Roderick Boyd Porter papers, 1980-1984.

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Roderick Boyd Porter papers, 1980-1984.

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Consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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North Coast Village Steering Committee.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation.

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William Bingham Foundation

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Established in 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Elizabeth Bingham Blossom with the proceeds of an inheritance from her brother, William Bingham 2nd. Grants were originally given to institutions of learning, hospitals, and public charities in Ohio. The foundation also contributed to the establishment and development of Blossom Music Center. After the death of Elizabeth Bingham Blossom in 1970, other family members maintained control of the foundation, and the focus of grantmaking changed to include or...

Hough Area Partners in Progress.

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Institute of Man and Science.

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Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio)

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Porter, Roderick Boyd

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Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood re-development and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village proje...

Glenco Enterprises, Inc.

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