Russell E. McClure Papers
Collection Summary
| Title: | Russell E. McClure Papers |
| Call Number: | MS 78-09 |
| Size: | 12.0 linear feet |
| Acquisition: | Donated by Mrs. Russell E. (Joyce) McClure |
| Processed By: | LWM, 12-4-1978; SMC, 7-19-1999; MN, 1-2009 |
| Note: | None |
| Restrictions: | None |
Literary Rights
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.
Restrictions
None
Content Note
This collection covers the career of native Wichitan, Russell E. McClure, beginning in 1927 and ending with his death in 1974. The papers in the collection are grouped under three main headings: Employment, International City Managers Association, and General. Under these headings are various official documents, speeches, reports, correspondence, and photographs which relate to McClure's managerial service in municipal government.
Detailed Description: Series Listing
| Series 1 | Box 1-Box 3 FF5 | Employment, 1927-1952 |
| Series 2 | Box 3 FF 6-Box 6 FF2 | Employment, 1953-1962 |
| Series 3 | Box 6 FF 3-Box 12 FF10 | Employment, May 1962-May 1974 |
| Series 4 | Box 13-Box 19 | International City Managers' Association |
| Series 5 | Box 20-Box 23 | General |
Detailed Description: Box and Folder Listing
Series 1 ‒ Employment, 1927-1952
| Box 1 | FF 1 | Kansas Gas & Electric Co. -- Wichita, KS, 1927-1931 |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | Executive Secretary, Wichita Independent Business Men's Association -- Wichita, KS, 1931-1941 |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | City Manager -- Wichita, KS, July 1941-March 1948 |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | American Society of Planning Officials |
| Box 1 | FF 5 | Annual Report, 1947 |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | Budget |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | City Publications |
| Box 1 | FF 8 | Comprehensive Plan for Wichita, 1946 |
| Box 1 | FF 9 | Employee Organizations |
| Box 1 | FF 10 | Licensing of Card Tables |
| Box 1 | FF 11 | Major Accomplishments During War Period |
| Box 1 | FF 12 | Personnel |
| Box 1 | FF 13 | Reports of the City Manager |
| Box 1 | FF 14 | Resignation as City Manager |
| Box 1 | FF 15 | Wall, Hugo -- University of Wichita |
| Box 1 | FF 16 | Administrative Assistants |
| Box 1 | FF 17 | All-Dayton Committee |
| Box 1 | FF 18 | City Charter |
| Box 1 | FF 19 | Commission-Manager Plan in Dayton |
| Box 2 | FF 1 | Decisive Action -- A Summary of Accomplishments, 1948-1952 |
| Box 2 | FF 2 | Dedication Program |
| Box 2 | FF 3 | Directories -- Municipal Departments, Officials, and Information |
| Box 2 | FF 4 | Highlights of Accomplishments of Dayton City Government, 1948-1952 |
| Box 2 | FF 5 | Income Tax -- Municipal |
| Box 2 | FF 6 | Information Centers in City Halls |
| Box 2 | FF 7 | In-Service Training -- Expenditure of Public Funds |
| Box 2 | FF 8 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 2 | FF 9 | Monthly Progress Reports, 1950 |
| Box 2 | FF 10 | Monthly Progress Reports, 1951 |
| Box 2 | FF 11 | Monthly Progress Reports, 1952 |
| Box 2 | FF 12 | Office of Administrative Management -- Proposed |
| Box 2 | FF 13 | Office Procedure Manual -- City Manager |
| Box 2 | FF 14 | Organization Charts |
| Box 3 | FF 1 | Personnel |
| Box 3 | FF 2 | Race Relations |
| Box 3 | FF 3 | Reports |
| Box 3 | FF 4 | Resignation as City Manager |
| Box 3 | FF 5 | Taxes in Montgomery County |
Series 2 ‒ Employment, 1953-1962
| Box 3 | FF 6 | Management Consultant, Air Material Command of the US Air Force -- Dayton, OH, Jan.-June 1953 |
| Box 3 | FF 7 | Bonds -- Sales |
| Box 3 | FF 8 | Budget |
| Box 3 | FF 9 | Central Service Center STudy |
| Box 3 | FF 10 | City Charter |
| Box 3 | FF 11 | Comprehensive Plan for Corpus Christi, 1953 |
| Box 3 | FF 12 | Dedication Programs |
| Box 3 | FF 13 | Economies in Municipal Operations -- Quarterly Allotments, Task Forces, Administrative Reports, etc. |
| Box 3 | FF 14 | Five Year Permanent Improvement Program |
