Guide to the Lambert C. Mims Papers

Series 5. American Public Works Association (APWA), 1965-2001. 12 cubic feet. The APWA is made up of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to public works. Included in this series are annual convention materials, organizational publications, reports, brochures, manuals, speeches, agendas, budgets, newsletters, memoranda, minutes, correspondence, and printed ephemera, as well as documents related to other state APWA chapters, to hurricane preparedness, to flooding, to solid waste, and to emergency management. Interested parties should also consult the Speeches sub-series of the Mayor/Commission series for speeches Mims made related to the APWA. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.

File 1 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/13/1981
File 2 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/13/1982
File 3 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/12/1983
File 4 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/17/1984
File 5 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/8/1985
File 6 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/21/1986
File 7 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/20/1987
File 8 – Advisory Council Annual Meeting, 9/20/1987
File 9 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Mobile, AL, 5/16-18/1979
File 10 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Birmingham, AL, 5/13-16/1981
File 11 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Montgomery, AL, 6/1-3/1983
File 12 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Montgomery, AL, 6/3-6/1984
File 13 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Huntsville, AL, 6/5-7/1985
File 14 – Alabama Chapter Convention, Birmingham, AL, 6/1-3/1988
File 15 – Alabama Chapter, Convention and Equipment Show, Tuscaloosa, AL, 6/3-5/1984
File 16 – Alabama Chapter, Institute for Solid Wastes. 1965-1966
File 17 – Alabama Chapter Material, 1969-1971
File 18 – Alabama Chapter, Miscellaneous, 1967-1988|
File 19 – Alabama Chapter Prayer Breakfast, 6/4/1987
File 20 – Alabama Emergency Management Council
File 21 – American Public Works Luncheon, Decatur, AL, 10/10/1969
File 22 – Analysis of Evaluations for Workshops in Dallas, Concord, and Birmingham, 1987
File 23 – 60^th Annual Congress of Cities and Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 11/26-30/1983
File 24 – Antitrust, Consumers and Small Business
File 25 – Anti-Trust Liability Update
File 26 – "The APWA Can Help You Become More Professional," 9/18/1979
File 27 – APWA-CEM Meeting, 9/18/1984
File 28 – APWA/CEM Memoranda, 1986
File 29 – APWA Has Something to Offer [notes, etc.]
File 30-32 – APWA-ISWA International Congress and Equipment Show, 9/1984
File 33 – APWA Reporter [magazine], 1971-2001
File 34 – Articles
File 35 – Avoiding Liability Pitfalls [includes publications and news clippings on topic]
File 36 – Avoiding Liability Pitfalls in Public Works [includes research material and drafts], 1986
File 37 – Avoiding Liability Pitfalls in Public Works [draft]
File 38 – Avoiding Liability Pitfalls in Public Works [original]
File 39 – Awards, 1978-1981
File 40 – Basic Supervision in Public Works – Instructor’s Guide
File 41 – Basic Supervision in Public Works – Student Manual
File 42 – Board of Directors, Correspondence, 1981
File 43 – Board of Directors, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 3/31-4/2/1980
File 44 – Board of Directors Midwinter Meeting, 2/20-22/1980
File 45 – Board of Directors Midwinter Meeting, 2/20-22/1980 [other materials]

