Undigitized 1920s
1920
- Memorandum to the Wayne County Committee on County Reorganization
— ( December 1920 ) 4 pages - Memorandum to the City Controller regarding Annual Inventory
Report 44 ( December 1920 ) 8 pages - The Cost of Government of Wayne County, Michigan
Public Business No. 56 Special No. 10 ( December 1, 1920 ) 8 pages - Memorandum to Civil Service Commission regarding Rating of Examination Papers
Report 43 ( November 1920 ) 23 pages - Memorandum to the Mayor regarding Constables
Report 42 ( November 1920 ) 11 pages - Memorandum Regarding Analysis of Wayne County Budget for Year ending November 30, 1921
Report 41 ( November 1920 ) 21 pages - What is a Crime Wave?
Public Business No. 55 ( November 1, 1920 ) 8 pages - Report on Water Mains Laid by the Board of Water Commissioners During The Years 1915-1919 Inclusive
Report 40 ( October 1920 ) 10 pages - On Conditions of Personal Service with a Tentative Draft of a Civil Service Tenure Ordinance, and a Proposed Classification
Report 39 ( October 1920 ) 352 pages - Are 1920 Taxes A Burden?; The City’s First Balance Sheet; Increasing Costs; Issuing Bonds; The Cost of Our City Government
Public Business No. 54 ( October 1, 1920 ) 8 pages - Report on Organization and Administration of the Probation Department of the Recorder’s Court
Report 36 ( August 1920 ) 29 pages - A Year of School Progress; The Dequindre Street Grade Separation; For A Down-Town Public Market; For Social Workers,
Public Business No. 53 ( August 2, 1920 ) 8 pages - Gross Bonded Debt and Assets of the City of Detroit
Public Business No. 52 Special Number 9 ( July 15, 1920 ) 4 pages
- Report on Street Cleaning and Refuse Collection
Report 35 ( June 1920 ) 21 pages - Report on Organization and Administration of the Offices of the Clerks of the Recorder’s and Police Court
Report 34 ( May 1920 ) 20 pages - Memorandum to the Board of County Auditors Regarding Wayne County Budget Procedure
Report 33 ( April 1920 ) 16 pages - Report on the Disposal of Garbage in the City of Detroit
Report 32 ( February 1920 ) 60 pages - Detroit Bureau-clippings from Kansas City “Star”
— ( January 1920 ) pages - Report on Specifications for Standardization of Grades and Salaries in City Services
Report 31 ( January 1920 ) 150 pages - Report on Street Cleaning and Refuse Collection
Report 35 ( June 1920 ) 21 pages - Report on Organization and Administration of the Offices of the Clerks of the Recorder’s and Police Court
Report 34 ( May 1920 ) 20 pages - Memorandum to the Board of County Auditors Regarding Wayne County Budget Procedure
Report 33 ( April 1920 ) 16 pages - Report on the Disposal of Garbage in the City of Detroit
Report 32 ( February 1920 ) 60 pages - Detroit Bureau-clippings from Kansas City “Star”
— ( January 1920 ) pages - Report on Specifications for Standardization of Grades and Salaries in City Services
Report 31 ( January 1920 ) 150 pages
1921
Memorandum to the Common Council regarding Preparation of Tax Rolls and Collection of Taxes
Report 56, ( December 1921 ) 15 pages
The Detroit Census,
Public Business No. 64 ( December 1, 1921 ) 4 pages
Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Street Cleaning
Report 55, ( November 1921 ) 23 pages
An Appraisal of the First Year of Operation of the Recognized Recorder’s Court of Detroit April 20, 1920-April 19, 1921,
Public Business No. 63 ( November 1, 1921 ) 16 pages
Report on the Operation of the New Recorders Court
Report 54, ( July 1921 ) 58 pages
Report on Garbage Collection from Data of March and April 1921
Report 52, ( July 1921 ) 68 pages
The Cost of Government: City of Detroit 1921-1922; Planning Public Business,
Public Business No. 62 ( July 1, 1921 ) 20 pages
Report on Audit of the Rainbow Shop
Report 51, ( June 1921 ) 17 pages
Report on City Civil Service
Report 49, ( May 1921 ) 187 pages
Garbage Division of the Department of Public Works
Report 48, ( April 1921 ) 21 pages
Report on Sewage Disposal with a Statement regarding Trip of Inspection to certain Eastern Cities
Report 47, ( April 1921 ) 55 pages
A New Municipal Hospital; Hospital Administration; Hospital Beds; Public Hospitals and the Medical College; What is Democracy? Public Business No. 61 ( April 20, 1921 ) 8 pages
Protection from Crime; A General Hospital; The Mayor’s Budget; To Be Voted On ,
Public Business No. 60 ( April 1, 1921 ) 8 pages
Analysis of Budget Requests for 1921-1922, City of Detroit
Report 46, ( March 1921 ) 24 pages
Analysis of Michigan’s State Government Organization,
