Fargo Urban Renewal Agency Newspaper Clipping Collection
Collection
Identifier: Mss 88
Scope and Contents
The collection contains newspaper clippings related to the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency, 1962-1974.
Dates
- 1962-1974
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
History
Since the incorporation of Fargo, North Dakota in 1875, the downtown area was the main commercial center. But much of the city contained deteriorating buildings, vacant lots, and a general blight on the community. In 1945, the Fargo City Commission employed I.S. Shattuck as a city planning consultant to address the problem of blighted areas in the city. In 1952, he presented a master plan. The plan was approved. In 1954, Harold Bangert visited the Chicago regional office of the United States federal urban renewal program which had been broadened by the Housing Act of 1954 to include cities the size of Fargo.
Fargo established the Urban Renewal Agency with Earl Stewart as executive director. The first project received approval in 1958 and received a federal grant. The necessary land was obtained and buildings razed. In 1960, parcels of land were sold to businesses. In March, 1961, the Fargo Library purchased a tract of land for a new library.
Extent
1.75 Linear Feet (1.75 linear feet.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains newspaper clippings related to the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency, 1962-1974.
Provenance
Fargo City Planning Commission, 1978 (Acc. 2023).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Airports -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- City planning -- Minnesota -- Moorhead.
- City planning -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- City planning -- North Dakota -- West Fargo.
- Clippings.
- Fargo Urban Renewal Agency.
- Fire fighters -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Hospitals -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Hotels -- Minnesota -- Moorhead.
- Hotels -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Housing development -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Library buildings -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Liquor laws -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Local elections -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Municipal government -- North Dakota -- Fargo -- Officials and employees.
- Police -- Minnesota -- Moorhead.
- Police -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Public buildings -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Sales tax -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Shopping centers -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Traffic engineering -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Underpasses -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Urban renewal -- Minnesota -- Moorhead.
- Urban renewal -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Urban renewal -- North Dakota -- West Fargo.
- Water-supply -- North Dakota -- Fargo.
- Water-supply -- North Dakota -- West Fargo.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Fargo Urban Renewal Agency Newspaper Clipping Collection
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu