Community development -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the effort to establish community programs, involving the participation of local residents, to improve the standard of living in developing countries or in developing areas of other countries.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Jane Kirtz Collection
Collection
Identifier: A3092
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of files and five scrapbooks (disassembled) relating to the career and community activities of Mary Jane Kirtz. It is arranged into two series: Subject Files (1946-2005) and Women for City Living (1969-1994). Both series are arranged alphabetically by topic.
The two earliest scrapbooks in the Subject Files series contain primarily newspaper clippings and educational program...
Dates:
1946-2005
St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection
Collection
Identifier: P0197
Scope and Contents
The St. Louis City Planning Agencies Collection contains photographs, negatives, printed material, original drawings and other items documenting 20th century city planning efforts and the resulting transformation of St. Louis. Strategic visions for tackling the challenges of a modern city were presented in both the 1907 and 1947 comprehensive plans, and many of the urban changes documented in the collection can be traced back to proposals in these plans. Issues documented in the collection...
Dates:
ca. 1892-1985; Majority of material found within 1915-1970
John A. Taylor Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3360
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of reports, documents, and programs relating primarily to the education and career of John A. Taylor and to a lesser extent to his wife, Jerry Taylor, and to his daughter, Jerrilyn Z. Taylor. The collection dates from 1904 to 2018; the bulk of the collection dates from 1963 to 1978. There are date gaps from 1905 to 1940 and from 1949 to 1954. The papers are arranged alphabetically by topic.
The earliest item in the collection...
Dates:
1904-2018; Majority of material found within 1963-1976
Kayla Vaughan Papers
Collection
Identifier: A3238
Scope and Contents
The Kayla Vaughan Papers are comprised of leaflets, fliers, and brochures relating to a wide variety of local and national social and political groups and their activities; discussion readings, notes, and meeting minutes; conference and workshop materials; correspondence relating to professional and group activities; newspaper clippings; feminist publications, and legal papers and case filings. The papers are divided into six series: Personal, ...
Dates:
1962-2013; Majority of material found within 1973-1983