containers box 36 , folder 79 Home Exchange Plan , 1973 Containers box 36 , folder 80 Housing Authority Correspondence, Willie Lewis Complaints and Dismissal , 1966-1969 Containers box 36 , folder 81 Housing Authority Reports and Minutes , 1968-1971 Containers box 36 , folder 82 Housing Authority Correspondence, Clippings and Reports , 1970-1973 Containers box 37 , folder 01-02 International Economics and Development Praeger Series , 1967 Containers box 37 , folder 3 John J. Kane Hospital and MDC Systems , 1969-1970 Containers box 37 , folder 04-06 Juvenile Detention Home , 1970-1972 Containers box 37 , folder 7 Lake Erie/Ohio River Canal Correspondence and Fact Book , 1966-1967 Containers box 37 , folder 8 Law and Government Center Site Reports, Correspondence and Clippings , 1956-1974 Containers box 37 , folder 09-12 Malie Bill Clippings , 1913 Containers box 37 , folder 13 Memoranda and Bill Studies , 1951 Containers box 37 , folder 14-15 Mildred Benson Correspondence Regarding Mental Health Act of 1967 , 1967 Containers box 37 , folder 16 Milk Board Legislation, Correspondence and Reports , 1965-1973 Containers box 37 , folder 17 Mon Plaza and Convention Center Proposal , 1970 Containers box 37 , folder 18 Movement Against Sex and Drug Revolution , 1969 Containers box 37 , folder 19 Office of Economic Opportunity and Rittle Demonstration , 1966 Containers box 37 , folder 20 Pamphlets Regarding Plans for Pittsburgh , undated Containers box 37 , folder 21 Parking Authority Clippings and Reports , 1967-1971 Containers box 37 , folder 22 Pennsylvania City Government Chart and Political Booklets , 1917, 1966 Containers box 37 , folder 23 Pennsylvania Economy League Newsletter , 1943 Containers box 37 , folder 24 Peoples Baths on Penn Avenue Specifications , undated Containers box 37 , folder 25 "People's Bond Program for Capital Improvements" , 1965 Containers box 37 , folder 26 Pittsburgh Free University , 1967-1969 Containers box 37 , folder 27 Pittsburgh Model Cities Program Reports and Clippings , 1970-1972 Containers box 37 , folder 28 Pittsburgh Schools Article "Digest of Reports on Various Phases and Activities of the Pittsburgh Public Schools" , 1933 Containers box 37 , folder 29 Pittsburgh School Budgets and Finance Correspondence and Reports , 1918, 1969-1972 Containers box 37 , folder 30-32 Pittsburgh Service Organizations and Businesses List , 1972 Containers box 37 , folder 33 Political Revolution Documents , 1969-1970 Containers box 37 , folder 34 Property Assessment Reports, Clippings and Correspondence , 1967-1973 Containers box 37 , folder 35-37 Property Tax Administration and Exemptions Presentations , 1970-1971 Containers box 37 , folder 38 Property Assessment Law Report and Draft , 1970-1971 Containers box 37 , folder 39 Public Employee Relations Clippings and Correspondence , 1967-1970 Containers box 37 , folder 40 Renaming of Centre Avenue Correspondence , 1970 Containers box 37 , folder 41 Right to Work Newsletters and Pamphlets , 1969-1972 Containers box 37 , folder 42 Senator Frank Mazzei Scandal , 1968 Containers box 37 , folder 43 Soho Bath Construction , 1906 Containers box 37 , folder 44-45 Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission Report , 1972-1974 Containers box 37 , folder 46 Squirrel Hill Library and Parking Area Reports and Clippings , 1969-1970 Containers box 37 , folder 47 Stadium and Arena Clippings and Ordinances , 1956-1969 Containers box 37 , folder 48-50 Stadium Reports and Articles , 1965-1971 Containers box 38 , folder 01-02 Stadium Authority Correspondence , 1965-1972 Containers box 38 , folder 03-04 Citizens Regarding Stadium Correspondence , 1966-1973 Containers box 38 , folder 5 Three Rivers Stadium Basic Agreement , 1966 Containers box 38 , folder 6 Lease and Sublease Agreements of Three Rivers Stadium , 1966 Containers box 38 , folder 07-08 Stadiums in Other Cities Correspondence , 1967-1970 Containers box 38 , folder 9 Stadium Clippings , 1970-1971 Containers box 38 , folder 10 State Budget and Finance Clippings, Correspondence and Reports , 1967-1973 Containers box 38 , folder 11-12 Taxation Study Committee Report and Clippings , 1916-1918 Containers box 38 , folder 13-14 Taxation and the Liberty Amendment Committee , 1966-1970 Containers box 38 , folder 15 Taxation Clippings , 1967-1973 Containers box 38 , folder 16 Tax Reform Correspondence , 1969-1973 Containers box 38 , folder 17-18 Tax Reports , 1969-1974 Containers box 38 , folder 19 Tax Tables , 1970 Containers box 38 , folder 20 Ten Point Program to Modernize Pittsburgh Government , 1970 Containers box 38 , folder 21 Welfare Correspondence and Bulletins , 1967-1971 Containers box 38 , folder 22 Welfare and Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Annual Reports , 1969-72 Containers box 38 , folder 23 Welfare and Urban Redevelopment Authority , 1970 Containers box 38 , folder 24 Welfare Publications , 1970, 1972 Containers box 38 , folder 25 Workhouse of Allegheny County , 1968-1970 Containers box 38 , folder 26 Series IX. Transit , 1905-1974 Scope and Content Notes Since the early 1900s, Pittsburgh had faced the problem of transporting people to Downtown from the suburbs and throughout Downtown once they had arrived; however, it became an important and highly debated issue as the 1950s began. There were several different types of transit that were considered for the city such as monorails, buses, and trains. The Civic Club took the time to study each proposal and report on its advantages and disadvantages. The results of these studies were printed in the newspapers, usually the Pittsburgh Press and Post-Gazette, so that the entire city might decide which proposal was right for Pittsburgh. By the time the Civic Club dissolved in 1974, the question of mass transit was still being debated.
Included are news clippings, correspondence, reports, articles, proposed legislation regarding transit, and plans to widen various tunnels for bus use. The Seven City Report outlines seven North American cities' transit systems in an effort for the Allegheny County Port Authority to construct a reasonable budget for their own system.
Traffic, Transit and Port Authority , 1955-1973 Containers box 38 , folder 27-38 Traffic, Transit and Port Authority , 1955-1973 Containers box 39 , folder 1 Second and Third Annual Report of Transit Commissioner , 1918-1919 Containers box 39 , folder 2 Transportation Committee Minutes and Report , 1953-1958 Containers box 39 , folder 3 Second Class County Transportation Authority Act , 1954 Containers box 39 , folder 4 "A Plan to Move People by Improved Transit Operation on Existing Streets" , 1954 Containers box 39 , folder 5 Research Material on Mass Transit in Pittsburgh , 1955, 1958 Containers box 39 , folder 6 Highway Study in Allegheny County , 1957 Containers box 39 , folder 7 Supplemental Report and Recommendations , 1963 Containers box 39 , folder 8 Reports and Articles Regarding Mass Transit , 1967-1970 Containers box 39 , folder 9 The Architectural Forum Special Edition on Mass Transit , 1968 Containers box 39 , folder 10 Articles Regarding Transit , 1969-1973 Containers box 39 , folder 11 Articles Regarding Pittsburgh Transit , 1969-1971 Containers box 39 , folder 12 Professional Reports Regarding Transit , 1969-1974 Containers box 39 , folder 13 Articles and Reports Regarding the Department of Transportation , 1969-1971 Containers box 39 , folder 14 "Pittsburgh's Traffic Problem: An immediate