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Parts I & II (also labeled "II & III"): "Purpose of Local Government: The Community - Executive Functions"

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Part IV: "Basic Local Governmental Problems Suggested Solutions"

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Part V: "Law and Local Government" and Part VI: "Federal-State and Local Government Relations - The Eternal Triangle"

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Part VII: "Civil Rights - Law and Order (and Justice too)" and Part VIII: "Civil Rights - Housing, Recreational and Educational Problems"

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Part IX: "Freedom of the Press - Local Government and the First Amendment"; Part X: "The New Illinois Constitution and Local Government"; and Part XI: "Review"

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Nelson Howarth, Assistant State's Attorney for Sangamon County, Illinois 1948-1949, Mayor of Springfield 1955-1959 and 1963-1971. Born in Green County, Indiana and raised on farms in Illinois, he received a law degree from the University of Illinois in 1934 and was an attorney in private practice when not in public office. Correspondence, transcripts of speeches and radio broadcasts, court records, clippings, photographs, brochures, programs and memorabilia documenting...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers of Nelson Howarth, Assistant State's Attorney for Sangamon County, Illinois 1948-1949, Mayor of Springfield 1955-1959 and 1963-1971. Born in Green County, Indiana and raised on farms in Illinois, he received a law degree from the University of Illinois in 1934 and was an attorney in private practice when not in public office. Correspondence, transcripts of speeches and radio broadcasts, court records, clippings, photographs, brochures, programs and memorabilia documenting...