Public Business No. 59 ( March 1, 1921 ) 16 pages
The Citizen and the Government: Growth of Cities; Effective Government; Citizen Cooperation
—, ( January 1921 ) pages
Memorandum on Suggestions for Improving Detroit’s Budget Procedure
Report 45, ( January 1921 ) 16 pages
Report on the Office of the Coroner in Wayne County
Report 38, ( January 1921 ) 29 pages
Detroit’s Bonded Debt Public Business No. 57 ( January 1, 1921 ) 8 pages
1922
Report 66, Report on an Audit of the Accounts of the Contract Covering Construction of Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium ( December 1922 ) 13 pages
The Cost of Government: Wayne County, Michigan 1922-1923,
Public Business No. 76 ( December 1, 1922 ) 8 pages
Report 65, Memorandum to the Mayor’s Committee regarding Fire Insurance Rates ( November 1922 ) 20 pages
Report 64, Memorandum (joint) to Mr. James Couzens on the Consolidation of the Michigan Hospital School and the Children’s Free Hospital of Detroit ( November 1922 ) 23 pages
The November Election Ballots,
Public Business No. 75 ( November 1, 1922 ) 8 pages
Annexations to Detroit,
Public Business No. 74 ( October 31, 1922 ) 6 pages
Report 63, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Snow Removal ( October 1922 ) 11 pages
Report 62, Report of Assessing Methods of Eight Eastern Cities with Recommendations for Detroit as submitted to the Board of Assessors for Transmission to the Common Council ( September 1922 ) 34 pages
Report 61, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Street Cleaning ( September 1922 ) 39 pages
Organization of the Government of the City of Detroit,
Public Business No. 73 ( August 15, 1922 ) 8 pages
An Appraisal of the Recorder’s Court of Detroit During its Second Year 1921-1922,
Public Business No. 72 ( August 1, 1922 ) 12 pages
Report 60, Memorandum on Proposed Revision of Methods of Collection and Transportation and Disposal of Municipal Wastes ( July 1922 ) 22 pages
The Cost of Government: City of Detroit 1922-1923,
Public Business No. 71 ( July 1, 1922 ) 20 pages
Report 59, Memorandum to the Superintendent of Police regarding Standardization of Police Practice ( June 1922 ) 19 pages
The Growth of a City,
Public Business No. 70 ( June 1, 1922 ) 8 pages
Assessing Detroit Property,
Public Business No. 69 ( May 10, 1922 ) 8 pages
Report 58, Memorandum to Police Department regarding Method of Handling Miscellaneous Ordinance Violations ( March 1922 ) 13 pages
Comparative Appropriations: 1921-1922 and 1917-1918 City of Detroit,
Public Business No. 68 ( March 10, 1922 ) 8 pages
The City Budget: An Analysis of the Departmental Requests for the Year beginning July 1, 1922 as Submitted to the Mayor,
Public Business No. 67 ( February 15, 1922 ) 20 pages
Detroit’s Bonded Debt as of December 31, 1921,
Public Business No. 66 ( February 1 1922 ) 8 pages
—, Increasing Activities and Increasing Costs (municipal expenses) ( January 1922 ) pages
Report 57, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Procedure in Snow Removal ( January 1922 ) 8 pages
Cleveland and Detroit: A Comparison of the Cost of Government for 1921,
Public Business No. 65 ( January 15, 1922 ) 8 pages
1923
Report 70, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Street and Alley Cleaning and Snow Removal ( December 1923 ) 25 pages
Report 69, Report to the Presiding Judge of the Recorder’s Court on the Office of the Clerk ( October 1923 ) 27 pages
The Cost of Government: City of Detroit 1923-1924,
Public Business No. 80 ( June 15, 1923 ) 20 pages
Relations of the Detroit Community Fund and the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research, Inc.,
Memorandum, no publication date, 14 pages
Crime in Detroit,
Public Business No. 79 ( April 30, 1923 ) 4 pages
The City Budget: An Analysis of the Mayor’s Revision of the Departmental Requests for the Year Beginning July 1, 1923,
Public Business No. 78 ( March 19, 1923 ) 20 pages
Report 68, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Salvaging Municipal Rubbish ( March 1923 ) 4 pages
Detroit’s Bonded Debt As of January 31, 1923,
Public Business No. 77 ( February 15, 1923 ) 4 pages
—, City and County Officials – miscellaneous 1923-1947 ( January 1923 ) pages
—, Series (16) Weekly Legislative Bulletins ( January 1923 ) pages
1924
Report 80, Reorganization of the Garbage and Street Cleaning Divisions ( September 1924 ) 14 pages
Report 79, Proposed Revision in Tax Collecting Procedure for the City of Detroit ( August 1924 ) 10 pages
