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˜ The Ward M. Canaday Center ™ for Special Collections The University of Toledo Finding Aid Ø TOLEDO MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL PAPERS, [1920]-1998× MSS-061
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Toledo Mayors’ Records retain the original order in which the files were arranged. Record groups are divided by mayoral term:
Year Mayor Party Affiliation
1951-1952 Czelusta, Ollie Republican
1952-1953 Roulet, Lloyd Republican
1954-1957 Czelusta, Ollie Republican
1957-1959 Yager, John Democrat
1959-1961 Damas, Michael Democrat
1961-1967 Potter, John Republican
1967-1971 Ensign, Democrat
1971-1976 Kessler Democrat
1977-1982 DeGood, Douglas Democrat
Each term is then divided according to individual years in the term:
Czelusta 1951 files
1952 files
Each year is then divided into two major groups of records, interoffice and subject files. Interoffice files include materials related to the City Council and the six departments of the Toledo city government. These departments include: Finance, Health, Law, Public Safety, Public Service, and Welfare. Subject files primarily contain constituent correspondence and files on special projects that fell outside the direct functions of the government. Within each annual series there may be files or materials from previous years which were carried forward into the next year or term. Two indexes were created to compensate for this organizational problem, an index to interoffice files, and a subject file index. These research aids are arranged alphabetically, and are found at the end of this finding aid.
INFO ABOUT OFFICE OF MAYOR
Mayors and Vice-Mayors were elected by the nine members of city Council from 1934 to 1963, when this decision was placed in the hands of the general municipal electorate. The election of 1965 was the first decided by a popular vote since 1934.
OLLIE CZELUSTA
Biographical Sketch
Ollie (Aloysius Charles) Czelusta served as the mayor of Toledo for three terms; one in 1951-1952, and two consecutive terms from 1954 to 1958. Ollie was born in 1896 to John and Josephine Czelusta, second generation Poles. He attended St. Hedwig’s School and St. John’s High School as a youth in Toledo, and went on to attend St. John’s University as a student of law. Czelusta worked for the Willys-Overland company of Toledo, fought in France during World War I, then returned to Toledo to pick up his educational career at St. John’s.
Czelusta’s political career began with a 1920 defeat in the race for a seat on the Ohio state legislature. He subsequently served as assistant law director and police prosecutor for the City of Toledo. In 1935 Czelusta vied for a seat on the City Council and lost, then won a position on that body in 1937. He served on the Council from that time until 1951, when he was elected mayor by his peers on the City Council.
Scope and Content
Mayor Czelusta’s interoffice files include materials from the City Council, the Finance Department, the Health Department, the Departments of Public Safety and Public Service, and the municipal Welfare Department.
Finance Department files provide information on municipal taxes, including the City Manager’s report on city income tax for 1951 and correspondence regarding the payroll tax, as well as the Financial Auditor’s Annual Report for 1951. The general financial file contains summaries, reports, and correspondence on financial issues. Two files from the Health Department are comprised of constituent complaints and monthly reports from December 1950 to August 1951.
The Department of Public Safety was broken down into several divisions. Noteworthy files include the Inspection Division’s annual progress report for 1950, correspondence and constituent complaints to the Police Department about narcotics and other issues, and correspondence regarding parking, truck traffic, and street lighting to the Traffic Division.
Files from the Public Service Department include information on a wide variety of topics from several divisions within the department. The two general files on the department contain materials on the annexation of land to the city and on the Community Traction Company, the city’s mass transit service. Two files also deal with the Toledo Municipal Airport. They incorporate information on the federal airport act, correspondence to the Department of Commerce, and publications on planning airports in general. Two files from the Engineering Division deal with the natural gas shortage and the Interstate Highway Program. Three files are devoted to street maintenance. They consist primarily of constituent correspondence on street repair, paving, and lighting. Files from the Water Division include reports, correspondence regarding fluoridation, and materials from the Port Commission. Other files from the Department of Public Service provide information on the expansion of the city’s sewage treatment works, electric usage, a proposal for the North End Bridge, and the Municipal Garage.
Welfare Department files incorporate meeting minutes and correspondence from the Recreation Division, constituent correspondence on tree removal and pruning from the Forestry Division, and a proposal for a beach park from the Parks Division.
These interoffice files outline the major issues in Ollie Czelusta’s first term as mayor and help clarify his role in municipal administration.
