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University of North Carolina at Asheville Register of Manuscript Housing Authority of the City of Asheville RecordsM2007.12.01-122 |
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| Title | Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, N.C ., Records | |
| Alt Title | Housing Authority , City of Asheville Records [Shortened version of above title, sometimes used when referring to the lead agency responsible for the records.] | |
| Al Title | Asheville Housing Authority [An informal and shorter variant of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, NC., often used by staff and by contractors and others working with the department.] | |
| Alt. Title | Asheville Urban Renewal Files [An unofficial designation used by some parties to refer to the collection of records, largely related to NC R-48 and NC R-13.] | |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/housing_authority_city_asheville/ default_housing_authority_city_asheville.htm |
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| Creator | Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, Planning and Development Department | |
| Subject Keyword | East End, Asheville ; Southside, Asheville ; East Riverside, Asheville ; East Riverside redevelopment ; Civic Redevelopment Project ; Asheville Redevelopment Commission ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, N.C. ; Asheville, NC ; housing authorities ; urban renewal ; city planning ; gentrification ; eminent domain ; maps ; streets ; roads ; gardens ; African-Americans ; community ; Southside ; Model Cities ; greenways ; Y.M.C.A. ; Y.W.C.A. ; social services ; NC R-48 ; NC R-13 ; Mountain Housing Opportunities ; City-County Plaza ; Marjorie Scavella ; municipal government ; politics and government ; highway planning ; apartments ; housing ; real property ; economic conditions ; land use ; economics ; urban planning ; civic improvement ; slums ; low income housing ; urban poor ; Asheville Model Cities Program ; Depot Street ; Livingston Street ; Montford, NC ; | |
| Subject LCSH |
African
Americans
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Housing
-- History
-- 20th century Apartment houses -- North Carolina -- Asheville Asheville (N.C.) -- History Asheville (N.C.) -- Economic conditions Asheville (N.C.) -- Politics and government Asheville (N.C.) -- Planning City and town life -- United States -- History -- 20th century City planning -- North Carolina -- Asheville Civic improvement -- North Carolina -- Asheville Gentrification Highway planning -- North Carolina -- Asheville Housing -- North Carolina -- Asheville Housing authorities Housing authorities -- United States -- States Housing policy -- United States Land use, Urban -- United States Land use, Urban -- North Carolina -- Asheville Low-income housing -- Government policy -- United States Municipal government -- North Carolina -- Asheville Municipal services -- North Carolina Asheville (N.C.) Real property -- North Carolina -- Asheville Slums Traffic engineering -- North Carolina -- Asheville Urban policy -- United States Urban policy -- North Carolina United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development United States -- Race relations Urban poor -- Housing Urban poor -- Statistics Urban renewal -- North Carolina -- Asheville |
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| Description |
This collection
consists of nearly 130 linear feet (129 cartons) of administrative records for Asheville’s Redevelopment Commission dating from around 1958 to 1970, as
well as the official records of Asheville’s Housing Authority from the late
1940s to the 1990s. The records in this collection pertain primarily to several
significant redevelopment projects undertaken by Asheville from the early 1960s
to the mid-1980s. Also represented to a lesser extent are smaller development
and redevelopment projects, as well as several housing projects and
bridge projects. In general project records include standard planning documents such as project area maps, a survey of the existing structures in the project area, the redevelopment plan, appraisal reports, and ownership data. Also included are general project administrative documents such as correspondence, contracts, reports, news clippings, and summary documents. In addition to general administration files and planning documents are several series pertaining to the acquisition, disposal, or rehabilitation of individual parcels, as well as the relocation of individual occupants. The collection is currently being processed and has not been thoroughly examined. Consequently information about the collection and the activities it documents are not fully known and described at this time. Several series containing sensitive information are closed to all researchers (faculty, students, public) while retention and privacy laws are being researched by library staff. The records of the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville were acquired by UNCA in July 2007, and the legal transfer of ownership occurred on October 16, 2007 when the Asheville City Council approved the transfer of the material files and photographs and provided a subsidy for the processing of the collection. Since then, additional materials were identified and acquired in 2008 and it is anticipated that additions to the collection will be forthcoming. |
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| Publisher | Special Collections, D. H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804 | |
