00164.xml CITIZENS LEAGUE (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.): An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2000.Finding aid written inEnglish March 2012 Inventory updated by David B. Peterson because of additions to the collection. August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Citizens League (Minneapolis, Minn.). Citizens League records. 1947-2007. Materials in English. Minutes (1971-1981), correspondence, reports (1958-1984), subject files, notebooks, financial information, and printed materials relating to this nonpartisan citizens, public affairs research, and educational organization based in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The group is organized into committees that research current affairs issues affecting various aspects of community life. 79.0 cubic feet (80 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection contains research reports and subject files in the fields of education, government, transportation, mental and public health, and similar areas of public interest. There are extensive records from Public Service Options, an organization formed by the Citizens League and Upper Midwest Council to consider broader options for delivery of public services (1974-1980), and from PSO, Inc. (1976-1980), which was formed to handle contracts with the Metropolitan Transit Commission.

 ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Executive and Administrative Files Committee and Task Force Files Project Background Files Project Reports Photographs. Public Service Options Oversize Materials RELATED MATERIALS

Newsletters of the Citizens League are in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Citizens' advisory committees in education -- Minnesota. Citizens' advisory committees in mental health -- Minnesota. Citizens' advisory committees in technology -- Minnesota. Citizens' advisory committees in vocational training -- Minnesota. Citizens' associations -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Courts -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Metropolitan areas -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities -- Citizen participation. Political participation -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Public interest -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Regional planning -- Minnesota -- Citizen participation. Taxation -- Minnesota -- Research. Transportation -- Minnesota -- Planning. Education -- Evaluation. Urban transportation -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. School buildings -- Minnesota. Community organization -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Hospitals -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Land use -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Parks -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Planning. Refuse and refuse disposal -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Urban policy -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. Organizations: Metropolitan Transit Commission. Public Service Options (Minneapolis, Minn.). Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission. Places: Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Charter. Document Types: Photographs. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Citizen League Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples

 Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 13,128; 13,155; 13,703; 14,920; 15,987; 16,636; 16,637

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001715848

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE FILES 149.H.18.1B1Board memoranda, 1974-1980. Bylaws, 1952-1973. Citizen League itself, 1976. Community input memoranda, 1976-1983. 3 folders and 1 volume. Historical notes, 1980s-1992. Leadership development, 1978-1983. 1 volume. Minutes, 1971-1982. 3 folders. Positions on key issues, 1989-1991. Rethinking the Public Service Industry, 1982. COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCE FILES

Committee files contain minutes, reports, committee member lists, memoranda, and background material. In some cases notebooks were dismantled and folders numbered in sequence. Committee titles also include the names of subcommittees. The researcher should consult the entire container list to locate all relevant files.

The files are arranged alphabetically by name of committee or task force. Many, but not all, were given file numbers by the Citizens League. These numbers have been retained as part of the file titles because they serve as a key to the bound project reports. There are actually two file numbering sequences, an earlier sequence which pertains to just 16 files and a later sequence which pertains to the great majority (some 178).

 149.H.18.1B1259.Accountability in schools, 1971-1972. 5 folders. Achieving excellence in schools, 1971. 422.AIDS, 1987-1988. 1 volume. 149.H.18.2F2422.AIDS, 1987-1988. 1 volume. 418Airport, 1987. 2 volumes. Airports, 1969. 3 folders. 230.Airports : Metropolitan Airports Commission, 1966-1969. 5 folders and 1 volume. 286.Appointments, 1975. 3 folders. 149.H.18.3B327, 217.Area parks review, 1966-1968. 4 folders and 2 volumes.

See also: Parks.

 207.Area revenue and tax needs, 1966-1967. 5 folders. 309.Arson, 1977-1978. 3 folders and 1 volume. 245.Better use of land and housing, 1970-1971. 3 folders. 472.Blue ribbon,2002. 2 folders. 149.H.18.4F4472.Blue ribbon, 2002. 2 folders. 457.Building livable communities, 1995-1996. 12 folders. 296.Burglary, 1975-1976. 7 folders.

See also: Reduced burglary.

