Collection number: MC 131
Size: 1 box
(0.33 cu.ft.)
About New Hampshire State Survey Committee
The genesis for the formation of the New Hampshire State Survey Committee was an article by Concord businessman W. S. Rossiter in the July 1923 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Rossiter wrote of his concern for New Hampshire’s lack of growth, development, and general progress and called for a plan of action to revitalize the state. Major Frank Knox, president and editor of the Manchester Union and Leader, responded by publishing excerpts of the article in his newspaper and by arranging a meeting in late July with a small group of businessmen and state leaders. This meeting eventually led to the establishment of a committee headed by University of New Hampshire President Ralph D. Hetzel.
The committee, comprised of leaders in business, education, government, and industry, assigned itself the task of: 1) surveying and cataloging the resources of New Hampshire; 2) establishing a program to achieve maximum statewide development; and 3) realizing this goal by garnering active participation in the program by residents and other interests in the state, and by attracting persons and resources from outside the state. Through the establishment of several subcommittees, membership quickly mushroomed, but progress toward the survey was minimal or nonexistent. Finally, in December of 1925, President Hetzel, general chairman, recommended that any data collected by the group be turned over to the New Hampshire Council, an organization appointed by the governor, and further, that the committee be dissolved, its stated purposes unfulfilled.
About the New Hampshire State Survey Committee Papers
The New Hampshire State Survey Committee Collection contains correspondence, statements of organization and purpose, organizational rosters, meeting notes, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to the business of the committee.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
This collection is open.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], New Hampshire State Survey Committee Papers, 1923-1925, MC 131, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA
Acquisitions Information
Donated: UNH Archives, 1994
Collection Contents
| Box 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Box 1, Folder 1 | Correspondence to/from President Hetzel, August 1923-January 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 2 | NH State Survey Committee, July 28, 1923-August 7, 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 3 | NH State Survey Committee, August 8-August 30, 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 4 | NH State Survey Committee, September, 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 5 | NH State Survey Committee, October-December 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 6 | NH State Survey Committee, January, February 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 7 | NH State Survey Committee, March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 8 | NH State Survey Committee, April, May 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 9 | NH State Survey Committee, December 1925 | |
| Box 1, Folder 10 | NH State Survey Committee, undated material | |
| Box 1, Folder 11 | Agriculture Subcommittee, October-December 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 12 | Agriculture Subcommittee, January 1924-February 1925 | |
| Box 1, Folder 13 | Education Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 14 | Finance Subcommittee, September 1923 | |
| Box 1, Folder 15 | Manufacturers and Miscellaneous Industries Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 16 | Mineral Resources, Soils, and Climate Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 17 | Organization and Publicity Subcommittee, October 1923-February 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 18 | Population Subcommittee, October 1923-April 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 19 | Resorts and Recreation Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 20 | Transportation Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
| Box 1, Folder 21 | Water and Electric Power Subcommittee, October 1923-March 1924 | |
