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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK
455 County-City Building • 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard • South Bend, Indiana 46601
Phone 574-235-9221 • Fax 574-235-9173 • TDD 574-235-5567 • www.SouthBendIN.gov
JENNIFER M. COFFMAN
CHIEF DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS
ALKEYNA M. ALDRIDGE
DEPUTY/ DIRECTOR OF POLICY
JOSEPH R. MOLNAR
ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK
PRESS RELEASE
May 31, 2017
CONTACT:
Kareemah Fowler, (574) 235-9221
kfowler@southbendin.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK COMPLETES HISTORICAL
DIGITAL ARCHIVING PROJECT
Shortly after City Clerk Kareemah Fowler took office, the Clerk’s Office contracted with
a local company to begin the scanning and preservation of the City’s record books dating
back to 1865. Today, the Clerk’s Office is happy to announce that the record books are
available for the public to view on the City of South Bend’s website at
https://www.southbendin.gov/councilminutes.
“Preserving the history of the City of South Bend is important to me as City Clerk, and I
am proud to announce that our office has digitally preserved that history and made it
available to the public,” said City Clerk Kareemah Fowler. “In the Clerk’s Office, we’ve
enjoyed every stage of this process. We found ourselves looking through the pages as we
went along, mesmerized by the discussions during the time when we were first
incorporated, during the Great Depression and both World Wars. The digitization of the
books will give people in South Bend the chance to learn about how our City dealt with
those issues on a local level, just by visiting the City Clerk’s website.”
The books contain valuable information regarding the organization of early South Bend
including the first City ordinances established as well as records of the early South Bend
Common Council. The City’s record books were hand-written up until 1901. The
handwriting has begun to fade enough to make the books illegible in the near future. As
the historian and archivist of the City, City Clerk Fowler is proud to preserve this
invaluable piece of our City’s legacy.
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