American Planning Association, Texas Chapter: The History of Planning in Texas Project Records
Scope and Content of the collection
Primary resources include transcriptions, monographs and documentation relating to the history of planning in nine metropolitan areas: Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio. Accompanying materials include original recordings on eleven cassette tapes and transcriptions saved on 5.25" computer diskettes. The computer diskettes contain transcriptions saved in numerous formats, some unknown.
Supporting documentation includes historical readings, reports, planning documents, color slides and various other materials related to each of the nine metropolitan areas included in the project. Some published reports have been transferred to the Architectural and Planning Library's circulating collection.
Also included in the archive are teaching materials from the American Planning Association's Short Course for city officials. Records of the project's financial history, and correspondence between parties involved in the project are located in the archive as well. Digital representations of some of the oral histories in the Project Records Series are available online through Texas ScholarWorks .
Texas ScholarWorks
Dates
- Creation: 1911-2000
Creator
- American Planning Association. Texas Chapter (contributor, Organization)
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Digital Materials
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Historical background of the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association
Created in 1977 by the Executive Committee of the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA), The History of Planning in Texas Project is a valuable resource for students and educators alike. With the support of Chapter president Bruce McClendon, the project obtained permanent financial support and oversight from the APA's Education Foundation in 1979. The project's focus was to create a record of the experiences of planners from around Texas. Robert Cornish, chapter historian, began the project by focusing on nine metropolitan areas: Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston and San Antonio.
Mr. Cornish ran the project from 1979 until 1994. During this period he was director to Texas A&M's Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Mr. Cornish traveled Texas recording oral history interviews with well known state and local planners and educators. With the assistance of colleagues and students from Texas A&M, Mr. Cornish collected transcripts and supporting historical documentation on the history of planning from each of the nine metropolitan areas. Cornish also is the author of several creative works in the archive.
The History of Planning in Texas Project archives were donated to The University of Texas at Austin by the American Planning Association in 1995 and are housed in the Alexander Architectural Archives. The American Planning Association has continued to send materials for the collection since its initial donation.
Partial Extent
8 Linear Feet
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11 audiocassettes
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57 discs
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46 slides
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Created in 1977 by the Executive Committee of the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA), The History of Planning in Texas Project focus was to create a record of the experiences of planners from around Texas. The collection contains transcriptions, monographs, reports, slides, and documentation relating to the history of planning in nine metropolitan areas: Austin, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, and San Antonio.
Other Finding Aids
Unpublished inventory in Archive.
Acquisition Information
Transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture.
Collection Processors
Collection processed by David W. Danenfelzer, January 1999, under the generous sponsorship of the American Planning Association, Texas Chapter. Additional processing by Amanda Keys, April 2010. Collection checklist created by Melissa De La Cruz, 2014.
Topical
- Title
- American Planning Association, Texas Chapter: The History of Planning in Texas Project Records
- Author
- Inventory prepared by David W. Danenfelzer
- Date
- 1999
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Alexander Architectural Archives Repository
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