Guide to the Allegheny Conference on Community Development Collection, 1944-1994 AIS.1973.04
Arrangement
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Collection
Creator
Allegheny Conference on Community Development (Pa.)
Collection Number
AIS.1973.04
Extent
5.63 Linear Feet(8 boxes)
Date
1944-1994
Abstract
This collection contains materials published by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, publications sponsored by or prepared by the conference, and miscellaneous publications regarding Pittsburgh not sponsored by the Conference but related to community development, 1944-1993.
Language
English
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Author
ASC Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process in October 2004.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
History
The Allegheny Conference on Community Development (ACCD) was organizaed in 1943 as the Citizens' Committee on Post-War Planning. The Committee was established to improve Pittsburgh from a dirty, smoky, easily flooded place where no one would voluntarily live into an improved city that could benefit from the post-war recovery period. This began a very successful plan that has been copied by many other cities.
The Conference has changed its emphasis to meet special needs within the community and has had three distinct periods of history. In 1946, the Conference, along with Mayor David L. Lawrence, began the smoke control program, construction of flood control dams on the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, and urban redevelopment programs including construction of limited access highways, public parking authorities, and forty renewal projects in housing, commercial, industrial, and open space developments. In 1955, the Conference created the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC) to help diversify the region's economy and create new job opportunities.
The second period of the Allegheny Conference began in 1968 and focused on social issues including developing minority businesses and establishing neighborhood and youth programs. During this period, the Conference also created Penn's Southwest Association, which began marketing the nine couty area of Southwestern Pennsylvania. The ACCD also created ACTION-Housing, Inc., which has created housing opportunities for middle and low income families. Conference Programs entered their third period of history in the late 1970s when the Conference turned its attention to community improvement, public education, and housing improvements. In cooperation with Mayor Caliguiri, Pittsburgh began its second renaissance with an acceleration of downtown construction and housing improvements throughout the community.
In the early 1980s the Conference focused on the slumping local economy and developed a series of initiatives designed to spark targeted sectors of the local economy in order to expand sales of products to federal agencies, improve transportation networks, and to promote advanced technology research, development, and manufacturing. More recently the Greater Pittsburgh Office of Promotion, the Health Policy Institute, and the Public Education Fund have all been created by the ACCD.
Scope and Content Notes
The Collection of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development contains four series including materials published by the Conference, publications sponsored by or prepared by the conference, and miscellaneous publications regarding Pittsburgh not sponsored by the Conference but related to community development. These publications were donated to the ASC by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, who obtained these materials while completing the Pittsburgh Renaissance Oral History Project, funded by a grant from the Buhl Foundation, 1971.
Each series is arranged alphabetically by title or author. Folders 15, 17, 56, 71-74, and 78 are oversized and housed seperately from the main collection.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the Gradute School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, December 1972.
Previous Citation
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Collection, 1944-1993, AIS.1973.04, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Preferred Citation
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Collection, 1944-1993, AIS.1973.04, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Processing Information
This collection was processed by ASC Staff on March 5, 1973.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Dan Horvath in October 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1391605
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Allegheny Conference on Community Development (Pa.)
Other Subjects
Transportation
Community development -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Community development -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny County
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