New Haven Redevelopment Agency records
Scope and Contents
Project files, minutes, correspondence, and property records, documenting the work of the New Haven Redevelopment Agency, primarily from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Dates
- [195-]-2005
- Majority of material found within 1950 - 1985
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the creator(s) of this collection for materials they have authored or otherwise produced. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by the City of New Haven, 2003, 2005.
Arrangement
Arranged in twenty-eight series and one addition: I. Administrative. II. Applications are Rehabilitation Loans. III. Capital Projects. IV. Chronological Files. V. City Housing Projects. VI. City of New Haven. VII. Contracts and Agreements. VIII. Demolition/Contracts. IX. Development Administrator’s Files, 1980-1985. X. Environmental Impact. XI. Federal Government. XII. Housing Code Compliances. XIII. Litigation, Closed Files. XIV. Office of Land Disposition. XV. Office of Public Information. XVI. Open Space Program. XVII. Printed. XVIII. Projects. XIX. Regional Water Authority. XX. Reuse Parcel Survey Maps. XXI. State of Connecticut. XXII. Taft-Adams. XXIII. Urban Renewal in Other Cities. XXIV. Workable Programs. XXV. Card Files. XXVI. Minutes, 1959-1995. XXVII. Projects, Miscellaneous. XXVIII. Miscellaneous.
Extent
770.75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Project files, minutes, correspondence, and property records, documenting the work of the New Haven Redevelopment Agency, primarily from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Biographical / Historical
The New Haven Redevelopment Agency was established in 1950. It directed and oversaw the major redevelopment projects undertaken in New Haven from that time on.
- City planning -- Connecticut -- New Haven
- Lee, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1916-2003
- Logue, Edward J.
- New Haven (Conn.) -- History -- 20th Century
- New Haven (Conn.) -- Politics and government -- 20th Century
- New Haven Redevelopment Agency
- Relocation (Housing) -- Connecticut -- New Haven
- Urban renewal -- Connecticut -- New Haven
- Urban renewal -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- History -- 20th Century
- Title
- Preliminary Guide to the New Haven Redevelopment Agency Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- July 2003
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511