BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY Department of Archives and Manuscripts

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1 BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY Department of Archives and Manuscripts GREEN, W. COOPER Papers, Background: W. Cooper Green was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 18, He was a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and Columbia University. Green worked as a teacher and football coach, and as a real estate and insurance broker before being elected to the Alabama legislature in In 1933 he was appointed Birmingham s postmaster, and elected president of the Birmingham City Commission, a position that also carried the title Mayor, in Green served as mayor until 1953 when he resigned to take a position with Alabama Power Company. He resigned from Alabama Power in 1959 to accept an appointment as president of the Jefferson County Commission, a position he held until Green served as president of the Alabama Chapter of the National Association of Postmasters, president of the Alabama League of Municipalities, president of the United States Conference of Mayors, and president of the Association of County Commissioners of Alabama. Cooper Green died in Birmingham in Scope and Content: This collection contains the office files generated during Cooper Green s terms as president of the Birmingham City Commission (Mayor). The files include correspondence, memoranda, publications, reports and other material relating to city government. Subject Areas: Birmingham (Ala.) Politics and government. Birmingham (Ala.) Race relations. Mayors Alabama Birmingham. Size: 15 linear feet (15 boxes) Source: City of Birmingham, Alabama Restrictions: Standard preservation and copyright restrictions.

2 Guide Prepared by: Thomas C. Haslett, 1983 (revised by Gigi Gowdy, 2003) File Number: Description: Advertising, March 5, 1940 to March 5, Air Carnival, April 24, 1941 to February 14, Air Carnival, April 11 to May 22, Airport, February 15 to April 26, Airport, May 4 to June 27, Airport, July 1 to December 20, Airport, January 3 to March 28, Airport, April 1 to August 30, Airport, September 2 to December 3, Airport, January 1 to June Airport, July 1 to December 1, Airport, February 15 to December 1, Airport, January 3 to June 17, Airport, June 23 to December 29, Airport, January 5 to May 29, Airport, June 1 to July 31, Airport, August 2 to December 21, Airport, January 2 to May 28, Airport, June 4 to September 30, Airport, October 2 to December 27, Airport, January 14 to April 30, 1947.

3 Airport, May 7 to August 29, Airport, September 2 to December 31, Airport, January 17 to April 30, Airport, May 3 to July 29, Airport, August 2 to December 29, Airport, January 4 to July 28, Airport, August 2 to December 30, Airport, January 4 to March 31, Airport, April 1 to September 28, Airport, October 2 to December 29, Airport, January 8 to December 29, Airport, January 22 to December 27, Airport, January 2 to December 31, Airport, Bechtel-McCone, January 5, 1942 to November 8, Airport, Bechtel-McCone, January 9 to July 27, Airport, Bechtel-McCone, August 2 to December 16, Airport, Bechtel-McCone, January 4 to December 23, Airport, Bechtel-McCone, January 5 to December 20, Airport Survey, April 11, Alabama, January 40, 1940 to June 29, Alabama, July 5, 1951 to August 27, 1952.

4 Alabama Gas Corporation, December 19, 1945 to July 21, Alabama Gas Corporation Rules and Regulations For Gas Service, Alabama League of Municipalities, January 10 to June 19, Alabama League of Municipalities, July 10 to December 31, Alabama League of Municipalities, January 3 to October 31, Alabama League of Municipalities, February 3, 1950 to April 3, Alabama League of Municipalities, July 7, 1951 to July 15, Alabama League of Municipalities, August 1, 1952 to March 27, Alabama Military Commission, October 23-25, Alabama, Miss Contest and Miss America, June 28 to September 29, Alabama Power Company, October 16, 1952 to January 8, Alabama Public Service Commission, January 8, 1948 to July 25, Alabama State Fair Authority, November 7, 1946 to December 16, Alabama State Fair Authority, January 17 to December 23, Alabama State Fair Authority, January 13 to December 12, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, October 11, 1949 to January 30,

5 Ambulances, September 15, 1942 to June 8, Amendments, November 22, American Legion, May 11, 1940 to December 23, American Municipal Association, November 6, 1948 to November 21, Annexation, January 17, 1941 to November 1, Annexation, January 8 to July 18, Annexation, July 18 to August 31, Annexation, September 1 to November 14, Annexation, September 1 to December 28, Appeal Cases, January 9 to April 26, Appraisals, January 9 to October 25, Armistice Day, November 5, 1947 to November 11, Army Advisory Board, March 14 to November 1, Assessments, June 10, 1940 to December 6, Assessments, January 15, 1951 to December 3, Audit, July 8, 1940 to May 30, Auditorium, February 2, 1948 to December 1, Automobile Costs, May 15, 1941 to September 23, Bail Bonds, February 12, 1951 to January 13, Baseball-Beer Petitions, April 22, 1943 to July 21, Better Business Bureau, December 19, 1952 to January 27, Bills, January 27, 1943 to September 15, 1944.

6 Bills, November 17, 1944 to September 15, Bills, March 22, 1949 to December 4, Birmingham, November 5, 1946 to November 28, Birmingham Electric Company, 1943 to April 14, Birmingham Gas Company, January 22, 1946 to December 20, Birmingham Historical Society, April 10, 1943 to March, Birmingham Water Works Company, June 24, 1936 to October 15, Birmingham Water Works Company, January 15, 1944 to September 16, Birmingham Water Works Company, October 1, 1946 to October 30, Birmingham Water Works Company, January 11, 1949 to November 6, Birminghamite, August 17-23, Blueprints of a Better Birmingham, Board of Education, April 5, 1948 to May 5, Board of Education Teacher s Salaries , July 15, Boards, July 21, 1950 to October 5, Bombings, November 16, 1948 to May 28, Bonds, March 28, 1940 to December 14, Bonds, February 3, 1944 to January 6, Boy Scouts of America, February 4, 1937 to January 3,

7 Budget, March 8, 1940 to July 11, Budget, August 13, 1941 to September 10, Budget, November 21, 1942 to September 1, Budget, May 29, 1945 to September 20, Budget, July 8, 1948 to August 28, Building Superintendent, October to December 28, Canada, May 12, 1948 to April 17, CARE, August 12, 1947 to March 16, Cemetery, August 16, 1944 to July 28, Census, January 24, 1941 to November 24, Chamber of Commerce, December 30, 1947 to December 15, Chambliss, Robert E., November 2 to December 15, Christmas Carnival, July 17, 1948 to December 27, Churches, June 27, 1946 to November 12, CIO, May 2, City Chaplain, January 31, 1945 to June 10, City Code, December 13, 1944 to September 5, City Hall Building, August 16, 1938 to June 30, City Hall Building, July 3 to September 29, City Hall Building, October 7 to December City Hall Building, February 13, 1945 to December 2, 1946.

8 City Hall Building, January 28 to April 30, City Hall Building, May 5, 1947 to December 13, City Hall Building, January 6 to June 30, City Hall Building, July 15, 1949 to March 29, City Hall Building, April 8 to June 29, City Hall Building, July1-19, City Hall Building, July 20-25, City Hall Building, July 26 to August 3, City Hall Building, August 3-28, City Hall Building, September 1 to December 27, City Hall Building, Undated City Hall Cafeteria, March 21, 1950 to August 25, City Market, April 7, 1939 to September 26, City Property Leases, July 8, 1941 to December Civilian Defense, April 6, 1948 to August 31, Civilian Defense, September 2, 1950 to January 2, Claims, November 28, 1939 to March 25, Coliseum, August 7 to October 17, Collegeville, September 2-6, Comic Books, October 8, 1948 to August 18, Committee of 100, January 10 to December 15, Committee of 100 Birmingham, Alabama, Undated Committees, January 31, 1946 to March 10,

