Guide to the Lambert C. Mims Papers

Series 1. Sub-series B. Speeches, 1968-1998. 2 cubic feet.
This sub-series is arranged alphabetically. As far as was possible, it was kept in its original order. However, whenever a speech given during Mims’ terms in office was found within other parts of the collection, it was removed and placed here. This sub-series contains not only Mims’ official speeches as mayor/commissioner but also those related to his personal religious beliefs, to his campaign against obscenity, and to the American Public Works Association. Mims often reused a speech for particular engagements (such as delivering remarks at a church). Researchers should also look in the Speaking Engagements sub-series of the Personal series for material related to speeches (for example, an invitation to speak at such and such church).

Box 29

File 1 – Acceptance Speech and Miscellaneous Speeches (1969)
File 2 – "Alabama: A State with a Lot Going for Her" [includes drafts, reference material, and media releases]
File 3 – "America, December 1970" [includes drafts and annotated copies of "American on the Rocks" and, "America, Let Us Pray"]
File 4 – "America on the Rocks"
File 5 – American Public Works Speech and Slide Presentation, New Orleans, 1975
File 6 – Annexation
File 7 – "The APWA Can Help You Become More Professional" 5/18/1979
File 8 – "Business Involvement in Urban Problem Solving"
File 9 – "Bicentennial Bible Message"
File 10 – Bicentennial Message – WALA Freedom’s Square (1976)
File 11 – Brookley Reunion, May 1979
File 12 – Budget (Road Builders) 10/24/1977
File 13-14 – "Can Prayer Save America?" [includes multiple drafts over several years and revisions, some references]
File 15 – "Cast Down Your Bucket" [includes multiple drafts]
File 16 – "Christian Businessmen/Christian Citizens"
File 17 – "Christian Citizenship," 9/15/1976
File 18 – City Government, 1/13/1977
File 19 – Compost Speech
File 20 – Conference Speech [location unknown], June 1998
File 21 – "The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a Political Standpoint"
File 22 – Davidson High School Faculty Meeting, 9/5/1974
File 23 – Davidson High School Faculty Meeting, "Bicentennial – How to Use the Bicentennial to Promote a Better Government," 9/4/1975
File 24 – Deacon Speech and Excerpts
File 25 – Deacons Should be Good Citizens, 1975
File 26 – "A Decade of Progress"
File 27 – "Decade of Progress in Public Works" (1980)
File 28 – "Declaration of Independence" [includes reference material]
File 29 – Denton Day Speeches
File 30 – Drainage, April 4, 1968
File 31 – Drainage
File 32 – "The Eighties and Professionalism"
File 33 – "Enforcement Alone is Not the Answer to Curbing Crime" [includes multiple drafts and reference material]
File 34 – "Era of Progress"
File 35 – "Formula for the Eighties," 2/2/1981
File 36 – "Formula for the Eighties" [rough drafts]
File 37 – ‘Functions of City Commission"
File 38 – "The Future As I See It"
File 39 – "God, the Bible, and Our Nation," April 1978
File 40 – "The Greatest Experience of My Life"
File 41 – Hurricanes/Floods: Public Works Responses
File 42 – 1969 Inauguration Speech
File 43 – 1973 Inauguration Speech
File 44 – 1981 Inauguration Speech
File 45 – "Ingredients for Success," 2/19/1979
File 46 – "Keeping Ahead of the Pressure," 9/29/1977
File 47 – "Keeping Ahead of the Pressure," 10/1977
File 48 – "Let’s Stop Majoring in Minors" [University of South Alabama Speech]
File 49 – Liberty/Declaration of Independence 2/10/1976
File 50 – Local Government 8/14/1978
File 51 – Loose Material
File 52 – "Making Solid Waste Collection Safer"
File 53 – "Management and His Organization"
File 54 – "Masons Should be Good Citizens" 7/1/1977
File 55 – Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, "Lessons from Isaiah"
File 56 – "Message on Pornography"
File 57 – Message to the FL Chapter of the APWA Equipment Dealers Luncheon, 4/22/1977
File 58 – Miscellaneous Political Speeches and Newspaper Clippings
File 59 – Mission of Hope Slide Presentation [includes multiple drafts, alterations, and outlines]
File 60 – "Mobile: City in Motion"
File 61 – "Mobile: A City of Progress" 11/15/1977 [rough draft]
File 62 – "Mobile: A City of Progress" Slide Presentation
File 63 – "Mobile: City on the Move"
File 64 – Names 2/19/1979
File 65 – Names 5/3/1979
File 66 – "Ninety Days after Disaster" (Hurricane Frederic)
File 67 – "No Good"
File 68 – "No Time for Amateurs"

Box 30

File 69 – "On Being Good Citizens"
File 70 – "People, Politics, and Pollution"
File 71 – "People, Politics, and Pollution" Dothan, Alabama
File 72 – "Privatization"
File 73 – "The Problems with Our Infrastructure"
File 74 – Public Works
File 75 – "Public Works and Civil Defense" 11/7/1987
File 76 – "Public Works and Disaster Recovery" and "The Future as I See It"
File 77 – "Public Works and Disaster Recovery" [formerly, "Reflections Ninety Days after Disaster"]
File 78 – "Public Works Promoting Professionalism in Emergency Management"
File 79 – "Reflections Ninety Days after Disaster" 9/13/1979
File 80 – "Resource Management in Emergencies" [includes handwritten draft]
File 81 – "Resource Management in Emergencies" Slide Presentation
File 82 – "Road Builders"
File 83 – Roast of Bay Haas
File 84 – "The Role of Public Works during Hurricane Frederic" [includes multiple drafts]
File 85 – "Saving Energy and Producing Power" [includes drafts]
File 86 – "A Strong America" Mobile College, 2/3/1972
File 87 – "The Ten Best Things about My City"
File 88 – Testimony
File 89 – "Twenty Years of Public Service"
File 90 – "Two-Hundred Years and Full Circle: Government by Bureaucrats, Judges and
Weaklings" [Veteran’s Day]
File 91 -- "Two-Hundred Years and Full Circle: Government by Bureaucrats, Judges and Weaklings" [includes multiple drafts and dates given]
File 92 – Voting
File 93 – "We Can Blow the Whistle on Government Waste"
File 94 – "What APWA is Doing in Emergency Management" [includes drafts, notes, etc.]
File 95 – "What Kind of Peculiar People"
File 96 – "What the World Needs from You in the Eighties"
File 97 – "You Can Be Successful" 5/24/1978
File 98 – "Zero Base Budgeting: Does it Really Work?"
File 99 – Reference Materials
File 100-110 – Reference Materials
File 111 – Separation Sheet Listing Files Discarded from Series