Series II, Subseries I: Flood Recovery Task Force Committees, 1972 - 1974
Sub-Series
Scope and Content
From the File:
The Flood Recovery Task Force, Inc. records, 1972-1975, contain organizational records produced by and for the Flood Recovery Task Force including, drafts, correspondence, proposals, handwritten notes, meeting minutes, reports, publications, grant applications, agreements, professional contracts, newspaper articles, and flood relief hearings. It should be noted that Wilkes University Archives does not have a complete set of meeting minutes for the many subcommittees that were formed under the Flood Recovery Task Force and the full scope of what was donated compared to what was created is difficult to determine. However, the materials represented in this collection reveal a wide range in documentation of the organization’s activities and responsibilities. The Flood Recovery Task Force joined forces with many federal and state agencies, non-profit organizations, private contractors, and individuals across various sectors to assist the region in recovering from Hurricane Agnes flood devastation. This collection covers Hurricane Agnes flood relief and redevelopment of the Wyoming Valley from July 1972 to 1975 and include topics such as government relief and funding for flood victims, urban planning and redevelopment programs, temporary and permanent housing, and transportation.
Dates
- 1972 - 1974
Access:
Open for research.
Extent
From the File: 9 boxes (9 boxes total, 5 whole document boxes, 2 half-letter boxes, 1 whole legal box, 1 half legal sized box. ) : [2.92 linear ft]
Language of Materials
English
Series II, Subseries I: Flood Recovery Task Force Committees, 1972-1974
Subseries I: Flood Recovery Task Force Committees, 1972-1974, is arranged alphabetically by Committee Title and contains meeting minutes, correspondence, resolutions, financial statements, grant applications and agreements, press conference notes, and newspaper clippings on the Flood Recovery Task Force and subcommittees from the organization. This series features correspondence, news articles, and committee meeting minutes between Flood Recovery Task Force members and significant individuals from Biloxi, Mississippi who worked on a task force during Hurricane Camille in 1969. These members visited Wilkes Barre to share their own redevelopment programs and ideas when Hurricane Camille hit the Southern Gulf Coast in 1969 and hosted Flood Recovery Task Force members who wanted to see the recovery progress firsthand. This support from Mississippi aided Flood Recovery Task Force members in identifying significant differences between Wyoming Valley flood recovery and the Southern Gulf Coast flood recovery such as a lack of insurance holders in the Wyoming Valley region, which created a huge strain on flood victims who had no funds to repair their homes and businesses. Legal sized folders were removed to Legal Box #1.
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
Contact:
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu