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The City Administrator's series (9 linear feet) consists of files received in 1980 and 1989. The earlier accession included incoming and outgoing Correspondence, Speeches, Reports to City Council, and Topical files. The correspondence, broadly defined, also includes inter-office memoranda, as well as citizen requests and complaints, and letters (local, state, and national) on municipal problems and issues. The speeches (to the local Chamber of Commerce and similar groups), often include an evaluation of city government. The Reports to City Council consist of financial statements, official policy decisions, proposals for municipal action, and related action. The Topical files pertain to individual city programs and departments for which Larcom had some responsibility or in which he was deeply interested. Notable files here concern the Ann Arbor Board of Education, the Housing Commission (1971-1972), and the Human Rights Department (1971-1973).

City Administrator's files received in 1989 were not interfiled with the earlier accession. There is thus some overlap in content. This accession includes an annual report of the city, clippings, correspondence, and speech notes. Much of the correspondence appears to be of a personal nature; however, some city business is covered, involving the Community Systems Foundation and the Water Resources Commission, among other groups.