9 Communism, February 18, 1948 to October 21, Comptroller, August 31, 1946 to December 13, Comptroller, January 16, 1951 to December 22, Comptroller financial Report, August 31, Condemnations, February 25, 1946 to July 19, Connor, Eugene Bull, February 4 to August 31, Connor, Eugene Bull, September 4, 1946 to October 31, Consolidation, April 12, 1946 to September 23, Court Reporting, May 29, 1940 to August 14, Crime Conference, April 11 to September 8, Daylight Savings Time, April 11 to August 14, Daylight Savings Time, August 14, 1940 to March 26, Dedication, Bessemer-Birmingham Lighting Super Highway, December 16, 1940 to January 11, Democratic Walkout and States Rights Party, June 24, 1948 to February, Dixie Bowl, September 22, 1947 to February 22, Elections, March 19, 1940 to May 19, Emergency Housing, March 30, 1946 to May 16, Engineering Department, January 10, 1948 to November 24, Engineering Study and Report on Additional Industrial Water Supply For Birmingham Metropolitan District, England, October 22, 1947 to December 29, 1948.

10 England, January 4, 1949 to October 19, Extensions of City Limits, September 5, 1947 to February 19, Fairmont, September 8-16, Federal Grants In Aid, March 7 to July 16, Fire Department, August 6, 1945 to February 19, Fire Department, February 21, 1947 to November 14, Five Day Work Week, December 6, 1949 to June 15, Freedom Train, September 5 to December 28, Freedom Train, December 29, 1947 to February 26, Friendship Train Committee, November 20, 1948 to May 10, Garbage, October 5, 1948 to March 14, Governor of Alabama, January 31 to July 26, Health Department, January 31, 1947 to July 31, Health Department, August 31, 1949 to December 31, Health Department Health As An Indication of Housing Needs in Birmingham, Alabama and Recommendations for Slum Clearance, Redevelopment and Public Housing April 12, Health, Public Building, August 22, 1945 to February 20, Health, Public Building, March 1 to November 24, Health, Public Building, November 29, 1948 to August 25,

11 Health, Venereal Disease Blood Testing, may 16, 1945 to June 28, Highways, January 5, 1948 to December 19, Home Rule, April 30, Hospital, Mid-South Medical School, March 3, 1944 to October 9, Hospitals, January 28, 1947 to November 30, Hostess City, February 28, 1940 to October 29, Housing Authority, December 22, 1947 to December Housing Authority, January 3 to November 19, Housing Authority, January 7, 1950 to January 8, Housing, Negro Project, October 6, 1941 to December 11, Howard-Southern Joint Appeal, December 1, 1947 to December 4, Income Tax Amendment Election, August 2, 1945 to May 19, Industrial Water, August 31, 1946 to October 26, Industries in Birmingham, March 12, 1940 to October 31, Industries in Birmingham, January 24 to September 28, Insurance, November 2, 1940 to December 19, Insurance, January 9, 1946 to May 20, Insurance, July 22, 1949 to January 7, Jail, August 8, 1942 to March 26, 1949.

12 Jefferson County Commission, October 5, 1949 to October 23, Jefferson county Commission Report of Jefferson County Citizens Advisory Committee to the County Commission, May 8, Jefferson County Coordinating Council of Social Forces, August 20, 1948 to September 27, Jefferson Tuberculosis Sanatorium, April 27, 1951 to January 27, Juvenile Delinquency, March 16, 1950 to December 10, Key to the City, March 16, 1950 to September 19, Ku Klux Klan, June 15, 1948 to August 8, Labor, August 6, 1940 to December, Labor Estimated Average Retail Prices of 16 Foods Houston, March 18, Labor Estimated Average Retail Prices of 16 Foods St. Louis, March 18, Labor Estimated Average Retail Prices of 16 Foods Chicago, April 9, Labor Estimated Average Retail Prices of 16 Foods Cleveland, April 22, Lane Park, October 19, 1948 to November 1, Legal Department, August 8, 1944 to October 31, Legal Department, November 16, 1946 to March 24, Legal Department, June 22, 1948 to December 28, Legion Field, may 27, 1940 to September 28, Legion Field, October 4, 1945 to August 19, 1946.

13 Legion Field, January 13, 1947 to December 15, Legion Field, January 27, 1949 to December 9, Legislative Advisory Committee, March 26, 1947 to August Legislative Advisory Committee Summary Report on the Jefferson County Survey: The Problem of Government in the Birmingham Metropolitan District, February 28, Legislature, June 1, 1949 to June 6, License Department, March 12, 1941 to February 25, License Department, March 1, 1948 to June 30, License Department, July 1, 1949 to November 8, License Department, February 2, 1951 to February 3, Locasio, Paul Case, September 21-30, Marshall Plan, December 12, 1947 to February 6, Medical School For Birmingham, August 2, 1943, March 21, Memorials/War Dead, January 19, 1944 to April 12, Merrill, Lem D. Public Improvements Case, September 2, 1939 to May, Millican, J.D., June 17, 1952 to August 11, Miscellaneous, April 13, 1940 to December 16, Miscellaneous, May 1, 1945 to December 26, Miscellaneous, March 17, 1947 to November 9, Miscellaneous, January 17 to August 30, Miscellaneous, September 16 to December 23, Miscellaneous, January 3 to December 2,

14 Miscellaneous, January 2 to December 21, Miscellaneous, January 10, 1952 to July 11, Monk, Mary Means Zoning Case, August 16, 1949 to September 28, Morgan, James, W., January 27, 1940 to December 13, Morgan, James W., March 24, 1944 to December 26, Motel, October 13-20, Municipal Employees, June 13, 1940 to August 27, Municipal Employees, January 29, 1944 to June 20, Municipal Employees Class Specifications, Undated Municipal Garage, June 24 to November 21, Museum of Art, February 3, 1941 to December 12, National Board of Fire Underwriters Report on the City of Birmingham, Alabama, September 21-25, Naval Reserve, March 11, 1948 to June 14, Negroes, March 25, 1940 to November 25, Negro Golf Course, February 8 to March 20, Negro Hospital Fund Drive, June 10 to July 29, Negro School Southside Property Association Lane- Cameron Area, April 28, Negro, Segregation of the Races, July 14, 1941 to December 28, Oak Hill Memorial Association, May 21, 1946 to November 30,

15 Orchestra Municipal Symphony, September 4, 1946 to September 9, Ordinance 134F Soliciting Permit, March 30, 1940 to December 1, Ordinances, May 9, 1940 to September 16, Parent Teacher Association Council, January 30, 1940 to May 25, Park and Recreation Board, April 22, 1940 to October 15, Park and Recreation Board, January 6 to December 30, Park and Recreation Board, January 10 to December 27, Park and Recreation Board, January 21 to June 29, Park and Recreation Board, July 2 to December 18, Park and Recreation Board, January 8 to May 28, Park and Recreation Board, June 11 to December 12, Park and Recreation Board, January 14 to June 28, Park and Recreation Board, July 2 to December 29, Park and Recreation Board, January 6 to May 28, Park and Recreation Board, June 14 to October 26, Park and Recreation Board, November 4, 1949 to March 28, Park and Recreation Board, April 5 to August 29, Park and Recreation Board, September 6 to December 13, Park and Recreation Board A System of Parks and Playgrounds for Birmingham, 1925.

16 Park and Recreation Board Report of Tri-State Conference, March 6, Parker, Judge Ralph E., September 8, 1947 to August 25, Parking/Parking Meters, February 29, 1940 to June 28, Parking/Parking Meters, July 6, 1950 to January 31, Parks for Colored People, June 17, 1941 to February 19, Pension System, June 5, 1941 to March 8, Personnel Board, February 8, 1940 to December 5, Personnel Board, December 16, 1941 to April 15, Personnel Board, May 8, 1943 to November 16, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30, Personnel Board Annual Report, September 30,

17 Personnel Board Reclassification and Salary Schedule for the Classified Service, October 20, Personnel Board Investigation, January 11, Petitions, February 4, 1948 to April 11, Planning Board, December 20, 1946 to November 1, Planning Commission Future land Use Plan, Undated Plumbing Department, March to December 12, Police Department, December March 10, 1947 to December 12, Political, April 20 to May 27, Population, February 25, 1946 to March 19, Post Office, October 12, Pound Department, May 4 to September 17, Pound Department Ellard Case, August 26 to September 20, Prayer, February 19, 1947 to December 19, Proclamations, September 1940 to August 5, Protests, November 16, 1949 to November 20, Public Improvements, December 22, 1939 to March 14, Public Improvements, June 1, 1949 to December 13, Public Improvements, January 4, 1951 to July 14, Public Library, March 13, 1940 to September 21, Public Library, January 5, 1949 to December 11, a Public Museum, June 7, 1944.