OLLIE CZELUSTA (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
Box Folder File Description
Interoffice files, 1951
1 1 City Council, 1951
1 2 Finance Auditor, 1951
1 3 Finance General, 1951
1 4 Finance Licenses and Assessments, 1951
1 5 Finance Payroll tax, 1951
1 6 Finance Payroll tax inquiries, 1951
1 7 Health General, 1950-1951
1 8 Health Reports, 1951
1 9 Health Toledo Health Center, 1950-1951
1 10 Public Safety Director, 1951
1 11 Public Safety Fire, 1950
1 12 Public Safety Inspection, 1950
1 13 Public Safety Inspection Smoke and Dust, 1950-1951
1 14 Public Safety Police, 1951
1 15 Public Safety Traffic, 1951
1 16 Public Safety Traffic Toledo Safety Council, 1950-1951
1 17 Public Service General Annexation, 1951
1 18 Public Service General Community Traction Company, 1951
1 19 Public Service Airport, 1951
1 20 Public Service Airport Planning, 1945-1946
1 21 Public Service Auditorium &Markets, 1951
1 22 Public Service Bridges Proposed North End Bridge, 1951-1952
1 23 Public Service Electric, 1950
1 24 Public Service Division of Motor Equipment -Municipal Garage, 1951
1 25 Public Service Engineering (see also Parks), 1951
1 26 Public Service Engineering Interstate Highway Program, 1949-1951
1 27 Public Service Gas [1920?], 1951
1 28 Public Service Sewage Treatment Works, 1951
1 29 Public Service Streets, 1951
1 30 Public Service Streets Weed Cutting, 1951
1 31 Public Service Streets Lighting, Dumps, Garbage, 1951
1 32 Public Service Water, 1951
1 33 Public Service Water Port Commission, 1951
1 34 Welfare Director, 1950-1951
1 35 Welfare Recreation, 1950-1951
1 36 Welfare Cemetery, 1951
1 37 Welfare Forestry, 1951
1 38 Welfare Parks, 1951
1 Subject Files
1 39 A, 1951
1 40 American Heritage Foundation, 1951
1 41 American Municipal Association, 1951
1 42 American Red Cross, 1951
1 43 Aquarama, 1951
1 44 B, 1950
1 45 C, 1951
1 46 Cerebral Palsy Association, 1951
1 47 Charter Revision, 1951
1 48 City Manager Government, 1951
OLLIE CZELUSTA (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
Box Folder File Description
1 (subject files, conc.’s)
1 49 Clean-up -- Paint-up -- Fix-up Week, 1951
1 50 D, 1951
1 51 Defense and Disaster Committee, 1950-1952
1 52 Defense, Civil - Meetings, 1951-1952
1 53 Defense, Civil Progress Reports, 1951
1 54 Defense, Civil Toledo Courier, 1951
1 55 Defense, Civil Bonds, 1951
1 56 E, 1951
1 57 Employ the Physically Handicapped, 1951
1 58 F, 1951
1 59 Fair Employment Practices Committee, 1951
1 60 Federal Communications Commission, 1951-1952
1 61 Fishing -”Better Fishing, Incorporated,” 1948-1950
2 1 G, 1951
2 2 Greater Toledo Community Chest, 1951
2 3 H, 1951
2 4 Housing, 1951
2 5 Industrial Commission of Ohio, [1952]
2 6 Infantile Paralysis - March of Dimes, 1951
2 7 Invitations - (incoming) accepted, 1951
2 8 Invitations - (incoming) declined, 1951
2 9 Invitations - (outgoing) conventions, 1951
2 10 J-K, 1951
2 11 L, 1951
2 12 Labor / Management Citizen’s Committee, 1951
2 13 Legislation, 1951
2 14 M-N, 1951
2 15 O, 1951
2 16 Ohio Municipalities, Association of, 1951
2 17 Ohio Planning Conference, 1951
2 18 Ohio Program Commission, 1950-1951
2 19 P, 1951
2 20 Personnel - Job evaluation report for 1951
2 21 Planning, 1951
2 22 Pray for Peace, 1951
2 23 Price Stabilization Agency, 1951
2 24 Proclamations, 1951
2 25 R, 1951
2 26 Relief, 1951
2 27 Rent Control, [1951]
2 28 Requisitions, 1951
2 29 S, 1948-1951
2 30 T, 1951
2 31 Telegrams, 1951
2 32 Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1951
2 33 Toledo Truck Terminal, 1951
2 34 U, 1951
2 35 United States Conference of Mayors, 1950-1951
2 36 University of Toledo, 1951
2 37 V-Z, 1950-1951
2 38 Zoning Board of Appeals, 1951
LLOYD ROULET
Biographical Sketch
Lloyd (Emerson) Roulet was born 15 September 1891 in Toledo, Ohio. He attended Sherman and Central High Schools as a youth, and eventually went on to operate the Roulet Jewelry Company.
Roulet served the City of Toledo in a variety of capacities. He was a councilman from 1940 to 1941, Vice-Mayor in 1942, and mayor for a total of four terms: 1943-1947 and 1942-53. Between his two stints as mayor, Roulet again served on the Council (1948-1949) and as Vice-Mayor (1950-1951).
An important issue during Roulet’s period of civic service was the establishment of the Toledo Municipal Airport.
Scope and Content
Interoffice files from Lloyd Roulet’s term of office consist primarily of correspondence regarding departments and divisions as noted in the box folder list. There are, however, a few notable exceptions to that generalization.
City Council files, for example, include materials gathered and created by the Committee for Investigation of Charges made by Fred C. Young, then a councilman. Included is a report on disputed right-of-way purchases made by the City of Toledo. This report was prepared by Arnold V. Finch, then City Manager.
Finance Department files include correspondence, summaries, and reports for 1951 and 1952. Board of Health monthly reports date from 1952 to 1953.
Materials from the Department of Public Safety include correspondence with the director of Public Safety, constituent correspondence to the Inspection and Police divisions, and materials on parking, safety measures, speeding and police conduct from the Traffic division. One file also contains materials on a department store strike, including correspondence regarding activities at Lasalle’s department store.
Files from the Department of Public Service include correspondence to and from the various divisions, reports, and resolutions. One notable file on the Port Commission contains an article titled “The Administration of a Port Authority” by Austin J. Tobin.
Welfare Department files include correspondence and reports on a proposal for a conservancy ordinance and a resolution regarding park fees.
The body of interoffice files from 1953 is considerably smaller than that of 1952. There are, however, many significant items in these files. Finance department files include a copy of the state auditor’s report, general summaries and reports, and an article titled “Nature over Art: No More Local Finance,” by Rowland Egger. Department of Public Safety files include reports and correspondence regarding the murder of Jung Fook Yee (October 1953), parking, garbage pickup, and the appropriation of property by the Toledo / Lucas County Planning Commission, as well as the financing of the Toledo Municipal Airport.
