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Louisville-Jefferson County Urban Renewal Program publications

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2000_066-UA
Content Description

Local government publications collected by the University of Louisville Urban and Public Affairs program.

Dates: 1962-1984

Market and Jefferson Streets Urban Renewal photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2004_022-PA
Content Description

85 black and white photographs of various size, some made up of multiple prints taped together, showing buildings and businesses on Jefferson and Market Streets in downtown Louisville. Many of the buildings pictured were later demolished during Urban Renewal. Photographs likely taken by donor Bob Crump.

Dates: circa 1962

Douglas Nunn Louisville community development papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1978_003-UA
Content Description Includes material from the Model Cities and Demonstration Cities program, and information on Louisville's history, the riverfront and the airports. Also includes material from a Citizens Conference on Community Goals and Objectives held in 1973, which ended with a survey on quality of government services. The results may have been referred to as the "Goldstein Report." The Citizens Conference material was not included in the original accession. It is not clear whether these materials are...
Dates: 1966-1974

Glenn A. Price, Sr. government reorganization discussion records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1985_040-UA
Scope and Contents

These papers consist of clippings, reports, minutes, correspondence and reference materials related to a proposed merger of Louisville and Jefferson County. There are also materials on merger proposals dating from the 1950s and files related to downtown redevelopment.

Dates: circa 1956 - 1983

Jack Trawick interviews with Samuel W. Thomas

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2023_017
Scope and Contents Indexes of nine interviews with historian Samuel W. Thomas conducted between August 31, 2011 and December 28, 2011. The purpose of the interviews was to gain Dr. Thomas's perspective on the history of planning in Louisville, from the original settlement of Louisville by Anglo-Europeans in the 1770's up until the present time. Trawick chose Thomas for this study based on his study of and involvement in city planning spanning over 45 years.Each index is prefaced by a summary of...
Dates: 2011

Urban Renewal photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1989_026-PA
Content Description This collection includes mostly black and white photographs and negatives with some color prints and accompanying documents and printed material, dating from approximately 1960 to 1975. The photographs and negatives show buildings, lots, and streets and are mostly in order by block and parcel (lot number), and some are identified by address or building name. Unidentified photographs are also included. Some photographs are organized in groups like “people,” “design competition,”...
Dates: circa 1960-1974