Carmel Citizens Committee Collection
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Harrison Memorial Library
2021
P.O. Box 800
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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
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Title: Carmel Citizens Committee Collection
Dates: 1958-1981
Collection Number: C64
Creator/Collector:
Carmel Citizens Committee (Carmel, Calif.)
Extent: 4 archival boxes
Repository:
Harrison Memorial Library
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California 93921
Abstract: This collection contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, meeting minutes, membership lists, election information, and
bylaws for the Carmel Citizens Committee. The Committee, a non-profit organization founded in 1959, whose main purpose was
to protect the scenic, cultural and residential character of the Carmel area by stimulating active citizen interest and participation
in community affairs.
Language of Material: English
Materials are open for research.
The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library does not hold copyright to these items. Permission to publish
must be obtained from the copyright holder by the user.
Carmel Citizens Committee Collection. Harrison Memorial Library
Donated by Bob Priestley.
Biography/Administrative History
The Carmel Citizens Committee was a non-profit organization, incorporated on December 11, 1959, that preceded the Carmel Residents
Association. The corporation had three purposes: 1) To foster, protect and preserve so far as possible the well-known and
priceless scenic, cultural and predominantly residential character of the Carmel area by stimulating active citizen interest
and participation in community affairs, 2) To render assistance on a non-partisan basis to the public officials of the City
of Carmel and the County of Monterey in their support of the objectives of the Carmel Citizens Committee, and 3) To foster
and promote, through public education the purposes and objectives of the Carmel Citizens Committee.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains: newspaper clippings organized in subject files, Committee correspondence, Committee minutes, membership
lists, election information, bylaws, and Committee Stationary.
Sunset Center (Carmel, Calif.)
Carmel Foundation (Carmel, Calif.)
Carmel, Calif.
Carmel Valley, Calif.