Postwar Greensboro: Urban Renewal and Development

: City of Greensboro Scrapbook Collections; Scrapbooks of news clippings compiled by the City Of Greensboro, documenting urban development and public works developments and issues in the postwar era.

: Department of Housing and Community Development (Greensboro) Collection; This collection includes two scrapbooks maintained by the Greensboro Redevelopment Commission that contain clippings pertaining to urban development and renewal initiatives and issues in Greensboro.

: Fisher Park Neighborhood Association Records; This collection comprises the records of The Fisher Park Neighborhood Association, a not-for-profit organization serving the Fisher Park Neighborhood and Fisher Park Historic District in Greensboro, North Carolina. The collection documents the Association operations, sponsored events, and fundraising as well as neighborhood events and legislation. Materials include press clippings, reports, newsletters, bylaws, compact discs, board proceedings, photographs, fliers, posters, papers, and audio recordings.

: Greensboro Business; A newsletter (and later a magazine) published by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

: Greensboro Chamber of Commerce (Guilford Vertical Files); Annual reports, studies, and promotional material produced by the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce.

: Greensboro Fire Department Collection; Scrapbooks compiled by Edwin Lee of the Greensboro Fire Department between 1947 and 1979 document activities of the department through photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items.

: Greensboro Redevelopment (Guilford Vertical Files); Annual reports, maps, urban renewal information, and other documents created by the City of Greensboro in the Postwar Era.

: Jackson Library Reference Maps; Greensboro maps held as part of the UNC Greensboro University Libraries reference collection.

: Map Collection; This collection contains maps of Greensboro and Guilford County dating from the 1870s-1980s. Some of the later Greensboro maps also include the city government's annual report.

: North Carolina Collection (Greensboro Public Library); Materials documenting the regional history of Greensboro and North Carolina. Digitized items from the collection primarily document postwar urban renewal and development.

: Patrick Lee Lucas Papers; The Patrick Lee Lucas Papers contain materials from the files of Patrick Lee Lucas who was a faculty member in the UNCG Department of Interior Architecture from 2002 to 2013. The collection contains materials describing mid-twentieth century architecture, particularly the work of architect Edward Loewenstein of Greensboro. Included are Loewenstein's personal files kept during his time in Greensboro (1945-1970). Series 1 is not digitized and contains files regarding the academic work of Lucas which was focused primarily on the architecture of Loewenstein but also included mid-twentieth century modern architecture throughout the Southeast. Series 2 comprises files maintained by Edward Loewenstein, including biographical information, information about Loewenstein's architectural firms, and descriptions of public buildings and houses in Greensboro designed by Loewenstein. The collection also contains a complete set of files labeled by Loewenstein and describing specific aspects of the design and construction of the Loewenstein house in Greensboro, built in 1953-1954. Architectural plans for the Loewenstein residence and numerous other Loewenstein-designed houses are included.

: Planning Notes (City of Greensboro); Newsletter published by the Greensboro, N.C. Planning Department in the 1950s and 1960s. There is not a full collection of this publication, and digitized issues were pulled from vertical files.

: Sunset Hills Neighborhood Project; This collection contains material contributed by the Sunset Hills Neighborhood Association and by neighborhood residents as part of an ongoing community documentation project tracing the history and development of this historic Greensboro neighborhood.

: University Libraries General Collection; Books and other materials from the library stacks and subject files on subjects including Greensboro development in the Postwar Era, the textile industry in Greensboro, and local educational institutions. The subject files are no longer held in physical form at UNC Greensboro, though some have been donated to the Greensboro History Museum and other repositories.

: Your Downtown; Newsletter published by the Greensboro Downtown Renewal Information Committee in the late 1960s.

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