PRELIMINARY INVENTORY S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri Research Center- St. Louis. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. Introduction Approximately 45 cubic feet, 2088 photographs, 174 videos, 7 cassette tapes The St. Louis Regional Chamber records contain materials from its six-predecessor organizations, the City Plan Commission, the Metropolitan Plan Association, the St. Louis Research Council, the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC), and the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association (RCGA). The records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, photographs, newspaper clippings, and videotapes, documenting the St. Louis Regional Chamber and its predecessor’s mission to promote regional cooperation and planning for the development of the area’s resources. Materials of interest include RCGA and RIDC’s reports and studies, which provided economic and sociological analyses, as well as statistical data, of urban problems in transportation, public works, labor, the environment, capital investment, manufacturing, industrial education, and employment. The materials in this collection are incomplete, as they do not contain the records of the City Plan Commission before 1912. Donor Information The records were donated to the University of Missouri by R.A. Murray on February 23, 1971 (Accession No. SA0016). An addition was made on January 17, 1983 by James O’Flynn (Accession No. SA2507). An addition was made on February 16, 1983 by James O’Flynn (Accession No. SA2508). An addition was made on June 24, 1987 by Bill Julius (Accession No. SA2799). An addition was made on July 12, 1990 by Bill Julius (Accession No. SA2958). An addition was made on December 18, 1992 by Bill Julius (Accession No. SA3101). An addition was made on August 16, 2013 by David Minor (Accession No. SA4087). An addition was made on October 29, 2013 by David Minor (Accession No. SA4105). An addition was made on March 21, 2014 by David Minor (Accession No. SA4127). Copyright and Restrictions The Donor has given and assigned to the State Historical Society of Missouri all rights of copyright which the Donor has in the Materials and in such of the Donor’s works as may be found among any collections of Materials received by the Society from others. Box List Box 1 City Plan Commission Central Traffic Parkway, 1912 Central Traffic Parkway, prepared amendment to the city charter, 1913 The Riverfront, Possible Municipal Ownership of Terminals, 1913 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 4/23/2020 S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS River Des Peres Plan, 1916 Chamber of Commerce Administration Executive Committee and Board of Directors, meeting minutes, 1960-1968 (10 folders) Board of Directors, meeting minutes, 1969 Executive Committee, meeting minutes, 1969 Board of Directors, meeting minutes, 1970 Box 2 Executive Committee, meeting minutes, 1970-1971 (3 folders) Financial materials Audits, 1928-1970 (4 folders) Budgets, 1955-1966 Monthly audits and yearly auditors’ reports, 1960-1964 Pension, 1956 Subject files Economic development plan, 1965 Historical records, no date Integrated developments, 1964 Merchants and manufacturers’ tax, 1958-1968 Newspaper clippings, 1968-1969 Box 3 Trans Pacific case, 1966-1969 (4 folders) Trans Pacific case, newspaper clippings, 1969 United States Chamber of Commerce, survey, 1968 Reports Abstracts of New Major Regional Airport Studies, 1971 Airport Plan for the St. Louis Region, 1949 Airport Development Plan, 1945 Should a Metropolitan Airport Authority be Established for the St. Louis Area?, 1968 An Analysis of Airport Travel Demands, 1969 Lambert Airport, 1971-1975 Laclede’s Landing, 1968-1969 River Center, 1968 Transportation studies, 1968-1972 (2 folders) Box 4 Metropolitan Plan Association, annual reports and meeting minutes, 1945-1961 St. Louis Research Council Affiliation with Chamber of Commerce, 1969 Affiliation with RIDC, 1969-1970 Board of Directors, meeting minutes, 1963-1964, 1973 Page 2 of 29 S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS General, 1962-1964 Pension trust fund, 1972-1973 Post Office permit, 1972 Program authorizations, 1974 St. Louis Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) Administration Annual meetings, 1965-1973 (8 folders) Annual luncheon, 1972-1973 Annual reports, 1965-1972, 1981 Articles of incorporation and bylaws, 1965 Board of directors, terms of office, 1969 Bibliography (RIDC publications), 1971-1973 Budget, 1972-1973 Budget, funding requests, 