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Urban renewal -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Central Neighborhood Improvement Association Records

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
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Collection on the Nicollet Mall

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
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Collection on the Sumner Field Housing Project

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
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / East Calhoun Community Organization (ECCO) Records

Leo Bernat Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0042
Description of Contents Records documenting the nomination and confirmation process for a Housing and Redevelopment Agency Commissioner. Includes semiannual and 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 and discussions of remodeling Memorial Stadium or Metropolitan Stadium, 1974-1976;...
Dates: 1967 - 1977
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Leo Bernat Papers

Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: M/A 0140
Description of Contents The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association (MHNA) records contain general and board of directors meeting minutes, notes, memorandas, fliers, membership information, administrative and financial documents, correspondence, project and subject files, print photographs, VHS cassettes, and publications created or compiled by the MHNA.Records are divided into General Series, Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP), Projects and Subject Files, and Media. Records contain extensive...
Dates: 1892 - 2013
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association Records

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
Found in: Hennepin County Library Special Collections / Neighborhood Revitalization Program Records

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.



Minneapolis Central Library
300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401
specialcoll@hclib.org
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