MINNESOTA EXPERIMENTAL CITY AUTHORITY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota Experimental City Authority.
	Title:	Records.
	Dates:	1963-1998 (bulk 1966-1973).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Records documenting the unsuccessful attempt to build a planned city in northeastern Minnesota in the early 1970s.
	Quantity:	11.5 cubic feet (12 boxes and 1 oversize folder), 1 master audio file: WAV (329 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (45 MB).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

In 1969, the legislature, by joint resolution, authorized the study of the Minnesota Experimental City [MXC] concept, a plan to develop a totally planned city that would have an urban core surrounded by less densely crowded areas that would serve as residential plots. A buffer area would surround the entire city for green space and prevent the city from the usual patterns of urban sprawl. The city would be built in a non-metropolitan area of the state in the hope that it would provide greater direct employment and training opportunities for unemployed or underemployed citizens, increase the general level of economic activity, reduce outmigration, and improve the quality of life of all residents. It would also test an alternative to increasing densities and megalopolitan growth, new approaches to pollution control and the protection of the total environment, new methods of land use and development, and construction techniques; hopefully serving as a model for the solution of the social problems of urban life.

A national steering committee was established to begin the study. In 1971, the Minnesota Experimental City Authority [MXCA] was created [Laws 1971 c849], charged with planning the various needs of the city and selecting a site. Its members were appointed by the governor. An advisory committee was also appointed to make recommendations or comment on any matter of planning or policy relating to MXC. A federal grant of $250,000 was secured as well as $670,000 from private corporations and foundations. Various studies were carried on, some in conjunction with the University of Minnesota, in such areas as transportation, urban design, telecommunications, climate, education, healthcare, and energy and waste water treatment.

A 75,000 acre area in northwestern Aitkin County and northeastern Cass County, the Swatara area, was chosen as the site. A growing protest to MXC, however, particularly by the people in the site area, led the 1973 legislature to question the concept. The request of the MXCA for money for land acquisition and further planning was not funded by the legislature and on June 30, 1973, the MXC effort died.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Mainly files kept by Otto A. Silha, Co-Chair of the Minnesota Experimental City steering committee; they include his personal correspondence and speeches, steering committee and Minnesota Experimental City Authority [MXCA] minutes, James A. Alcott, MXCA general manager and executive director's correspondence, site selection files, subject files, and published records and reports. The records cover all aspects of the steering committee and MXCA's actions and activities in planning for the MXC, including research, legislation, funding, site study and selection, promotion and public relations, the international new city movement, private business and foundation partners, the University of Minnesota's involvement, and their relations with various state and federal government agencies. There are also files documenting two Twin Cities planned communities, Cedar-Riverside and Jonathan; steering committee member Buckminster Fuller; and involvement with the National Science Foundation and the Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission. Included in the records are maps, drawings, and photographs of the site and city concept.

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ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:



		Silha (Otto A.) files, 1966-1983
		Steering Committee files, 1966-1978
		MXC Authority [MXCA] files, 1971-1974
		Committees, 1971-1973
		Alcott (James A.) correspondence, 1969-1978
		Site selection files, 1968-1974
		Subject files, 1963-1988
		Published reports and records, 1966-1973, 1987
		General publications

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Experimental City Authority. Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 2007-55; 2022-34

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990066941740104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


