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Architectural drawings (original) of
several buildings owned by the City of Louisville, 1871 - present;
Sanborn maps, with updates- from 1905 - 1978
Annual Budgets (Operating and
Capital): incomplete run c. 1955-present
Annual Financial Reports:
incomplete run c. 1900 - present
Fire Department run logs:
late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century
Legislative records of the City of
Louisville - originals and attachments, bonds and contracts.
Convenience copies of the microfilmed minutes, ordinances, and
resolutions of the legislatures of the City of Louisville, 1781 -
1985. Recent resolutions, ordinances and attachments
(originals), through 1990.
Mayor's office files. The
collections include contemporaneous accounts of many events of
local interest, especially during the Broaddus (1953- 1957),
Hoblitzell (1957-1961), Smead (1965-1969), Burke (1969-1973),
Sloane (first term; 1973-1977), Stansbury (1977-1981), Sloane
(second term; 1981-1985), Abramson (first term; 1986-1990, second
term; 1990-1994).
Police and Fire Departments
personnel records; mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
Tax records, real estate and
personal property: 1950 - 1974
Urban Renewal Agency records,
processed, 1962 - 1980. Approximately 270 cubic feet;
approximately 1,000 maps. Records detail 10 urban renewal projects
and two neighborhood development projects entailing approximately
2,200 acres of land in Louisville and Jefferson County.
Ephemera:
Historical buildings and structures
in the center city (secondary sources, not limited to City-owned
structures), biographical sketches of all mayors who have ever
served the City of Louisville, lists and some biographical
sketches of members of the Board of Aldermen. Copies of the
charters of the City of Louisville, and copies of several
published histories of the City (manuscripts, pamphlets, and
books) are also available.
Publications library:
approximately 300 cubic feet of
material published by the City of Louisville, covering a wide
variety of topics and services offered by the City. A card
catalogue by creating agency and publication title is the finding
aid. The material largely dates from the 1940's through the
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