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Guide to the Allegheny Conference On Community Development (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Records, 1920-1993 (bulk 1960-90)
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- Title
- Allegheny Conference on Community Development records 1920-1993
- Subject
- Allegheny Conference on Community Development (Pa.), Pittsburgh Public Schools (Pa.), Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Community development--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Smoke prevention--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Transportation--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area--Planning, Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Bicentennial, 1958
- Description
- The Allegheny Conference on Community Development Records include minutes, correspondence, reports and printed materials. The records document the large scope of the involvement of the Conference in the planning and redevelopment of the greater Pittsburgh region. Series have been designated for Annual Dinners; Articles; Community Activities Advisor; Conventions; Director of Planning; Executive Director; Financial Materials; Highland Park Zoo Aquarium; Highways; Lower Hill Redevelopment; Mellon Square Park; News Releases; Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association; Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association; Point Park Committee; Planning, Recreation, Conservation and Park Council; Report Library; Three Rivers Stadium; and Topical Files., Allegheny Conference on Community Development records, MSS 0285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Allegheny Conference on Community Development gift 1994 1994.0314 papers, The Allegheny Conference on Community Development is a nonprofit organization that works with the public and private sectors to improve the economy and quality of life of the Pittsburgh region. The Allegheny Conference can trace its origins to a meeting of Richard King Mellon, Dr. Edward R. Weidlein, President of the Mellon Institute, and Wallace Richards, Secretary of the Pittsburgh Regional Planning Association, in the winter of 1943, where it was decided that an organization would be formed to do research and study on the region to create a community improvement plan. The organization has worked to curtail air pollution, establish Point State Park, consolidate public transit operations, assist minority-owned businesses, and develop Pittsburgh's Cultural District., Gift of Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Processed MSS 0285 7/2000 D. Grinnell, Finding aid available.
- Contributor
- Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1920-1993
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- print, manuscript, 188.50 linear ft.
- Identifier
- oclc:718723284, pitt:US-QQS-mss285
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS285
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area, Pittsburgh (Pa.), Point State Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Highland Park Zoo (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Cultural District (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Hill District (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Mellon Square (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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