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 2 Collections and/or Records:
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