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Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Central Atlanta Progress Records : Administrative files, 1960-1992, undated.

Title: Central Atlanta Progress Records : Administrative files, 1960-1992, undated.

This series contains basic administrative records from 1960 to 1989 including the correspondence of Dan E. Sweat, Jr. and other CAP principles, Richard C. D. Fleming, Larry E. Fonts, and John F. Leak. Other correspondents include Georgia governors Jimmy Carter, Joe Frank Harris, and Herman E. Talmadge; Congressmen Wyche Fowler, Jr. and Sam Nunn; Atlanta mayors Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young; Atlanta city officials Marvin Arrington, Leon Eplan, and Jule M. Sugarman; and Atlanta businessmen L. L. Gellerstedt, Jr. and Boisfeuillet Jones. In addition to correspondence, the series contains minutes, agendas, reports, and other material from the meetings of CAP officers, the Executive Committee, the Nominating Committee, and the Board of Directors as well as information on the annual meetings from 1973 to 1989. The meetings of the Downtown Investors Group in 1975 and 1976 are also documented. The series includes speeches by Dan Sweat and others, annual reports, by-laws, and information on CAP membership, work programs, Capacity, Inc., and Park Central Communities.

ArchivalResource: 15.43 linear ft. (37 document cases)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320966428 View

Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. Central Atlanta Progress Records : Project files, 1960-1994, undated.

Title: Central Atlanta Progress Records : Project files, 1960-1994, undated.

This series consists of project files in ten subseries that document the projects in which CAP was involved from roughly 1960 to 1994. Subseries 1 documents the Central Area Study (CAS) conducted by CAP in 1973-1974 and the second Central Area Study (CAS II) conducted from 1986 to 1988. CAS II contains reports and documentation on arts and recreation, conventions and tourism, housing and the homeless, public relations, public safety, retail, transportation, and urban design. Subseries 2, Economic Development, documents the partner organizations with which CAP worked and the subjects on which CAP focused. Organizations include Atlanta economic Development Corporation, Downtown Development Authority, Georgia Downtown Development Association, Overall Economic Development Planning, SRI International, and Triangular Partnerships. Subjects include enterprise zones, the MLK historic district, public-private partnerships, local tax revenues, and Underground Atlanta. Subseries 3 documents CAP's interest in education, particularly the Atlanta Partnership of Business and Education and Atlanta Public schools. Subseries 4 pertains to housing and the development of housing in downtown Atlanta. The subseries contains information on community development programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development programs, mixed use studies, and a mortgage consortium of investors in downtown development. This subseries contains a large amount of material on Park Central Communities, Inc., a for-profit entity of CAP, and its development activities in the Bedford-Pine area. Subseries 5, Human Services, documents downtown daycare programs, particularly CAP's involvement in the Bowen Homes Day Care facility. This subseries also contains information on the homeless issue, including CAP's creation of the Central Area Job Placement Center to provide jobs for homeless persons. There is also information on area health care. Subseries 6 documents CAP's marketing projects, the CAP War Room and publications produced by CAP. Subseries 7, Public Safety, documents crime and police issues. This subseries contains information on the creation of a horse patrol, city ordinances on taxis and street vendors, and additional material on homelessness, public drunkenness and prostitution. Subseries 8, Transportation, provides considerable information on MARTA and downtown road construction. Subseries 9 documents Urban Design programs, including Central City Park, Margaret Mitchell Square, Peachtree Walk, Southside projects, tree planting, and urban walls. The bulk of this subseries is devoted to documentation of projects in the Fairlie-Poplar area. Subseries 10 consists of organizations and subjects that are all related to the main program areas documented in subseries 1-9. Topics include Academy for Contemporary Problems, the Atlanta airport, Atlanta 2000, Atlanta Action Forum, Atlanta Business Coalition, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Atlanta Regional Commission, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, bond referendums, City of Atlanta, Georgia Business and Industry Association, Governor's Commission, International Business Fellows, International Downtown Executives Association (IDEA), Midtown Business Association, Resurgens Atlanta, Triangle Task Force, World Congress Center, youth hostels, and special projects. The subseries also contains a clipping file on local and national issues pertaining to urban life and economic development.

ArchivalResource: 83.82 linear ft. (201 document cases and 1 oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320966060 View

Richmond, Julius B. (Julius Benjamin), 1916-2008. Julius B. Richmond papers, 1941-2004 (bulk 1968-1997).

Title: Julius B. Richmond papers, 1941-2004 (bulk 1968-1997).

Administrative material, correspondence, reports, publications, minutes, and personal items document the career of Julius B. Richmond, pediatrician, public health official, and university professor. The papers are a complete and comprehensive documentary record of his service and activities. The main focus of the collection is on his career in the academic world as well as service to the public, including his tenure as the U.S. Surgeon General (1977-1981). The health and well-being of children were of particular concern and dominated his career. The bulk of the material in the collection relates to his career after 1965, which includes his time as Surgeon General and Harvard Medical School (1971-1988), as well as the various programs he helped implement, such as Head Start (1965) and Healthy People.

ArchivalResource: 92 linear ft. (124 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14304311 View

Julius B. Richmond Papers, 1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997

Title: Julius B. Richmond Papers 1941-2004; bulk 1968-1997

Julius B. Richmond Papers (1941-2004) document the career of the pediatrician and public health advocate. The collection highlights his time as the U.S. Surgeon General as well as his academic career at the State University of New York at Syracuse and Harvard Medical School. It also details important programs which Richmond help establish, such as Head Start.

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http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/richmond383 View