"Senior Citizens Seek Center Like Mill City's ", April 25, 1965

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10

Identifier: 014.01.10.2b

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows:

Last week about 100 elderly people, 30 of them representing senior citizen groups with an estimated 1,500 members, organized in an effort to get a "drop-in" center or downtown council house similar to one in Minneapolis. The organization--the Representative Assembly of the Senior Citizen Center--is the brainchild of Thomas A. Smith, 71, of 2147 E. Fourth St., who said he got the idea at a meeting about two months ago.
"A man said let's have a room downtown where we can sit around, rest, play cards, or just meet friends,: said Smith. "I asked him why didn't we do something to get it and I ended up organizing things."

Dates

April 25, 1965

Conditions Governing Access

Restrictions regarding access to the physcial materials are in place due to COVID precautions.

Extent

From the Collection: 1.58 Linear Feet (1 container) : This scrapbook, composed of 37 pages, front and back, with a front cover and a back cover. Each page also features two punch holes along one, short edge. This scrapbook has been unbound, with each page placed in a protective sleeve. An acid-free, archival folder containing photocopies of the newspaper and article clippings is also contained within the box. The front and back covers of the scrapbook are forest green in hue, with gold detailing. The center of the front cover features a sigil of a green lion in a gold shield, standing on his hind legs. The condition of individual materials pasted, clipped, or stapled to each page is generally good, but does feature adhesives such as tape, glue, staples and clips. Photographs have some fading and discoloration, otherwise the condition is good. General condition of the scrapbook is good. ; Each contruction paper-like page is a deep violet, almost burgundy color, with the following dimensions: 40 cm by 26 cm.