Solution with Rail Transit" , 1970 Containers box 39 , folder 15 Transit Legislation , 1970-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 16 Port Authority of Allegheny County Progress Reports , 1970-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 17 Reports by the Concerned Tax Payers of Allegheny County Regarding Port Authority , 1970-1973 Containers box 39 , folder 18 Reports by Transit Groups , 1970-1971 Containers box 39 , folder 19 Cross Sections of Tunnels , 1972 Containers box 39 , folder 20 Reports Regarding Transit , 1972-1974 Containers box 39 , folder 21 Municipal Workshop on Mass Transit in Allegheny County , 1973 Containers box 39 , folder 22 Transportation Task Force , 1973 Containers box 39 , folder 23 Port Authority of Allegheny County Seven City Report , undated Containers box 39 , folder 24 Series X. Pollution , 1903-1973 Scope and Content Notes As an industrial city, Pittsburgh has been plagued by many forms of pollution. From 1908 to 1973, the Civic Club of Allegheny County studied different ways to reduce pollution in the air, water, and streets in order to make the Pittsburgh area a cleaner and healthier place for its residents. Smoke pollution was the top offender in Pittsburgh and the Civic Club spent much of its time working on ways to impede pollution from entering the city's air. Industry was not the only smoke concern, as the Civic Club also led a battle against cigarette smoking on buses in the early 1970s. This expresses their realization that smoke was not only aesthetically displeasing but also unhealthy. Noise pollution, such as car horns, was not as much a health hazard as it was a nuisance. In the early twentieth century the club led a movement to hire an officer whose sole purpose was to stop unnecessary noise Downtown.
Included in the research and findings of the Civic Club are clippings, correspondence, reports, and pamphlets regarding air, smoke, noise, and water pollution. Other documents include reports by the Allegheny County Health Department, Pollution Control Committee minutes, and local, state and federal environmental and pollution control legislation.
These files were kept mainly in their original order, by type of pollution, with clippings moved to the beginning of the series and arranged in chronological order. Files within each subject are arranged chronologically.
Pollution Clippings , 1956-1973 Containers box 39 , folder 25-27 Pollution Control Committee Minutes , 1967-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 28-29 National Noise Abatement Council , undated Containers box 39 , folder 30 Noise Pollution , 1915-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 31-32 Bulletins Regarding Solid Waste , 1969-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 33 Solid Waste , 1969-1971 Containers box 39 , folder 34 Reports Regarding Water Pollution , 1966-1973 Containers box 39 , folder 35 Clippings- Water Pollution , 1967-1971 Containers box 39 , folder 36 "Fly Ash Problem-Buried in Deep Mine" by L.R. Love and S.F. Whirl , 1968 Containers box 39 , folder 37 Water Pollution Control Training Program Bulletin of Courses , 1968 Containers box 39 , folder 38 Review of Pennsylvania Water Pollution Enforcement Program , 1970 Containers box 39 , folder 39 Sanitary Complaints , 1903 Containers box 39 , folder 40 Sanitary Corps Cleaner Streets , 1917 Containers box 39 , folder 41 North Versailles Sanitary Authority , 1969-1972 Containers box 39 , folder 42 Reports on Smoke Pollution , 1908, 1913-1915 Containers box 39 , folder 43 Report by International Association for the Prevention of Smoke , 1914 Containers box 39 , folder 44 Smoke Pollution , 1943-1946 Containers box 39 , folder 45 Pennsylvania Department