The records of the Paris Township Preservation Committee are organized into two parts. The materials received in the archives originally, in 1981, make up the first two boxes. Part two, in boxes 3 and 4, consists of additions received in 1998.
Part 1, Original Collection, 1970-1975
This part of the records is divided into two categories. The first documents the specific actions and concerns of the committee during the term of its activity. The second consists of items of a more general nature: miscellaneous literature relating to the issue of nuclear power itself, or to the activities of environmental and anti-nuclear groups elsewhere in the state, region or nation.
The files on Committee Activities is the heart of the collection. They consist of materials produced by the activities of the committee itself, as well as other items directly related to the issue of locating a nuclear power facility in Paris or reflecting the efforts of Paris residents to prevent that from happening.
Nuclear Power - Miscellaneous Literature constitutes the rest of Part 1. Materials dealing with aspects of the nuclear energy debate generally, but not with the proposed Paris Township plant specifically, when received or gathered by the Paris Committee were placed into one large “miscellaneous literature” research file. Materials dealing with the activities of other groups with concerns related to those of the Paris Committee were also placed here. It remains unorganized beyond a rudimentary geographical division.
Part 2, 1998 Additions, 1970-1975
The additions, spanning the same dates as Part 1, consist of a continuation of the committee activities files and subject files primarily containing the miscellaneous literature types of materials .