LLOYD ROULET (1952-1953)
Box Folder File Description
Interoffice files
3 1 Personal Travel expenses, 1952
3 2 City Council Committee for Investigation of Charges made by Fred C.Young,1952
3 3 City Council Committees,1952
3 4 Finance General, 1951-1952
3 5 Finance State Examiner,1952
3 6 Finance Income tax,1952
3 7 Finance Purchasing and Supplies,1952,
3 8 Health, Board of; 1952-1953
3 9 Public Safety Director,1952
3 10 Public Safety Police and Fire Pension Board,1952
3 11 Public Safety Inspection,1952
3 12 Public Safety Police,1952
3 13 Public Safety Department Store Strike,1952
3 14 Public Safety Traffic,1952
3 15 Public Service Auditorium,1952
3 16 Public Service Community Traction Company,1952
3 17 Public Service Sewers,1952
3 18 Public Service Division of Motor Equipment (Municipal Garage),1952
3 19 Public Service Gas,1952
3 20 Public Service Engineering,1952
3 21 Public Service Engineering Purchase, Sale of City Property,1952
3 22 Public Service Streets,1952
3 23 Public Service Dumps,1952
3 24 Public Service Water,1952
3 25 Public Service Water Port Commission,1952
3 26 Public Service Water St. Lawrence Seaway,1952
3 27 Welfare Director,1952
3 28 Welfare Forestry,1952
3 29 Welfare Parks,1952
Subject files
3 30 A,1952
3 31 American Red Cross,1952
3 32 Armed Forces Day,1952
3 33 B,1952
3 34 Bureau of the Census, 1950-1952
3 35 C,1952
3 36 City Manager Government,1952
3 37 Community Relations, Board of; 1951-1952
3 38 Community Relations, Board of - Minutes,1952
3 39 D,1952
3 40 Defense (Civil) - General,1952
3 41 Defense (Civil) Annual Report,1952
3 42 Defense - (Civil) - Toledo Courier,1952
3 43 E-G,1952
3 44 Greater Toledo Community Chest,1952
3 45 H-I,1952
3 46 Invitations (incoming) - accepted,1952
3 47 Invitations (incoming) - declined,1952
3 48 Invitations (outgoing) - conventions,1952
Box Folder File Description
(subject files, conc.’s)
3 49 J-L,1952
3 50 Larry’s Dictation:(labor management?), 1951-1952
3 51 Labor Management Citizen’s Committee,1952
3 52 M,1952
3 53 Municipal League of Toledo,1952
3 54 N-O,1952
3 55 Operation Democracy,1952
3 56 Ohio Association of Municipalities,1952
3 57 Ohio Municipal League,1952
3 58 P,1952
3 59 Planning Commission,1952
3 60 Personnel,1952
3 61 Proclamations,1952
3 62 R,1952
3 63 Rent Control,1952
3 64 Relief Reports,1952
3 65 S,1952
3 66 “Sky Watch”,1952
3 67 Separation of Army Personnel [Korean War],1952
3 68 T,1952
3 69 Telegrams,1952
3 70 Toledo Chamber of Commerce,1952
3 71 U,1952
3 72 University of Toledo,1952
3 73 United States Council of Mayors,1952
3 74 United States Council of Mayors - Meeting in New York, NY,1952
3 75 V-Z,1952
3 76 Zoning,1952
Interoffice files
3 77 City Council,1953
3 78 Finance State Auditor’s Report,1953
3 79 Finance General,1953
3 80 Finance City Income Tax,1953
3 81 Health, Board of,1953
3 82 Public Safety Police and Fire Pension Board,1953
3 83 Public Safety Inspection,1953
3 84 Public Safety Police,1953
3 85 Public Safety Traffic,1953
3 86 Public Service Community Traction Company,1953
3 87 Public Service Streets,1953
3 88 Public Service Airport, 1952 - 1954
3 89 Public Service Engineering,1953
3 90 Public Service Water,1953
3 91 Public Service Water Port Commission,1953
3 92 Welfare Forestry and Parks,1953
Subject files
4 1 A, 1953
4 2 American Red Cross, 1953
4 3 Attorney General - Meeting in Washington, 1953
4 4 B, 1953
4 5 B-I-E (Business - Industry - Education) Day, 1953
4 5 C,1953
4 6 Community Relations, Board of 1953
4 7 D, 1953
4 8 Defense, Civil, 1953
4 9 E-G, 1953
4 10 Galvin, William (Councilman), 1953
4 11 Greek Royalty, visit of, 1953
4 12 H, 1953
4 13 Housing, 1952-1953
4 14 Invitations, (incoming) - accepted, 1953
4 15 Invitations, (incoming) - declined, 1953
4 16 Invitations, (outgoing) - conferences, 1953
4 17 J-L, 1953
4 18 Labor-Management Committee - Minutes, 1953
4 19 Labor-Management Committee - reorganization, 1952-1953
4 20 Lucas County Ohio Sesquicentennial Committee, 1953
4 21 M-O, 1953
4 22 Ohio Municipal League, 1953
4 23 P, 1953
4 24 Peters, Ralph (Councilman), 1953
4 25 Plan Commission, Toledo-Lucas County, 1953
4 26 Planning, Neighborhood, 1946-1949
4 27 Planning, Neighborhood (publications from Planning, Neighborhood file) 1946-1949
4 28 Personnel Director, 1953
4 29 Proclamations, 1953
4 30 R, 1953
4 31 Rent, 1953
4 32 S, 1953
4 33 Separation of Army Personnel (Korean War), 1953
4 34 T,1953
4 35 Telegrams, 1953
4 36 Toledo Mud Hens, 1953
4 37 Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1953
4 38 U, 1953
4 39 United States Conference of Mayors - Montreal, Quebec, 1953
4 40 United States Conference of Mayors - Bulletins, 1953
4 41 University of Toledo, 1953
4 42 Volunteer Bureau, 1953
4 43 W-Z, 1953
4 44 Young, Fred. C. (Councilman), 1953
Ollie Czelusta
Scope and Content
Boxes five through eight contain materials related to Ollie Czelusta’s second term of office, from 1954 to 1957. City Council files for 1954 incorporate information on that year’s interviews for the position of city manager, councilmen’s salary increase, and council committees, as well as the presentation of a municipal service award to Gustavus Ohlinger (see also MSS-013). Files regarding the Finance Department’s activities in 1954 include materials on the city auditor, income tax, and supply purchases. Operating revenue reports from the Finance Department incorporate summaries of general fund taxes, departmental revenue, non-revenue receipts, and other income for the city. A single file representing the Health Department contains correspondence from 1954 and monthly reports from May, June, September, and December of that year. The Department of Public Safety files are composed primarily of correspondence regarding the director of that department, inspection, and traffic. Files from the Department of Public Service include several sub-divisions. General files are concerned with the annexation of Washington Township and the formation of a study committee for the Community Traction Company. Specific sub-divisions concern the dedication of the Toledo Express Airport, the Market Auditorium, the Engineering Division and the Sewage Division. The file from the Gas Division deals with the debate over the Ferguson Bill (SR 3178), a proposal to revise the valuation of natural gas reserves. Other files from the department deal with constituent complaints about paving and trash collection (Streets-Garbage-Dumping file), fluoridation of city water, the Port Commission, and the extension of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Public Welfare materials conclude the interoffice files, and deal primarily with municipal parks.