of Health Air Pollution Commission Guidelines , 1960, 1966-1967 Containers box 39 , folder 46 Allegheny County Health Department Article on Smoke and Air Pollution Control , 1960, 1967, 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 47 United Smoke Council , 1964-1966 Containers box 39 , folder 48 Senate Bills Regarding Smoke and Air Pollution , 1967-1969 Containers box 39 , folder 49 Pennsylvania Health Department Air Pollution Commission Regulations , 1967-1968 Containers box 39 , folder 50 "Guidelines for Developing Air Quality Standards and Air Quality Criteria for Sulfur Oxides and Particulate Matter" , 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 51 "Economic Evaluation of Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution Incident Control" , 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 52 Pennsylvania Department of Health Air Pollution Commission Regulations , 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 53 Presentation for Public Hearing on Pennsylvania Proposed Ambient Air Quality Standards , 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 54 Pennsylvania Department of Health Air Quality Standards , 1969 Containers box 39 , folder 55 Allegheny County Health Department Article on Air Pollution Control , 1969- 1970 Containers box 40 , folder 1 Proposed Implementation Plan for Pittsburgh Air Quality Control Region , 1970 Containers box 40 , folder 2 Hines Smog Retarder , 1970-1973 Containers box 40 , folder 3 Smoking on Buses , 1971-1972 Containers box 40 , folder 4 Allegheny County Bureau of Air Pollution Control Clean Air Monitor , 1973 Containers box 40 , folder 5 Pittsburgh Smoke Control , undated Containers box 40 , folder 6 Reports and Minutes from Area Industrial Problems Committee , 1966 Containers box 40 , folder 7 Reports from Area Industrial Problems Committee , 1967 Containers box 40 , folder 8 Reports from Allegheny County Health Department , 1966, 1970 Containers box 40 , folder 09-10 Miscellaneous Reports and Pamphlets Regarding Pollution , undated Containers box 40 , folder 11 "Report Concerning Intercepting Sewerage Sewage Treatment and Disposal" , 1939 Containers box 40 , folder 12 Federal Pollution Standards , 1966-1969 Containers box 40 , folder 13 "Municipal Waste Facilities in the United States" , 1968 Containers box 40 , folder 14 Reports and Pamphlets Regarding Pollution , 1969-1970 Containers box 40 , folder 15-17 Community Affairs Support Bulletin , 1969-1970 Containers box 40 , folder 18 Documents Regarding Pollution Control Legislation , 1969-1970 Containers box 40 , folder 19 Environmental Law Volume 1 Number 1 , 1970 Containers box 40 , folder 20 Articles Regarding Pollution , 1970-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 21 Proposed Tax Incentives for Pollution Control , 1970-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 22 Environmental Protection Agency Newsletters , 1971-1973 Containers box 40 , folder 23 Articles Regarding Energy , 1972-1973 Containers box 40 , folder 24 Series XI. Club Finances , 1895-1974 Scope and Content Notes The finances of the Civic Club were never strong and often relied upon contributions from members to settle debts. Over time, various fund raisers did not make up for the increasing indebtedness and the club took out several bank loans. Unfortunately, these only contributed to the financial problems of the Civic Club and led to its dissolution in 1974.
Included are Treasurer Reports, office leases, tax exemption documents, club assets, and bank statements. Also present are files of correspondence concerning the club's fragile financial status and dissolution. Early club finance records can be found with the Board of Directors minutes in Series II.