 149.H.18.5B5260.Cable television, 1971-1972. 6 folders. Candidate review, 1952-1960. 2 folders. 442.Caucus, 1991. 2 folders. Charter improvement, 1960. Charter planning budgeting, 1969. 9 folders and 1 volume. 149.H.18.6F6180.Charter review, 1958-1959, 1964.

See also: Minneapolis city charter.

 337.Chemical dependency, 1979-1980. 1 folder and 1 volume. 297.Child care, 1975-1976. 7 folders. Cities role in real estate development, 1984-1985. Citizens League progress report to community business leaders, 1958?. 1 volume. 149.H.18.7B7Citizens library study, 1972-1973. 1 folder and 1 volume.

Not a Citizens League committee.

 Citizen participation, 1971-1978. 6 folders. Citizens school emergency advisory, 1966. City and county government, 1953-1962. 3 folders. Committee on committees, 1952-1953. 344.Communication, 1979-1981. 1 folder and 1 volume. Community councils, 1974-1975. 2 folders. 149.H.18.8F8Community councils, 1974-1975. Community development, 1976-1977. 11 folders.

County boards, district councils, etc.

 Community information, 1973-1983, 1994. 4 folders. 311.Community representation, 1977-1978. 1 volume. 291.Community television, 1974-1976. 8 folders. 149.H.18.9B9291.Community television, 1974-1976. 4 folders. 339.Constitutional amendments, 1980. 1 folder and 1 volume. County budget, 1957-1962. 199.County building space needs, 1964-1966. 171.County courts review, 1964-1965. 2 folders. 202, 314.County government, 1952-1957, 1965-1966, 1974-1979. 4 folders. 149.H.18.10F10314.County government, 1952-1957, 1965-1966, 1974-1979. 6 folders. Criminal justice planning, 1968-1970. 4 folders. Development finance, 1984. 1 volume. 10, 301.Dutch elm disease, 1976-1977. 2 folders and 2 volumes. 149.H.19.1B1110, 301.Dutch elm disease, 1976-1977. 9 folders. 425.Early childhood development, 1987-1988. 2 volumes. 303.Economic development, 1976-1977. 2 folders. 391.Economy, 1984. 1 volume. 149.H.19.2F12391.Economy, 1984. 1 volume. Education, 1953-1966. 9 folders. 469.Education: Twin Cities completion rates,2000. 5 folders. 149.I.5.6F13367b.Educational alternatives, 1982. 1 volume. 453.Effective transit task force, 1994-1995. 2 folders. 471.e-Government, 2002. 2 folders. 206.Election contest, 1966. Employment, 1979-1981. 8 folders. 149.I.5.7B14Employment, 1980. 3 folders and 1 volume. 470.Energy MN Unplugged, 2002. 5 folders. 328.Energy pricing task force, 1979-1980. 1 volume. 281.Enrollments: Fluctuating, 1973-1974. 5 folders. 238.Environment, 1968-1971, 1973-1974. 4 folders. 149.I.5.8F15238.Environment, 1968-1971, 1973-1974. 5 folders. 13.Environment, 1969-1970. 2 volumes. 437.Fiscal book 11990. 5 folders. 190.Fiscal crisis, 1965-1966. 2 folders. Fiscal crisis: Minneapolis, 1965-1971. 5 folders. 149.I.5.9B16Fiscal crisis: Minneapolis, 1965-1971. 6 folders. 224.Fiscal disparities, 1968-1969. 5 folders. 149.I.5.10F17Fiscal disparities committee, 1968-1986. 13 folders and 1 volume. 149.I.6.1B18Fiscal disparities committee, 1968-1986. 6 folders and 5 volumes. 149.I.6.2F19Fiscal disparities committee, 1968-1986. 12 folders. 149.I.6.3B20Fiscal disparities committee, 1968-1986. 7 folders. 13.Fluctuating enrollment, 1973-1974. 2 volumes. Forms and structure, 1954-1961. 2 folders. 435.Foster care, 1989. 2 folders. 149.I.5.9B16435.Foster care, 1989. 5 folders. 235.General hospital, 1962-1970. 4 folders. 149.I.6.4F21General revenue sharing, 1974. Government: Metropolitan, 1957-1959. 153.Government organization, 1962-1964. 2 folders. Government structure task force, 1976-1977. 1 volume. Health, hospitals, and welfare, 1952-1960. 4 folders and 1 volume. 360.Health and hospitals task force, 1980-1981. 1 volume and 1 folder. 235.Health care, 1966-1971. 7 folders. 149.I.6.5B22411.Health care, 1986-1987. 3 volumes. 16, 244.Higher education, 1965-1966, 1970-1971. 4 folders and 2 volumes.

See also: Post-secondary education.

 221.Highways, 1965-1968. 3 folders. 149.I.6.6F23221.Highways, 1965-1968. 2 folders. 306.Hospitals in the Twin Cities, 1976-1982. 13 folders.

Includes information on Veterans Hospital, Minneapolis.

 Household pricing, 1979. 452.Housing policy and metropolitan development, 1993. 6 folders. 149.I.6.7B24452.Housing policy and metropolitan development, 1993. 2 folders. 334.Housing task force, 1975-1980. 1 folder and 4 volumes. 227.Housing task force: Low income housing, 1968-1969. 9 folders. 384.Income assistance, 1983. 1 volume. 304.Income maintenance, 1976-1977. 2 folders.

File relates to public assistance programs.

 149.I.6.8F25304.Income maintenance, 1976-1977. 21 folders and 2 volumes.

File relates to public assistance programs.

 397.Infrastructure, 1983-1984. 2 volumes. Initiative and referendum, 1978-1979. 4 folders.

See also: Petitioning on legislation.

 149.I.6.9B26Inner city, 1967. 386.Institutionalization, 1982. 1 volume. 19.Issues of the 80s, 1978-1980. 5 folders and 3 volumes.

See also: Public policies of the 80s.

 195.Jails, 1964-1966. 2 folders. 302.Joint task force of Community Information and Tax & Finance and Transit, 1976-1977. 4 folders. 149.I.6.10F27302.Joint task force of Community Information and Tax & Finance and Transit, 1976-1977. 4 folders. 421.Judicial task force, 1987. 1 volume. Juvenile detention, 1962-1964. 2 folders. 456.K-12 education, 1996-1997. 9 folders. 460.Labor shortage, 1998. 4 folders. 431.Lakes management, 1989. 1 volume. 149.I.7.1B28245.Land for housing, 1970-1971. 293.Land use, 1974-1976. 6 folders and 1 volume. 439.Large trucks, 1990. 3 folders. Law enforcement, 1966-1967. 3 folders. 149.I.7.2F29Law enforcement, 1967. 1 volume. Legislation, 1952-1953. 317.Legislation: Petitioning on legislation, 1968-1979. 141.C.6.7B73317.Legislation: Petitioning on legislation, 1968-1971. 1 volume. 149.I.7.2F29287.Legislative, 1974-1975. 4 folders. Legislative day, 1970. 22.Legislative procedures, 1967-1968. 1 volume. 214.Legislative procedures, 1967-1968. 4 folders. 399.Legislature, 1985. 1 volume. 149.I.7.3B30441.Library, 1952-1965, 1990. 15 folders. Licensing, 1952-1964. 10 folders. Local consent, 1964-1965. 2 folders. 149.I.7.4F31276.Local government, 1973-1974. 4 folders. 276.Local government boundary-function relationships, 1972-1974. 371.Long range planning, 1982. 405.Lottery, 1986. 1 volume. 430.Mandated benefits, 1989. 2 volumes. 467.Mental health adult employment, 2000. 3 folders. 468.Mental health children's needs, 2001. 2 folders. 149.I.7.5B32468.Mental health children's needs, 2001. 2 folders. 183.Merit system review, 1965. 388.Metro Council, 1971-1984. 3 folders and 3 volumes. Metropolitan affairs, 1966-1967. 3 folders and 2 volumes. Metropolitan area study, 1959-1961. 149.I.7.6F33254.Metropolitan capital improvements, 1971-1972. 4 folders. Metropolitan Council structure, 1961-1974. 4 folders. Metropolitan development guide, 1967-1968. 3 folders and 1 volume. Metropolitan parks and open spaces, 1970-1971. 182.Metropolitan planning commission review committee, 1964-1965. 149.I.7.7B34182.Metropolitan planning commission review committee, 1964-1965. 2 folders. 226.Metropolitan policy development, 1968. 2 folders. 181, 230a?Metropolitan sewerage, 1961-1968. 5 folders. Metropolitan zoo, 1966. 2 folders. Minneapolis city charter, 1973-1981. 4 folders. 226.Minneapolis development, 1969. 3 folders. 151.E.10.1B35191.Minneapolis fire and police salaries, 1966. 156.Minneapolis zoning, 1963. Minority representation, 1968-1970. 6 folders. 192.Mosquito control, 1965-1966. 2 folders. Municipal commission, 1963-1965. 2 folders. 151.Municipal courts, 1962-1963. 2 folders. 382.Neighborhoods, 1983. 1 volume. 448.Obstacles (Reform the Electoral Process, Restore the Public Trust), 1992. 1 volume. 151.E.10.2F36448.Obstacles (Reform the Electoral Process, Restore the Public Trust), 1992. 1 volume. 404.Occupational education, 1984. 1 volume. 305.Open meetings, 1976-1977. 1 volume. 449.Organization of local government services, 1991. 6 folders. Parade of neighborhoods, 1974-1975. 3 folders. 307.Parking, 1977. 2 folders. 151.E.10.3B37307.Parking, 1977. 1 folder and 1 volume. Parks, 1952-1961. 16 folders.