Interoffice files reveal, to a certain extent, the organization of the Toledo city government, as well as the mayor’s role in municipal administration. For example, files on the dedication of the municipal airport and the Ferguson bill are fairly complete, but no files exist from the Law Department.
Alphabetical files are comprised primarily of constituent correspondence, but also include subject files. Topics include: the American Red Cross, the Greater Toledo Community Chest, invitations received and extended by the mayor’s office, Proclamations, the Ohio Municipal League, and the University of Toledo (which was administered by the City Council at the time).
Files for calendar year 1955 are organized in the same manner as those of previous years. Interoffice files, however, incorporate an additional sub-field of “personal” materials. These files include congratulatory letters on Czelusta’s re-election and copies of his thank-you letters. Czelusta also kept copies of his speeches in this sub-field, among them a talk on the annexation of Adams Township, as well as radio and television appearances and campaign speeches. City Council files include information on committee appointments and a file on the Financial Policy Payroll Income Tax Committee. Finance Department files comprise materials on the proposed city income tax and operating revenue reports for 1954 and 1955. A file from the Health Department is made up primarily of citizen complaints. Public Safety Department files include correspondence from the director of the department, constituent correspondence on trash burning from the Fire Division, and citizen complaints on police conduct. The Traffic Division of the Public Safety Department includes constituent correspondence on parking and signage, as well as Safety Council materials from 1953 and 1954. Files from the Public Service Department incorporate materials on charity activities at the municipal auditorium, federal airport legislation, the Detroit-Toledo Expressway, the condition of city streets, and water fluoridation. Welfare Department files include correspondence and other materials on seasonal employment with this department, care of trees on city property, and Wilson Park.
Alphabetical files for 1955, like those of previous years, contain correspondence as well as subject files. Subject files include materials on “Clean-up -- Fix-up -- Paint-up Week,” a proposal to abolish the city manager form of government in Toledo, Civil Defense files, reports from the Division of Poor Relief, and materials from the United States Conference of Mayors.
Mayor’s papers from 1956 seem to contain more content-oriented material than files from other years in Czelusta’s terms of office. City Council files include lists of committees and their membership, correspondence regarding the Administrative Study Committee, meeting minutes of the Charter Revision Commission and Committee (1955-1956), and Financial Policy Committee announcements and correspondence (1955-1956). A tax rate summary, the 1955 City of Toledo Auditor’s Financial Report, and correspondence regarding the city income tax comprise the Finance Department files. The file on the Department of Health consists primarily of constituent complaints, as do the files from the Department of Public Safety. Constituent concerns included the inspection of sidewalks, “penny arcades,” and signage. One significant division within the Department of Public Service is the series of airport files. These materials provide information on the use of the Toledo airport by the Air Force, revenues and expenditures, parking, sale of airport land, and other fiscal policies regarding the airport. Another important file in this sub-group contains information on the Harris-Fulbright Bill, which proposed to raise gas prices. This file includes a paper opposing the bill written by Anthony J. Celebrezze, then mayor of Cleveland. Public water service was also an important topic during this period. Specific concerns included fluoridation, Senate Bill 102 (which created the Port Authority), and the impact of the St. Lawrence Seaway on local employment prospects.
Interoffice files from 1957 consist primarily of correspondence among and about the various departments. Materials related to the Finance Department include a national survey of license fees; ordinances, articles, clippings, and correspondence on the licensing of budget service companies in Toledo, and an ordinance regarding the city income tax. The single Health Department file provides information on departmental employees.
Documents from the Department of Public Safety consist primarily of correspondence from the Police, and Traffic divisions, but also include reports and plans from the division of Inspection. Files from the Department of Public Service are concerned with the Craig Memorial Bridge and the National Rivers and Harbors conference. Welfare Department files provide information about Crane Creek Park, an outbreak of Dutch elm disease in Toledo, and the fountain at the Civic Center. Unfortunately, the file on the Long-Range Recreation Planning Study consists almost exclusively of thank-you letters to committee members.
Interoffice files
5 1 City Council General,1954
5 2 City Council List of Boards and Commissions,1954
5 3 City Council Service Awards,1954
5 4 Finance Auditor,1954
5 5 Finance City Income Tax,1954