Petty Cash Books , 1895-1897 Containers box 40 , folder 25 Treasurer's Statements , 1912-1918, 1929 Containers box 40 , folder 26 Correspondence Regarding the Borrowing of Funds , 1926-1931 Containers box 40 , folder 27 Flower Market Fund Raiser , 1928-1929 Containers box 40 , folder 28 Contributions to Civic Club , 1933, 1966-1972 Containers box 40 , folder 29 Income and Expense Reports , 1946-1955, 1970-1973 Containers box 40 , folder 30 Civic Club Federal Income Tax Exemption , 1948-1949, 1970-1972 Containers box 40 , folder 31 Office Leases and Correspondence , 1954-1957 Containers box 40 , folder 32 Bank Statement and Financial Papers , 1965-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 33 Liberty Amendment Committee Balance Book , 1965-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 34 Correspondence and Leases with William Penn Hotel , 1966-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 35 Civic Club Bank Loans and Debt , 1966-1974 Containers box 40 , folder 36 Treasurer Reports , 1966-1974 Containers box 40 , folder 37 Correspondence- Treasurer , 1966-1969, 1973 Containers box 40 , folder 38 Correspondence- Club Finances , 1966-1973 Containers box 40 , folder 39-40 Membership Dues , 1967-1969 Containers box 40 , folder 41 Charitable Exemption of Sales Tax , 1967-1970 Containers box 40 , folder 42 Correspondence- Chatham Communications , 1970-1971 Containers box 40 , folder 43 Civic Club Assets , 1970-1972 Containers box 40 , folder 44 Civic Club Balance Sheets , 1973 Containers box 40 , folder 45 Financial Problems , 1973 Containers box 40 , folder 46 Drawings and Contract for New Office Furniture , 1973 Containers box 40 , folder 47 Correspondence and Leases with Frick Building , 1973-1974 Containers box 40 , folder 48 "Major Firms in the Pittsburgh Metro Area" , 1974 Containers box 40 , folder 49 Civic Club Dissolution and Trustee List , 1974-1975 Containers box 40 , folder 50 Civic Club Bank Account Closure , 1974-1975 Containers box 40 , folder 51 Series XII. Voters' Directory , 1930-1974 Scope and Content Notes The Voters' Directory was started in 1930 by the Civic Club of Allegheny County. Its main objective was to educate voters in a nonpartisan manner about candidates and issues before they went to the polls. At first the Directories were free of charge, but due to their overwhelming popularity the printing costs were beginning to pull the club deeper into debt; therefore, a small charge was added in order for the continuation of this public service. Voters' Directory pamphlets could be found in bulk at local businesses and even in local schools where, in some cases, the students were instructed on their use during Civics class. These lessons gave students the opportunity to study the responsibilities of voters firsthand before they were of voting age. The Directories themselves are a rich source of biographical information for candidates who ran for local, state and national positions between 1930 and 1974. Biographical information of such prominent candidates as Anne X. Alpern, K. Leroy Irvis, Henry John Heinz III, and Jo Ann Evans Gardner, among others, can be found in the directories in this series.
Included in these records are a Voters' Directory copyright certificate, correspondence concerning pamphlet production and delivery, clippings, committee minutes, and Voters' Directory pamphlets. A photo of F.E. Schuchman and George W. Shankey, Jr. tying up stacks of Directories is also present.
Voters' Directory History , undated Containers box 40 , folder 52 Voters' Directories , 1930-1948 Containers box 40 , folder 53-71 Voters' Directories , 1949-1974 Containers box 41 , folder 01-26 Legislative Directories , 1927-1952 Containers box 41 , folder 27 Clippings- Voters' Directory , 1928-1958 Containers box 41 , folder 28-31 Voter Information , 1935-1973 Containers box 41 , folder 32 Copyright Certificate for Voters' Directory , 1941 Containers box 41 , folder 33 Voters' Directory Production and Delivery , 1947, 1968-1974 Containers box 41 , folder 34 Voters' Directory Committee Minutes and Lists , 1952-1972 Containers box 41 , folder 35 Suggestion that Schools Teach Voters' Directory Use , 1953 Containers box 41 , folder 36 Letters of Appreciation for Voters' Directory , 1966-1972 Containers box 41 , folder 37 Correspondence and Directories from League of Women Voters , 1966, 1972 Containers box 41 , folder 38 Pennsylvania Voters' Directories , 1966, 1972 Containers box 41 , folder 39 Voters' Directory Solicitation Form Letters , 1966-1974 Containers box 41 , folder 40 Voters' Directory Letters to Candidates , 1967-1974 Containers box 41 , folder 41 