Includes city, county, and metropolitan parks.

 359.Parks: East metro parks, 1966, 1978-1981. 2 folders. 151.E.10.4F38359.Parks: East metro parks, 1966, 1978-1981. 1 volume. Parks: Regional parks, 1978-1979. 6 folders and 1 volume. Pilot city, 1974-1977. 270.Planned unit development, 1972-1973. 4 folders. Planning and zoning, 1957-1962. 6 folders. Planning committee, 1979-1984. 1 folder and 1 volume. 151.E.10.5B39Policy planning task force, 1966-1972. 7 folders and 1 volume. 284.Political campaigns, 1973-1974. 13 folders. 300.Post-secondary education, 1974-1978. 6 folders. 151.E.10.6F40300.Post-secondary education, 1976-1978. 22 folders.

Student financial aid.

 151.E.10.7B41300.Post-secondary education, 1976-1978. 4 folders. Program committee, 1981-1983. Program planning task force, 1974, 1977-1978. 2 folders and 1 volume. Project, 1953-1954. 264.Promoting more transit ridership, 1972-1973. 412.Property tax, 1987. 2 volumes. 466.Property tax affordability, 2000. 4 folders. 312.Public affairs information, 1977-1978. 1 volume. 151.E.10.8F42312.Public affairs information, 1977-1978. Public affairs television, 1976. 4 folders and 1 volume. 462.Public agenda,1998. 268.Public employment, 1957-1964, 1972-1973. 14 folders. 143.C.19.1B43268.Public employment, 1972-1973. 4 folders. 305.Public meetings, 1976-1977. 2 folders. Public pensions, 1978. 1 folder and 1 volume. 316.Public safety, 1953-1962. 10 folders. 143.C.19.2F44 316.Public safety, 1953-1962. 3 folders. Public safety: Police and fire subcommittees, 1956-1958. 7 folders. 436.Public sector lobbying, 1990. 3 folders. Public service, 1968. 2 folders.

See also: Strengthening public service.

 Publicity, 1957-1958. 34.Quasi-public activities: Funding for the arts, 1972-1976. 7 folders and 2 volumes. 143.C.19.3B45294.Quasi-public activities: Funding for the arts, 1972-1976. 3 folders and 3 volumes. 396.Real estate development, 1984. 1 volume. 35, 266.Rebuilding in the central city, 1972-1973. 2 folders and 2 volumes. 296.Reduce burglary, 1975-1976. 3 folders. 143.C.19.4F46181, 201.Refuse, 1959-1966. 7 folders. 450.Regional challenges and regional governance, 1993. 2 folders. 345.Rent control, 1980-1981. 1 volume. Rental housing, 1980-1981. 1 volume. 193.Residential paving, 1965-1967. 2 folders. 36.Residential property, 1974. 2 folders. 143.C.19.5B4736.Residential property, 1974. 2 volumes. 285.Residential property tax, 1974-1975. 6 folders. Revenue distribution, 1969-1970. 5 folders. 36.Revenue sharing, 1969-1970. 2 volumes. River development, 1969. 143.C.19.6F48279.Riverfront protection, 1973-1975. 3 folders. Riverfront protection, 1973-1974. Riverfront protection, 1973-1974. 2 folders. 372.Roads and bridges, 1983. 1 volume. 277.Role of consultants, 1972-1974. 7 folders. 149.I.7.8F49St. Paul charter changes, 1971. St. Paul community councils, 1971. St. Paul special reports, 1968, 1969. School aids, 1962-1963. 243.School bargaining, 1970-1971. 5 folders. 248.School buildings, 1969-1971. 4 folders. 196.School buildings: Minneapolis, 1963-1964. 4 folders. School buildings: St. Paul, 1970-1971. 2 folders. 141.C.5.1B57School buildings: St. Paul, 1970-1971. 2 folders. 469.School completion, 2000. 3 folders. 330.School desegregation, 1979. 4 folders and 2 volume2. 424.School districts and structure.1987-1988. 2 volumes. 141.C.5.2F58School emergency advisory, 1966. School finance, 1966-1982. 5 folders. 196.School finance: Minneapolis, 1966. 2 folders. School millage, 1962-1964. 3 folders. 228.School personnel, 1969. 2 folders. 141.C.5.3B5940, 228.School personnel, 1968-1969. 2 folders. 463.Seniors & disability in 2030, 1999. 3 folders. 365.Services, 1981. 1 volume. 340.Siting of controversial facilities, 1979-1980. 1 folder and 1 volume. 271.Social services, 1972-1974. 12 folders. 141.C.5.4F60271.Social services, 1972-1974. 5 folders. Solid waste, 1974-1978. 8 folders. 414.Solid waste recycling, 1986-1987. 2 volumes. 358.Solid waste/flow control, 1980-1981. 1 folder and 1 volume. 141.C.5.5B61Speakers bureau, 1957-1958. Special districts, 1967-1968. Staff, 1957-1958. 406.State civil service, 1986. 3 volumes. 42.State fiscal, 1971-1972. 1 volume. 451.State spending, 1992. 6 folders. 141.C.5.6F62451.State spending, 1992-1995. 13 folders. 42.State-local fiscal, 1971-1972. 1 volume. State-local fiscal planning, 1971-1971. 6 folders. 141.C.5.7B63252.State-local fiscal planning, 1971-1972. 315.State-local fiscal relationships, 1977-1978. 2 folders and 1 volume. 222.Strengthening public service, 1967-1969. 1 folder and 1 volume. 350.Structure task force, 1975-1981. 1 folder and 3 volumes. 327.Tax/economy, 1978-1979. 1 folder and 1 volume. 141.C.5.8F64327.Tax/economy, 1978-1979. 2 folders. 321, 332, 351, 353.Tax and finance, 1952-1981. 12 folders and 3 volumes. 141.C.5.9B6543.Tax and finance task force, 1980--1981. 2 folders and 1 volume. 423.Tax exempt, 1987. 2 volumes. 368.Taxes, 1983. 1 volume. 416.Teaching/Education, 1987. 3 volumes. 141.C.5.10F66432.Telecommunications, 1989. 2 volumes. 178, 409.Transit, 1964-1965, 1986. 3 folders and 2 volumes. 141.C.6.1B6744.Transit facilities, 1972-1974. 3 folders and 4 volumes. Transit ridership, 1972-1973. 2 folders. 438.Transit task force, 1990. 5 folders. 320, 331.Transportation, 1957-1963, 1977-1980. 7 folders and 2 volumes. 141.C.6.2F68289, 332, 356.Transportation, 1968-1981. 22 folders and 1 volume. 141.C.6.3B69Transportation, 1974-1980. Transportation: People Mover, 1977-1979. 1 folder and 1 volume. Transportation: Rideshare, 1977-1979. 1 folder and 1 volume. Transportation policy debate, 1974-1980. 5 folders.