Report 78, A New House of Correction ( July 1924 ) 55 pages
Report 77, A Proposed River Front Fill and Aviation Field ( July 1924 ) 8 pages
Report 76, Memorandum tot he Citizens’ Association of Grosse Point Township RE: Administrative Organization and Management of Rural Agricultural School District No. 1 ( June 1924 ) 20 pages
Report 75, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Trip of Inspection RE: Disposal of Waste ( June 1924 ) 11 pages
Report 74, Memorandum to Hon. Frank Murphy regarding Selection of Personnel of the Probation Department ( May 1924 ) 10 pages
Report 73, Bonded Indebtedness of Detroit ( January 1924 ) 27 pages
Report 72, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works regarding Proposed Holden Avenue Loading Station ( January 1924 ) 11 pages
Report 71, The Detroit Metropolitan Area ( January 1924 ) 26 pages
1925
Report 92, School Construction Program and Building Costs, 1919-1924 ( October 1925 ) 67 pages
Report 91, An Analysis of the Detroit Special Assessment Sinking Fund ( October 1925 ) 26 pages
Report 90, The Proposed Memorial Hall and Civic Center ( June 1925 ) 14 pages
Report 89, State Legislation-1925 An Index and Summary of the Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan passed at the Regular Session of 1925 ( June 1925 ) 66 pages
Report 88, Concrete Paving for Residence Streets ( June 1925 ) 36 pages
Report 87, Annual Sinking Fund and Interest Requirements on all Sinking Fund Bonds of the City of Detroit ( June 1925 ) 200 pages
Report 86, Methods of State Separation ( May 1925 ) 7 pages
Report 85, The Reorganization of the Department of Public Works ( February 1925 ) 16 pages
Report 84, An Analysis of the Detroit General Sinking Fund ( January 1925 ) 42 pages
Report 83, Sidewalk Construction in Detroit ( January 1925 ) 36 pages
Report 82, Sewage Disposal for Detroit ( January 1925 ) 71 pages
Report 81, Loading Station Sites for Rubbish and Garbage ( October 1925 ) 15 pages
1926
The Citizens Research Council of Michigan (then the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Research) did not publish any papers in 1926.
1927
Report 100, A Proposal for Financing the Capital Outlay for Detroit Schools ( December 1927 ) 29 pages
Report 99, Arguments For and Against the City Manager Plan for the City of Detroit ( December 1927 ) 15 pages
Report 98, A Second Analysis for the Detroit Special Assessment Sinking Fund ( June 1927 ) 19 pages
Report 27, A Report on the Liquidation of the Sinking Fund of Rural Agricultural School District No. 1: Grosse Pointe Township ( May 1927 ) 9 pages
Report 96, A Debt Settlement Between the City of Detroit and the Rural Agricultural School District No. 1: Grosse Point Township ( March 1927 ) 9 pages
—, A Survey of Grosse Pointe Township ( January 1927 ) pages
—, Twenty Years of Municipal Research (in America) ( January 1927 ) pages
Report 95, Memorandum to the Commissioner of Public Works Re: Paving Program for 1927 ( January 1927 ) 7 pages
Report 94, A Debt Settlement Between the City of Detroit and the Redford Union School District No. 1 ( January 1927 ) 15 pages
Report 93, Real Estate Owned by the City of Detroit ( January 1927 ) 58 pages
1928
Report 109, The Condemnation Procedure of Twenty-three Cities ( May 1928 ) 33 pages
Report 108, The Teachers’ Retirement Fund ( May 1928 ) 21 pages
Report 107, Statistical Records of Detroit ( May 1928 ) 35 pages
Report 106, Charts of the Metropolitan Area ( May 1928 ) 10 pages
Report 103, Confidential Report for the City Controller RE: Refinancing of Contracts of the Department of Street Railways ( March 1928 ) 29 pages
Report 105, Memorandum to Mr. Harvey Campbell, Detroit Board of Commerce, RE: Proposed Crime Commission ( March 1928 ) 17 pages
Report 104, Suggested Charter Revision of the Chapter on Civil Service, Detroit, Michigan ( March 1928 ) 4 pages
Report 102, Cost of Establishing a Pension System for the Emloyees of the Detroit Public Library ( March 1928 ) 12 pages
—, A Model Municipal Budget Law ( January 1928 ) pages
—, Standards of Financial Administration ( January 1928 ) pages
Report 101, Waste Disposal by Incineration ( January 1928 ) 34 pages
1929
Report 114, Statistical Records of Detroit ( July 1929 ) 7 pages
Report 113, A Supplement to Proposal for Financing the Capital Outlay for Detroit Schools ( June 1929 ) 16 pages
Report 112, A Second Report on Waste Disposal by Incineration ( May 1929 ) 53 pages
Report 111, The Pension System of the City of Detroit ( January 1929 ) 46 pages
