Collection ID: MPP 1 (VAE0495)
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Summary

Creator:
Bayh, Birch, 1928-2019
Abstract:
Contains files documenting Bayh's work as a member of the Committee on Public Works and chairman of its Special Subcommittee on Disaster Relief (Dec 1969 - Jan 1970) and its Subcommittee on Roads (1971-1972).
Extent:
8 linear feet (7 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[item and date], [folder title], [subseries], Committee on Public Works, Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers, Modern Political Papers Collection, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

Upon entering the Senate, Bayh was appointed to the Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Public Works, the latter becoming the main vehicle through which he could provide direct service to the citizens of Indiana. For his full term on the committee (1963-1972) he served on the Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors, working toward needed flood control projects in Indiana as well as the Indiana Port on Lake Michigan, and from 1964 to 1972 on the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution. As a result of his tenacious pursuit of disaster relief legislation following the Palm Sunday tornadoes of 1965 that ravaged northern Illinois and Indiana, he was appointed chair of a Special Subcommittee on Disaster Relief (1969-1970), and in 1971 he became chair of the Subcommittee on Roads.

In August 1972 he secured a much desired appointment to the Appropriations Committee, which terminated his membership on the Committee on Public Works but gave him a potentially greater role in the funding of public works projects for which he had been working.

Scope and Content:

Materials consist of bills, reports, legislative working files, supporting materials from agencies, and staff memos and correspondence relating to the public works legislation upon which Bayh and his staff worked.

For an overview of the entire Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers collection, click here.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1981.
Processing information:

Processed by Kate Cruikshank.

Completed in 2018. Partial funding for processing was provided by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission of the National Archives (2010-2012).

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into the 12 subseries listed below, with six of those being chronological divisions on disaster relief. Folders within the subseries are in alphabetical order, although within the disaster relief subseries an effort has been made to provide a chronological flow for the development of legislation.

  1. Administration 1965-1972
  2. Disaster Relief 1962-1964
  3. Disaster Relief (89th Congress) 1965-1966
  4. Disaster Relief (90th Congress) 1967-1968
  5. Disaster Relief (91st Congress) 1969-1970
  6. Special Subcommittee on Disaster Relief (91st Congress) 1969-1970
  7. Disaster Relief (92nd Congress) 1971-1972
  8. Highways 1967-1973
  9. Indiana Projects 1962-1972
  10. Pollution 1963-1973
  11. Transportation 1967-1972
  12. Water Resources 1966-1971

Letter-size documents and legal-size and other oversize documents are stored in separate containers. The folder list groups all folders on a given topic together regardless of size, with indications to the left of the relevant box number. Folders with no box number are in the box last indicated above them.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

There are no access restrictions for this collection. However, it is in offsite storage, thus arrangements for use must be made in advance.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Researchers will be required to sign an agreement to protect third-party privacy with regard to all correspondence. Permission must be obtained for any use beyond conventional academic quotation and citation.

Photocopying and scanning are possible with permission.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[item and date], [folder title], [subseries], Committee on Public Works, Birch Bayh Senatorial Papers, Modern Political Papers Collection, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Herman B Wells Library E460
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-1538
congpprs@indiana.edu