Box 57

File 1 – Board Meeting, 3/29-4/2/1981
File 2 – Budgets, Agendas, etc.
File 3 – California Transportation and Public Works Conference, Anaheim, 4/4-6/1980
File 4 – California Transportation and Public Works Conference, Monterey, 4/23-25/1980
File 5 – Caribbean Public Works Association [correspondence regarding its proposed creation/ chapter meeting and conference], 1989
File 6 – Central California Chapter, Fresno, CA, 1980 [speaking engagement]
File 7 – Chapter: Alabama
File 8 – Chapter: Florida
File 9 – Chapter: Georgia
File 10 – Chapter: Louisiana
File 11 – Chapter Manual, 1/1980
File 12 – Chapter Manual and an Organizational Guide Book, 1980-1981
File 13 – Chapter: Mississippi
File 14 – Chapter: New Orleans
File 15 – Chapter: Others
File 16 – Chapters: Puerto Rico, Arkansas [both empty]
File 17 – Chapter Speech File, 1975
File 18 – CIGR/APWA
File 19 – Coastal Sciences Weather Research Center, 1986
File 20 – Collected Solid Waste Articles
File 21 – Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Detroit Meeting, 9/10-15/1983
File 22 – "Company’s Coming" – War on Waste, 1984
File 23 – Coordination Council, 1984
File 24 – Coordination Council Meeting, New Orleans, 2/20-21/1989
File 25 – Coordination Council Meeting, Chicago, 3/21-22/1984
File 26 – Conference and Equipment Show, Myrtle Beach, 7/25-26/1980
File 27 – Congress Executive Committee Luncheon, Kansas City, 6/7-9/1980
File 28 – Correspondence, 1979-1982
File 29 – Correspondence, 1980-1981
File 30 – Correspondence, 1886-1987
File 31 – Correspondence, Mailings, Newsletters, 1987-1989
File 32 – Correspondence on Minor APWA Events, 1987
File 33 – Correspondence, Pres. and Vice Pres. – Lambert C. Mims

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File 1-3 – Council on Emergency Management, 1987
File 4 – Council on Emergency Management Congress Meeting, 1986
File 5-6 – Council on Emergency Management Congress Meeting, 1987
File 7 – Council on Emergency Management Congress Meeting, 9/25/1988
File 8-9 – Council on Emergency Management Congress Meeting, 9/24/1989
File 10 – Council on Emergency Management, Council Meeting, 6/1986
File 11 – Council on Emergency Management, Emmitsburg, MD, 4/21-24/1988
File 12 – Council on Emergency Management Meeting, 1986
File 13 – Council on Emergency Management, Rosemont, IL, 2/12-13/1985
File 14 – Council on Emergency Management, Midwinter Meeting, 2/12-13/1985
File 15 – Council on Emergency Management, Midwinter Meeting(s), 1989
File 16 – Council on Emergency Management, Midyear Meeting, 1988
File 17 – Council on Emergency Management, New Orleans, 2/18-20/1989
File 18 – Council on Emergency Management, St. Louis, 6/6-7/1986
File 19-20 – Director/Board of Directors, 1981

Box 59

File 1 – Director/Board of Directors, 1981 (3 of 3)
File 2 – Directories
File 3 – Director’s Reports, 1980
File 4 – "Disaster Preparedness and the Building Official," 9/1980
File 5 – Drafts on Emergency Management In-Service Program
File 6 – Draft Resolutions, 4/24/1987
File 7 – Drafts of Revised 1981 and Tentative 1982 Budgets
File 8 – Education Foundation, 1978-1981
File 9 – "Education and Public Works Management," by H. Cletus Broyles, 4/30/1971
File 10 – Eighties-Themed Speeches, etc.
File 11 – Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program: A Partnership that Works, 3/2/1988
File 12 – Emergency Management, 1987
File 13 – "Emergency Management Awareness," In-Service Program, 1989
File 14 – Emergency Management, Boston, 3/6-7/1989, Phoenix, 3/9-10/1989
File 15 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Antigua, 10/24-25/1988
File 16 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Antigua, 10/24-25/1988, Trinidad, 10/27-28/1988
File 17 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Boston, 3/6-7/1989
File 18 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Columbia, SC, 2/25-26/1985
File 19-20 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Kingston, Jamaica, 11/16-17/1987
File 21 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Louisville, 2/1-2/1988, Portland, 2/4-5/1988
File 22 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Phoenix, 3/8-10/1989
File 23 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Port of Spain, Trinidad, 10/27-28/1988
File 24-25 – Emergency Management in Public Works, St. Johns, Antigua, 10/23-25/1988
File 26 – Emergency Management in Public Works, Student Manual
File 27 – Emergency Management, Louisville, 2/1-2/1988
File 28 – Emergency Management, Miscellaneous, 1990
File 29 – Emergency Management, Portland, 2/4-5/1988
File 30 – Emergency Management Quarterly – Inaugural Issue
File 31 – Emergency Management Quarterly, 1986-1990
File 32 – Emergency Management Workshop
File 33 – Ephemera [notes, lists, newsletters], 1986-1987
File 34 – Ephemera
File 35 – Equipment Dealers Luncheon, Florida Chapter, 4/22/1977

Box 60

File 1 – Executive Committee Meeting, 1/11/1979
File 2 – Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, 8/15/1980
File 3 – Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, 3/5-6/1981
File 4 – Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, 3/5-6/1981, Budget Message
File 5 – Executive and Resolutions Committee Meeting, Chicago, 8/13-15/1980
File 6 – Expense Vouchers
File 7 – Faculty Coordinator Guide [draft], 1986
File 8 – Floodplain, 7/1986
File 9 – Florida Chapter Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 5/2-3/1980
File 10-12 – General and Correspondence, 1987-1988
File 13-16 – General Correspondence, 1983-1985
File 17 – General – Legal Aspects of Public Works
File 18 – "Get Ready For Hurricanes" with Big Bird
File 19 – Governmental Risk Management, Philadelphia, 12/2/1986
File 20 – Governmental Risk Management Workshop
File 21 – House of Delegates Meeting 5/19-20/1978
File 22 – House of Delegates, Minutes, 1980
File 23 – House of Delegates Annual Meeting, 9/12/1981
File 24 – Importance of Public Works, 1987-1988
File 25 – In-Service Package Program, "The Role of Public Works in Emergency Management" [for an APWA Education Foundation two-day workshop, 2/1-2/1988 Louisville and 2/4-5/1988 Portland]
File 26 – Institute for Buildings and Grounds, Dallas, 1/17/1979
File 27 – Institute for Solid Waste
File 28 – Intergovernmental Relations, 1983-1984
File 29 – Intergovernmental Relations
File 30 – Intergovernmental Relations – Public Works Showcase
File 31 – Intergovernmental Relations – Task Force, IGR, PM W, 9/20/1987
File 32 – Intergovernmental Conference on Hurricanes and Coastal Storms, 12/12/1979
File 33 – International Conference and Equipment Show, Kansas City, 9/16/1980
File 34 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Las Vegas, 9/25-30/1976
File 35 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Portland, 9/22-27/1979

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File 1-5 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Kansas City, 9/13-18/1980
File 6 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Atlanta, 9/12-17/1981
File 7 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Atlanta, 9/14/1981
File 8 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Houston, 1982
File 9 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Houston, 9/11-16/1982
File 10 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, Houston, 9/11-1619/82
File 11-12 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Detroit, 9/10-15/1983
File 13 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Philadelphia, 9/20/1984
File 14-15 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Philadelphia, 9/15-20/1984
File 16 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Los Angeles, 11/7-12/1985
File 17-18 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Chicago, 9/19-24/1987
File 19 – International Congress and Equipment Show, Education Announcement / Event Brochures, Chicago, 9/19-24/1987
File 20 – International Congress and Equipment Show, 9/24-29/1988
File 21 – International Hurricane Conference, New Orleans, 5/26-29/1980
File 22 – Institutes Executive Committee Meeting, New England Chapter, Boston, 6/19-20/1980
File 23 – Iowa Chapter Conference, 10/1979
File 24 – Kentucky Chapter Luncheon, Louisville, 6/12-13/1980
File 25 – Labeled "Mayor Lambert C. Mims"
File 26 – "Large Agency Forum" at the International Public Works Congress and Equipment Show, Detroit, 9/10-15/1983
File 27 – Leadership Bulletins
File 28 – Liability in Public Works, Analysis of Evaluations, 5/11/1987
File 29 – Liability in Public Works, Philadelphia, 12/1-2/1986
File 30 – Liability in Public Works, Minneapolis, 3/30-31/1987
File 31 – Liability in Public Works, Myrtle Beach, 10/19-20/1987

Box 62

File 1 – Liability in Public Works, Los Angeles, 10/22-23/1987
File 2 – Liability in Public Works, Daytona, 1/11-12/1988, Boston, 1/14-15/1988
File 3 – Liability in Public Works, Denver, 2/8-9/1988
File 4 – Liability in Public Works, Seattle, 2/11-12/1988
File 5 – Liability in Public Works Management, Atlanta, 1/23-24/1989, Salt Lake, 1/26-27/1989
File 6 – Liability in Public Works Management, Phoenix, 1/27-28/1986
File 7 – Liability in Public Works, Miscellaneous, 1985-1986
File 8 – Liability in Public Works Workshop, 1986
File 9 – Liability Material, 1987
File 10 – Liability Workshops, Philadelphia, 12/1-2/1986, Dallas, 12/4-5/1986
File 11 – Liability Workshops, Las Vegas, 3/5-6/1987
File 12 – Liability Workshops, Birmingham, 10/13-14/1987, Concord, 10/16-17/1987
File 13 – Liability Workshops, Denver, 2/8-9/1988, Seattle, 2/11-12/1988
File 14 – Liability Workshops, Atlanta, 1/23-24/1989, Salt Lake, 1/26-27/1989
File 15-16 – Liability Workshops, St. Louis, 3/13-14/1989, Fresno, 3/16-17/1989
File 17 – Loose Documents on the Subject of Liability
File 18 – Loose Materials, 1980
File 19 – Loose Materials, 1985-1987
File 20 – Loose Materials, 1987-1989
File 21 – Loose Materials [mostly relating to business policy/ethics]
File 22 – Loose Printed Ephemera
File 23 – Material on 1987-1988 APWA Conventions/Shows
File 24 – Mailings, Miscellaneous
File 25 – Manual on Internal Affairs Operation in American Public Works Association Chapters by Colorado Chapter
File 26 – Master Schedule, Workshops / Evaluations, 1986-1987
File 27 – Material/Correspondence on Articles Authored by Mims, 1979
File 28 – Material/Correspondence on Articles Authored by Mims, 1980
File 29 – Meeting Honoring Bill Lamb, Top Ten Award Recipient, 5/19/1980
File 30 – Memoranda, 1984

Box 63

File 1 – Memoranda, 1987-1988
File 2 – Memoranda, 1988
File 3 – Memoranda and Correspondence Related to "Liability in Public Works"
File 4-5 – Memoranda and Reports, 1979-1981
File 6 – Midwinter Board of Directors Meeting, New York, 9/16-20/1984
File 7 – Midwinter Coordination Council, Chicago, 3/21-22/1984
File 8 – Midwinter Meetings, 2/1987
File 9 – Midwinter Meetings, Institute for Professional Development, Mobile, 2/20-22/1980
File 10 – Midwinter meeting, Chicago, 11/21/1979
File 11-13 – Minutes
File 14 – Miscellaneous, 1976-1978
File 15 – Miscellaneous, 1979-1980
File 16 – Miscellaneous, 1981-1982
File 17 – Miscellaneous, 1983
File 18 – Miscellaneous, 1989
File 19-20 – Miscellaneous, 1990
File 21 – Miscellaneous, 2000-2002
File 22 – Miscellaneous Pamphlets/Short Publications
File 23 – Mississippi Chapter Banquet, 8/25/1979
File 24 – Mitigation of Damage to Public Utilities, 4/7/1988
File 25 – Mock Trial Testimony Outline
File 26 – "More Power to You in the Eighties" [message from the President]
File 27 – National Coordinate Council on Emergency Management, 10/21-25/1986
File 28-30 – National Hurricane Conference, Orlando, 1987

Box 64

File 1 – National Hurricane Conference, Minneapolis-Orlando, 3/29/1987-4/4/1987
File 2 – National Hurricane Conference, Orlando, 4/1-3/1987
File 3-5 – National Hurricane Conference, Atlanta, 4/5-8/1988
File 6-8 – National Hurricane Conference, Miami, 4/5-7/1989
File 9 – National Hurricane Conference, Tampa, 5/16-18/1989
File 10 – National Hurricane Conference, Program Update [and related material], 1989
File 11 – National Hurricane Conference, Houston, 4/18-20/1990
File 12 – National Hurricane Conference, Baltimore, 1992
File 13 – National Prayer Breakfast, 5/20/1980
File 14 – National Waterways Conference, Annual Meeting, 9/1986
File 15 – Natural Disasters/Emergency Management, Conference Literature
File 16 – Natural Disasters/Emergency Management, Memos, Correspondence and Unpublished Material
File 17-19 – Natural Disasters/Emergency Management, Miscellaneous Publications [not all APWA Affiliated]
File 20 – Natural Disasters/Emergency Management, Newsletters
File 21 – Natural Disasters/Emergency Management, Non-APWA Affiliated Newsletters
File 22 – Natural Disaster Questionnaire, 1981
File 23-24 – Natural Hazards Workshop
File 25-26 – NCCEM [National Coordinating Council for Emergency Management]
File 27 – NEMA [National Emergency Management Association]
File 28 – New Orleans Chapter, Annual Meeting, 7/7/1977
File 29 – Newsletter North Carolina Chapter APWA, 1/1980
File 30 – Newsletters/Publications, 1979-1981

Box 65

File 1 – Nominating Committee, 1978-1981
File 2 – Nominating Committee, Chicago, 5/1/1981
File 3 – Nominating Committee, Chicago, 4/48-29/1983
File 4-6 – North American Snow Conference, Pittsburgh, 4/7-10/1987
File 7 – North Carolina Chapter, Annual Chapter Dinner [honoring past presidents], Charlotte, 5/7/1980
File 8 – Official Family, 1977-1981
File 9 – "Official Family" [a short directory]
File 10 – Ontario Chapter Luncheon [speaking engagement], 5/23/1980
File 11 – Oregon Chapter, Spring Conference, 4/30/1979 – 5/2/1979
File 12 – Oregon Chapter, Spring Conference, 4/30/1980 – 5/2/1980
File 13 – Papers Prepared for the Fourth Annual Meeting, Institute for Solid Wastes of the APWA, Cleveland, 9/16-18/1969
File 14 – Peer Matching and Preventative Maintenance Programs, Lambert C. Mims
File 15 – Personal Memoranda, 1980
File 16 – Philadelphia Materials
File 17 – Planned Work Assignments
File 18 – Planning for Hurricanes, 4/7/1988
File 19 – Policies and Objectives, 1981
File 20 – Prayer Breakfast, 9/21/1986
File 21 – President’s Message, Alabama Public Works Convention, 4/30/1971
File 22 – Printed Ephemera [ads and order forms]
File 23-27 – Priorities for the Eighties
File 28-31 – Privatization
File 32 – Privatization, South Carolina Municipal
File 33 – "The Problems with Our Infrastructure," 1/19/1983
File 34 – Programs for Emergency Management Training, 1988
File 35 – Program Planning Conference, Emmetsburg, MD, 1/15-1719/84
File 36 – Proposed Resolutions, 1989
File 37 – Proposed Transportation Legislation
File 38 – Pros and Cons of Privatization – Presentation by Lambert C. Mims
File 39 – Publications
File 40 – Public Works Historical Society Calendar, 1979
File 41 – Public Works Management Trends and Developments [special report 47]
File 42 – Public Works Promoting Professionalism in Emergency Management, 1988

