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RG 039, Flood Recovery Committee
Inventory of Records
Finding aid prepared by Connecticut State Library staff.
Copyright © 2007 by the Connecticut State Library
Overview of the Collection |
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| Repository: | Connecticut State Library |
| Creator: | Connecticut Flood Recovery Committee |
| Title: | Connecticut Flood Recovery Committee records |
| Dates: | 1955-1956 |
| Quantity: | 2.5 cubic feet |
| Abstract: | Following the disastrous flood of August 19, 1955, called the "worst flood in the history of eastern United States," Governor Abraham Ribicoff appointed a twenty-member committee to study the immediate problems to be faced and to recommend a program of rehabilitation. |
| Identification: | RG039 |
| Accession: | T002694 |
| Language: | The records are in English. |
Historical Note
In response to the flood of August 1955, Governor Abraham Ribicoff appointed a twenty-member committee to study emergency needs and immediate recovery problems and recommend a program of rehabilitation. The Committee, appointed August 27, 1955, was headed by Sherman R. Knapp. Ten meetings of the Committee and its Coordinating Group were held, as well as numerous meetings of the five sub-committees. The final report, submitted on November 3, 1955, recommended a 35 million dollar program of state aid to flood victims and towns, repair and replacement of state-owned property, and planning for redevelopment.
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Scope and Content
This group contains subject files pertaining to the work of the Committee, other State committees working on the same problem, a coordinating committee and five subcommittees, publicity, and the final report. Files contain minutes, correspondence, lists of commercial businesses damaged, reports, newspaper clippings, and other reference materials.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
These records are stored at an off-site facility and therefore may not be available on a same-day basis.
See the Rules and Procedures for Researchers Using Archival Records and Secured Collections policy.
Restrictions on Use
See the Reproduction and Publications of State Library Collections policy.
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Related Material
RG 005:033, Abraham Ribicoff gubernatorial records.
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Container List
| Records, 1955-1956 | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 1. General file, 1955 August-1956 January | |||||||||||
| Contains correspondence, minutes of meetings, reference materials, newspaper clippings, notes and memoranda pertaining to the flood damage, the work of the Committee and its recommendations. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by subject. | |||||||||||
| General | 1 | ||||||||||
| Organization | |||||||||||
| General | |||||||||||
| Subcommittees | |||||||||||
| Subcommittees | |||||||||||
| Aid to flood victims | |||||||||||
| Housing | |||||||||||
| Legislative | 2 | ||||||||||
| Reconstruction planning | |||||||||||
| State reconstruction costs | |||||||||||
| Other state committees | |||||||||||
| Connecticut Development Commission | |||||||||||
| Connecticut Public Expenditure Council | |||||||||||
| Meetings | |||||||||||
| General | |||||||||||
| Main Committee | |||||||||||
| Coordinating Committee | |||||||||||
| Subcommittees | |||||||||||
| Secretary's copy | |||||||||||
| Publicity | 3 | ||||||||||
| General | |||||||||||
| Newspaper clippings | |||||||||||
| 1955 August-1955 October | |||||||||||
| 1955 November-1956 January | 4 | ||||||||||
| Reproduced newspaper clippings, 1955 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Reports | |||||||||||
| Report to Governor | |||||||||||
| Includes copy of printed Report of the Connecticut Flood Recovery Committee to Governor Abraham Ribicoff, 1955 November 3, p. 61. | |||||||||||
| Subcommittee | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||