Location
117.H.1.1B	Silha (Otto A.) files, 1966-1988, 1996-1998:
		Minnesota Experimental City Project Steering Committee Co-Chair.
		Correspondence, 1966-1978, 1981-1983. 6 folders.
		Farm Seminar, 1972-1973.
		Seminar March 9-10, 1972, 1972-1973.
		Speeches, 1967-1973, 1978. 23 folders:
			Arranged chronologically; many were given to more than one audience, and may be replicated among several of the folders. Includes minimal correspondence.
			University of Minnesota Business School Day, March 1, 1967.
			International Conference of Building Officials, September 27, 1967.
			Interim Report to Sponsoring Companies, March 6, 1968.
			Minneapolis World Affairs Council, November 7, 1968.
			Minneapolis Rotary Club Program, June 6, 1969.
			Press conference, June 6, 1969.
			Public Conference on Minnesota Experimental City, June 6, 1969.
			New Towns Developers Conference, September 20, 1969.
			Meeting of Senate and House Committees, December 19, 1969.
			Minneapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, February 28, 1970.
			Women’s Division Chamber of Commerce, March 10, 1970.
			AFL-CIO Conference on Pollution, April 25, 1970.
			Presentation to Subcommittees of the Minnesota Senate and House, September 28, 1970.
			Minnesota Department of Economic Development, October 21, 1970.
			House Governmental Affairs Committee, March 2, 1971.
			American Institute of Architects, September 23, 1971.
			U.S. Department of Commerce, October 19, 1971.
			Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, February 17, 1972.
			National Municipal League 78th Conference on Government, November 27, 1972.
			Alexandria Rotary Club, November 30, 1972.
			University of Minnesota Conference on New Urban Systems, December 5, 1972.
			Talks: Kiwanis Club, January 9 1973; Federal Reserve and Upper Midwest Council, January 11, 1973.
			White House Conference Paper, January 29-February 2, 1978.
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118.A.1.7B		Subject files, 1966-1988, 1996-1998:
			Arranged in alphabetical order by topic.
			Albert Lea-Austin health services regionalization study, volumes 1 and 2, August 1970. 3 folders.
			Articles, 1973-1987.
			Clippings and memoranda, 1966-1973.
			Compendium of publications relating to socio-economic aspects, volumes I and II, 1968. 2 volumes.
			Correspondence, 1966-1988.
			Correspondence, memoranda and related papers, 1996-1998.
			Education, health care and development reports, January 1973.
			Financing of the Minnesota Experimental City, undated.
			Memoranda and related papers, undated, 1971-1978. 5 folders.
			Minnesota Experimental City report: First draft, 1978.
				Written by Nina McGuire.
			Minnesota Experimental City forum, December 1972.
			National need for innovation, 1978.
			A National Proving Ground: Minnesota Experimental City, November 1971.
				Reprint from the AIA [American Institute of Architects] Journal.
			Photograph of the Minnesota Experimental City committee, January 1968.
				Committee members are identified.
			Reports, undated and 1969.
			Steering committee meeting minutes, 1970-1973.
			Studies and reports, 1969-1971.
			Study of the concept of an experimental new city in the 250,000 population range, March 1969.
			Telecommunications for future human settlements, January 1973.
			Transportation plan, February 1973.
				Prepared by the Ford Motor Company.
			Underground space, 1979-1988. 2 folders.
			Urban design and site selection, January 1973.
			Use of land rent to finance the Minnesota Experimental City, 1969.


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117.H.1.1B	Steering Committee files, 1966-1978:
		Correspondence, 1966-1974, 1978. 8 folders.
		Meeting minutes and agendas, May 19, 1966-August 2, 1973. 2 folders.
			Incomplete set.
		Dinner meeting, Minneapolis, June 5, 1969.
			Includes unidentified photographs and negatives and correspondence.
		Meeting, April 14-15, 1970.
		Meeting, September 29, 1970.
			Katharine Graham’s reception; also referred to as the White House Task Force Meeting. Includes minutes and meeting transcript.
		Meetings, Nos. 2-5, 1972-1973.
		Reports, approximately 1969-1972.


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117.H.1.2F	MXC Authority [MXCA] files, 1971-1974:
		Meeting minutes, October 1971-April 1973. 18 folders.
		General, 1971-1974.
			Includes photographs of the Swatara site.
		MXCA Legislative bill signing, June 4, 1971.
			Includes photographs and a copy of the bill.


Committees, 1971-1973:
	Advisory Committee, 1971-1972.
	Implementation Committee, 1972-1973. 2 folders:
		Correspondence, 1972.
		Minutes and agendas, 1972-1973.


		Alcott (James A.) correspondence, 1969-1978. 35 folders.
			MXC General Manager, then Executive Director; includes materials from the New Communities Conference, Miami, July 15-17, 1973.


