Vann, David Johnson

Papers, 1959-1979

(AR 113)

Attorney David Vann served as a special assistant to Birmingham mayor Albert Boutwell and was elected to the Birmingham city council in 1971. He helped lead an unsuccessful campaign, known as "One Great City," to consolidate the city governments of Birmingham and its suburbs into a single countywide municipal government. Vann was elected mayor of Birmingham in 1975 and served one term, losing his bid for reelection to Richard Arrington, Jr. In 1980 Vann became a lobbyist and special council to Arrington, and served two terms as chair of the Birmingham Water Works and Sewer Board and was a founding board member of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. This collection contains office files from David Vann's term as a member of the Birmingham, Alabama City Council (1970-1975) office files from Vann's term as mayor of Birmingham (1975-1979), and personal files covering the period 1959 to 1974. The collection is arranged into five series: city council correspondence; mayoral correspondence; reading files; reports, booklets, and pamphlets; and personal files. The files include material relating to the operation of the city government and departments (including extensive files on the police department), economic development, legislative reapportionment in Alabama and the One Great City campaign.

Size: 29 boxes

Waggoner, James T. “Jabbo”

Papers, 1954-1963

(AR 346)

Size: 7 boxes

Wallace, George C.

Scrapbooks, 1956-1976

(AR 1210)

Newspaper clippings compiled by the staff of the Birmingham Public Library’s

Southern History Department on the career of Alabama Governor Wallace.

Size: 7 volumes

Wallace, George C.

Scrapbooks, 1971-1976

(AR 361)

Newspaper clippings compiled by the staff of the Birmingham Public Library’s

Southern History Department on the career of Alabama Governor Wallace.

Size: 10 volumes

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