Series III, Subseries I: Proposals, Programs, and Long-Term Planning, 1972 - 1973
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 - 1973
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 III, Subseries I: Proposals, Programs, and Long-Term Planning, 1972-1973
Subseries I: Proposals, Programs, and Long-Term Planning, 1972-1973 is arranged alphabetically by Title and contains a variety of materials produced by the Flood Recovery Task Force, other non-profit organizations, federal agencies, and private businesses on rebuilding Wyoming Valley industry, infrastructure, and public programs. This subseries contains various drafts, guidelines, proposals, correspondence, flood relief hearings and testimonies, handwritten notes, memorandums, publications, news articles, statistical data, and contact information from organizations such as the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Luzerne County Planning Commission, Bernie Blier & Associates, and the Flood Recovery Task Force, Inc. These organizations were involved in the long-term planning of the Wyoming Valley. Some highlights in this subseries include disaster relief hearings and testimonies to reexamine the legislation created by the Agnes Recovery Act. Flood Recovery Task Force members who testified during these hearings include Judge Rosenn, Dr. Andrew Shaw, Andrew Sordoni, and written statements by Margaret Anderson, Harold Rose, Thomas Kiley, Ed Schechter, Francis J. Michelini, and Roy Morgan. These hearings were held at Wilkes College in front of the Subcommittee on Disaster Relief of the Senate Committee on Public Works, who visited Wilkes-Barre in 1972 and May 1973. Their testimonies suggested the need for a National Catastrophic Insurance program, a federal disaster management agency, and municipal government consolidation for the duration of the recovery. Other highlights in this subseries includes the 1972 “Project Stormfury” publication, which was a joint Department of Commerce-Department of Defense program of scientific experiments designed to explore the structure and dynamics of hurricanes and tropical storms in an attempt to achieve better understanding, improve prediction, and examine the possibility of modifying some aspects of these storms. 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