See also: Urban transportation facilities.

 Transportation reports, 1975-1980. 9 volumes. 46.Transportation task force, 1979-1980. 1 folder. 461.Twenty-Thirty (2030) task force, 1998. 4 folders. 303.Twin Cities economy, 1976-1977. 2 folders. 141.C.6.4F70303.Twin Cities economy, 1976-1977. 4 folders. 455.Twin Cities in the global economy, 1994-1996. 15 folders. 408.University of Minnesota, 1985-1986. 1 volume. 141.C.6.5B71408.University of Minnesota, 1985-1986. 1 volume. 459.University of Minnesota study, 1997. 3 folders. 390.Urban agriculture: Produce, 1983. 2 volumes. Urban renewal, 1961-1962. 240.Urban transportation facilities, 1969-1971. 7 folders. 174.Veterans preference, 1964-1965. 189.Voters guide, 1962-1967. 141.C.6.6F72189.Voting procedures, 1965-1966. 3 folders. 402.Water quality, 1984. 2 volumes. 370.Workers compensation, 1982. 2 volumes. 464. Workforce training for the new economy1998. 4 folders. 177.Workhouse, 1964-1965. 141.C.6.7B73177.Workhouse, 1964-1965. 336.Youth athletics, 1979-1980. 1 volume. Miscellaneous files: Amicus Curiae brief,

Citizens League brief for definition of "legislative day."

 Child care, 1970. 2 folders. Minneapolis, 1975-1976. 3 folders. PROJECT BACKGROUND FILES 141.C.6.7B73Doing the Common Good Better, 2002-2004. 3 folders. Effective Transportation, 1980-1995. 4 folders. 141.C.6.8F74Effective Transportation, 1980-1995. 2 folders. Fiscal Disparities, 1977-1986. 4 folders. Higher Education, 2004. 3 folders. Higher Education, University of Minnesota reports, 2004. 3 folders. Medical Facilities Standards, 2004-2005. 2 folders. Minnesota Mental Health, 2004-2007. 2 folders. 141.C.6.9B75Minnesota Mental Health, 2004-2007. 7 folders. PROJECT REPORTS 141.C.6.9B75Bound reports:

Organized in reverse numerical order by file number (468 files). File numbers relate to the committee or task force responsible for the report.

 Nos. 1-125, 1952-1961. 4 folders and 2 volumes. 141.C.6.10F76Nos. 126-279, 1961-1974. 5 volumes. 141.C.7.1B77Nos. 280-441. 1974-1991. 6 volumes. 141.C.7.2F78Nos. 442-468.1991-2001. 3 volumes. 141.C.7.2F78Printed reports,1978-1979. 4 folders: Adaptability--The new mission for vocational education, 1986. Building confidence in older neighborhoods, 1973. Changes in communications and the opportunities, problems, and issues for the Twin Cities, 1980. Future role of the Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1965. Health care access for all Minnesotans, 1992. Hennepin County government reorganization, 1966. Income maintenance, [1976?]. "It's only a game": a lottery in Minnesota, 1986. Jails, 1966. Keeping the waste out of waste, 1981. Larger view for small scale agriculture, 1984. Local government in a time of transition, 1974. Local government school, 1958. Major non-local governmental programs, agencies and organizations operating in the minority and low income areas of Minneapolis, 1969. Metro Council: narrowing the agenda and raising the stakes, 1984. Metropolitan zoo report, 1966. A positive alternative: redesigning public service delivery, 1982. Power to the process: making Minnesota's legislature work better, 1985. Region's infrastructure: the problem isn't what you think it is, 1984. State fiscal 'crises' are not inevitable, 1972. A strategy for the waterbelt, 1985. Stretching the school salary dollar, 1969. Thought before action: understanding and reforming Minnesota's fiscal system, 1982. Twin Cities metropolitan area sewerage needs, 1965. Use road revenue for the roads that are used, 1983. Reports not approved or distributed, 1954-1972. PHOTOGRAPHS 141.C.7.2F78Bus test run, June 1956. City annual report, 1955. City engineer's tour, 1953. Construction of West River Road, 1954. General hospital, 1954-1962. Membership drives, 1956. Radio and television reports, 1954-1958. Miscellaneous photographs, undated and 1953-1960.

