Municipal government -- Records and correspondence

Abstract

Ross H. Hicks served as the chairperson for a government consolidation commission in 1980. Over the course of 10 months, the commission drafted a proposed charter for a consolidated government in Clarksville and Montgomery County. The proposed charter was rejected by the public in February 1981. This collection includes commission documents, meeting minutes, and personal documents from the desk of Ross H. Hicks.

Scope and Contents The Charles Crow papers contain civic records and personal correspondence by late Clarksville Mayor Charles Crow Sr. This collection, which ranges from 1949 to 1993, consists of newspaper clippings, magazines, certificates, correspondence, photographs, campaign materials, and other assorted materials such as interviews, correspondence with colleagues and state officials, and posthumous tributes. The collection follows a chronological order that delineates Mr. Crow’s early career working...

Scope and Contents The “Mayoral Career” series, which dates from 1958 to 1978, consists of materials relating to Charles Crow’s 16-year tenure as mayor of Clarksville. These materials have been divided into folders containing correspondence, newspaper & magazine clippings, interviews, and campaign materials and a scrapbook detailing Crow’s resignation as executive secretary of the Tennessee Pardon and Parole Board and his early electoral campaigns in the Clarksville municipal elections leading up his...