5 6 Finance Operating Revenue Reports, 1953-1954
5 7 Finance Purchases and supplies,1954
5 8 Health Monthly reports,1954
5 9 Public Safety Director,1954
5 10 Public Safety Inspection,1954
5 11 Public Safety Traffic,1954
5 12 Public Service General Annexation,1954
5 13 Public Service General Community Traction Company,1954
5 14 Public Service Airport ,1954
5 15 Public Service Auditorium,1954
5 16 Public Service Engineering,1954
5 17 Public Service Gas,1954
5 18 Public Service Sewage,1954
5 19 Public Service Streets Garbage - Dumping,1954
5 20 Public Service Water General,1954
5 21 Public Service Water Port Commission,1954
5 22 Public Service Water St Lawrence Seaway,1954
5 23 Welfare Parks,1954
Subject files
5 24 A,1954
5 25 American Heritage Foundation,1954
5 26 American Red Cross,1954
5 27 B,1954
5 28 C,1954
5 29 Coffee-less Day,1954
5 30 Community Relations, Board of (minutes),1954
5 31 D,1954
5 32 Defense (Civil),1954
5 33 Defense (Civil) - Toledo Courier, January - April 1954
5 34 E,1954
5 35 F,1954
5 36 Flower Festival, Toledo Garden and,1954
5 37 G,1954
5 38 Greater Toledo Community Chest, 1953
5 39 Greater Toledo Military Committee, 1952
5 40 H,1954
5 41 I,1954
5 42 Invitations (incoming) - accepted,1954
5 43 Invitations (incoming) - declined,1954
5 44 Invitations (outgoing),1954
Box Folder File Description
5 (subject files, conc.’s)
5 45 L,1954
5 46 M,1954
5 47 N,1954
5 48 O,1954
5 49 Ohio Municipal League - Ohio Cities and Villages, February - August 1954
5 50 P,1954
5 51 Personnel,1954
5 52 Planning,1954
5 53 Proclamations,1954
5 54 R,1954
5 55 Relief Reports,1954
5 56 Rentals,1954
5 57 Resolutions,1954
5 58 S,1954
5 59 Separation of Army Personnel,1954
5 60 T,1954
5 61 Telegrams,1954
5 62 Telephone,1954
5 63 Toledo Chamber of Commerce,1954
5 64 Toledo Hospital Building Fund Campaign,1954
5 65 Turkey, Proposed visit of President of,1954
5 66 U,1954
5 67 United Nations Week,1954
5 68 United States Conference of Mayors - bulletins,1954
5 69 United States Savings Bonds,1954
5 70 University of Toledo,1954
5 71 V - Z,1954
Interoffice files
6 1 Personal Correspondence,1955
6 2 Personal Speeches, 1954-1957
6 3 Personal Travel, 1954
6 4 City Council General,1955
6 5 City Council Financial Policy Payroll Income Tax Committee,1955
6 6 Finance City Income Tax,1955
6 7 Finance Operating Revenue Reports1954-1955
6 8 Health,1955
6 9 Public Safety Director,1955
6 10 Public Safety Fire,1955
6 11 Public Safety Police,1955
6 12 Public Safety Traffic General,1955
6 13 Public Safety Traffic Safety Council, 1954
Box Folder File Description
6 (Interoffice files)
6 14 Public Service Auditorium,1955
6 15 Public Service Airport,1955
6 16 Public Service Engineering General,1955
6 17 Public Service Engineering Expressway,1955
6 18 Public Service Streets,1955
6 19 Public Service Water General,1955
6 20 Public Service Water Port Legislation,1955
6 21 Welfare Director,1955
6 22 Welfare Forestry,1955
6 23 Welfare Parks,1955
Subject Files
6 24 A,1955
6 25 American Red Cross,1955
6 26 B,1955
6 27 C,1955
6 28 Citizens Advisory Committee on Charter Amendment,1955
6 29 Clean-up -- Fix-up -- Paint-up Week,1955
6 30 City Manager - Proposal to Abolish this Form of Government in Toledo,1955
6 31 Community Relations board - minutes,1955
6 32 D,1955
6 33 Defense (Civil) - Organization and Appointments,1955
6 34 Defense (Civil) - Ordinances and Memoranda,1955
6 35 Defense (Civil) - Correspondence,1955
6 36 E,1955
6 37 F,1955
6 38 Freedom, Crusade for,1955
6 39 G,1955
6 40 H,1955
6 41 Housing,1955
6 42 I,1955
6 43 Invitations (incoming) - accepted, 1 of 2,1955
6 44 Invitations (incoming) - accepted, 2 of 2,1955
6 45 Invitations (incoming) - declined,1955
6 46 Invitations (outgoing) - conventions,1955
6 47 J,1955
6 48 K,1955
6 49 L,1955
6 50 M,1955
6 51 N,1955
6 52 O,1955
6 53 Ohio Municipal League,1955
6 54 P,1955
6 55 Personnel,1955
6 56 Planning,1955
6 57 Proclamations,1955
6 58 Q,1955
Box Folder File Description
6 (subject files)
6 59 R,1955
6 60 Relief Reports - Division of Poor Relief,1955
6 61 Rents,1955
6 62 S,1955
6 63 T,1955
6 64 Toledo Chamber of Commerce,1955
6 65 Telegrams,1955
6 66 United States Conference of Mayors (New York, NY),1955
6 67 United Nations Day,1955
6 68 University of Toledo,1955
6 69 W - Z ,1955
Interoffice files
7 1 City Council Committees,1956
7 2 City Council Administrative Study Committee,1956
7 3 City Council Charter Revision Commission and Committee, 1955-1956
7 4 City Council Financial Policy Committee,1956
7 5 Finance Auditor,1956
7 6 Finance City Income tax,1956
7 7 Health,1956
7 8 Public Safety Director,1956
7 9 Public Safety Inspection,1956
7 10 Public Safety Police,1956
7 11 Public Safety Traffic,1956
7 12 Public Service General Community Traction Company,1956
7 13 Public Service Airport General,1956
7 14 Public Service Airport Czelusta private file, 1954-1956
7 15 Public Service Bridges,1956
7 16 Public Service Engineering -General,1956
7 17 Public Service Engineering -Sale - exchange - lease of city property,1956
7 18 Public Service Gas, 1955-1956,1956
7 19 Public Service Streets Sewers,1956
7 20 Public Service Water General,1956
7 21 Public Service Water Organization, membership of Toledo-Lucas Co. Port Commission,1956
7 22 Public Service Water St. Lawrence Seaway, 1955-1956
7 23 Welfare Forest Cemetary,1956
7 24 Welfare Forestry,1956
7 25 Welfare Recreation,1956
Box Folder File Description
7 Subject files
7 26 A,1956
7 27 American Municipal Association, 1955-1957