	Site selection files, 1968-1974:
		Analysis, undated.
		Camp Ripley, Morrison County Site, undated.
		Climatological Reports, approximately 1972.
			Bruce F. Watson, consulting meteorologist.
		Correspondence, 1971-1973.
		Demographics, 1972-1973.
		Early Site Selection Work, State Planning and Conservation, 1968.
		Foothills, 1972.
		Houston County, Southern, 1972.
		Hydrology atlas, lake region and pine moraine, 1973.
		Lake District, 1972-1973.
		Local support, agricultural extension, 1970-1972.
		Maps, undated. 4 folders:
			Foothills Finals.
			Lakes Region Finals.
			Maps.
				Includes transparencies.
			Pine Moraine Region Analysis.
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A3/OV5 D11, F3		Maps and drawings, undated. 1 oversize folder.
			Maps of possible MXC site in Pine County and drawings relating to MXC design; labeled MXC-A-43 – MXC-A-70 (incomplete).
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117.H.1.2F		Methodology, 1971-1972.
		Northern, 1972-1974.
		Phase I, maps, scoring, undated.
		Phase II variables, undated.
		Pine County, 1972.
		Site descriptions, undated.
		Site Fact Sheet, January 25, 1973.
		Site maps, Phase II, undated.
		Site Selection Committee, 1971-1974. 2 folders.
			Includes transparencies and images.
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117.H.1.3B		Site Selection Variables: Phase II, undated. 24 folders:
			1-2. Distance from Cities.
			3. Existing rail lines.
			4. Highway condition.
			5. Manpower resources.
			6. Land value.
			7. Present development.
			8. Missing.
			9. Potable water.
			10. Power sources.
			11. Interface.
			12. Views.
			13. Topography.
			14. Suitability of soils and topography.
			15. Water recreation.
			16. Land recreation.
			17. Percent of good and fair soils.
			18-19. Climatology, B. Watson.
			20. Tolerance of ecosystems.
			21. Compatibility of site to multiple land use.
			22. Existing and surrounding land use.
			23. Environmental impact.
			24. Linkages, economic areas.
			25. Expansion constraints.
			26. Recreational resource.
			27. Sand and gravel on site or close.
			28. Federal funding.
		WesMin RC&D [West Central Minnesota Resource Conservation and Development Project], 1968-1972.


