Bronzeville digital stories, 2000

Descriptive Summary

Language
English
Repository
Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Bronzeville digital stories, 2000
Creator
Illinois Institute of Technology
Identifier
050.03.03
Size
1 Book
Dates
2000
Language
Records are in English.
Abstract
Bronzeville-stories as of June 7, 2000. Prof. David Coogan served as project advisor.

Biographical Note

An IPRO focused on the redevelopment activities of the Bronzeville neighborhood adjacent to campus was offered for several semesters with each team's project building on work done by previous IPROs. The Spring 2000 IPRO involved conducting oral interviews with Bronzeville residents.

Description of the Collection

Thirty-one page booklet, Bronzeville Digital Stories, being a print version of interviews conducted by Illinois Institute of Technology students with nine African-Americans, current and former residents of Chicago's historically black neighborhood. In electronic form, these pages were part of a larger Web document created as the students' final report for their academic project.

Related Material

See Bronzeville vertical file

Appraisal

Significant document with history research value for its inclusion of first-person accounts. Also valuable as one of what should be a growing body of materials documenting the Bronzeville IPRO series.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Research

Processor

Catherine Bruck, University Archivist 6/7/2000

Provenance

was 2000.021

Indexed Terms