Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore       ( CCMB)

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The Baltimore Association of Commerce, the result of the merger of the Baltimore Board of Trade with the Merchants and Manufacturers Association in 1926, became the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Baltimore in 1964. Baltimore Magazine (library holdings from 1917) was a publication of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association and was continued by both the Association and the Chamber of Commerce.

This collection covers approximately the years 1964 to 1975. Included are incomplete meeting notes, agendas and minutes of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Nominating Committee; correspondence with the Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, other Chambers of Commerce, businesses and trade associations; photographs and press releases regarding the Architectural Awards Program, Century Honor Roll Program, Outstanding Teachers Awards Program, Military Tattoos at Ft. McHenry and special events such as the 1966 World Series; raw data and publications on the economic condition of metropolitan communities (incl. Community Data Profiles, copies available for circulation from library holdings). Some correspondence relates to the management of Baltimore Magazine, however there are no records of the magazine management.

Subjects include employment and training, taxation and workman's compensation legislation; the merger of railway lines serving Baltimore, establishment of the Maryland Department of Transportation, Highway Administration, Port Administration and Baltimore-Washington International Airport; development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor ; conventions, promotions and tourism development; slum clearance and job training initiatives.

Correspondents include Vice President Spiro Agnew; Senators J. Glenn Beall, Daniel Brewster, Charles Mathias Jr. and Joseph Tydings; Governors Agnew, Marvin Mandel, and J. Millard Tawes; Mayors Thomas D'Alesandro III, Theodore McKeldin and Wm. Donald Schaefer; members of Congress, the Maryland General Assembly and Baltimore City Council as well as business, civic and religious leaders.