| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Porter, Roderick Boyd |
| Title: | Roderick Boyd Porter Papers |
| Dates: | 1980-1985 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | Roderick Boyd Porter served as the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Archivist (1973-1985) and was active in neighborhood redevelopment and historic preservation in the Greater Cleveland, Ohio, area. Porter also served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society, as a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council, and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s, which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and revitalization efforts in the Hough area community of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes. The collection pertains to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. |
| MS Number | MS 4646 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Roderick Boyd Porter (1947-1993) served as the Cuyahoga County Archivist and was active in neighborhood re-development and historic preservation in Greater Cleveland. Born in Columbus, Ohio, to Robert J. and Corrine Porter, he graduated from John Carroll University with a B.A. in 1969, received an M.A. from the University of Michigan and was a candidate for a Ph. D. in medieval literature at Princeton University. Porter became the Cuyahoga County Archivist in 1973 and served as director of the Cuyahoga County Archives from 1975 to 1985. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Western Reserve Historical Society from 1979 to 1991, serving as chairman of the Friends of the Library from 1978 to 1986; and was a trustee of the Cleveland Area Arts Council and a member of the Rowfant Club. He was also a member of the North Coast Village Steering Committee in the 1980s which played a key role in the Lexington Village project and other revitalization efforts in the Hough community.
The Roderick Boyd Porter Papers, 1980-1985, consist of planning and development documents, project reports, proposals, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and personal notes.
This collection pertains largely to the revitalization of the Hough area, an inner city neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio. It illustrates the involvement of urban renewal and re-development organizations such as the William Bingham Foundation, North Coast Village Steering Committee, the Institute of Man and Science, Glenco, and the Hough Area Partners in Progress. This collection will be of interest to scholars researching inner city re-development in the early 1980s.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4707 William Bingham Foundation and MS 4849 William Bingham Foundation Records, Series II.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 4646 Roderick Boyd Porter Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Roderick Boyd Porter, 1987
Processed by Adrianne T. Warner in 1993
Series I: Miscellaneous Files 1980-1984 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | The William Bingham Foundation/North Coast Village Steering Committee, correspondence 1982-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | General correspondence 1980-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Schubert, Leland correspondence 1980-1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Schumake, Lawrence P. correspondence 1980-1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Glenco Enterprises, Inc., correspondence and reports 1980-1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Institute of Man and Science, correspondence 1980-1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Newspaper and magazine articles pertaining to urban renewal and development 1981-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Notes, pertaining largely to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza Corporation 1981-1983 | |||||||||
Series II: Reports and Proposals 1982-1984 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Akron Industrial Incubator undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Proposal for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland, Neighborhood Planning and Development 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Hough Area Partners in Progress 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Institute of Man and Science, proposals and reports 1982-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | League Park Master Plan 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Neighborhood Computer Centers for the Children, Youth and Adults of Hough, Cleveland 1983 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | New Housing Development in Hough 1982 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Recommendations 8: Form a Hough Area-Cleveland Clinic Foundation and University Circle, Inc. Task Force undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Schubert Village Project, undated; Toward a Self-Help Housing Project in Hough 1982 | |||||||||