| Box 4 | FF 1 | German Study Tour, 1957 |
| Box 4 | FF 2 | In-Service Training |
| Box 4 | FF 3 | International Union of Local Authorities |
| Box 4 | FF 4 | Joyce (Mrs. Russell) McClure |
| Box 4 | FF 5 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 4 | FF 6 | Monthly Progress Reports |
| Box 4 | FF 7 | Office of Administrative Management |
| Box 4 | FF 8 | Open House at City Hall, 1953 |
| Box 4 | FF 9 | Organization Charts |
| Box 4 | FF 10 | Personnel -- Policies and Procedures |
| Box 4 | FF 11 | Personnel -- Sketches and Schedules, 1957 |
| Box 4 | FF 12 | Publicity -- General |
| Box 4 | FF 13 | Resignation as City Manager |
| Box 4 | FF 14 | Water |
| Box 4 | FF 15 | General Manager, Khuzestan Development Service, Iran |
| Box 4 | FF 16 | Development and Resources Corporation |
| Box 4 | FF 17 | Dez Project |
| Box 4 | FF 18 | Housing and Community Development |
| Box 4 | FF 19 | International Union of Local Authorities -- XIV Congress, Berlin 1959 |
| Box 4 | FF 20 | Khuzestan Regional Development Projects -- Data Sheets |
| Box 5 | FF 1 | Monthly Reports |
| Box 5 | FF 2 | Office of Information |
| Box 5 | FF 3 | Organization Chart and Notes |
| Box 5 | FF 4 | Plan Organization of Iran |
| Box 5 | FF 5 | Publicity |
| Box 5 | FF 6 | Quarterly Reports |
| Box 5 | FF 7 | Report to Plan Organization, 1959 |
| Box 5 | FF 8 | Resignation as General Manager |
| Box 5 | FF 9 | Staff Conferences |
| Box 6 | FF 1 | Executive Vice President, Greater Downtown Wichita -- Wichita KS, July 1960-May 1962 |
| Box 6 | FF 2 | Image Survey of Greater Downtown Wichita |
Series 3 ‒ Employment, May 1962-May 1974
| Box 6 | FF 3 | City Manager -- Wichita, KS, May 1962-Sept. 1968 |
| Box 6 | FF 4 | Annual Reports, 1962-1964 |
| Box 6 | FF 5 | Annual Reports, 1965-1967 |
| Box 6 | FF 7 | Budget |
| Box 6 | FF 8 | Commission -- Manager Controversy, 1967 |
| Box 6 | FF 9 | Employee Organizations |
| Box 6 | FF 10 | Fiftieth Anniversary of Commission-Manager Government in Wichita, 1967 |
| Box 6 | FF 11 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Correspondence Prior to Departure |
| Box 6 | FF 12 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Correspondence During Tour |
| Box 6 | FF 13 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Correspondence Following Return |
| Box 6 | FF 14 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Itineraries and General Information |
| Box 7 | FF 1 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Orin F. Nolting, Correspondence and Reports |
| Box 7 | FF 2 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Publicity |
| Box 7 | FF 3 | German Study Tour, 1965 -- Report GIven at WSU Awards Dinner, Nov. 30, 1965 |
| Box 7 | FF 4 | Goals for Wichita, 1962-1968 |
| Box 7 | FF 5 | Memos to Department Heads |
| Box 7 | FF 6 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 7 | FF 7 | Public Relations |
| Box 7 | FF 8 | Total Action Program |
| Box 7 | FF 9 | Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Service in Wichita, 1966 |
| Box 7 | FF 10 | Urban Policy Conferences -- Brookings Institution |
| Box 7 | FF 11 | First Wichita Urban Policy Conference |
| Box 7 | FF 12 | Wall, Hugo -- "Functions of Management" |
| Box 8 | FF 1 | Deputy City Manager of Urban Affairs -- Wichita, KS, Sept. 1968-March 1972 |
| Box 8 | FF 2 | Administration Policies and Procedures |
| Box 8 | FF 3 | Annual Reports, 1968-1972 |
| Box 8 | FF 4 | Century II -- Economic Effect |
| Box 8 | FF 5 | Childs, Richard S. |
| Box 8 | FF 6 | City Commissioners Handbook, 1971 |
| Box 8 | FF 7 | Department of Community Development |
| Box 8 | FF 8 | Directories |
| Box 8 | FF 9 | Goals for Wichita, 1968-1972 |
| Box 8 | FF 10 | Housing |
| Box 8 | FF 11 | Listing of Files |
| Box 8 | FF 12 | Miscellaneous |
| Box 8 | FF 13 | Model Cities |
| Box 8 | FF 14 | Ombudsman |
| Box 8 | FF 15 | Retirement of McClure, 1972 |
| Box 9 | FF 1 | South Central Kansas Regional Council of Governments |
| Box 9 | FF 2 | South Central Kansas Regional Council of Governments |
| Box 9 | FF 3 | South Central Kansas Regional Council of Governments |
| Box 9 | FF 4 | National Service to Regional Councils |
| Box 9 | FF 5 | Technology Application Program |
| Box 9 | FF 6 | Toward a Social Report |
| Box 9 | FF 7 | Affirmative Action Program -- Wichita |
| Box 9 | FF 8 | Budget -- City of Wichita |
| Box 9 | FF 9 | Budget -- Kiwanis Club, Wichita |
| Box 10 | FF 1 | Center for Urban Studies -- WSU |
| Box 10 | FF 2 | City Commission Communications and Index -- Wichita |
| Box 10 | FF 3 | Community Development Corporation -- Corpus Christi |
| Box 10 | FF 4 | Community Development Corporation -- Corpus Christi |
| Box 10 | FF 5 | Community Development Corporation -- Corpus Christi |
| Box 10 | FF 6 | Community Development Corporation Agreement |
| Box 11 | FF 1 | Community Development Statement, 1973 |
| Box 11 | FF 2 | Community Goals Implementation Committee - Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 3 | Employee Organizations -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 4 | Industrial Revenue Bonds -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 5 | League of Kansas Municipalities -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 6 | Menninger Foundation -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 7 | National Science Foundation Intergovernmental Science Programs -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 8 | National Science Foundation Intergovernmental Science Programs -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 9 | News Copy by McClure -- Wichita Eagle and Beacon |
| Box 11 | FF 10 | "Planning with People" Poster -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 11 | Public Building Commission -- Wichita |
| Box 11 | FF 12 | Agendas and Minutes |
| Box 12 | FF 1 | City Administrative Center |
| Box 12 | FF 2 | Crestview Country Club |
| Box 12 | FF 3 | Financial Report, 1973 |
| Box 12 | FF 4 | Fourth National Bank Building |
| Box 12 | FF 5 | Fourth National Bank Building |
| Box 12 | FF 6 | Fourth National Bank Building |
| Box 12 | FF 7 | Fourth National Bank Building |
| Box 12 | FF 8 | Retirement Board -- Wichita |
| Box 12 | FF 9 | Statistics -- Wichita |
| Box 12 | FF 10 | Total Planning Concept -- Wichita |
Series 4 ‒ International City Managers’ Association
| Box 13 | FF 1 | ICMA Awards |
| Box 13 | FF 2 | Application for Clarence Ridley In-Service Training Award |
| Box 13 | FF 3 | ICMA Conferences |
| Box 13 | FF 4 | 42nd Annual Conference, Banff, 1956 |
| Box 13 | FF 5 | ICMA Continuing Education Service |
| Box 13 | FF 6 | ICMA Executive Board |
| Box 13 | FF 7 | ICMA Executive Board |
| Box 13 | FF 8 | ICMA Institute for Training in Municipal Administration |
| Box 13 | FF 9 | Five Course Management Certificate |
| Box 14 | FF 1 | Local Planning Administration (Lesson) -- Corpus Christi, 1956 |
| Box 14 | FF 2 | Local Planning Administration (lessons) -- Dayton, OH, 1952 |
| Box 14 | FF 3 | Local Planning Administration (Lessons) -- Wichita, 1964 |
| Box 14 | FF 4 | Management Practices for Smaller Cities |
| Box 14 | FF 5 | Managing the Modern City (Final Exams) -- Corpus Christi, 1973 |
| Box 14 | FF 6 | Managing the Modern City (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1973 |
| Box 14 | FF 7 | Managing the Modern City (Miscellaneous) -- Corpus Christi, 1972-1973 |
| Box 15 | FF 1 | Managing the Modern City -- ICMA Correspondence |
| Box 15 | FF 2 | Managing the Modern City -- Instructor's Materials |
| Box 15 | FF 3 | Managing the Modern City (Final Exams) -- Wichita, 1973 |
| Box 15 | FF 4 | Managing the Modern City (Lessons) -- Wichita, 1972- 1973 |
| Box 15 | FF 5 | Managing the Modern City (Miscellaneous) -- Wichita, 1972 - 1973 |
| Box 15 | FF 6 | Municipal Finance Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1957 |
| Box 15 | FF 7 | Municipal Finance Administration (Lessons) -- Wichita, 1963 - 1964 |
| Box 16 | FF 1 | Municipal Fire Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1957 |
