Our Town Hall (Mount Pleasant, Mich.) Organizational records, 1946-1954, and undated

Summary

Creator:

Our Town Hall (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)

Abstract:

The collection includes a constitution, correspondence, meeting minutes, financial, and other organizational records.

Extent:

.5 cubic feet (in 1 box, 1 Oversized volume)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by A. Lawrence; Marian Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection of various organizational records, includes: bank books, statements, receipts and bills; a constitution; correspondence; an evaluation of Mount Pleasant High School, 1950; membership cards; a questionnaire; lists of meeting attendances; meeting minutes and related materials, 1946-1951; and miscellaneous. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings and other materials.

Biographical / Historical:

Organizational History:

Our Town Hall was a community council, formed in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, in 1946. Its goals included promoting cooperation and coordination in the community to make it a better place in which to live by the study of resources, to inform the public about the community, and to hold democratic meetings. One of the group’s accomplishments was free downtown parking. It is unknown if the council existed after 1954. Mr. E.A. Bixby was the president in the early 1950s.

Acquisition Information:

Acc# 72660, MS#Mm-91

Arrangement:

Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Community organization.
Social action.

Names:

Our Town Hall (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)
Mount Pleasant High School (Mount Pleasant, Mich.)

Places:

Mount Pleasant (Mich.)--History.