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TABLE OF CONTENTSCitizens' Committee for the Completion of the North Expressway Scrapbook and Photographs, 1971-1980 |
A Guide to the Citizens' Committee for the Completion of the North Expressway Scrapbook and Photographs, 1971-1980
Biographical NoteThe Citizens' Committee for the Completion of the North Expressway organized in San Antonio in 1971 as a group backing immediate completion of the North Expressway. The committee was comprised of nine members. E. Monroe Bibb was the Chairman of the Committee, which was sponsored by the nonprofit North Loop 410 Association. The committee sought to obtain the signatures of every San Antonio and Bexar County resident favoring resumption of freeway work after a long delay in its construction. By contacting local businesses and organizations, as well as publishing advertisements containing their petition, the Committee received 105,000 signatures. Paul Thompson, in his San Antonio News column, wrote that "never before have so many San Antonians signed a document in behalf of any single community cause" (December 13, 1971). Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThis collection is comprised of one scrapbook of newspaper clippings, compiled by the Citizens' Committee for the Completion of the North Expressway, and two undated photographs. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings related to the Citizens' Committee's efforts to see the completion of the North Expressway (North Loop 410) in San Antonio. The clippings document running totals of petition signatures received, the organizations that supported and opposed the construction and the Citizens' Committee, additional delays in construction, and public opinion. Clippings were collected from the San Antonio Light, the San Antonio Express, the San Antonio News, and the Corpus Christi Times. The scrapbook also contains letters to Chairman E. Monroe Bibb. The photographs are untitled; one depicts men at a construction site wearing Texas Highway Department hard hats; the other is a photograph of the Texas Highway Department's "Hall of Honor: Texas Road Hands." Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsResearchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when handling photographic materials. Otherwise, there are no restrictions on these materials. Usage RestrictionsPermission to publish materials from the collection must be obtained from Archives and Special Collections, Library, University of Texas at San Antonio. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation[Identification of item], Citizens' Committee for the Completion of the North Expressway Scrapbook and Photographs, 1971-1980, MS 284, Archives and Special Collections, University of Texas at San Antonio Library. Acquisition InformationReceived as a gift from the North Loop 410 Association, Inc., in December 1991 (Acc. 1991-999). Processing InformationProcessed by Angela McClendon, Manuscripts Archivist, July 2008. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Collection
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