| Contributor | United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
| Alt. contributor | Mountain Housing Opportunities ; Asheville Planning and Development Department | |
| Date | Date of collection: 1950's- 1990's ; Date digital: 2007-08-14 | |
| Type | Collection ; Text ; Images ; | |
| Format | (extent) 128.5 linear ft. (129 cartons) | |
| Source | D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, Manuscript Collections M2007.12.01-117 | |
| Language | English | |
| Relation | Is part of: Housing Authority of the City of Asheville [HACA] ; Is related to: East Riverside Photographs, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA ; Map Asheville, http://gis.ashevillenc.gov/mapasheville/developmentmapper/ ; Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA ; Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State Administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. Edited by J. S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter [and] Thomas W. Morse by North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, Documenting the American South, UNC Chapel Hill ; Prosser, Julian Branson. Two city managers in Asheville, North Carolina : politics, administration and policy formulation. [S.l. : s.n.] 1972, iv, 110 leaves ; 28 cm. (Thesis (M.P.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) UNCA SPEC COLL JS548.A8 P76 1972 ; Asheville Model Cities Records, M2005.11.1-2, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA ; "Improving the Quality of Urban Life, [HT177 .A85 1974] Spec Coll, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA ; Asheville Model Cities Commission Mid Year Planning Statement ; PUBLICATIONS List is part of HACA ; For excellent GIS maps that orient you to contemporary Asheville, see : http://gis.ashevillenc.gov/mapAsheville/map.asp ; | |
| Coverage | Temporal: 1950's-1990's ; Spatial: Asheville, NC | |
| Rights | Collection is open and available for research though some series are restricted and closed to all researchers until private legal and financial information can be screened. Any copyright interest in materials contained within this collection have not been transferred to UNCA and therefore remain with the original copyright holders or their descendents as stipulated by United States copyright law. | |
| Donor | Donor 310 ; City of Asheville, NC. | |
| Acquisition | 2007-07-20 (onsite) ; official transfer from City of Asheville, Council to UNCA, October 16, 2007 | |
| Citation | Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records, Special Collections, D. H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville | |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2007, 2008, 2009 | |
| Last update | 2007-08-14 ; 2007-09-30 ; 2008-01-25 ; 2008-02-24 ;2008-8-11 ; 2008-9-11 ; | |
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| Mayors and City Council Officers, 1955-2007 | ||
| Time Line | ||
| Glossary | ||
| OVERVIEW | ||
| Context (Historical & Biographical notes) |
Over time this agency has taken on several different names. The original agency, the Asheville Redevelopment Commission, was officially merged with the Housing Authority in 1971, although they had shared a common director and project staff for several years prior to the merger. [Note: The name of this agency seems to have been the same since its inception; however the name Asheville Housing Authority is often used as an informal or shorter name. This informal name is generally used by non-agency staff, such as contractors or private citizens, as well as agency staff and other city employees on internal docs and memos.] Today the agency is officially referred to as the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville. The records contained in this collection are those primarily concerned with what the city and public referred to as 'redevelopment projects'. The redevelopment projects fall under the general rubric of 'urban renewal', hence the frequent reference to the files as 'urban renewal' files. The largest volume of records in this collection are those from Asheville's East Riverside (Southside) Urban Redevelopment Project (NC R-48) and from the Civic Redevelopment Project (NC R-13). The records from the Housing Authority City of Asheville were transferred to UNCA by the Asheville Planning and Development Department with the assistance of Mountain Housing Opportunities, in July 2007, and formal transfer occurred October 16, 2007 when the Asheville City Council officially approved the transfer of the material files and photographs and provided a subsidy for the processing of the collection. NC R-48, the largest of the urban renewal projects included in this collection, was planned to address "a blighted area predominantly residential in character and considered to be eligible under Section 110c 1. of the federal Housing Act of 1949 and amended under the North Carolina Urban Redevelopment Law of 1951, 'as amended, N.C.G.S. 160-454 through 16-474.'" The renewal Project Plan for NC R-48 provided for both rehabilitation and conservation efforts and for clearance and redevelopment in accordance with the project proposals. The plan is described in this manner:
The provisions of the NC R-48 plan were scheduled to be in effect until December 31, 1986 but reflect numerous amendments. The key objectives described in the official plan are the following:
NC R-13 Civic Redevelopment Project was considered to be a "Modernization Program. As described by the Asheville Housing Authority, " ...the area encompassing this project The Civic Redevelopment Project north and west of City-County Plaza was responsible for the present Health Department building among others. The East Riverside Urban Renewal Project bought dilapidated properties on 424 acres in the vicinity of Aston Park and then sold the land to builders of affordable housing. Marjorie Scavella of the Asheville Housing Authority says eminent domain was used when necessary. She remembers some furor at the time but says the current feeling in the neighborhoods about the project is positive." This brief historical note is not comprehensive for the Housing Authority collection and it is recommended that users continue to visit the site for updates and for additional material descriptions in FULL TEXT. |
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| List of Housing and Redevelopment Commissioners and Housing Authority Directors & Commissioners | ||
| What is "Eminent
Domain" ? Basically the term refers to the Fifth Amendment added
to the Constitution of the United States that gives to the state the
right to take private property for public use. Any taking requires that
just compensation be made. See also the following sites for information on "eminent domain." Eminent domain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia eminent domain: West's Encyclopedia of American Law (Full Article .. Eminent Domain at FindLaw |
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| Organization |
The Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
collection is currently organized into:
The organization also includes numerous series relating to specific redevelopment and other Housing Authority projects and two media series (Reference Materials not published by the Housing Authority and Photographic Media not associated with specific project files) *Note that the collection is currently being processed and the final arrangement will most likely be somewhat different than the current arrangement. |
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PUBLICATIONS
List Many publications were produced by the City planning agencies, by the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville, by the state of North Carolina, and by the federal agencies associated with HUD and urban redevelopment across the country. Many of these publications provide an excellent entry into the complex and difficult processes of urban redevelopment projects. The following represent some of the key publications that will help the user to understand specific projects, as well as the back-ground for many of the projects. Many of the publications are available in FULL TEXT, and others are underway or are planned for transcription so they may be searched using our custom "Google" search engine. Please advise us of publications you wish to see in FULL TEXT. Your suggestions will help us to prioritize the large number of items awaiting digitization. |
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| Publications Derived From and Related to the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville. Many are in FULL TEXT and all are listed by DATE OF PUBLICATION. | ||
| Box numbers | Series | |
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Note |
Box and/or Series identified as RESTRICTED are closed to all researchers until processing is completed.. At this time (2009-05-30) very few boxes remain restricted. | |
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Box 1 |
Redevelopment Commission files, ca. 1958-1970. 1.0 linear feet | |
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Administrative files | |
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Boxes 2-11 |
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville general files, 1967-1990s. 11.0 linear ft. |
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2-5 |
AHA Administrative files, ca. 1970-1990. | |
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6-10 |
AHA Rehabilitation Assistance program files, 1984-1990s. (restricted) | |
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11 |
AHA Social worker's case files, 1968-1972. (restricted) | |
| Boxes 12-15 | Asheville Downtown Commercial Complex project files, 1980-1982. 4.0 linear ft. | |
| 12-13 | Administrative files | |
| 14 | Ownership data files and Appraisal reports | |
| 15 | Appraisal files | |
| Boxes 16-21 | Civic Redevelopment project files, 1960-1975. 6.0 linear ft. | |
| 16-17 | Administrative files | |
| 18 | Appraisal files | |
| 19-21 | Acquisition | |
| 22-24 | EMPTY | |
| Boxes 25-42 | East End/Valley Street project files, ca. 1971-late 1980s. 19.0 linear ft. | |
| 25-26 | Administrative files | |
| 27-38 | Acquisition files | |
| 39-40A | Disposal files | |
| 41-42 | Relocation files (restricted) | |
| Boxes 43-114 | East Riverside Project | |
| 43-53 | Administrative files, 1965-1981 Loose Photographs (black and white) from Box 44 Aerial Photographs from Box 44 |
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| 54-55 | EMPTY | |
| 56-77 | Acquisition files, 1967-1976 | |
| Photographs Associated with Acquisition Block and Parcel Files | ||
| 78-79 | Acquisition Appraisal files, 1966-1971 | |
| 80-90 | Disposal files | |
| 91-101 | Rehabilitation loan & grants files (restricted) | |
| 102-109 | Relocation files (restricted) | |
| 110 | Reuse Appraisal files | |
| 111-114 | Street & Site improvement contract files | |
| Boxes 115-116 | Montford project files, ca.