1972-1973 Box 5 Contracts, 1968-1973 Contracts, income, 1970-1971 Executive Committee Correspondence, no date Meeting minutes, 1965-1973 (4 folders) Fact sheets on RIDC, 1970, 1972 Publicity, 1969-1970 Remarks by D. Reid Ross, 1969-1970 Resolutions, 1971 Reference Air pollution, 1971 Airport Authority, 1971 American Institute of Planners, St. Louis section, 1968-1969 A.M.E. Church Extension, Truss Feasibility Study, 1971 American Statistical Association, 1966 Anheuser-Busch, Inc., correspondence, 1969 Area development, sites and facility planning, 1971 Ascending Citizens Development Company, no date Aviation Advisory Commission, correspondence, 1970 Auto Parts Capability 1965-1968 Automotive forecasts, 1950-1980 (4 folders) Capability Questionnaires, 1966 (3 folders) Correspondence, 1965-1966 Electric Auto Parts, newspaper clippings, 1968 Freight rates, 1967 Box 6 Auto parts manufacturing, 1968 Page 3 of 29 S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS Auto Parts Study (Ozark Regional Commerce) Annual Report, Ozark Regional Commerce, 1968 Correspondence, 1969 Education statistics, 1969-1970 Financing, 1969-1970 Labor statistics, 1968-1969 Labor trends, 1968-1969 Local industry survey to determine interest and capability of manufacturing, 1969 Mailing lists, 1969 Newspaper clippings, 1967-1968 Other statistics, 1966-1969 Ozarks Regional Commission, general, no date Plants of U.S. motor vehicle manufacturers in the United States and Canada 1968-1969 Proposal for the implementation of the auto parts study and survey of Ozarks manufacturers, October 1970 Bi-State Development Agency, mass transportation study, 1968 Bi-State Regional Medical Program Bi-State Regional Medical Program, 1971 Proposal, 1972-1973 Correspondence, 1972 Black Enterprise Today, 1969 Brain drain, 1968 Building permit correspondence, 1970 Building trades, no date Business Enterprise Committee Career education material, 1974 Meeting forms, 1974 Meeting minutes, 1973-1974 Rotary Club, 1973 Business Resource Center General, 1973-1974 Handbook, 1973 Lease agreement, 1972 Proposal, 1972 Funding, 1973 General, 1972-1974 Camps Committee, Area III, 1971 Census Information Consortiums 1970 Bills sent, 1971-1973 Census agreement, 1971 Co-sponsor agreement, no date Correspondence, 1971 Page 4 of 29 S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS Form letters, no date "Information Deficiencies," Master and Outline of Rules and Regulations, December 1972 Lists, 1971 Progress report 1971 Press conference, June 10, 1971 Questionnaire, 1973 Questionnaire and summary tapes, 1970 Box 7 Centropolis or Metropolis Various drafts, 1965-1968 Annuals correspondence, 1966-1968 Background material, 1964-1969 Correspondence, 1965-1968 Chemical Industry, 1967 Citizens' Committee for a Regional Airport, 1971 Commerce and Industrial Development, Missouri Division, 1968-1969 Community Development, Need (Speech), no date Community profile, 1964-1965 Community Relations Service, correspondence, 1969-1971 Comprehensive City Demonstration Program, 1969 Conference, 1968-1970 Congressional correspondence, 1965-1970 (5 folders) Corps of Engineers Proposal, 1968-1971 Corps of Engineers, statements for locks and dam, 1967-1972 Comparative Advantage Study, 1968-1969 Direct Investment in the United States by Japanese Firms, 1970-1974 (2 folders) Dodge reports, 1969-1970 East St. Louis Railroad relocation correspondence, 1970 East St. Louis Riverfront Park, no date Economic Research Committee, 1965-1969 East-West Gateway Coordinating Council Bibliography, 1967-1971 Data processing standards, 1969 Development of input and output flow table, 1967-1968 Draft proposal, 1973 General, 1966-1973 General correspondence, 1967-1969 Information Services Committee, 1970-1971 Planning File Maintenance and Aggregation Procedures, Systems Description Manual. 1970 Regional housing plan, 1970-1972 RIDC Joint Committee. 1968-1970 RIDC Product Flow Study, 1966-1968 (3 folders) Page 5 of 29 S0162 (SA0016, SA2507, SA2508, SA2799, SA2958, SA3101, SA4087, SA4105, SA4127) ST. LOUIS REGIONAL CHAMBER RECORDS Shift analysis, 1967 Transportation Task Force, 1971-1972 Box 8 Transportation Task Force, 1972-1973 (4 folders) Economic Growth Potential for the City of St. Louis, no date Educational Confederation, 1971 Employers of Data Processing Technicians, no date 198. EDA applications, 1966-1969 Economic Indications for St. Louis, 1968 Education Council, Proposal for Regional Library, no date Growth in electronic employment, 1964-1967 Employment Changes in St. Louis City vs. St. Louis County, 1962-1971