18 Public Welfare, January 16, 1949 to December 14, Pyramid Clubs, March 23, Radio, February 26, 1948 to July 25, Railroads, March 5, 1948 to November 16, Rates Utilities, March 21, 1940 to March 1, 1943, Recommendations, April 14, Reconstruction Finance Corporation War Goods Center, October 12 to December 28, Recorder s Court, April 1, 1949 to February 18, Red Mountain Tunnel, July 28, 1945 to March Rent Control, July 5, 1946 to December 12, Resolutions, June 18, Road Tax, March 25 to April 20, Roberts Field, July 3, 1948 to December 7, Roebuck Golf Club and Howard College, September 25, 1946 to February 26, Roebuck Golf Club and Howard College, February 27, 1947 to August 13, Safety Council, March 15, 1949 to June 13, Salary Data, January 20, 1948 to December 22, Senators and Congressmen, January 27, 1948 to November 15, Slossfield Clinic, June 8-24, Slum Clearance, March 28, 1949 to September 6,

19 Smoke Abatement, January 29, 1949 to September 29, Social Security/Social Security Building, February 25, 1946 to December 14, Southern Bell Telephone Company, May 21, 1940 to February 13, Street Lighting, January 6 to April 22, Street Lighting, May 5 to September 21, Street Lighting, October 1 to December 16, Street Lighting, January 5 to March 28, Street Lighting, April 7 to August 26, Street Lighting, September 2 to December 20, Street Lighting, January 9 to December 27, Strikes, August 12, 1940 to June 7, Sunday Observance Laws, November 10, 1941 to November 2, Sympathy Killed in Action, January 21 to March 12, Tax Exemptions, October 15 to November 1, Taxes, August 8, 1946 to November 29, Taxicabs, January 9, 1947 to February 26, Taxicabs, March 1, 1948 to November 8, Taxicabs, Audit Report Whitman s Black and White Cab Co. Inc., December 31, Taxicabs, Chart of Accounts Taxicab Companies, January 1, Taxicabs, Special Report Taxicab Companies, Undated.

20 Television, July 14 to August 4, Tennessee-Tombigbee Inland Waterways Canal, August 3, Traffic Safety and Lights, October 26, 1946 to December 18, Trailer Regulations, November 26, 1941 to January 2, Transit Authority, December 31, Underpass and Overpass, July 29, 1942 to January 10, Unions and Municipal Employees, June 27 to November United Nations, January 22, 1948 to June 26, USO, August 31 to December 8, United States Conference of Mayors, February 3, 1947 to November 29, United States Conference of Mayors, January 6, 1949 to December 1, United States Conference of Mayors A Ten Year National Highway Program, January Utilities, March 22, 1941 to March 30, Vacations, August 11, 1949 to October 20, Veterans, October 24 to December 16, Veterans Hospital Site, September 19, 1947 to October 23, Veterans Housing, December 14, 1945 to March 19, Veterans Housing, March 21 to July 29, Veterans Housing, August 1, 1947 to February 26, 1948.

21 Veterans Housing, March 3, 1948 to December 31, Viaducts, February 10, 1941 to December 20, Voting, April 15, 1940 to October 11, Vulcan/Vulcan Park, April 29, 1940 to December 22, War Production Board Minutes, January 23, Warehouse, January 25 to November 28, Whitfield, John K., Undated Youth Protective Association, August 3 to October 27, Youth Protective Association, November 3, 1943 to December 7, Youth Protective Association, January 15 to September 22, Youth Protective Association Five Points Community Study, Undated Zoning, December 3, 1947 to October 24, Zoo, Undated.