Records of the University of Florida Urban and Regional Development Center
Scope and Content
Series 74 consists of the administrative papers of Carl Feiss, director of the Urban and Regional Development Center, together with limited records pertaining to the center's predecessor, the Bureau of Urban Studies under the directorship of Elizabeth Eddy. The series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, grant proposals, and speeches.
The series documents the development of the center and the University of Florida's planning curriculum. Of particular interest are records related to the center's involvement in the creation of growth management policies in Florida. These records include files on the First Annual Florida Growth Conference (Gainesville, Florida, June 7, 1973), the Florida 2000: Governor's Conference on Growth and the Environment (Orlando, Florida, October 11-13, 1973), the Florida Growth Policy Year, the Florida House of Representatives Committee on Growth and Energy, and the Florida House of Representatives Committee on Governmental Operations.
Dates
- Creation: 1967-1975
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1971-1975
Creator
Access
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Biographical/Historical Note
Carl Feiss served as director of the Urban and Regional Development Center from 1967-1975.
Extent
3.5 Linear feet (9 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Administrative papers of Carl Feiss, director of the Urban and Regional Development Center, together with limited records pertaining to the center's predecessor, the Bureau of Urban Studies under the directorship of Elizabeth Eddy.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
- Title
- A Guide to the Records of the University of Florida Urban and Regional Development Center, 1967-1975
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- November 2006
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu
