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Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Authority Records
Collection — Box: 1x
Identifier: R0019-BURHA
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials documenting the history and work of the Baltimore Urban Renewal and Housing Agency (BURHA) between 1962 and 1967. Materials are mainly textual and include Commission meeting minutes, Design Advisory Panel meeting minutes, fiscal and budget information, correspondence, press releases, reports, project and grants information, publications, and other material submitted to members of the agency’s governing commission.
Dates:
1962-1967
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Betty Garman Robinson Papers
Collection
Identifier: R0157-BGR
Abstract
Betty Garman Robinson was a community organizer in Baltimore, Maryland from the 1970s until her passing in 2020. She has contributed to multiple nonprofit and grassroots organizations including Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA), Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative (BNC), Save Middle East Action Committee (SMEAC), Northeast Good Neighbors (NEGN), and others. In 2003, Robinson was awarded an Open Society Institute Fellowship to teach the history of social justice and community...
Dates:
1983-2017
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Citizens Housing Council of Baltimore Records
Collection
Identifier: R0027-CHCB
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the early activities and history of the Citizens Housing Council, an organization of social workers who advocated for improvements for low-income housing in Baltimore, Maryland, between 1940 until its merger with the Citizens Planning & Redevelopment Association in 1941. Materials are mainly textual and include meeting minutes from the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, bylaws, resolutions, newsletters, documentation of the organization's merger,...
Dates:
1940-1941
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Citizens Planning and Housing Association Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0032-CPHA
Scope and Content Note
This collection documents the activities and functions of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association (CPHA) in Baltimore, Maryland between 1936 and 2010. It contains a significant amount of materials documenting the organization and history of CPHA, committees work, conferences and seminars, the office of the president, the executive director's files, research initiatives, the functions of the Baltimore County office, photographs and media dating 1941 to 1997, collected artifacts, various...
Dates:
1936-2010, bulk 1941-2010
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Greater Baltimore Housing Development Corporation Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0047-GBHDC
Scope and Contents
The Greater Baltimore Housing Development Corporation Records contains records documenting rebuilding housing, urban renewal, housing construction and rehabilitation between 1965 and 1975. The collection includes records that focus on efforts to rebuild "slot housing" on Carey Street and apartment houses in Shipley Hill. Also included are records on housing construction on Fulton Avenue, rehabilitation of the Gay Street urban renewal area, and relocation housing for displaced African...
Dates:
1965-1975
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration Records
Collection
Identifier: R0082-MUND
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Model Urban Neighborhood Demonstration between 1967 and 1974. Collection materials document the work of the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Neighborhood Development Corporation in relation to their work with MUND including committee work, and neighborhood projects, programs, and services. Materials are mainly textual and include policy papers, master plan, budget proposals, area socioeconomic surveys, project status reports, personnel...
Dates:
1967-1974
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
Walter Sondheim, Jr. Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: R0131-WS
Abstract
Walter Sondheim, Jr. Papers document the work of Walter Sondheim Jr. (b.1908 – d. 2007) who was a Baltimore civic leader known for his roles in the redevelopment of downtown Baltimore City and the desegregation of Baltimore City schools.
Dates:
1942-1994
Found in:
Baltimore Studies Archives
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