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Guide to the Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association Minute Books 1955-1961
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- Title
- Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association Minute Books 1955-1961
- Subject
- Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association (Pa.), Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Centennial celebrations, etc
- Description
- The Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association Minute Books consists of two official minute books created by secretary Richard Tucker. The general committee minutes are from meetings held between 1955 and 1958. These meetings discussed the different events to be held during the celebration including an art exhibition and festival near Gateway Center. The Executive Committee minutes begin in 1956 and end in 1961. These meetings focused on the financial side of the celebration including fund raising efforts such as medallion sales and contributions from different companies for advertising opportunities., Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association Minute Books, 1955-1961, MSS 909, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center., Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Richard Tucker Gift 1996 1996.0132 papers, The Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association was founded in November 1955 as a non-profit organization to plan a celebration for the 200th anniversary of the founding of Pittsburgh to be held in 1958. A general committee was established to oversee the planning of the bicentennial including events, exhibits and some financial concerns. The executive committee focused more on the financial responsibilities associated with planning and running the celebration. The general committee held its first meeting in November 1955. The executive committee first met in April 1956. Richard Tucker was invited to this meeting to act as a general counsel to the Association. Tucker continued to attend both general and executive committee meetings until 1957 when he was elected as the Association secretary. As secretary, it was his job to prepare the minutes and record the discussions, motions, and resolutions that were passed at the meetings of the general and executive committees. Tucker held the office of secretary until 1961 when the minutes were submitted for the last meeting held on December 8, 1961., Gift of Richard Tucker.., Processed MSS 909 1/2013 M. Hall, Collection level finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Tucker, Richard., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1951-1961
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 0.50 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:832726592, pitt:US-QQS-mss909
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss909
- Coverage
- Pittsburgh (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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