1978-1993. 2.0 linear ft. Head of Montford project files Montford Complex project files Randolph Elementary School project files (relocation files restricted) |
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| Box 117 | Pack Place and Pack Plaza project files, 1984-1985. 1.0 linear ft. | |
| Boxes 118-119 | NC 7-5 and NC 7-6 project files, ca. 1965-1966. 2.0 linear ft. | |
| Box 120 | Small projects, ca.
1950-1990s. 1.0 linear ft. Project NC 7-4, ca. 1948-1958 NC 7-8: 1 disposal file, 1995 Preliminary Proposal: Oteen Home for the Elderly, June 1976 Application for Public Housing Project, 1981 Airport Expansion and Improvements, 1977 Airport Clear Zone project files, ca. 1991 (relocation files restricted) Lower Hominy Fire Station, 1989-1990 Clingman Avenue project, 1987-1988 West End/Clingman Avenue Neighborhood Plan (draft) by the City of Asheville Planning Department, 1995 |
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| Box 120A | Downtown area redevelopment
projects, 1978-1994. 1.0 linear ft. South Pack --"The Block" area, 1994 Eagle/Market Street Neighborhood & Economic Development project, 1978 Haywood/Wall Street Redevelopment project files, 1985-1986 Biltmore Avenue Acquisition project, 1984 |
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| Box 121 | Bridge projects 1.0
linear ft. Arco Road Bridge Improvement project files Hazel Mill Road Bridge project files Killiam Road Bridge project files Murdoch Bridge project files Pearson Bridge project files |
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| Boxes 122-128 | Reference Materials 7.0 linear ft. | |
| 122-123 | National publications | |
| 124 | State publications | |
| 125-126 | Local publications (See Publications) | |
| 127-128 | Additions & interfiles | |
| Boxes 129-130 | Photographic media 1.5 linear feet | |
| 129 |
Slides
I - - General
and not identified as associated with a specific project (scanned) Slides II - General and not identified as associated with a specific project (scanned) |
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| 130 | Photos, slides, negatives (not scanned) | |
| NOTE: Photographic materials are also distributed throughout the collection and will be treated in a separate database (under construction), Many block and parcel folders contain images used in the relocation process and these are specific to the associated block and the parcel . | ||
| Digitized resources | Includes items from the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville Records as well a some related collection material that is specific to the projects contained in this web location. | |
| Maps [Selected] | ||
| PHOTOGRAPHS | ||
| Aerial Photographs | ||
| Loose Photographs (black and white) from Box 44 | ||
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Slides
I - - General
and not associated with a specific project (scanned) Slides II - General and not associated with a specific project (scanned) Photographs III - Specific to Project. See Block and Parcel Location [See also: East Riverside Photographs] |
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| Working Files | WORKING FILES | |
| NOTES AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY | ||
| URBAN STUDIES JOURNAL TITLES held by UNCA (electronic access and paper copy) Library Resources - Periodicals - Urban Studies Titles | ||
| Related courses and special projects utilizing HACA resources | ||
| GIS information |
GIS Metadata Dictionary http://gis.ashevillenc.gov/PublicAccess/metadata/mdd.htm |
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| HACA Sample Folder for Acquisition Files in the East Riverside Project | ||
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