Papers, 1960-1990 (bulk: 1970-1988). This collection contains materials documenting the implementation of the Model Cities program in Tucson, Arizona and the administrative component of the Citizen Participation office in which Sharon Lee Reynolds Maxwell worked beginning in 1972.
Collection Number
MS 589
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
PO Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu
Biographical Note
Sharon Lee Reynolds Maxwell was born March 2, 1939 in Taft, California to Theodore Roosevelt Reynolds and Adelaide Velma Johnson Reynolds. She attended the University of Arizona from 1957-1966, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in English-Education with a minor in Library Science. She completed a Master of Arts degree in English as a Second Language at the University of Arizona in 1969. She had two children, Maurynne Ruth Maxwell, born in 1958, and Edward Stuart Maxwell, born in 1960.
Sharon Maxwell worked as an assistant cataloger for Tucson Public Schools from 1966-1968. From 1968-1972, she worked as a substitute teacher and librarian, and a GED/ESL instructor for Tucson Public Schools, Pima County Adult Education (1970-1972), and as a teaching assistant at the University Arizona (1969-1970). In 1972 Ms. Maxwell became a training advisor for the Tucson Model Cities Program. The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. In 1966, new legislation led to the more than 150 five-year-long, Model Cities experiments to develop new antipoverty programs and alternative forms of municipal government. The program's initial goals emphasized comprehensive planning, involving not just rebuilding but also rehabilitation, social service delivery, and citizen participation. In 1978, Sharon Maxwell became the Citizen Participation Systems director for the City of Tucson, Arizona.
Sharon Maxwell was a member of the Pima area advisory group Health Systems Agency Southern Arizona from 1978-1980, a member of the governing body, 1979-1984, and a member of the advisory committee for the Community Mediation Program from 1985-1987. Her other memberships included Member of Pi Lambda Theta, Executive Women's Council of Southern Arizona, Arizona Education Association, National Association Female Executives, American Association of University Women, and the National Education Association.
Scope and Content Note
Papers, 1960-1990 (bulk: 1970-1988). This collection contains the Citizen Participation office papers of Sharon Lee Reynolds Maxwell who worked for the City of Tucson, Arizona in the Citizen Participation office starting in 1972 and became the CP director in 1978.
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Access Terms
Personal Name(s)
Acosta, Fred, 1932 - 1992
Lander, Cressworth, 1925 - 2015
Maxwell, Sharon Lee Reynolds, 1939-
Valdez, Joel, 1934 -
Corporate Name(s)
Tucson Model Cities (Program)
Geographic Name(s)
Tucson (Ariz.)
Subject(s)
City planning - Arizona - Tucson
Community development - Arizona - Tucson
Municipal government - Arizona - Tucson - Citizen Participation
This series contains personal information on Sharon Lee Reynolds Maxwell, her resumes, a Who’s Who in the West biographical data form, a certificate of appreciation from the Tucson Urban League, a jury duty summons, vehicle collision report, and miscellaneous clippings. This series is arranged chronologically.
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Sharon Lee Reynolds Maxwell, Resumes and biographical data, 1979, 1980-81, 1991
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Sharon Maxwell, Jury Duty Summons, 1975
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Sharon Reynolds Maxwell, Employee, City of Tucson, Vehicle Collision Papers, 1976
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Sharon Maxwell, Citizen Participation Office, personal notes, 1976-1980
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Sharon Reynolds Maxwell, Time Systems Planner, 1983
This series contains the administrative papers for the City of Tucson office of Citizen Participation and documents relating to Tucson and the Model Cities program. This series is arranged chronologically by date.
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Model Cities Concepts, circa 1960-1972, undated
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Model Cities, Citizens Participation Policy Statement, circa 1967-1971, undated
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Model Cities Program, City of Tucson, 1969
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 6 Citizens Organizations, Government Printing Office publication, 1971
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Tucson, Citizen Participation Training Packet, 1969-1970, undated
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Tucson, Model Cities Program, First Year Action Plan, 1970
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Tucson, Model Cities Program, Midterm Planning Statement, 1970
This series contains photographs, negatives, and slides from the City of Tucson’s office of Citizen Participation relating to Tucson and the Model Cities program. This series is arranged alphabetically by title of photographic groupings since most materials are undated.
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office Annex Open House, negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, miscellaneous photographs, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, photographs and negatives (people), undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Arizona Sportsman’s Camp,
photographs and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Casa de Vida, photographs and
negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, City-Wide Council, photographs and
negatives
, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Community Food Store, photographs
and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Holy Cross House, photographs
and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Housing Corporation and ground-
breaking, photographs, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Immunization, photographs
and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Infant Formula, negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Inner City Revitalization,
photographs and negatives,
undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Kroeger Lane Drainage Project,
photographs and negatives,
undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Manpower, photographs
and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, miscellaneous meetings,
photographs and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Mr. Lander LWV OEF Seminar,
negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Ormsby Park, photographs
and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Privy removal, street surfacing,
sewer connections, photographs and negatives,
undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Senior I and R, negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Sonora Desert Museum field
trip/summer classes, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Special Needs Transportation,
negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Study Sessions of Ranking,
photographs and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, Units 6 and 10, playground and pool
photographs and negatives, undated
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Tucson Model Cities/Citizen Participation Office, photographic slides, 1973, undated