7 28 American Municipal Association - convention, St. Louis MO,1956
7 29 American Red Cross,1956
7 30 B,1956
7 31 C,1956
7 32 Charter Study Committee, 1955-1956
7 33 D - F,1956
7 34 G,1956
7 35 Gross, William J. - Assistant to City Manager,1956
7 36 H,1956
7 37 Housing, American Council To Improve Our Neighborhoods, Inc. (ACTION)
“Our Living Future”,1956
7 38 I,1956
7 39 Invitations (incoming) - accepted,1956
7 40 Invitations (incoming) - declined,1956
7 41 Invitations (outgoing) - conventions,1956
7 42 J - K,1956
7 43 L,1956
7 44 Legislation,1956
7 45 M,1956
7 46 Municipal League, Toledo,1956
7 47 N,1956
7 48 O,1956
7 49 Ohio Municipal League,1956
7 50 P,1956
7 51 Planning,1956
7 52 Personnel,1956
7 53 Proclamations,1956
7 54 R,1956
7 55 Relief,1956
7 56 S,1956
7 57 T,1956
7 58 Telegrams,1956
7 59 U,1956
7 60 United States Conference of Mayors - Washington, D.C.,1956
7 61 United States Conference of Mayors - Canada,1956
7 62 University of Toledo,1956
7 63 V - Z,1956
Box Folder File Description
1957 Files, unless otherwise noted
Inter office files
8 1 Finance Licenses and Assessments,1957
8 2 Finance Budget Service Companies, 1956-1958
8 3 Finance Mr. Rink’s Report to Council on Financial Problems,1957
8 4 Finance Income tax, 1951, 1957
8 5 Health, [1957]
8 6 Public Safety Inspection, 1956-1957
8 7 Public Safety Police, 1956
8 8 Public Safety Traffic,1957
8 9 Public Service Civic Center,1957
8 10 Public Service Bridges,1957
8 11 Public Service Engineering,1957
8 12 Public Service Streets,1957
8 13 Public Service Water,1957
8 14 Welfare Parks, 1956, 1957
8 15 Welfare Civic Center,1957
8 16 Welfare Forestry,1957
8 17 Welfare Long-Range Recreation Planning Study,1957
Subject Files
8 18 American Red Cross,1957
8 19 B-C,1957
8 20 Community Relations, Board of - (Mayor Czelusta’s private file), 1955-1957
8 21 D, 1955-1957
8 22 Defense, Civil - (Mayor’s private file), 1954-1957
8 23 Defense, Civil - (Publications from Mayor’s private file), 1954-1957
8 24 E-G,1957
8 25 Greater Community Chest,1957
8 26 H,1957
8 27 Industrial Development Council, 1954-1957
8 28 Invitations - (incoming) accepted,1957
8 29 Invitations - (incoming) declined,1957
8 30 Invitations - (outgoing) conventions,1957
8 31 J-O,1957
8 32 Ohio Municipal League (Mayor president in 1957)
8 33 P,1957
8 34 Proclamations, 1956-1957
8 35 R,1957
8 36 Relief,1957
8 37 S-T,1957
8 38 Toledo Area Study Committee, 1954-1957
8 39 Telegram,1957s
8 40 Toledo Chamber of Commerce,1957
8 41 U,1957
8 42 University of Toledo,1957
8 43 United States Conference of Mayors Meeting in New York City,1957
8 44 United States Conference of Mayors and Canadian Federation of Mayors Meeting Murray Bay, Quebec,1957
8 45 W-Z,1957
JOHN YAGER
Biographical Sketch
John W. Yager was born in Toledo, Ohio September 16, 1920. He attended Longfellow Elementary School and DeVilbiss High School as a youth. In 1942 Yager received the B.A. from the University of Michigan, then joined the Marines and served as an officer in the South Pacific during World War II. Upon his return to the United States, Yager resumed his education, earning the LL.D. from the University of Michigan in 1948.
Yager also served in the armed forces during the Korean Conflict, and was awarded the Bronze Star for his “outstanding administrative work.” Upon his discharge in 1952, Yager was employed as a general counsel for the Toledo Legal Aid Society, then joined his father’s law firm in 1953. The elder Yager was an avid supporter of the city manager form of municipal government, and served as the first president of the City Manager League of Toledo. In 1954, John Yager became the chairman of a citizen’s committee for a levy to finance the Lucas County Children’s Home, then gained a seat on City Council on his first attempt in 1955. He served as the chairman of the Metropolitan Planning Committee during his term as Councilman.
Scope and Content
Mayor Yager’s interoffice files
JOHN YAGER
Box Folder File Description
1958 Files
Interoffice files
9 1 Council Resumption of meetings in Mayor’s office, 1957
9 2 Finance Budget Hearings, 1957-1958
9 3 Finance Income tax, 1958
9 4 Finance 1.9 mill levy, 1958
9 5 Finance Payroll tax increase, 1958
9 6 Finance Special 2.0 mill levy Committee, 1958
9 7 Finance Treasury, 1958
9 8 Health, Board of Minutes, 1958
9 9 Health Alcoholic Clinic, 1948-1957
9 10 Public Safety Fire, 1958
9 11 Public Safety Inspection, 1958
9 12 Public Safety Police, 1958
9 13 Public Safety Police Department Store Strike, 1957
9 14 Public Safety Traffic, 1958
9 15 Public Service Civic Auditorium, 1958
9 16 Public Service Civic Center, 1958
9 17 Public Service Garbage and Refuse personnel, 1957-1958
9 18 Public Service Motor Equipment and Municipal Garage, 1958
9 19 Public Service Sewerage, 1958
9 20 Public Service Airport, 1957-1958
9 21 Public Service Engineering, 1958
9 22 Public Service Engineering Fassett Street Bridge, 1958
9 23 Public Service Engineering Craig Memorial Bridge, 1958
9 24 Public Service Gas, 1957-1958
9 25 Public Service Streets, 1958
9 26 Public Service Water, 1958
9 27 Welfare Forestry, 1958
9 28 Welfare Parks, 1958
9 29 A, 1958
9 30 All-American City contest, 1958
9 31 American Municipal Association, 1958
9 32 B, 1958
9 33 Bingo, 1 of 2, 1958
9 34 Bingo, 2 of 2, 1958
9 35 C, 1958
9 36 D, 1958
9 37 DiSalle, Michael Recognition Dinner, 1 of 2, 1958
9 38 DiSalle, Michael Recognition Dinner, 2 of 2, 1958
