Guide to the Lambert C. Mims Papers

Series 12. Oversized Material. 12 cubic feet.
Consists of various documents and other material found throughout the collection that were too large to fit into a standard-sized archival container. Includes posters, maps, graphs, signs, flowcharts, photographs, certificates, resolutions, proclamations, architectural renderings, complaint reports, and one flag.

Box 104

1 – High School Art Project by Paul Beasley [poster]
2 – "Pothole Patrol" [poster]
3 – City of Mobile Growth Trends in Expenditures Compared by Commissioner, FYs 1965-1975 [bar graph]
4 – City of Mobile Growth Trends in Expenditures Capital Improvements, FYs 1965-1975 [line graph]
5 – City of Mobile Growth Trends in Expenditures Compared by Commissioner, FYs 1965-1975 [line graph]
6 – Poster Expressing Thanks to Mims for a Ten Cent Bus Fare Increase to Benefit Senior Citizens
7 – "Projecting the Proper Image" [hand painted sign]
8 – "Proclaiming Valuable Information" [hand painted sign]
9 – "Providing Important Service" [hand painted sign]
10 – "Producing Industrious Leaders" [hand painted sign]
11 – "Public Works and Public Relations" [hand painted sign]
12 – Public Works Personnel Flowchart
13 – "Project AL – Attack Litter!" [poster]
14 – Map of I-65 from Airport Blvd to Chickasaw-Prichard City Limits [hand drawn]
15 – "Making Mobile Move – Working Together" [poster]
16 – "Mayor, Public Works Commissioner – Lambert C. Mims" [two oversized magnets]
17 – Photographic Collage of Local Churches
18 – Flowchart Showing the Relationship between the "People of Mobile" and All Three Commissioners to All Sectors of City Government.
19 – Public Works Personnel Flowchart
20 – Hurricane Tracking Chart [n.d., showing the path of an unspecified hurricane hitting southeast Texas near Houston]

1 – Portrait of Mims [n.d.]
2 – Black and White Photo of Mims [and five other unidentified individuals]
3 – Autographed Black and White Photo of Hugo Banzer Suarez [president of Bolivia]
4 – U.S. Declaration of Independence [reproduction]
5 – Black and White Photo of Mims Appearing on Jim Bakker’s PTL Network

Box 106

1 – "Keep America Beautiful Day," April 26, 1980 [poster]
2 – Aerial Photograph [unidentified]
3 – "Week of Prayer for Home Missions," March 3-10, 1974 [poster]
4 – City of Mobile Growth Trends in Expenditures by Commissioner, FY1968-1979 [line graph]
5 – "Alabama Baptist Camp" [poster]
6 – Public Works Department Flowchart
7 – Architectural Illustration [unidentified]
8 – "Discover Mobile" [poster]
9 – "Where the Water Hits the Wheel," Buildings and Grounds Department [hand drawn and mounted poster]
10 – Board of Commissioners’ 1979 Covenant [matted]
11 – Christmas Card from Betty and Jerry Ford [matted]
12 – Aerial Photograph [unidentified]
13 – "Joe Cain Day" [poster]
14 – Declaration of Independence [presented by the Masons]
15 – Architectural Illustration of Radisson Riverview Plaza
16 – Prototype Promotional Material [wrapped in acid free paper]
17 – Plates for Printing Mobile-Aid Bags [wrapped in acid free paper]
18 – "Mayor, Public Works Commissioner, Lambert C. Mims, City of Mobile" [oversized magnet]
19 – "Mobile, Alabama – Tenn-Tom Waterway, Gateway to the World" [flag]
20 – "Mobile Public Works – The Nation’s Finest" [ceramic plate/plaque]
21 – "Mims – Mayor" [oversized sticker]
22 – "Let’s All Help Keep Lynn Clean" [red plastic bag]
23 – Mobile County, Alabama – Hurricane Evacuation Map