[0.15 cubic feet empty, letter sized]

 P280380Portraits, undated and 1954-1963.

Snapshot photographs of League members, guest speakers, politicians, and others, filed in alphabetical order by individual's last name.

 Subjects, undated and 1954-1963.

Snapshot photographs filed in alphabetical order. Many of these were taken at League breakfasts and luncheons, annual meetings, and at committee and other meetings and social functions.

 Public Service Options (PSO), 1972-1981

The organization was formed by the Citizens League to "bring more community resources to bear upon the delivery of public services by: encouraging public policy makers to expand their options for providing public services and encouraging government units to participate more extensively with purchase-of-service arrangements in the public service area."

Public Service Options was formally incorporated in April 1976 to stimulate a ridesharing program in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It was a joint venture between the Upper Midwest Council and the Citizens League. Its major funding came from the Metropolitan Transit Commission, a governmental agency, pursuant to a written agreement requiring PSO to perform certain services with respect to the establishment of a ridesharing program in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

The records include minutes, correspondence, reports, contracts, financial information, and related material.

 141.C.7.3B 79 Articles of incorporation, 1976. Bylaws. Dissolution of PSO, 1980-1981. 2 folders. Goals and objectives, 1974-1975. PSO, 1972-1973. Minutes, 1974-1980. 13 folders. Steering Committee memoranda and correspondence, 1974-1978. 5 folders.

[0.25 empty, letter sized]

 149.I.7.9B 50 Financial Information Fiscal years, 1976-1980. 4 volumes. Audits. 2 volumes. Financial statements, Sept. 1973-Dec. 1978. 3 volumes. Management letter, Sept. 18, 1975. Grant and endowment information: Grant requests, 1973. Bush Foundation, 1973-1976. Clark Foundation correspondence, 1973-1976. Funding proposal for PSO, March 1, 1976. Lilly endowment, 1976-1978. McKnight Foundation, 1976-1979. National Science Foundation, 1974-1976. 2 folders, 1 volume. Other foundations, 1974-1976. Funding summary, 1976-1977. Grant procedures and information, 1978-1979. Service Options Foundation and investment record, 1976-1977. 149.I.7.10F 51 Chronological olumes:

These volumes include correspondence, financial information, reports, contracts, and related material.

 April 1974-April 1975. 5 volumes. 149.I.8.1B 52 May 1975-April 1976. 5 volumes. 149.I.8.2F 53 May 1976-April 1978. 5 volumes. 149.I.8.3B 54 May 1978-March 1980. 4 volumes, 1 folder. 149.I.8.4F 55 First contract with Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC), June 1976-June 19, 1977. 2 volumes.

Correspondence, contract information, and related material.

 Contract with MTC, 1979. Issue bulletins, 1974-1975. Printed reports: Proposal to National Science Foundation, Volume 1, 1973. Proposal for continuing support for public services, Jan. 6, 1976. Two or three years: Alternative models for PSO, Oct. 2, 1975. Report to the Ford Foundation: National review of urban housing preservation programs, Aug. 26, 1976. New options for preservation of single family neighborhoods, March 1976. Shared ride services, July 29, 1975. Report of the Public Service Options: Policy Review Committee, June 7, 1978. Public Service Option: A review of a test of an idea. 2 parts. Oversize Materials 148.D.3.3B 56 Scrapbooks, 1951-1967. 4 volumes.

Newspaper clippings.

 Minneapolis City Charter. Scrapbook, 1947.

Newspaper clippings.

 Transparencies on city and metropolitan government.