Scope and Contents These are copies of printed reports, studies, and surveys commissioned by the governments of the city of Louisville (Ky.) and Jefferson County, Ky. Subjects of these materials include government, education, housing, mental health care, and traffic. Additional items, including "identification material" (1948-1949) and another copy of the 1953 survey report, were added to the collection in September 2004. These materials were found on the shelf during an inventory made in December...

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"Cooperative Compact...between city of Louisville...and Jefferson County; 1986." Draft, 1 volume.

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The Interim Charter Commission for Louisville and Jefferson County was appointed in April 1982 to do research on the issue of city-county merger in response to Senate Bill 13 which was passed by the Kentucky Legislature in 1982.

Two three-ring binders contain background information, reports, and minutes of the Interim Charter Commission for Louisville and Jefferson County, 1982.

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Includes two taped interviews with John Mallon, author of the 1956 city/county merger plan as well as personal papers related to the merger, including minutes, reports, news clippings, brochures, and correspondence. Tom Owen interviewed Mallon.

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These papers consist of clippings, reports, minutes, correspondence and reference materials related to a proposed merger of Louisville and Jefferson County. There are also materials on merger proposals dating from the 1950s and files related to downtown redevelopment.