1 – "Progress in the Making… Tenn Tom Waterway," June 1, 1985 [poster taken from Greater Mobile Magazine]
2 – Pastel Drawing by R. Cobb McNab
3 – Color Photograph of a Bus [n.d., unidentified, damaged]
4 – Great Seal of the United States [poster, water damaged]
5 – Aerial Photograph [unidentified]
6 – Public Works Department Flowchart [matted]
7 – "Vulcanotes," Warrior-Tombigbee River Development Cartoon [mounted]
8 – City of New Orleans Proclamation of Mobile Day, July 27, 1984 [poster]
9 – Certificate Noting Mims as "Chief of the Tombigbee," October 18, 1984
10 – Senior Citizens Services, Inc., Certificate of Appreciation, 1981
11 – Senior Citizens Services, Inc., Certificate of Appreciation, 1985
12 – Color Photo of the United States Army Band
13 – "City of Mobile Official Seal" [oversized sticker]
14 – " D.A.D.’s the Word" [April/May/June, 1971 clipping from Baptist Men’s Journal]
15 – Quote from Abraham Lincoln on Property [mounted]
16 – "Mobile Public Works – The Nation’s Finest – Performance, Appearance, Productivity" [poster]
17 – "Era of Pride and Performance in Public Works, 1973-1977" [poster]
18 – Resolution by the South Alabama Planning Commission Expressing Thanks to Mims
19 – Certificate from U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service Recognizing Mims as Honorary Air Force Recruiter
20 – Family Day of International Paper Company Paper Bagk, June 12, 1976
21 – "Public Works Policy…" [poster]
22 – "Our Pledge to the Community," April 30, 1969
23 – "The Man for These Times: Mims" [poster stapled to two "Keep Mobile Clean" paper bags]
24 – Architectural Illustration [unidentified, but appears to resemble the envisioned Mobile Delta Resort]
25 – Certificate from University of South Alabama Expressing Appreciation to the City of Mobile
26 – Proclamation of "Honor our City Employees Day," February 28, 1979
27 – Resolution Appointing Mims as Mayor, President of the Board of Commissioners, etc., May 30, 1972
28 – Resolution Declaring Mims Election to Place 3 on the Board of Commissions, 1969
29 – Proclamation of "Public Works Week," May 18, 1984
30 – Certificate Appointing Mims as Lieutenant Colonel Aide-de-Camp in the Alabama State Militia, July 29, 1966
31 – Certificate of Commemoration Presented to the Board of Commissioners from the Mobile Historic Development Commission, November 8, 1982
32 – Certificate Acknowledging Mims as a Friend of the Virginia Military Institute, September 27, 1978
33 – Certificate of Appreciation to Mims from the Chief Petty Officers Association, August 13, 1979
34 – "The World is Not Interested in the Storms You Encountered. But Did You Bring in the Ship," by Gary A. Greenough
35 – Historic Homes Map, 1977
36 – "Spiritual Birthday Observed by Mims," April 2, 1979 [clipping from the Mobile Press]
37 – Certificate of Election for Mims to Position of Director Region IV of the APWA, September 12, 1977
38 – Certificate of Election for Mims to Place 3 of the Board of Commissions, August 22, 1973
39 – Certificate Commissioning Mims as Honorary Lt. Governor, by Lt. Governor Jim Folsom, April 15, 1992
40 – Certificate Appointing Mims as Honorary Lt. Colonel Aide-de-Camp in the Alabama State Militia, June 1, 1993 [in same envelope as 39]
41 – "Meet Mobile’s Next Mayor" [article in Moody Monthly, March 1968]
42 – Advertisement for Mims Speaking Engagement, Ozark Baptist Church, April 9, 1971 [poster]
43 – Cover of South Central Bell Telephone Directory [dedicated to Tenn-Tom Waterway]
44 – Certificate of Membership in the Alabama Waterway Development Agency
45 – Fort Condé [mounted poster]
46 – Draft of Promotional Material for the Mobile Delta Resort
47 – Sample Ballot, 1969 Municipal Election
48 – Minutes of Meeting, April 24, 1967, con’t
49 – "Public Works Environmental Services" [promotional sticker]
50 – "Public Works" [promotional sticker]
51 – "This Vehicle is Radio Equipped to Provide Better Service to the Taxpayers of Mobile – Lambert C. Mims, Public Works Comm."
52 – Mobile City Seal [sticker]
53 – Certificate of Inclusion, International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, February 1977

Box 108

1 – Central Plaza Towers Addition – Ala Project 2-15 for Mobile Housing Board
2 – Interstate 210 Design Competition
3 – I-210 Connector – The Solution – Presented by Brown and Root Development, Inc.
4 – Historic Fort Condé Quarter
5 – Mobile Area Transportation Study – Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety
6 – Central Texas Street Area – An Urban Renewal Project of the Mobile Housing Board
7 – A Report on the Open Space/Reuse Plan – Three Mile Creek
8 – Downtown Mobile – A Plan for the Development of Bienville Center and Central Mobile
9 – Water Street Area – An Urban Renewal Project of the Mobile Housing Board
10 – The Plan for Fort Condé Plaza
11 – The Inland Docks of Alabama – Alabama State Docks System

Box 109

1 – City of Mobile General Fund, Analysis of Changes in Unappropriated Fund Balance for the Period Indicated
2 – Mobile County Merit System Pay-Plan as of July 16, 1983
3 – PFMI760/TXT as of 9/23/83/C.E.W.
4 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, April 5, 1983
5 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, May 5, 1983
– City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, June 7, 1983
7 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, July 5, 1983
8 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, October 4, 1983
9 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, November 8, 1983
10 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, December 5, 1983
11 – City of Mobile Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Study, December 5, 1983 [second copy]
12 – Chicago Media List
13 – Unlabeled – Vendor Prices, 1967
14 – Vehicle License Tag Listing, July 20, 1984
15 – Unpaid Vouchers – To Date, May 12, 1976
16 – Unpaid Vouchers – To Date, November 16, 1979
17 – Vehicle License Tag Listing, August 26, 1983  
18 – Vehicle License Tag Listing, July 19, 1984  
19 – Alabama Municipal Garage Monthly Vendor Summary, August 7, 1985  
20 – Alabama Municipal Garage, Year to Date Vendor Cost Summary, August 8, 1985  
21 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, February 25, 1985  
22 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, February 4, 1985
23 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, January 22, 198524 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, January 14, 198525 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, January 7, 1985 26 – Environmental Services Complaint System – Open Complaint Report, November 5, 1984  
27 – Address Labels  
28 – Address Labels [second copy]  
29 – Address List