Community development, Urban -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on urban community development and works limited to urban community development in regions, counties, states, etc. Works on community development in individual cities, city regions, or metropolitan areas are entered under the heading Community development with local subdivision.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Arnall T. Connell visual arts materials
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS547
Scope and Contents
A large portion of the collection is photographs taken by Arnall T. Connell's Georgia Institute of Technology students for class assignments with the rest possibly taken by Arnall Connell and other photographers. These items depict Atlanta neighborhoods such as Sweet Auburn, Inman Park, Ansley Park, and Baltimore Block; historic houses such as Hammonds House, Mitchel King House, and Raoul House; apartment buildings such as Antionette Apartments, Elmwood Apartments, and 676 Peachtree Street...
Dates:
1821-1993, undated
Grace Towns Hamilton papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS597
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondences, reports, certificates, scrapbooks, bills, memorandums, proposals, speeches, newspaper clippings, resolutions, publications, and minutes documenting the life and career of Grace Towns Hamilton. The bulk of the collection is comprised of papers documenting Hamilton’s time as a state representative in the Georgia General Assembly and her participation in various government commissions, committees, and subcommittees. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1928-1988, undated
Subseries I: Bureau of Planning records, 1909-1979, undated
Sub-Series
Scope and Contents
Bureau of Planning records document the efforts of the City of Atlanta government and Metropolitan Planning Comnmission (later named Atlanta Regional Commission) to peacefully integrate Atlanta neighborhoods in the 1950s and 1960s as African Americans sought to purchase homes in neighborhoods occupied by white residents. In 1952, Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield set up the West Side Mutual Development Committee (WSMDC), a bi-racial citizens committee that worked with civic groups, real...
Dates:
1909-1979, undated