Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Scope and Contents note
- Biographical/Historical note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Indexed Terms
- Inventory
Collection Access
Evanston Community Development Corporation Records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Evanston Community Development Corporation Records
- Identifier
- BMRC.SHOREFRONT.ECDCR
- Repository
- Shorefront Legacy Center
- Language
- English
- Size
- 0.25 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1975-2002
- Abstract
- The Evanston Community Development Corporation was founded in July 1975. It worked to foster and coordinate community rehabilitation of residential and commercial areas, eliminate deteriorating sections of the city's African-American community, and engender economic development in the city of Evanston, Illinois. The Evanston Community Development Corporation disbanded in the 1990s. The collection covers the organizational history including meetings, proposals, resolutions, memorandums, and newspaper clippings.
Scope and Contents note
The collection covers material from 1975 to 2002 -- pertaining to the Evanston Community Development Corporation's organizational history including meetings, proposals, resolutions, memorandums, and newspaper clippings. The Evanston Community Development Corporation records are arranged into two series: “Business Files and History” and “Publicity.”
Biographical/Historical note
The Evanston Community Development Corporation was founded in July 1975. It worked to foster and coordinate community rehabilitation of residential and commercial areas, eliminate deteriorating sections of the city's African-American community, and engender economic development in the city of Evanston, Illinois. The Evanston Community Development Corporation disbanded in the 1990s.
Processing Information note
Processed by CLIR funded Black Metropolis Research Consortium “Color Curtain Processing Project.” Processor: Dustin Witsman.
Indexed Terms
- African American neighborhoods
- African Americans--Illinois--Evanston.
- Community development corporations--Illinois
- Community development, Urban
- Evanston (Ill.)--History.
- Housing development--United States
- Neighborhood improvement programs
- Urban renewal
- Evanston Community Development Corporation
Inventory
“Business Files and History” contains organizational records of the Evanston Community Development Corporation from 1975 to 1980 and includes newsletters, correspondence, memorandums, resolutions, and proposals.
- Title
- Correspondence and Memorandums,
- Dates
- 1975-1978
- Title
- Meeting Minutes,
- Dates
- 1976-1977
- Title
- City Resolutions,
- Dates
- 1976-1980
This series is comprised of article clippings from newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals concerning the Evanston Community Development Corporation and its works.
- Title
- Newspaper Clippings and Articles