| Box 16 | FF 2 | Municipal Fire Administration (Lessons) -- Dayton, 1952 |
| Box 16 | FF 3 | Municipal Personnel Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1955 |
| Box 16 | FF 4 | Municipal Personnel Administration (Lessons) -- Wichita 1943 |
| Box 16 | FF 5 | Municipal Personnel Administration (Lessons) Wichita, 1964 |
| Box 17 | FF 1 | Municipal Police Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1958 |
| Box 17 | FF 2 | Municipal Police Administration (Lessons) -- Dayton, 1949 |
| Box 17 | FF 3 | Municipal Police Administration (Study Guide) |
| Box 17 | FF 4 | Municipal Public Relations (Study Guide) |
| Box 17 | FF 5 | Municipal Public Works Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1957 |
| Box 18 | FF 1 | Municipal Public Works Administration (lessons) -- Dayton, 1950 |
| Box 18 | FF 2 | Municipal Public Works Administration (Final Exams) -- Wichita, 1965 |
| Box 18 | FF 3 | Municipal Public Works Administration (Lesson Quizzes) -- Wichita, 1965 |
| Box 18 | FF 4 | Police Supervision (Lessons) |
| Box 18 | FF 5 | Public Contact Relations (Lessons) |
| Box 18 | FF 6 | Technique of Municipal Administration (Lessons) -- Corpus Christi, 1954 |
| Box 18 | FF 7 | Technique of Municipal Administration (Lessons) -- Dayton, 1949 |
| Box 19 | FF 1 | Technique of Municipal Administration, Course II, (Lessons) -- Dayton, 1949-1950 |
| Box 19 | FF 2 | Technique of Municipal Administration (Lessons) -- Dayton, 1952 |
| Box 19 | FF 3 | Technique of Municipal Administration (Lessons) -- Wichita, 1962-1963 |
| Box 19 | FF 4 | ICMA Miscellaneous Correspondence |
| Box 19 | FF 5 | ICMA Speeches |
| Box 19 | FF 6 | ICMA Urban Data Service |
Series 5 ‒ General
| Box 20 | FF 1 | Certificates |
| Box 20 | FF 2 | Miscellaneous Ideas |
| Box 20 | FF 3 | Photographs, 1941-1948 (Wichita) |
| Box 20 | FF 4 | Photographs, 1948-1952 (Dayton) |
| Box 20 | FF 5 | Photographs, 1953-1958 (Corpus Christi) |
| Box 20 | FF 6 | Photographs, 1958-1960 (Iran) |
| Box 20 | FF 7 | Photographs, 1962-1972 (Wichita) |
| Box 20 | FF 8 | Photographs -- German Study Tour, 1965 |
| Box 20 | FF 9 | Photographs -- ICMA Conferences |
| Box 21 | FF 1 | Published articles by or about McClure, 1941-1948 |
| Box 21 | FF 2 | Published articles by or about McClure, 1949-1953 |
| Box 21 | FF 3 | Published articles by or about McClure, 1954-1958 |
| Box 21 | FF 4 | Published articles by or about McClure, 1962-1972 |
| Box 21 | FF 5 | Resumes |
| Box 21 | FF 6 | Speech Ideas and Notes |
| Box 21 | FF 7 | Speeches by McClure, 1942-1944 |
| Box 21 | FF 8 | Speeches by McClure, 1945-1962 |
| Box 21 | FF 9 | Speeches by McClure, 1963-1972 |
| Box 22 | FF 1 | Image with Jack H. Greene |
| Box 22 | Life Member of the Wichita Business Men's Association Certificate, June 6, 1962 | |
| Box 22 | Wichita Public Building Commission Appointment Certificate, September 1, 1975 | |
| Box 22 | Brookings Institute for Advanced Study Certificates -- 5. May 25, 1966; May 31, 1967; June 5, 1968; June 4, 1970; July 21, 1971 | |
| Box 22 | Code of City Management approved by International City Management Association | |
| Box 22 | Notebook: Model Cities Management Series; Wichita, 1971 | |
| Box 22 | International City Management Association plaque. September 23, 1970 | |
| Box 22 | Medallion from Germany | |
| Box 22 | Gavel | |
| Box 23 | Plaque -- City Manager Emeritus 22 March 1972 | |
| Box 23 | Certificate -- International City Management Association Distinguished Service Award, 20 September 1972 | |
| Box 23 | Plaque -- International City Management Association Clarence E. Riley In-Service Training Award, 12 October 1969 | |
| Oversized Storage | International Association City Managers Conference in Hollywood, Florida, November 24, 1941 | |
| Oversized Storage | American Municipal Association Conference in Chicago. November 16, 1945 | |
| Oversized Storage | International Association City Managers Conference at Mackinac Island, Michigan, September 12-16, 1948 |