9 39 E-F, 1958
9 40 England, Queen of -Invitation to Toledo, 1958
9 41 Federal Building, 1958
9 42 G, 1958
9 43 Greater Toledo Community Chest, 1958
9 44 H-I, 1958
9 45 Invitations - (incoming) accepted, 1958
9 46 Invitations - (incoming) declined, 1958
9 47 Invitations - (outgoing) conventions, 1958
9 48 J-L, 1958
9 49 League of Women Voters of Toledo, Ohio: “They Represent You,” 1958
9 50 Legislation, 1958
9 51 M, 1958
9 52 N, 1958
9 53 National Municipal League Conference, Colorado Springs, 1958
9 54 P, 1958
9 55 Planning, 1958
9 56 Payroll, 1958
9 57 Personnel Blue Cross, 1958
9 58 Personnel General, 1958
9 59 Proclamations, 1958
10 1 R, 1958
10 2 Right to Work Law, 1958
10 3 Relief, 1958
10 4 S, 1958
10 5 T, 1958
10 6 Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1958
10 7 Toledo Convention Bureau, 1958
10 8 Unemployment, 1958
10 9 United States Conference of Mayors, 1958
10 10 University of Toledo, 1958
10 11 United States and Canadian Conference of Mayors, Victoria, BC, 1958
10 12 V-W, 1958
10 13 Whitmer High School Inquiries, 1958
10 14 X-Z, 1958
1959 Files
Interoffice
10 15 Personal - Expense Accounts, 1959
10 16 Finance Income tax, 1959
10 17 Finance Budget, 1959
10 18 Finance Licenses and Assessments, 1959
10 19 Finance State Examiner Report for 1958
10 20 Health, 1959
10 21 Law, 1959
10 22 Public Safety Fire, 1959
10 23 Public Safety Inspection, 1959
10 24 Public Safety Police, 1959
10 25 Public Safety Police Dog Barking Ordinance
10 26 Public Safety Traffic, 1959
10 27 Public Service Bridges, 1959
10 28 Public Service Engineering Sale, Purchase, and Exchange of City Property, 1959
10 29 Public Service Garbage, 1959
10 30 Public Service Gas, 1959
10 31 Public Service Radio/TV Scripts (WSPD), 1959
10 32 Public Service Resume of Weekly Engagements, 1958-1959
10 33 Public Service Sewerage, 1959
10 34 Public Service Streets, 1959
10 35 Public Service Water, 1959
10 36 Public Service Water Lake Water Diversion, 1959
10 37 Welfare Director, 1959
10 38 Welfare Forestry, 1959
10 39 Welfare Parks, 1959
Subject files
10 40 A, 1959
10 41 American Municipal Association meeting, Denver CO, 1959
10 42 American Municipal Conference on Citizenship, Washington, D.C., 1959
10 43 Ashley, Thomas L. (Congressman), 1958-1960
10 44 B-C, 1959
10 45 City Manager Government, 1958-1959
10 46 D, 1959
10 47 Damas, Michael - Personal, 1959
10 48 DiSalle, Michael (Governor), 1959
10 49 E-G, 1959
10 50 Garvin, Jim, 1959
10 51 H-I, 1959
10 52 Invitations - (incoming) accepted, 1959
10 53 Invitations - (incoming) declined, 1959
10 54 Invitations - (outgoing) conventions, 1959
10 55 J-L, 1959
10 56 Legislation, 1959
10 57 Lucas County Charter Commission, 1959
10 58 M-O, 1959
10 59 Ohio Welfare Council, 1959
10 60 P, 1959
10 61 Proclamations, 1959
10 62 Public Relations Office, 1959
10 63 R, 1959
10 64 Relief, 1959
10 65 Rink, Russell W. (City Manager), 1957-1958
10 66 S-T, 1959
10 67 Toledo Chamber of Commerce, 1959
10 68 U, 1959
10 69 University of Toledo, 1959
10 70 United States conference of Mayors, 1959
10 71 V-Z, 1959
10 72 Youth Government Day, 1958-1959
MICHAEL DAMAS
Biographical Sketch
Michael (Joseph) Damas was born 8 November 1913 to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Damas, Lebanese immigrants to Toledo. The youngest of seven children, Michael attended Lagrange Elementary and Waite High Schools, and eventually moved on the University of Toledo.
Damas traveled extensively as a young adult, both for leisure and while serving in the military. He took an extended trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil to visit an uncle and served three and one-half years in the African-Italian theater during World War II. Damas took advantage of military leave time to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Jericho, and the Dead Sea shrines, as well as Egypt and Syria.
Shortly after his return to the United States in 1947, Damas married Rose Ann Farris. Immediately following the war, Damas was employed as the business administrator of Willys-Overland’s Diagnostic Clinic, established by the CIO. (His strong union ties are documented in the collection through the publications he received.)
Box Folder File Description
1960 Files
Interoffice Files
11 1 City Council 1958-1959
11 2 Finance Budget, 1960
11 3 Finance Income Tax, 1960
11 4 Finance Report from Auditor of State, 1959
11 5 Health, 1959-1960
11 6 Health Pigeon Control, 1960
11 7 Law, 1960
11 8 Public Safety Inspection, 1959-1960
11 9 Public Safety Fire & Police Annual Reports, 1959-1960
11 10 Public Safety Police, 1960
11 11 Public Safety Traffic, 1960
11 12 Public Safety Traffic School Crossing and Advisory Committee, 1948- 1959
11 13 Public Safety Traffic Underground Garage -Downtown Park, 1959
11 14 Public Service Auditorium and Market, 1960
11 15 Public Service Airport, 1960
11 16 Public Service Airport Airline Crash at Toledo Express, 1960
11 17 Public Service Bridges Proposed South-End Bridge, 1957-1959
11 18 Public Service Engineering, 1960
11 19 Public Service Engineering Expressway, 1957
11 20 Public Service Engineering Sale, Purchase, and Exchange of City Property, 1960
11 21 Public Service Gas, 1960
11 22 Public Service Division of Motor Equipment Annual Reports, 1959-1960
11 23 Public Service Sewerage, 1960
11 24 Public Service Streets, 1960
11 25 Public Service Water, 1954, 1960
11 26 Welfare Citizens Advisory Aquatics Committee, 1955
