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Citizen's Budget Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
261, 296
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Citizen's Budget Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1952-1965 (inclusive)
Creator:
Citizen's Budget Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Form:
Correspondence, Financial records, Minutes (administrative records), and Reports
Abstract:

The Philadelphia Citizens Budget Committee was created on December 10, 1951 as a non-political and non-profit organization to engage in a continuous study of Philadelphia's governmental operations and its fiscal, budgetary and revenue problems, for the purpose of promoting "efficient and economical government for the City of Philadelphia on a comprehensive, objective and continuing basis."

The records of the Citizens Budget Committee consists of two linear feet of material. The bulk of the material covers the years 1952 to 1959 with the minutes of the Committee's meetings continuing to November of 1965.

The collection has not been arranged into series.

Accession 261 was donated through the Greater Philadelphia Movement, June 1976. Accession 296 was donated through the Greater Philadelphia Partnership, April 1977.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in May 2014 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
May 2023
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Citizen's Budget Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Temple University holds intellectual property rights only for material donated to the university with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Callable Bonds, undated.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material - Ordinance for The Adoption of Capital Budget for Philadelphia for 1953, 1953.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material - Resume of Mayor's Message on Proposed 1954-1959 Capital Improvement Program and copy of 1954 Capital Budget, 1954.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material - Suggestions-Newspaper Clippings, 1954.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material, 1956.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material, 1957.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material, 1958.
Box 1
Capital Budget Material, 1959.
Box 1
Chart #1, 1952.
Box 1
Chart #2 - and, 1952.
Box 1
Chart #4, 1953.
Box 1
Chart #5, 1954.
Box 1
Charts - Proposed, undated.
Box 1
Citizens Budget Commission - New York, 1948-1956.
Box 1
Citizens Council on City Planning, 1953-1959.
Box 1
Civic Agencies Committee - 1956 City Budget-Carryover Policy, 1953.
Box 1
City Wage, undated.
Box 1
Debt Policy, undated.
Box 1
Employee Information, 1953-1954.
Box 1
General, 1954.
Box 1
Recommendations, 1954.
Box 1
Surplus, 1954.
Box 1
General, 1955.
Box 1
Recommendations, 1955.
Box 1
City Budget - General, 1956.
Box 1
Firemen and Recommendations, 1956.
Box 1
Recommendations, 1956.
Box 1
Recommendations, 1957.
Box 1
General, 1958.
Box 1
Clippings in re. Recommendations of CBC, 1954.
Box 1
Commerce (Study), 1953.
Box 1
Cost Consciousness, 1957.
Box 1
Debt Retirement, 1955-1957.
Box 1
Expenditures, 1956.
Box 1
Financial, 1953-1954.
Box 1
Financial Facts, 1952-1954.
Box 1
Financial Facts I, II, and III and CBC Comments, 1956.
Box 1
Financial Survey - Correspondence and Completed Questionnaires, 1952.
Box 1
Information from New York, undated.
Box 1
Information from other cities, undated.
Box 1
Fire Insurance, 1953 and 1955.
Box 2
Fiscal Trends - Philadelphia, 1951 and 1954.
Box 2
Forty Hour Work Week, 1955-1959.
Box 2
Fringe Benefits-Health and Welfare, 1954.
Box 2
General-Correspondence and General Materials, 10/50 to 10/51.
Box 2
General-Correspondence and General Materials, April to December 1952.
Box 2
General-Correspondence and General Materials, 1953 - 1954.
Box 2
General-Correspondence and General Materials, 1955 - 1956 (November 1957, July 1958).
Box 2
General Fund Budget - Questions about the 1953 General Fund Budget, 1953.
Box 2
Development of General Fund Surplus Budget for 1954, 1954.
Box 2
General, 1956.
Box 2
General Fund Estimates 1956-1960 - Summary of, 1956.
Box 2
Projections, undated.
Box 2
General Fund, 1957.
Box 2
GRA Reporter, 1956.
Box 2
Physical Description

Vol. 8 - #3

Higher Education Opportunities in Philadelphia, 1957.
Box 2
History of CBC, 1957.
Box 2
Loan Proposal, 1953-1957.
Box 2
"Matter of Principal and Interest-Debt Policy for Philadelphia", 1957.
Box 2
Membership and Committees, 1953-1957.
Box 2
Meeting Material, 1956.
Box 2
Meetings-Summary, November 1950 - May 1952.
Box 2
Minutes of Meetings (3 bound volumes), 1952-1965.
Box 2
Minutes-Extra Copies plus Meeting Material, 1952-1954.
Box 2
Physical Description

folders

Monthly Analysis Report - 1953 "Net Tax Supported Debt Issued and Authorized and Debt Limit", 1944 to 1955.
Box 2
Newsletter, 1954-1956.
Box 2
Newspaper Clippings, undated. 2 Folders.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 Folders

"Pros and Cons of Certain Taxes Proposed to City of Philadelphia", 1952.
Box 2
Proposed Outline of Study of Tax Delinquency...in Philadelphia, undated.
Box 2
"Relationship between Prices of Real Estate Sales in", 1951 and...1953.
Box 2
Secretary's Reports, 1954 and 1955. 2 Folders.
Box 2
Physical Description

2 Folders

State Highway Grants and Expenditures, undated.
Box 2
Summary of Discussion of Assessment Organization and Techniques - Before GPM, July 16, 1952.
Box 2

Print, Suggest