	Subject files, 1963-1988:
		Arranged in alphabetical order by topic, name of person, or organization.
		ABT Associates, Inc., 1968-1969.
			Science research and consulting firm.
		Aerospace Technology for the MXC, undated.
		AIP, 1972-1973.
		Aitkin County Commissioners, March 8, 1973.
		Alexandria, Minnesota, Douglas County, 1972-1973.
			Douglas-Ottertail site information.
		American City Corporation, 1966-1973. 2 folders.
			Includes articles on new cities, Columbia, Maryland, and Reston, Virginia, and an image of Reston.
		American Gas Association and Northern Natural Gas, 1968-1973.
			Includes grant agreement.
		American Institute of Architects [AIA], 1970-1973.
			Includes Conceptual Study for the Minnesota Experimental City by University of Minnesota student, Bruno Erat.
		American Rehabilitation Foundation, 1972.
		Anderson, Governor Wendell R., 1968-1974.
		Architecture, 1968-1972.
		Arnason, Charles W., 1969-1973.
			Attorney for the MXC Steering Committee; includes Minnesota Experimental City Corporation articles of incorporation, November 16-17, 1971.
		Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., 1971-1972.
		Barnes, Ronald E., 1972-1973.
			MXC Director of Educational Planning and Professor of Experimental Studies at the University of Minnesota Experimental Studies Program, Mankato State College.
		Battelle, 1971-1973.
			Includes Progress Report on Large City Design, November 1972, and First Quarter Progress Report on Research on Large City Design to Battelle Institute, March 30, 1973.
		Bicentennial, 1966-1972.
		Birds, 1972.
			Concerns disrupting eagle’s nests and other lake birds at potential MXC sites.
		Boise Cascade Corporation, 1968-1971.
		Bush Foundation, 1971-1974. 2 folders.
			Includes grant application and monthly financial reports to the Bush Foundation.
		Cedar-Riverside, 1971-1978.
			Materials documenting the Cedar-Riverside development and housing project in Minneapolis; designated a new community. Some of the major participants in the MXC project, particularly James Alcott, and Otto Silha, were also involved in Cedar-Riverside.
		Correspondence, 1974-1976.
		Correspondence, comments, and recommendations from the Metropolitan Council, 1974.
		Newspaper clippings, 1974-1975.
		Publications, 1971-1978. 11 volumes:
			Project Agreement Between the United State of America and Cedar-Riverside Land Company, Department of Housing and Urban Development, December 9, 1971.
			Proposal for Stage II Riverbluff Development, Cedar-Riverside Urban Renewal Area, June 12, 1973.
			Cedar-Riverside Properties, Private Placement Memorandum, November 1, 1973.
			Consideration for Amended Riverbluff Housing Program, January 30, 1974.
			Preliminary Draft: The Development Potentials of a Hotel and a Racquet Club in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis, May 1974.
			Retail Market Analysis and Development Program, Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1974.
			Cost Revenue Impact Analysis of Cedar Square West, An Examination into the Fiscal Impacts of Redevelopment, July 1974.
			Preliminary Proposal, July 1, 1974.
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117.H.2.1B			CRA & HRA Staff Report for Public Funding: 1974-1977, July 11, 1974.
			Proposal for Phase I Community Centrum Development, Cedar-Riverside Urban Renewal Area, July 26, 1974.
			Cedar-Riverside Associates, Inc. and Related Entities Preliminary Proposal, September 24, 1974.
			Status Report, February 15, 1978.
		Center for Curriculum Design, 1972.
		Commission on Minnesota’s Future, 1973-1975.
		Communications, 1971-1974.
		Consulting services possibilities, 1968-1969.
		Contractors, 1968-1973.
		Corporate participation, 1968-1974.
		Cost [MXC] estimates, 1970-1973.
		Cowles Foundation, John and Elizabeth Bates, 1969-1973.
			Includes grant proposal and monthly financial reports to the Cowles Foundation.
		Dayton Hudson Corporation, 1965-1973, 1977-1978.
		Dayton Hudson Corporation Contributions for Community Improvement, Report for the Year 1969, February 1, 1969-January 31, 1970.
		Design Group, 1970-1972. 2 folders.
		Design Ideas, approximately 1972. 2 folders.
			Includes various reports and diagrams.
		Disney World, Florida, 1967-1983.
		Domestic Affairs Council, Washington presentation, 1970-1971.
			Includes The Experimental City Project, September 29, 1970.
		Economic impact, 1971.
		Edison Electric Institute, 1967-1972.
		Education, 1967-1974:
			Education, General, 1967-1974. 2 folders.
			Education, Curriculum Development with State Colleges, 1973.
			Education, Eden Prairie, 1973-1974.
				The Eden Prairie school district requested information to explore the possibility of using MXC as the model for their school system.
			Education, Position Papers-Proposals, approximately 1968-1971.
		Energy, 1971-1974:
			Energy, General, 1971-1974.
			Solar energy, Aitkin County, 1974.
			Upper Midwest Council [UMC] Energy, 1973-1974.
		Environmental, 1971-1973.
		Environmental planning methodology, 1972.
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117.H.2.2F		Environmental statements, 1972.
		Experimental projects, approximately 1971-1972.
		Finance, 1966-1976:
			Finance, General, 1970-1974.
			Correspondence, 1966-1976. 3 folders.
			Monthly reports, 1967-1974. 2 folders.
			State budget, 1970-1973.
		Financial Report, 1970.
		Ford Motor Company, 1970-1974.
			Includes images of automobiles.
		Foundations, Ford, 1968-1972.
		Foundations, miscellaneous, 1969-1973.
		Fuller, Buckminster, 1967-1978. 2 folders.
			MXC Steering Committee member.
		Fuller [H. B.] Company, Elmer L. Andersen, 1970-1973.
		Gaffney, Mason, 1968-1969.
			Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; includes two papers Gaffney wrote on land value and finance for the MXC.
		General Mills, Inc., 1968-1973.
		Gladstone Associates, 1971-1972.
			Includes MXC: Illustrative Development Program and Financial Analysis, Prepared for the MXC by Gladstone Associates, February 1972.
		Goals and Objectives, MXC, undated.
		Haar, Charles, 1973-1975.
			Director of the Urban Design Institute, Law School of Harvard University.
		Health care, 1969-1973:
			Health care, General, 1969-1973.
			Konrad K. Kalba, September 1971.
			Telecommunications, undated.
		Hess, Stephen, 1969-1972.
			Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, then National Chairman of the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
		Hill Foundation, 1972.
			Includes grant proposal.
		Holt, John, undated.
		Honeywell, 1967-1975.
		Humphrey, Hubert H., 1965-1973.
			U. S. Vice President.
		IBM [International Business Machines Corporation], 1970-1972.
		International, 1970-1971, 1974.
			Information on international new towns and cities.
		Jonathan Development Corporation, 1966-1974. 2 folders.
			In 1965, the Jonathan New Town Project, which resulted in the creation of the Jonathan Development Corporation, was begun. Jonathan was conceived as a multi-purpose community providing housing, employment, and services for 50,000 people on an 8000 acre site located in Chaska, Minnesota. In 1969-1970, the Minnesota Experimental City applied for a grant from the Ford Foundation to fund a study of the evolution of Jonathan.
		Kennedy, Senator Edward, 1975.
		Keynes, Milton, 1970.
		Labor, 1970-1974.
		Learning, 1972-1973.
		A New Learning Movement System, undated.
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117.H.2.3B		Legislature, 1969-1975:
			House and Senate Subcommittees on Study of the Minnesota Experimental City meeting minutes, September 1969-November 1970. 2 folders.
			Legislative Briefing Sheet, undated.
			Legislative Presentation Draft, 1971.
			Legislature budgets, 1971.
			Minnesota Legislature, General, 1969-1975. 5 folders.
		Llewelyn-Davies Associates, Marietta Tree, 1969-1973.
		Mankato interns, 1972-1973.
		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1972.
		McGuire, Nina, 1972-1978.
			MXC Steering Committee member.
		Menninger Foundation, 1972-1974.
		Mid-Year Report correspondence, 1973-1974.
		Midyear Reports, 1971-1973.
		Minneapolis Star & Tribune, 1971-1974.
		Minneapolis Star & Tribune luncheon/site proponents, March 16, 1973.
		Minnesota Attorney General, 1966-1974.
		Minnesota Congressional Dinner, April 12, 1967, 1966-1967.
			Includes photographs.
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Internet		Experimental City Dinner, April 12, 1967. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 5 minutes): WAV (329 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (45 MB).
			Minnesota congressional dinner.
			Digital audio
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117.H.2.3B		Minnesota Department of Economic Development Conference, October 21, 1970.
		Minnesota Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1972.
		Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1972-1973.
		Minnesota Experimental City [MXC], 1970-1973, 1987-1988:
			The Experimental City Project, undated.
			Innovative City Project, Multi-Housing World Conference, Washington, D.C., March 21, 1988, 1987-1988.
				Silha spoke at this Conference about the MXC Project.
			Organization, 1970-1971, 1973.