11 27 Welfare Civic Center, 1960
11 28 Welfare Forestry, 1960
11 29 Welfare Parks Small-Boat Marina in North Toledo, 1960
Alphabetical Files
11 30 A, 1960
11 31 American Municipal Association Congress -New York City, 1960
11 32 American Municipal Association, 1958-1960
11 33 American Red Cross, 1960
11 34 B-C, 1960
11 35 Charter Amendment & Popular election of Mayor proposals,1959
11 36 Community Relations Board Annual Reports, 1960-1961
11 37 D-G, 1960
11 38 Greater Toledo Regional Council, 1959
11 39 H, 1960
12 1 Invitations - (incoming) accepted, 1960
12 2 Invitations - (incoming) declined (1 of 2), 1960
12 3 Invitations - (incoming) declined (2 of 2), 1960
12 4 J-L, 1960
12 5 Legislation, 1960
12 6 Municipal League of Toledo, 1960
12 7 M-P, 1960
12 8 Planning, 1960
12 9 Personnel, 1960
Box Folder File Description
12 10 Proclamations (1 of 2), 1960
12 11 Proclamations (2 of 2), 1960
12 12 R, 1960
12 13 Relief, 1960
12 14 Mr. Rink’s Resignation, 1960
12 15 S-T, 1960
12 16 Sinking Fund Commission Report, 1959
12 17 Toledo Choral Society, 1958
12 18 Toledo Convention Bureau Meetings, 1960
12 19 Toledo Labor-Management Citizens’ Committee Annual Report, 1959
12 20 Toledo, Spain (Association of Two Toledos), 1959-1962
12 21 University of Toledo, , 1960
12 22 U, 1960
12 23 United Appeal Drive, 1960
12 24 V-W, 1960
12 25 Youth Government Day, 1960
1961 Files, unless otherwise noted
Interoffice Files
12 26 City Council
12 27 City Council City Manager, 1961
12 28 City Council Certificates of Merit, 1961
12 29 Finance City Auditor, 1960
12 30 Finance License and Assessments, 1960
12 31 Finance Proposed Increase in Payroll Tax , 1961
12 32 Finance Treasury, 1961
12 33 Health, , 1961
12 34 Law, 1961
12 35 Public Safety Director, 1961
12 36 Public Safety Fire, 1960-1961
12 37 Public Safety Division of Inspection, 1961
12 38 Public Safety Police, 1961
12 39 Public Safety Traffic, 1961
12 40 Public Service Airport, 1961
12 41 Public Service Engineering, 1961
12 42 Public Service Garbage Collection, 1961
12 43 Public Service Gas, 1961
12 44 Public Service Sewers, 1961
12 45 Public Service Streets, 1961
12 46 Public Service Water Port Authority, 1956-1961
13 1 Welfare Director, 1961
13 2 Welfare Commission of Publicity and Efficiency, 1961
13 3 Welfare Division of Forestry, 1961
13 4 Welfare Parks, 1961
13 5 Welfare Parks Sunningdale Golf Course, 1960-1961
13 6 Welfare Recreation, 1945-61
13 7 Personal, 1960-1961
13 8 1960 Personal Expense Accounts, 1960-1961
13 9 1960 Personal Invocation Letters, 1960-1961
13 10 1960 Personal Speeches, 1960-1961
Box Folder File Description
Subject Files
13 11 A, 1961
13 12 American Municipal Association, 1961
13 13 Annexation, 1956
13 14 Annexation, 1957
13 15 Annexation, 1958
13 16 Annexation, 1959
13 17 Annexation, 1960
13 18 Annexation, 1961
13 19 Ashley, Thomas L. (Congressman), 1961
13 20 B, 1961
13 21 Board of Community Relations, 1951-1961
13 22 C-G, 1961
13 23 Greater Toledo Development Corporation, 1961
13 24 H, 1961
13 25 Housing - Open Occupancy, 1961
13 26 I, 1961
13 27 Industrial Survey of Toledo and Toledo Metropolitan Area, 1958-1961
13 28 Invitations (incoming) accepted, 1961
13 29 Invitations (incoming) declined, 1961
13 30 Invitations (outgoing) conventions, 1961
13 31 J, 1961
13 32 Juvenile Study by U.S. Senate Subcommittee, 1960-1961
13 33 K-L, 1961
13 34 Labor-Management Citizen’s Committee, 1953-1960
13 35 Legislation, 1961
13 36 M, 1961
13 37 McClure, Wilbur (Program), 1961
13 38 Malls in Toledo, 1959-1961
13 39 N-O, 1961
13 40 Ohio Municipal League, 1958-1961
14 1 P, 1961
14 2 Personnel, 1960-1961
14 3 Personnel City Manager’s Office - Hospitalization, 1940-1952
14 4 Personnel Retirement, 1944-1958
14 5 Personnel Service Award Pins, 1960
14 6 Proclamations, 1961
14 7 Public Utilities, Department of (Proposed Creation), 1961
14 8 R, 1961
14 9 Relief, 1960-1961
14 10 S, 1961
14 11 Society of Industrial Realtors Day, 1961
14 12 T, 1961
14 13 Toledo Area Development Committee, 1961
14 14 Toledo Humane Society, 1961
14 15 Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1961 (1 of 2)
14 16 Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions, 1961 (2 of 2)
14 17 Toledo Orchestra, 1952-1961
14 18 V, 1961
14 19 United States Conference of Mayors - Annual Meeting, 1960-1961
14 20 Urban Renewal, 1954-1961
14 21 V, 1961
Box Folder File Description
14 22 WSPD Television and Radio Editorials , 1960-1961 (1 of 2)
14 23 WSPD Television and Radio Editorials , 1960-1961 (2 of 2)
14 24 W, 1954-1961
14 25 Youth Government Day [1961]
14 26 Zoning, 1959-1961
14 27 Zoo, 1948-1958
14 28 X-Z, 1961
14 29 Publications Government , 1961
14 30 Publications Labor-Union, 1962
14 31 Publications Municipal Organization (Toledo), 1952, 1955, 1959
14 32 Publications Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads - Merger, 1962
14 33 Publications Miscellaneous, [1961]
JOHN POTTER
(all files alphabetical)
Box Folder File Description
Subject Files
15 1 A, 1962
15 2 Airport, 1962
15 3 Air & Water Pollution, 1961-1962
15 4 American Municipal Association, 1961-1962
15 5 Annexation, 1962
15 6 Auditor, 1961-1962
15 7 Autolite, 1962
15 8 B, 1962
15 9 Budget, 1962
15 10 C, 1962
15 11 City Manager, 1962
15 12 Civil Service, 1952-1962
15 13 Clerk of Council, 1962
15 14 Community Relations (Miscellaneous), 1962
15 15 Community Traction, 1961-1962
15 16 Council, 1962-1963
15 17 Council Committees, 1962
15 18 D,