Box 66

File 1 – Public Works Senior Executive Managers Workshop, 5/9-11/1983
File 2 – Puerto Rico, 1978
File 3 – Recap, Atlanta – Salt Lake1989, ["new roster" written across folder]
File 4 – Rehabilitation of Sewer Systems, 4/21-22/1988
File 5 – Region III American Public Works Association Conference and Equipment Show, Greensboro, NC, 5/5-7/1976
File 6-7 – Regional Director Candidate Data Forms
File 8 – Report Article In-Service Packaged Program
File 9 – Reports, 1978-1979
File 10 – Resolution Committee, Chicago, 8/4-5/1983
File 11-12 – Resolution Committee Meeting, Chicago, 8/9-10/1984
File 13 – Resolutions, 1981
File 14 – Resolution Committee, Chicago, 8/6-7/1981
File 15 – Resource on Hazardous Waste Disposal, 1988
File 16 – Response and Recovery, 4/7/1988
File 17 – Retirement Committee
File 18 – Retirement Committee, Chicago, 8/6/1981
File 19 – Retirement Committee Meeting, 1/11/1979
File 20 – "The Role of Public Works in Emergency Management: An Annotated, Selective Bibliography," 6/1987
File 21 – Safety: Convention Center
File 22 – Safety Tailgate Talks [various topics]
File 23 – Search for a new APWA Executive Director, 1989
File 24 – Semi-Annual Directors’ Reports
File 25 – Sewer and Flooding Liability
File 26 – Solid Waste Collection Workshop, Orlando, 4/7-8/1986
File 27 – Solid Waste Collection Workshop, Portland, ME, 2/23-24/1987, Philadelphia, PA, 2/26-27/1987
File 28 – Solid Waste Collection Workshop, Mobile, 5/14-15/1988, Detroit, 5/17-18/1988
File 29 – Solid Waste Management Workshop, Detroit, 3/17-18/1988
File 30 – Solid Waste Management Workshop, Mobile, 3/14-15/1988
File 31 – Solid Waste Management Workshop [loose materials]

Box 67

File 1 – Solid Waste Safety
File 2 – Solid Waste Workshop Material, 1988
File 3 – Solid Waste Workshop, Portland, 2/23-24/1987, Philadelphia, 2/26-27/1987
File 4 – Solid Waste Workshop, Atlanta and Los Angeles, 11/14-18/1987
File 5 – Solid Waste Workshop, 1988, Opening Session, Mobile Story, Etc.
File 6 – Staff Position Descriptions
File 7 – Steam Plant Tour, Buffalo, 3/16-17/1984
File 8 – Subcommittee on Economic Development, 4/27/1983
File 9 – Summer Workshop (Annual), Arizona Chapter, 7/17-18/1980
File 10 – Tailgate Safety Training Series, Solid Waste Collection
File 11 – Taskforce on Emergency Management, Emmetsburg, MA, 5/9-11/1983
File 12 – Taskforce on Intergovernmental Relations, Miscellaneous, 1985
File 13 – Taskforce on Revenue Shortfall, 1981
File 14 – Tennessee Chapter Annual Public Works Conference, 11/4-6/1979
File 15 – Texas Chapter Annual Spring Meeting, Austin, 5/8-10/1980
File 16 – Three-Mile Creek
File 17 – Trips to Phoenix and Portland, 1/25/1986
File 18 – U.L.C.C. Symposium, Denver, 6/2/80, [Mims as Keynote Speaker]
File 19 – Utility Location and Coordination Council, "Computer-Assisted Mapping and Records Activities Systems: State-of-the-Art and Feasibility Report"
File 20 – War on Waste, 1984
File 21 – Washington Chapter, 1988
File 22 – Water Rehabilitation, Vancouver, 5/26-27/1988
File 23 – West Virginia Chapter, Fall Meeting, Clarksburg, 8/29/1980
File 24 – Workshops, 1976
File 25 – Workshops, 1987-88
File 26 – Workshop and Seminar Announcement Pamphlets, 1985-1987