			Report material, 1970-1973.
		Minnesota Highway Department, 1971-1972.
		Minnesota Metropolitan State College, 1972.
		Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1972-1973.
		Minnesota state agencies, 1972-1974.
		Minnesota state government (governors, officials, legislators, etc.), 1966-1970.
		Minnesota State Planning Agency, 1967, 1971-1973.
		Miscellaneous, 1977-1979.
		Moos, Malcolm, 1974.
		National Academy of the Science, 1972.
		National Air and Space Administration, 1969-1970, 1973.
		National Center for Appropriate Technology, 1976.
		National Goals staff, 1970.
		National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 1971-1972.
		National Science Foundation, 1970-1974. 2 folders.
			Includes correspondence and materials of Charles Thiel worked for the Division of Advanced Technology Applications, National Science Foundation.
		New Town, French: Le Vaudreuil, 1970-1973.
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117.H.2.4F		New towns of France, 1970-1975, 1978. 2 folders.
		New towns legislation, 1970-1972.
		New towns, other cities, etc., 1964-1978. 3 folders.
			Information on international and national new towns and cities.
		North Central Business Group, 1970-1973.
		North Star Capabilities, 1968-1973.
		North Star Research and Development, 1965-1972.
		Northern State Power, 1970-1973.
		Northwestern Bell, 1970-1973.
		Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969-1971.
		Office of Science and Technology, 1970-1971.
		OSTI [Organization of Science and Technology Innovation], 1970-1972.
		Personnel, 1968-1972.
		Personnel, Managing Director possibilities, 1967-1969.
		Pillsbury, Gelfand, Louis, 1971-1975.
			Public Relations Counsel, MXCA.
		Pinney, Neil J., 1971-1974.
			Director of Design, MXC.
		Pollution Problems, AFL-CIO Conference in Duluth, April 25-26, 1970.
		Population, MERC Conference on Population and Quality of Life, 1971.
		Precursor Group, 1970-1971.
			Includes meeting minutes.
		Prudential, Financial Committee participation, 1971-1973.
		Public attitudes, 1972-1973.
		Public relations, 1967-1973. 3 folders.
			Includes AIA brochures, 1970-1971, and state colleges material, 1972-1973.
		Questions about MXC, 1973.
		Real Estate Research Corporation, 1969.
		Reynolds, Richard, 1972.
		Rockefeller Foundation, 1971-1973.
		Schriever, General Bernard A., 1963-1974.
		Soil Testing Services, Inc., 1972.
		Speech, Economic Development Conference, James Alcott, undated.
		Speech file, 1967-1969.
		Supplier possibilities, 1965-1970.
		Telecommunications, 1972-1973.
		Telecommunications reports, undated.
		Theobald, Robert, 1972.
		Transportation correspondence, 1967-1974.
			Includes images.
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117.H.2.5B		Transportation reports, approximately 1970-1973.
		United Nations, 1972.
		United Power Association, 1973.
		U.S. Congress correspondence, 1970-1974.
		U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1966-1972.
		U.S. Department of Commerce, 1969-1971, 1973.
		U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969-1973.
		U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1966-1974. 2 folders.
		U.S. Department of the Interior, 1969-1971.
		U.S. Department of Labor, 1970-1971.
		U.S. Federal Government, 1966-1971. 5 folders.
		U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1970.
		U.S. Office of Education [USOE], 1972.
		U.S. Office of the President, 1969-1975.
		U.S. Office of the Vice President, 1969-1975.
		University of Minnesota [U of M], 1967-1975:
			Design Alternative by U of M School of Architecture, Spring 1972.
			MXC Workshops, 1967-1968. 5 folders.
				The MXC Steering Committee convened a number of workshops at the university to study the concept of an experimental city.
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117.H.2.6F			Staff, personnel, 1967-1970.
			Walter Vivrett, 1966-1975. 3 folders.
				MXC Project Director and University of Minnesota professor.
		Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission [UGLRC], 1968-1974:
			Booz Allen, 1971-1972.
			Correspondence, 1968-1974.
			Gladstone, 1971-1973.
			North Star, 1970-1972. 2 folders.
			Proposal: The Role of an Experimental City in the Economic Development of the Region, undated.
		Upper Midwest Council, 1971-1973.
		Upper Midwest Council, Business Technical Group, 1973-1974.
		Urban Institute, 1972.
		Virginia Environmental City: 1973-1974, 1976.
		Warnecke, John Carl and Associates, 1968-1972.
			Architect.
		What is the Minnesota Experimental City?, undated.
		Xerox Education Division, John Dixon, 1966-1969.