Correspondence- Voters' Directory Donors and Sales , 1967-1973 Containers box 41 , folder 42 Voter Education Week , 1968-1972 Containers box 41 , folder 43 Other Cities' Voters' Directories , 1968-1973 Containers box 41 , folder 44 Photo of Shankey and Schuchman with Directories , ca.1974 Containers box 41 , folder 45 Series XIII. George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1966-1974 Scope and Content Notes George W. Shankey, Jr. was born in 1908 in Avalon, Pennsylvania. He served as ¬¬¬¬¬¬ Executive Vice President of the Civic Club during its final few years. His most notable contribution to the club was writing and presenting reports to members of the local and state government on various subjects such as city, county, and school budgets, taxation, transportation, and county government structure, thus assuring that the Civic Club's opinions were heard. Shankey ran for the positions of County Commissioner in 1971 and United States Senator in 1974, both under the Constitutional Party of Allegheny County. While running for Commissioner, he and another Constitutional Party candidate, John McManus, became involved in the 1971 court case known as Shankey-McManus v. WABCO (Westinghouse Air Brake Company). They accused a WABCO employee of sending political material promoting Hunt and Stokes, two of their opponents, through the mail using WABCO's postage meter. The utilization of corporate resources for political gain was in violation of the election code and an investigation ensued. In response, Shankey was accused of obtaining technical data from WABCO, thus breaking the same rule; however, it was determined that this material was received in 1969 for Civic Club research and was well before he had chosen to run for office.
Included are copies of several presentations, correspondence about the WABCO case, transcripts of campaign speeches, a photo and campaign pamphlets. A presentation by Shankey on the subject of Home Rule can be found in Series V.
Correspondence and Photo of George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1966-1973 Containers box 41 , folder 46 Reports on Local and County Government by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1967, 1971 Containers box 41 , folder 47 Presentation on City Budget by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1968-1972 Containers box 41 , folder 48 Presentation on Urban Problems by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1969 Containers box 41 , folder 49 Presentations on Transportation by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1969-1974 Containers box 41 , folder 50 Presentations on Taxation by George W. Shankey, Jr. and J.H. Neely , 1969-1971 Containers box 41 , folder 51 Constitutional Party of Allegheny County- Shankey and McManus for County Commissioner , 1971 Containers box 41 , folder 52-53 Shankey-McManus v. WABCO 1971 Containers box 41 , folder 54 Presentation to County Commissioners by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1972 Containers box 41 , folder 55 Review of School Budget and Dr. Kishkuna's Austerity Program by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1971-1972 Containers box 41 , folder 56 Presentation to City Government Study Commission by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1973 Containers box 41 , folder 57 Testimony for Concerned Taxpayers of Allegheny County to Senate Committee on Agriculture by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1973 Containers box 41 , folder 58 Presentation on City Council Structure by George W. Shankey, Jr. , 1974 Containers box 41 , folder 59 Constitutional Party of Allegheny County- George W. Shankey, Jr. for U.S. Senator , 1974 Containers box 41 , folder 60 Series XIV. Film and Audio Tape , 1927-1967 Scope and Content Notes This series includes a 16 millimeter film concerning the Civic Club Flower Market and another of an IDE interview. Several quarter inch audio tapes are present and cover such topics as the Stadium Authority, the Golden Triangle, and a George W. Shankey, Jr. press conference concerning local government, among others.
Flower Market , 1927 Ide Interview , undated Allegheny Roundtable , April 26, 1967 "The Lure of Superiority" Address by Dr. Samuel N. Stevens at a Junior Achievement Banquet , May 14, 1954 Stadium Authority Press Conference, September , 1966 George W. Shankey, Jr. News Conference on Local Government , undated Golden Triangle Board of Public Works Meeting, Speaker Isabelle Allias , September 2, 1965 WQED Public Affairs Program "Let's Talk It Over" Hosted by Civic Club Member Steelgow Concerning Fiscal Policies , undated 
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