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Barbara Flanagan Papers
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0015
Description of Contents
The Barbara Flanagan Papers contain a wide array of materials on the professional and personal life of Star Tribune columnist, author, and socialite Barbara Flanagan. Specifically, the collection holds personal papers, documents, records, scrapbooks, notes, drafts, interview transcripts, extensive personal correspondence and reader letters, photocopies of Flanagan’s columns, research materials, club and organization materials, press releases and event invitations, awards and plaques, honors,...
Dates:
1886 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1993
Central Neighborhood Improvement Association Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0288
Description of Contents
This collection documents the activities of the Central Neighborhood Improvement Association (CNIA) from 1979-2004. Records include board meeting minutes, annual reports, correspondence, legal and financial documents. Additional files in this collection detail the Minneapolis Community Development Association partnership as well as programs, projects, and studies conducted by CNIA. A series of photographs from 1991-2003 document a range of CNIA activities. Materials are divided...
Dates:
1981 - 2004
Collection on the Minneapolis Model City Program
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0226
Description of Contents
The collection consists of 14 boxes and 9 binders of material from the Minneapolis Model City Program. It contains studies, surveys, reports, and organizational materials that document the condition of south-central Minneapolis in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as well as the future that planners envisioned for it.Boxes 1-2 and 8 contain drafts and final reports from the program's many committees, meeting minutes of the Policy and Planning Committee, and organizational...
Dates:
1966 - 1978; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1971
Collection on the Nicollet Mall
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0308
Description of Contents
The Nicollet Mall Collection consists of four boxes. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings, newsletters, fact sheets, reports & studies, project plans & proposals, and promotional material. Memoranda and meeting minutes from the Nicollet Mall Implementation Board are also included. Most of the collection centers around two main mall designs/re-designs, one in the late 1960s and the other the late 1980s.
Dates:
1960 - 2001
Collection on the Sumner Field Housing Project
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0233
Description of Contents
This collection includes 3 boxes of materials from the Sumner Field Housing Project. Box one consists of scrapbooks of clippings dating from 1936-1939, 2 photo albums, additional photographs, newspaper clippings, and material on the Heritage Park Development that replaced Sumner Field Homes. Box two includes the copper cornerstone box that was opened the summer of 1998 when a new housing development was to begin on the land that was occupied by the Sumner Field Homes. Box 3 includes the...
Dates:
1924 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1939
East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO) Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0179
Description of Contents
This collection documents the ECCO neighborhood and its residents through the activities of the ECCO Board and the East Calhoun News. The collection has been divided into two series: I. Photos II. Neighborhood Papers
Dates:
1977 - 1992
Lawrence Irvin Papers
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0019
Description of Contents
This collection documents the career of Minneapolis city planner Lawrence Irvin. While the whole of the collection dates from 1957-1984, the bulk of the material reflects the later years of Irvin’s career, dating from the mid-1970s through 1981. Although much of the material was created by Irvin when he served as Planning Director Emeritus, the subject contents heavily reflect work done early in his career. Collection materials include newspaper clippings; major project presentations,...
Dates:
1957 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1981
Leo Bernat Papers
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0042
Description of Contents
2 boxes. Documents the process of the mayor nominating individuals for the Housing and Redevelopment Agency Commissioner and the process through City Hall. Includes semiannual/annual reports by Commissioner Bernat with his interpretation of actions by the Minneapolis Housing and Redevelopment Authority (MHRA). Includes information on the following topics/debates: site selection for a new domed stadium in Minneapolis in the Industry Square area or to remodel Memorial Stadium or the...
Dates:
1967 - 1977
Marcy Holmes Neighborhood Association Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0140
Description of Contents
This collection includes articles of incorporation and by-laws (1981), Historic Restoration Deferred Loan Program (ca. 1996), and board minutes and miscellaneous materials (1991-2002).
Dates:
1981 - 2002
Minneapolis City Planning Department Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0314
Description of Contents
The collection contains memos, staff notes, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, news releases, grant and financial documents, data gathered for studies, and formal staff papers and studies from the City of Minneapolis' Planning Department from the 1920s through the early 1970s. The bulk of the records date from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.The bulk of the collection consists of material related to studies and planning projects conducted by the Department, as well...
Dates:
1959 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1970
Neighborhood Revitalization Program Records
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0268
Description of Contents
Collection consists of five separate series:1. Director's Files: Contains the files of the NRP Program Director and the Administrative Assistant to the Director.2. Planning, Evaluations and Audits: Early planning and state audits.3. NRP Policy Board Meetings: Contains meeting minutes, agendas and supporting documents related to the meetings of the Policy Board for the Minneapolis Neighborhood Revitalization Program from 1990 through 2011.4....
Dates:
1990 - 2012
Weiming Lu Papers
Collection
Identifier: M/A 0407
Description of Contents
Writings, planning documents, and 35mm slides from Weiming Lu's work in the Minneapolisl City Planning Department during the 1960s and 1970s. The bulk of the collection is draft articles reflecting on the Metro Center '85 project.
Dates:
1967 - 2010
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Hennepin County Library Special Collections
Hundreds of archival collections documenting Minneapolis, Hennepin County, and World War II history can be viewed in Special Collections at Minneapolis Central Library. Some materials are available online in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.
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