	Published reports and records, 1966-1973, 1987:
		Annual Report, 1971.
		Articles, 1966-1976:
			Arranged in chronological order.
			MXC articles, 1966-1976. 2 folders.
				Mainly newspaper clippings.
			Articles: Context for MXC, 1965-1974.
			Articles: Spilhaus, Athelstan, 1966-1967.
				Co-Chairman of the MXC Steering Committee.
			Fuller, Buckminster, 1967.
			Kleeman, July 31-August 11, 1967.
			Christian Science Monitor, 1967-1973.
			Congressional Record Reprints, 1969-1972.
			Saturday Review, May 15, 1971.
			MXC: A City with a Taste of Tomorrow, Northwestern Bell Magazine, Special Issue, Volume 53, Number 1, 1972.
			Mankato State Daily Reporter, Special Projects, Turning to the Future…, March 15, 1972.
			Aitkin and Douglas County Sites, Minneapolis Star, November 18, 1972.
				By Roy Close.
			Douglas County Site, Minneapolis Tribune, November 21, 1972.
			Aitkin County Site, Swatara, Minneapolis Tribune, November 22, 1972.
			Charles Whiting Editorial, Not Just a Dream City, Minneapolis Star, November 22, 1972.
			Planned New City Choices Explored, Minneapolis Star, December 6, 1972.
			Steve Silha, Christian Science Monitor, January 6, 1973.
			Time Magazine, February 26, 1973.
			MXC’s Time Will Come, Editorial, Minneapolis Star, April 6, 1973.
			Future Atrophy, Editorial, Minnesota Daily, May 23, 1973.
			[Minneapolis] Tribune and the [Minneapolis] Star, May 24, 1973.
			Blame Swatara, The National Observer, May 26, 1973.
			Dimensions, Volume 3, No. 1, Winter 1973-1974.
				Publication of Northern States Power Company.
			Washington Post, New Towns Series, January 12-17, 1975.
		General publications:
			Arranged chronologically.
			Undated. 1 folder:
				Appendix A: A Proposal for a Communications Study, A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City, Phase 2, undated.
					Submitted by the University of Minnesota.
				Appendix A: A Proposal for Energy Management, A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City, Phase 2, undated.
					Submitted by the University of Minnesota.
				A New City’s Approach to Urban Education to U.S. Office of Education, undated.
			1966. 1 folder:
				A Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Enclosed Community Concept, April 15, 1966.
					By Max L. Feldman, General Electric Company.
				Proposal for the Preparation of a Plan for a Systems Engineering Analysis and Design of an Experimental City, May 27, 1966.
					By Max L. Feldman, General Electric Company.
				Preliminary Draft, A Proposal for an Experimental City Project, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, July 13, 1966.
			1967. 1 folder:
				Application for Funding, Experimental City Project, February 15, 1967.
					Submitted simultaneously to U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
				Experimental City Project, Seminar I: Urban Environment and the Process of Urbanization; Seminar II: Social Institutions, Structures, and Values, October 1967.
					University of Minnesota.
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117.H.2.7B			1968. 1 folder:
				Waste Management and Pollution Control in the Experimental City, A Report of Workshop 7, Experimental City Project, University of Minnesota, January 29, 1968.
					Walter K. Vivrett, Director.
				A Joint Proposal to Provide Consulting Services in the Planning and Development of the Minnesota Experimental City, September 1968.
					Submitted by DMJM and ABT Associates, Inc.
			1969. 1 volume, 8 folders:
				The Minnesota Experimental City, A Proposal for Consultant Assistance in Connection with the Programming Phase, February 1969.
					Presented to the University of Minnesota by Gruen Associates.
				The Minnesota Experimental City, A Proposal for Consultant Assistance in Connection with the Programming Phase, Appendix A, February 1969.
					Presented to the University of Minnesota by Gruen Associates.
				Progress Report, May 1969. 1 volume.
					Includes Appendix A, Volume I: A Compendium of Publications Relating to Socio-Cultural Aspects; Appendix B, Volume II: A Compendium of Publications Relating to Economic and Physical Aspects; Appendix C, Volume III: Areas for Study and Experimentation; and Appendix D, Volume IV: Bibliography.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Physical Systems Planning and Optimization, September 9, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Housing and Urban Development.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Pollution and Waste Management, September 18, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Interior Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.
				Proposal for the Development of Social Systems for the Minnesota Experimental City, September 24, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Energy Management, October 21, 1969.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Movement Systems Optimization, October 21, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Transportation.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Site Survey Experiment, October 21, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Commerce.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Urban Economic Planning, October 21, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Commerce.
				Proposal for Minnesota Experimental City Urban-Rural Balance Feasibility Study, October 21, 1969.
					Presented to Department of Agriculture.
				DMJM HUD Revision Statements, November 4, 1969.
				ABT Associates, Inc., Revised Proposals and Summaries, November 5, 1969.
				ABT Associates, Inc. Revised Proposals, November 6, 1969.
				DMJM HUD Revision Statements, November 7, 1969.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, November 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, December 3, 1969.
					Submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor.
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, December 17, 1969.
					Submitted to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
			1970. 2 folders:
				A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, Draft, January 20, 1970.
					Submitted to the Office of Economic Opportunity.
				Pollution Control and Associated Studies for the Energy Utilities in Cities of the Early Seventies, A Proposal Prepared for the Edison Electric Institute by the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Experimental City Developmental Project, March 12, 1970.
				Pollution Control and Associated Studies for the Energy Utilities in Cities of the Early Seventies, A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, Phase 2, May 25, 1970.
					Submitted to Edison Electric Institute.
				The Minnesota Experimental City: A 1969-1970 Interim Report to the 67th Session of the Minnesota Legislature by the Senate and House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Study of the Minnesota Experimental City, November 1970.
			1971. 4 folders, 1 volume:
				New Community Development: Planning, Process, Implementation and Emerging Social Concerns, Volume I, Planning for People: Minnesota Experimental City, February 1971. 1 volume.
					By Walter K. Vivrett.
				Proposal to Assist in Analyzing the Appropriate Economic Base for the Minnesota Experimental City, February 12, 1971.
					Submitted by Booz, Allen, Public Administration Services, Inc.
				Research Applications for the Experimental City: A Proposal to the National Science Foundation RANN Program, September 1971.
				Evaluation of Power Generation Systems for New Urban Developments: A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, September 3, 1971.
					Submitted to Edison Electric Institute.
				Data Collection and Analysis: Program and Design Process, October 1971.
				Evaluation of Energy Systems for New Urban Developments: A Proposal for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, October 1, 1971.
					Submitted to Edison Electric Institute.
				Report on Survey of Some Recent Literature Relevant to Factors Which May Affect the Supply of Manpower in the Minnesota Experimental City, Volume 1, November 1, 1971.
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117.H.2.8F				Report on a Summary of Interviews About Factors that may Affect the Supply of Manpower in the Minnesota Experimental City, Volume 2, November 1, 1971.
				Report on Projected Manpower Requirements for the Minnesota Experimental City, Volume 3, December 1, 1971.
			1972. 4 folders:
				The Future Economy of the Minnesota Experimental City, Prepared for the Minnesota Experimental City Project, February 15, 1972.
					Submitted by Booz, Allen, Public Administration Services, Inc.
				Economic Base Study for Minnesota Experimental City, March 1972.
				Summary of Economic Base Study for Minnesota Experimental City, March 1972.
				A New City’s Approach to Urban Education to the Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota, May 1972.
					Submitted by Ronald E. Barnes, Director of Educational Planning, Minnesota Experimental City.
				Addendum One: Of the Preliminary Report on the Environmental Planning Statement for Minnesota Experimental City, Volume II, December 1972.
				Preliminary Report on the Environmental Planning Statement for Minnesota Experimental City, Volume II, December 1972.
				Preliminary Report on Site Selection Recommendations for Minnesota Experimental City, Volume I, December 1972.
			1973. 3 folders:
				MXC, Minnesota’s Experimental City 1973.
					By Carol A. Buckmann.
				Development Recommendations, Preliminary Report, Volume III, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Urban Design, Preliminary Report, Part 1.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Transportation, Preliminary Report, Part 2.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Telecommunication, Preliminary Report, Part 3.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Education, Preliminary Report, Part 4.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Health Care, Preliminary Report, Part 5.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				Energy and Waste Management, Preliminary Report, Part 6.0 of Volume V, Design Strategy Statement, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, January 1973.
				History of MXC, March 1973.
					By Marlys Soderberg.
				Summary Report, Minnesota Experimental City Authority, March 1973.
					Includes Supplemental Report on Site Selection.
				New Communities: Summary Report of the Environmental Land Management Study Committee’s Conference on New Communities, Miami, July 15-17, 1973.
					Includes The United States Experience: Minnesota, by James Alcott, General Manager, Minnesota Experimental City.
		Innovative City Project (INCITY): Summary Reports, INCITY Phase 1-Minnesota Experimental City (MXC), 1965-1973, January 1987.

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: City planning -- Minnesota.; Garden cities -- Minnesota.; New towns -- Minnesota.

Persons:: Alcott, James A.; Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.; Silha, Otto A.

Organizations:: National Science Foundation (U.S.); University of Minnesota.; Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission (U.S.)

Places:: Cedar-Riverside Area (Minneapolis, Minn.); Jonathan (Chaska, Minn.); Minnesota Experimental City.; Swatara (Minn.) -- Photographs.

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